Placement

Welcome to Southern Illinois University Carbondale! We look forward to working with you as your educational partner as you begin to fulfill your academic goals. One important step on your educational journey is completing the Math requirement for your chosen major. While college and major requirements vary, all students at SIUC must successfully complete a Math course to receive a degree. Our Math Placement test, will help you find the best course for you and your program.

Contact your advisor to determine if you are required to take the proctored placement test, as there are exceptions. All math placement test information can be found at:

https://testingservices.siu.edu/mathplacementexams/

Any student who passes a transitional mathematics course is guaranteed placement in a credit-bearing college mathematics course at SIUC.  The precise course into which a student is placed will depend on the results of our placement test and should be discussed with an advisor.  For planning purposes, we anticipate that students who master the material of their Transitional Math courses will be prepared to place into the following courses, but the results of the placement test for each student will be definitive: