Helpful Registration Tips

Tips and Reminders:

  • Mathematics 105 and Mathematics 105E and 105L, while earning credit toward graduation, will not satisfy any of the six hours of Mathematics in the General Education Requirements.
  • Mathematics 170, 270, and 370 are designed for students seeking South Carolina Teacher Licensure in early childhood education or in elementary education or a B.G.S. in Educational Studies. It should be noted that a grade of C or higher in Mathematics 111 or a score of 540 or more on the Quantitative Section of the SAT is the prerequisite for Mathematics 170. MATH 170 and 270, can only be used to fulfill the General Education Requirements for Mathematics for the majors of early childhood education, elementary education, and B.G.S. educational studies.
  • Many areas of concentration require completion of Mathematics 132 or 134 as preparation for certain applied courses.
  • Students who complete General Education Requirements for a B.A. by taking Mathematics 111 and Logic should consider the restriction such selections place on future choices of a major.
  • Mathematics 134 is required for majors in business, nursing, middle level education, and medical technology and is recommended for majors in sociology, history, and psychology.
  • No student can later take for credit any mathematics course that was a prerequisite (or was in the prerequisite sequence) for a mathematics course for which he/she has already received credit UNLESS he/she is repeating that course in order to obtain a better grade or he/she obtains written permission from the department.
  • A student cannot receive credit for Mathematics 105, 105E/105L, 111, or 121 after receiving credit for any mathematics course numbered higher than 121. A student may repeat a course to raise a grade earned in that course.

Placement

During registration, beginning students at Francis Marion University are placed into their first mathematics course by the Department of Mathematics through the Chair or designee upon consideration of the appropriate and available information. The Department reserves the right to require a student to take a placement test if the available information is not adequate for making a sound determination of placement. All listing of prerequisites of mathematics courses are requirements, not recommendations, and may be waived only by the Department Chair or designee.