College of Fine Arts Undergraduate Handbook

Math Policy:

The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts requires that all declared fine arts students complete their college level math course within the first four semesters of enrollment at OU. Transfer students or newly declared fine arts majors who have not completed their college level math requirement will have two semesters in which to complete the requirement. Students who fail to meet this requirement will be restricted from upper division fine arts courses except by permission of their Director and the Dean.

Approved by Fine Arts Council 05/05/2003

Math Deficient from High School:
Students who are math deficient from high school must, by State Regents policy, be enrolled in a remedial math course every semester until the deficiency has been remediated. Successful completion of Math 0123 will remove the deficiency. The student must still complete a college level math course after Math 0123.

Advisement:

If a student has not taken the math placement exam, “Math-determined by placement exam”should be listed on the advisement form. Students who are deficient in math from high school, who place at the Math 0113/0115 level should enroll in Math 0113 not 0115. Math 0115 is a very fast review designed for students who have already completed all of their math in high school.

Math Placement Exam:

In order to enroll in math at OU, students must first take the math placement exam.  The exam determines the student’s current mathematics level and places them accordingly. It will test them over material from basic math skills to calculus. The Assessment Center will give the student ESP’s for the highest level of math the student can place into, and everything below it. This does not mean that the student must take MATH 1523 (Elementary Functions) or MATH 1823 (Calculus) if that is where they place. They may take the basic college math options if they so choose.

  1. The exam is not timed.
  3. Students may take the exam twice per semester.
  5. Students’ placement scores are valid for two semesters.
  7. Most fine arts students take one of the following courses:

    MATH 1473 Math for Critical Thinking
    COMM 2513 Intro to Statistics
    PHIL 1113 Intro to Logic
    PSY 2003 Understanding Statistics

Assessment Center: Carnegie Bldg., Rm. 200, 325-4336.

*Students’ math scores from the ACT/ SAT are only valid for math placement during the freshman year.