2001 - 2002
Undergraduate Catalog

Academic Advising

• Accelerated Programs
• Advanced Standing
• Dual Enrollment
  
• Writing and Math Requirement (Gordon Rule)
  
• General Education Requirement
• Placement
• Pre-professional Programs
• Honors Program
• Study Abroad
• President's Honor Roll
• Counseling Services
  
• Academic Help Guide
  
• AP Scores and University Course Equivalents
• Advanced Placement Scores for Placement into UF Courses
• International Baccalaureate (IB) Scores and University Course Equivalents
• International Baccalaureate (IB) Exam Scores for Placement in UF Courses
• SAT II Subject Tests for Placement into UF Courses

Placement

www.advising.ufl.edu/placement

Placement is an assessment of a student's level of preparation in a subject. The purpose of placement is to help students enroll in the courses they are most likely to be successful in. The following courses commonly taken by incoming students require placement. They include:

• English Composition (ENC1101)
• Calculus 1 (MAC2311 and MAC2233)
• General Chemistry (CHM2040 and 2045)
• French, German, Latin and Spanish (if you have studied them previously)

1) English Composition. Every freshman, since General Education has a composition requirement that all students complete.

2. Calculus and Chemistry. Does your major require these courses? Are you premed or a prehealth or an engineering major? Do you wish to take courses in an area that requires these courses? For an on-line list of majors that require Calculus and Chemistry go to www.advising.ufl.edu/placement. You should also check the eight semester sequence for each major in the college section of this catalog (index to majors is on p. v).

3. College level foreign language is required by two colleges: Liberal Arts and Sciences has a proficiency requirement; students in Journalism may choose language proficiency as an option.

1. English Composition.

• Enroll in ENC 1101, if you have a SAT score of 640 or lower on the Verbal section of the SAT or 28 or lower on the Verbal section of the ACT.
• If you have an SAT score of 650 or higher on the Verbal section of the SAT or 29 or higher on the Verbal section of the ACT, you may NOT enroll in ENC 1101, but may enroll in any other 1000 or 2000 level English course (those with a prereq of ENC 1101).
• SAT II Writing, AP and IB scores may also be used for placement. Consult the charts that follow if you have AP, IB, SATII Writing scores. Note: You may already have completed the General Education composition requirement if you have AP/IB scores.

2. Calculus 1 (MAC 2233 and MAC 2311) www.math.ufl.edu/courses/advising

The Mathematics Department offers two Calculus courses: MAC 2233 (Survey of Calculus 1) and MAC 2311 (Analytical Geometry and Calculus 1). To find out if you need a Calculus 1 course (and which course is required for your intended major) consult the list of majors at www.advising.ufl.edu/placement or check the eight semester sequence for your major in this catalog.

For students needing to enroll in MAC 2233:

• Students who have received AP or IB credit for calculus should consult the Math Department web site at: www.math.ufl.edu/courses/advising for information about continuing in the calculus sequence. You can also find summary information in the charts that follow.
• Credit with a grade of C or better in MAC1147 (Pre-Calculus Algebra and Trigonometry), OR
• Credit with a C or better in MAC1140 (Pre-Calculus Algebra), OR
• A score of 540 or higher on the SAT II Math II C test.

For students needing to enroll in MAC 2311:

• Students who have received AP or IB credit for calculus should consult the Math Department web site at: www.math.ufl.edu/courses/advising for information about continuing in the calculus sequence. You can also find summary information in the charts that follow.
• Credit with a C or better in MAC1147 (Pre-Calculus Algebra and Trigonometry), OR
• Credit with a C or better in both MAC1140 (Pre-Calculus Algebra) AND MAC1114 (Trigonometry), OR
• A score of 550 or higher in the SAT II Math II C exam.

ALL OTHER students (freshmen and transfers) who plan to take a Calculus 1 course are required to complete the On-line Readiness Assessment BEFORE attending Preview or orientation. You can find the Calculus Readiness Assessment at www.advising.ufl.edu/placement.

Students will be advised about selecting an appropriate mathematics course based on their Calculus Readiness Assessment (or SAT II score) along with other factors such as high school math background and SAT or ACT quantitative scores. The sole purpose of the assessment is to help students and advisors plan a course of study that will optimize each student's likelihood of success in Calculus. The assessment score will NOT become a permanent record on a student's transcript.

Although a low assessment score will not prevent a student from registering for calculus, students who enroll in a course beyond that indicated by their assessment results are much more likely to withdraw from the course or earn below a C grade. The Mathematics Department strongly urges students to heed the recommendation of their advisor.

3. General Chemistry

The Chemistry Department offers two General Chemistry sequences: 1) CHM2040; 2041 and 2045L; 2046 and 2046L; and 2) CHM 2045 and 2045L; 2046 and 2046L. Each sequence meets the pre-professional requirements for a broad range of science and engineering majors.

Both sequences presume students have a functional command of high school Chemistry and Algebra 2.

• Enroll in CHM 2040 if you have a score of 640 or lower on the Quantitative section of the SAT or a score of 28 or lower on the Quantitative section of the ACT.
• Enroll in CHM2045 if your quantitative score on the SAT is 650 or higher or your quantitative score on the ACT is 29 or higher.

AP, IB scores or an SAT II Chemistry score may also be used for placement. Consult the charts that follow if you have AP, IB, SAT II scores in Chemistry.

Students wishing to enroll in CHM2047 and the co-requisite CHM 2047L must have AP or IB credit in Chemistry or a very strong high school background in Chemistry and get the approval of the Chemistry Department or the Honors Office.

4. Foreign Languages: French, German, Latin, Spanish

Students who previously have studied one of these languages and wish to enroll in the same language at UF must demonstrate placement. Such students should take the SAT II placement exam for the appropriate language (unless the student has AP or IB scores for that subject). Consult the charts that follow to determine placement based on SAT II, AP or IB scores.

In general, language placement is determined by a combination of placement scores and high school background in the language.