Math Placement Requirement (MPR)

Staff assistance during the placement sessions is only available during regular business hours, Monday-Friday from 9 AM - 4 PM. Should you require help, please contact us at placementhelp@math.ucdavis.edu.

The Mathematics Course Placement determines your level of preparation for college-level math courses offered at UC Davis. All students who register in MAT 12, 16A, 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M are required to take the Mathematics Course Placement. Students enrolled in Mathematics 12, 16A, 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M without satisfying the required minimum scores will be administratively dropped from the course by the mathematics department after the end of the last math placement session for that particular quarter. There are no exemptions for SAT, AP, or IB scores, as well as math coursework taken at another institution. 

Please note that if you take MAT 12, you still need to take the Math Placement again after passing MAT 12 before you can continue on to MAT 16A, 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M.

Math Course Placement 

The Math Course Placement is only available online. There will be two math placement sessions per quarter (Fall, Winter, Spring), and a student may only take it once per math placement session. If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please contact the UC Davis Student Disabilities Center.

Students enrolled in MAT 12, 16A, 17A, 19A, 21A, and 21M  who do not meet the Math Placement Requirement (MPR) before the math placement sessions will be notified via email regarding when they will be able to take the Math Placement.

   

Spring Quarter 2024

This quarter's Math Placement sessions are open to all students. If you are registered in MAT 12, 16A, 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M and have not taken the placement, or did not received a qualifying score for the course you are registered in, you will be automatically registered in the placement session listed below:

Session 1 Begins at 11 AM on March 13 and ends at 11 AM on March 19
Session 2 Begins at 11 AM on April 1 and ends at 11 AM on April 9

If you are not currently enrolled in one of these courses but would like to register to take the math placement, fill out our manual registration form.

Session 1 - Manual Registration Submit manual registration request from
11 AM on March 13 until 11 AM on March 18
Session 2 - Manual Registration Submit manual registration request from
11 AM on April 1 until 11 AM on April 8

For more information about the math placement, please refer to our Math Placement FAQ webpage.


 

Math Placement Scores

Preparation Tips

Current Requirements

Transfer Flow Chart for MAT 16, 17, 21 series