Mathematics Placement
Welcome to the Beach! Your success at the Beach starts with an accurate placement in your freshmen foundation courses, including your first-year mathematics/quantitative reasoning course (general education subject area 2, Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning).
To that end, ºÚÁÏÍø uses Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS) Mathematics Placement, a unique program that combines adaptive assessment and personalized learning.
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ALEKS Mathematics Placement
The purpose of ALEKS Mathematics Placement is to assess your individual mathematics skills and place you into an appropriate college mathematics course for success. ALEKS Mathematics Placement accurately measures your math foundation and creates a personalized learning module to review and refresh knowledge that may have grown stale.
You will receive free of charge access to ºÚÁÏÍø's ALEKS Mathematics Placement upon accepting ºÚÁÏÍø admission offer. All freshmen whose majors require calculus should start ALEKS Mathematics Placement on their own as soon as possible.
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Course Recommendation Guide
The course recommendations provided here are determined based on your degree objectives at California State University, Long Beach (ºÚÁÏÍø) and your level of preparations in mathematics. Please note that the information below is only a guide and not a substitute for academic advising; you will work with an academic advisor to determine your actual mathematics placement.
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Calculus Support Courses
The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics offer 1-unit support courses, MATH 22 and MATH 23, for students enrolled in calculus courses (MATH 122 and MATH 123, respectively). These support courses are designed to reinforce course material and provide timely refreshers of prerequisite knowledge.
These support courses provide an excellent opportunity to build a strong foundation in calculus. All students are welcome to participate, regardless of whether enrollment is mandatory.
