General Education Requirements
- Humanities Requirement
- Mathematics Requirement
- Natural Science Requirement
- Social Science
- Fine Arts
- Language Requirement
- Transfer Courses
This requirement must be taken for a Letter Grade.
Note: Please verify mathematics courses required by major and/or minor department.
Three courses in mathematics, which include one course in calculus and two additional courses chosen from the approved list.
Calculus course:
Approved list of mathematics courses:
*Only one of MATH 11, PSYC 60, or AP Statistics may be chosen
Catalog Years Effective Fall 2024: math requirement is the same for all students regardless of transfer or freshmen admit type.
For students admitted as Freshmen before Fall 2024, and Transfers before Fall 2023 the math requirement was two calculus courses and one additional from the approved list. If you would like to follow the new catalog requirement instead, contact Revelle Advising via the Virtual Advising Center (VAC). We will need to manually update your degree audit.
The Math Placement Exam (MPE) is required for all new students unless you have one of the following exemptions:
AP Calculus (AB or BC) scores of 2 or higher.
IB Mathematics Analyses & Approaches Higher Level score of 5 or higher.
Community college or university course in calculus with a grade C- or better.
The Math Placement Exam (MPE) may be retaken after 30 days. See the Math Testing and Placement website for more information.
For math placement information based on AP, IB, and Advanced-Level Foreign Exams, refer to the Math Testing and Placement website.
For information about AP credit, see AP Chart
For information about IB credit, see IB Chart
NOTE: If you take a lower level course than the AP or IB chart indicates, you will not be given credit for that course.