Course Placement Math Placement   New Policy: Effective Fall 2004, students must complete the online Math Placement Test in order to register for a 100 level mathematics course. The test should be taken at least 48 hours prior to registration to allow time for the scores to be added to the Banner student record system. The test will determine the most appropriate math course for which the student is qualified. The registration system will enforce the placement and course prerequisites as indicated in the table below.   The placement test must be completed by the student within 2 hours, and the use of calculators is not allowed. The test may be taken as soon as the JAG number is received from the Office of Admissions. Students should keep a copy of their results from the Math Placement Test to take to their academic advisors. The URL is www.southalabama.edu/mathplacement. Questions about the test should be directed to mathplacement@jaguar1.usouthal.edu or contact the Mathematics Department at 251-460-6264.   For Placement In USA Math Course Required Course/Test Minimum Grade/Score DS 082 Math Placement Test 35-45 DS 090 Math Placement Test 46-64 MA 110 Math Placement Test 35 MA 112 Math Placement Test or DS 090 65 C MA 113 MA 112 or Math Placement Test C 75 MA 115 Math Placement Test or DS 090 75 C MA 120 MA 112 or MA 113 or MA 115 or Math Placement Test C C C 75 MA 125 MA 113 or MA 115 or Math Placement Test C C 85   Academic advisors should be aware of the following:   • Students who need MA 112 for their major and who have a low placement test score SHOULD NOT register for MA 110. Instead they should register for Developmental Studies. MA 110 is not a prerequisite for MA 112. • Students who only need MA 110 to fulfill the requirements of their major will be allowed to register once their Math Placement Test score is 35 or above. MA 110 develops an understanding of mathematics culture and its use in society. It develops reasoning and computational techniques that tend to be arithmetic not algebraic. Consequently, the placement test cannot discriminate among students who need DS and those who should take MA 110. • Prerequisite overrides can be granted by the chair of Mathematics and Statistics, but these will only be given in exceptional cases such as those in which college credit from another institution, AP credit, or IB credit has not been recorded in the system. • Students should anticipate a 48 hour lag between the time they take the Math Placement Test and the time they register. • Students can take the test from any web-based computer, they should not get help, and should not use a calculator. A violation of the rules will only result in a student being placed into a course for which (s)he is not qualified. • Students should be encouraged to take the Math Placement Test early in their college career. Furthermore, they should be encouraged to fulfill their math requirements early in their career. Mathematics knowledge and ability are necessary in quantitative courses, scientific courses, and a variety of applied business courses. • Students must wait 50 days before they are allowed to retake the Math Placement Test. In this way, students who have studied on their own will have the opportunity to demonstrate that they are ready for a given course.   Note: Students admitted to the University through the Developmental Studies Program must take the paper and pencil version of the math placement exam proctored in the Department of Developmental Studies during new student orientation. DSP-admitted students should not take the online Math Placement Test. These students are required to successfully complete through DS 090, Intermediate Algebra, regardless of where they start in the DS math sequence, before beginning college-level math.