Many college majors require math beyond what you learn in high school. To make good progress in college, you need to be ready for the recommended first course in your major. Being ready in math is also an important part of being ready in science, engineering, nursing, computer science, and statistics, or even in the economics you’ll need for business. Math matters in lots of majors.
You can use the links below to look at various majors and see what first-semester college math course you would need to be ready to take. You can also see what math topics you’ll need to have mastered in high school in order to succeed in that first college math course.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Accounting | BBA
Actuarial Science | BS
African American Studies | BA
American Studies | BA
Ancient Civilization | BA
Anthropology | BA
Anthropology | BS
Art | BA | BFA
Art History | BA
Asian Languages & Literature | BA
Astronomy | BA
Astronomy | BS
Athletic Training | BS
B
Biochemistry | BA | BS
Biology | BA | BS
Biomedical Engineering | BSE
Business | BBA
Accounting | BBA
Economics | BBA
Finance | BBA
Management | BBA
Management Information Systems | BBA
Marketing | BBA
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C
Chemical & Biochemical Engineering | BSE
Chemistry | BA | BS (including preparation to teach high school chemistry)
Chinese | Asian Languages and Literature BA
Chiropractic (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
Cinema | BA
Civil & Environmental Engineering | BSE
Classical Languages | BA
Clinical Laboratory Sciences | BS
Communication Studies | BA
Comparative Literature | BA
Computer Science | BA | BS
D
Dance | BA | BFA
Dentistry (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
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E
Economics | BA | BBA
Economics | BS
Education, Secondary | Teaching Licensure
Electrical & Computer Engineering | BSE
Elementary Education (Grades K-6) | BA | BS
Engineering | BSE
Biomedical Engineering | BSE
Chemical & Biochemical Engineering | BSE
Civil & Environmental Engineering | BSE
Electrical & Computer Engineering | BSE
Industrial Engineering | BSE
Mechanical Engineering | BSE
Environmental Sciences | BS
Exercise Science (Integrative Physiology) | BS
G
Geography | BA
Geography | BS
Geoscience | BA
Geoscience | BS
German | BA
Greek | Classical Languages BA
H
Health & Sport Studies: Health Promotion | BA
Health & Sport Studies: Sports Studies| BA
Hindi | Asian Languages and Literature BA
History | BA
I
Industrial Engineering | BSE
Informatics | BA | BS
Integrative Physiology | BS
Interdepartmental Studies
Business Studies Track | BA
Health Science Track | BA
Recreation Management Track | BA
International Studies | BA
Italian | BA
J
Japanese | Asian Languages and Literature BA
Journalism & Mass Communication | BA
Journalism & Mass Communication | BS
L
Latin | Classical Languages BA, Teaching Licensure
Law (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
Leisure Studies: Therapeutic Recreation | BS
Linguistics | BA
M
Management | BBA
Management Information Systems | BBA
Marketing | BBA
Mathematics | BA | BS (including preparation to teach high school math)
Mechanical Engineering | BSE
Medicine (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
Microbiology | BS
Mortuary Science (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
Music (includes Music History, Instrumental/Vocal Performance, Music Therapy, Composition/Theory, and Jazz Studies) | BA | BM
N
Nuclear Medicine Technology | BS
Nursing | BSN
O
Optometry (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
P
Performing Arts Entrepreneurship | BA
Pharmacy (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work, PharmD
Philosophy |BA
Physical Therapy (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
Physician Assistant (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
Physics | BA (including preparation to teach high school physics)
Physics | BS
Podiatric Medicine (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
Political Science | BA | BS
Portuguese | BA
Psychology | BA
Psychology | BS
R
Radiation Sciences | BS
Religious Studies | BA
Russian | BA
S
Sanskrit | Asian Languages and Literature | BA
Science Education | BS
Secondary Education | Teaching Licensure
Social Work | BA
Sociology | BA
Sociology | BS
Spanish | BA
Speech & Hearing Science | BA
Statistics | BS
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T
Theatre Arts | BA
V
Veterinary Medicine (pre-) | Preparatory Course Work
W
Women's Studies | BA