Undergraduate Proficiency Examinations
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The Mathematics Department offers proficiency examinations for selected courses. Depending on the course, and their performance on the exam, students may earn one of two types of proficiency pass:
- Full-Credit proficiency. A student earning full-credit proficiency for a course gets credit for the course as though he/she took and passed the course. The course will appear on the students university transcript with a designation such as to "By examination". The student will also receive any credits towards graduation that are normally provided for passing the course.
- Mathematics Department internal proficiency. A student
earning internal proficiency for a course (referred to below
as course X) is considered to have
passed the course for the following purposes:
- If course X is a requirement for the math major or math minor, then that requirement is considered to have been satisfied.
- If course X is a prerequisite for another math department course (referred to below as course Y) then that prerequisite is considered to be satisfied. To register for course Y, a student who has proficiency credit for X (and has satisfied all other prerequisites for course Y) will be given a prerequisite override from the undergraduate office. (In the case that the course Y is offered by another department, the student will need a prerequisite override from the department offering course Y. A student who has received internal proficiency for course X, may request that the math advisor contact the offering department informing the department offering course Y that the student has passed a proficiency exam for course X. The offering department has the final decision whether they will accept that as satisfying the prerequisite for course Y.)
Full-credit proficiency exams
Full-credit proficiency exams are offered for courses 115,135, 151 and 152. To take an official proficiency exam the student should contact the office of the academic dean of their school to get prior approval, and to find out the rules for getting proficiency credit. This normally involves paying a fee to the registrar prior to taking the exam. Once this approval is obtained and the fee is paid, the student should bring the receipt from the registrar to the Math undergraduate office (Hill 303) to arrange a time to take the exam. Students receiving at least a grade of B on the proficiency exam will receive full credit for the course. It will appear on the transcript as ``by examination''. A student getting a C on the proficiency exam will not receive full credit for the course, but will be granted Mathematics Department internal proficiency as described above.Mathematics Department internal proficiency exams
The department offers internal proficiency exam for courses 025 and 026, and also for course 250. Internal proficiency exams are occasionally offered for other courses in unusual situations. To take the internal proficiency exam for 025 or 026, contact the math undergraduate office (ugoffice@math.rutgers.edu) The internal proficiency exam for 250 is offered to students who have completed the honors calculus course 291, or to other students with the approval of the math advisor or the honors committee chair (who will notify the undergraduate office of the approval). Once this approval is obtained, the student should schedule the exam through the math undergraduate office. The proficiency test for 250 may be waived for students with a grade of A in Math 291.Evaluation of internal proficiency exams
- Course 025. A student receiving a grade of at least C will be allowed to register for 026.
- Course 026. A student receiving a grade of C will be allowed to register for 111 (Precalculus I). A student receiving a grade of B or higher will be allowed to register for 115 (Precalculus)
- Course 250. Proficiency credit for 250 requires a grade of at least B on the exam.
Restrictions
- A student must have the required prerequisites for the course in which the proficiency exam is to be taken.
- A proficiency exam may not be taken in a course in which a student has previously enrolled and received a grade.
- A proficiency exam may not be taken in a course for which a student is currently registered (at Rutgers New Brunswick) and for which classes have started.
- A student may take a proficiency exam in a given course only once.
Dates
Proficiency exams are offered at fixed times each week throughout the year (except near the beginning or end of a semester). A student may arrange to take the exam by contacting the Mathematics Undergraduate office, ugoffice@math.rutgers.edu The student should allow one to two weeks for scheduling the exam.