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All majors at SUNY Oswego are required to complete a math course as a General Education requirement. Many majors will only need to complete MAT 102 in order to satisfy this requirement. However, there are a number of majors that require specific math courses in order to complete the degree requirements.
Below is a list of majors that require additional math courses. Please find your major and click on the link to find out more information regarding your math requirements. All students that require additional math courses will be required to complete a math entrance exam during their Orientation Program to determine which math course they should enroll in for their first semester. If you do not see your major listed below, there is not an additional math requirement beyond the General Education requirement. If you have passed or anticipate passing a college level Calculus course, you may be able to be waived from the math entrance exams. Please send an email to mathentrance@oswego.edu with your name, major and student ID and your transcript will be reviewed to determine the waiver.
School of Business Majors and Technology Management Majors : All School of Business majors listed below and Technology Management Majors are required to complete MAT 208 (Mathematical Applications for Business and Management) and MAT 158 (Introduction to Statistics A).
Accounting; Business Administration; Finance; Human Resource Management; Management Accounting; Marketing; Operations Management and Information Systems; Public Accounting; Risk Management Insurance.
Natural Science, Computer Science, Economics, Math Majors, Adolescence Education (Math and Science Concentrates) and Childhood Education (Math Concentrate only) - All majors listed below are required to complete at least one calculus-based course for degree requirements.
Adolescence Education (Math and Science Concentrates); Applied Mathematical Economics; Applied Mathematics; Biochemistry; Biology; Chemistry; Computer Science; Economics, Engineering 3/2; Geochemistry; Geology; Mathematics; Meteorology; Physics; Pre-Health Programs; Software Engineering; Zoology.
Childhood Education Majors: The Math Proficiency Exam is for Childhood Education majors. The exam measures arithmetic and basic algebraic skills. All Childhood Education majors will need to take a math proficiency exam during their registered Orientation program.
Psychology Majors: The PSY 280 entrance exam is required for all Psychology majors. There are NO waivers for Psychology majors.
Undeclared Students: Students who are currently undeclared are NOT required to take a math entrance exam. If you are considering one of the majors above that is required to take an exam, please send an email from your oswego email address to mathentrance@oswego.edu. The email should give the following information: Undeclared Major, Name, ID, Possible Major in which you would like to take Math Entrance Exam. The Entrance Exam results will be used to determine your pre-registered courses for the fall.