DEMONSTRATING MATH PROFICIENCY
When Transferring from
Two-Year to Four-Year Programs
In July 2003, the Board of Regents adopted Policy 301.15, establishing mathematics proficiency admissions standards for four-year programs of the Montana University System. Students transferring from two-year to four-year programs must also demonstrate math proficiency, and in May 2005, the Board of Regents approved a revision to the policy describing how transfer students can prove that they have the appropriate mathematics skills.
Students who are transferring from two-year programs or campuses to four-year programs or campuses can prove that they have the appropriate math proficiency in the following ways:
- earn a C- grade or better in a college course entitled Intermediate Algebra or Algebra for College Students, or in a college course that is the prerequisite to any of the courses described in paragraph 2 below; or
- earn a C- grade or better in a mathematics course that satisfies the general education program requirements described in Board Policy 301.10; or
- earn a score of 18 or above on the mathematics portion of the ACT test or 440 on the mathematics portion of the SAT test; or
- complete an A.A. or A.S. degree.
The courses described in item 1 above that bring students to the required proficiency level are colored gold in the Mathematics Coursework on Two-Year Campuses grid. Remedial courses (pink) and Program Specific courses (white) do not transfer into the MUS System Core or an approved general education program. Courses that do transfer are coded green.
Some students are exempt from the math proficiency requirement: non-traditional students (those who don't enter college for a period of at least three years from the date of high school graduation, or from the date when they would have graduated from high school); summer only students; and part-time students taking seven or fewer college-level semester credits.
