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.
FOR NEWLY ADMITTED FRESHMEN FOR FALL 2024
Incoming Freshmen will be notified on May 24th about the Math Placement. They will be sent instructions and login information via email to their UC Davis email address on May 24th.
| The placement sessions for incoming First-Years will be: | |
|---|---|
| College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | May 31 (11AM) - June 7 (11AM) |
| College of Biological Sciences | May 31 (11AM) - June 7 (11AM) |
| College of Engineering | June 4 (11AM) - June 11 (11AM) |
| College of Letters and Science | June 7 (11AM) - June 14 (11AM) |
For more information about the online math placement, please refer to our Math Placement FAQ webpage.
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.
Summer Session 2024
Math Placement sessions for Summer Session 2024 are open to students enrolled in Summer Session courses. If you are registered in MAT 12, 16A, 17A, 19A, 21A, or 21M and have not taken the math placement, or did not received a qualifying score for the course you are registered in, you will be automatically registered in the placement sessions listed below:
| Summer Session I - Placement Session | Begins at 11 AM on June 17 and ends at 11 AM on June 25 |
| Summer Session II - Placement Session | Begins at 11 AM on July 29 and ends at 11 AM on August 6 |
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.
| Summer Session I - Manual Registration | Submit manual registration request from 11 AM on June 17 until 11 AM on June 24 |
| Summer Session II - Manual Registration | Submit manual registration request from 11 AM on July 29 until 11 AM on August 5 |
For more information about the math placement, please refer to our Math Placement FAQ webpage.