THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS WELCOMES TRANSFER STUDENTS.
IN ORDER TO MAKE YOUR MOVE TO EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY GO AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE, AND TO HELP YOU PLAN YOUR COURSE LOAD PRIOR TO TRANSFERING HERE SO THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR REQUIREMENTS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER, WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS.
0. ALL STUDENTS, INCLUDING MATH MAJORS, MUST SATISFY THE UNIVERSITY’S BASIC MATHEMATICAL SKILLS COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT. YOU MAY DO THIS BY EITHER HAVING A MATH SAT SCORE OF 500 OR HIGHER, OR BY TAKING AND PASSING OUR COMPETENCY EXAM. MATH COURSES PASSED HERE OR ELSEWHERE, OTHER THAN OUR MATH 090, DO NOT SATISFY THIS REQUIREMENT. SO, IF YOUR MATH SAT SCORE IS BELOW 500 PLAN TO TAKE, AND PASS, THE MATH COMPETENCY EXAM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE COMPETENCY REQUIREMENT MUST BE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU CAN TAKE ANY MATH CLASSES HERE!
1. OUR STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO EARN GRADES OF C OR BETTER IN ALL OF THE MATH COURSES THAT ARE USED TOWARDS THE MAJOR IN MATHEMATICS, INCLUDING ANY TRANSFER MATH CLASSES THAT WILL BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE MAJOR. THIS C OR BETTER REQUIREMENT ALSO APPLIES TO THE REQUIRED COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE.
2. IT IS UNIVERSITY POLICY THAT COURSES FROM TWO-YEAR COLLEGES TRANSFER AT THE 100 AND 200 LEVEL. THE ONLY MATH COURSES THAT WE COUNT TOWARDS THE MAJOR THAT ARE AT THE 100 OR 200 LEVEL ARE CALCULUS I (MATH 140), CALCULUS II (MATH 141), DISCRETE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES (MATH 220) AND MULTIVARIATE CALCULUS (MATH 240). COURSES SUCH AS LINEAR ALGEBRA (MATH 320) AND DIFFERENTIAL EQUAITONS (MATH 341), IF TAKEN AT A TWO-YEAR COLLEGE, WILL NOT BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY OF OUR MATH MAJORS. FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE COURSES REQUIRED IN EACH OF OUR THREE MAJOR TRACKS SELECT THE APPROPRIATE LINK BELOW.
BACHELOR'S OF ARTS IN MATHEMATICS
BACHELOR’S OF SCIENCE IN MATHEMATICS - SECONDARY EDUCATION
BACHELOR'S OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS
3. A MINIMUM OF 15 CREDITS IN MATHEMATICS THAT APPLIES TO THE MAJOR MUST BE TAKEN AT ESU.
4. DUE TO THE SEQUENTIAL NATURE OF THE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM, STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED AT LEAST CALCULUS II BEFORE TRANSFERING SHOULD EXPECT TO SPEND MORE THAN FOUR SEMESTERS HERE TO COMPLETE THEIR MAJOR REQUIREMENTS. YOU CAN VIEW THE SUGGESTED FOUR YEAR SEQUENCE THROUGH OUR MAJORS BY SELECTING THE APPROPRIATE LINK BELOW.
B.A. IN MATH - SUGGESTED SEQUENCE OF COURSES
B.S. IN MATH - SECONDARY EDUCATION - SUGGESTED SEQUENCE OF COURSES
B.S. IN APPLIED MATH - SUGGESTED SEQUENCE OF COURSES
5. WE OFFER SOME OF OUR REQUIRED UPPER DIVISION COURSES ONLY ONCE EVERY YEAR. THE FOLLOWING LIST WILL SHOW THE USUAL PATTERN FOR THESE CLASSES
MATH 325 INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL MODELING – SPRING SEMESTERS
MATH 341 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS – SPRING SEMESTER
MATH 351 MODERN GEOMETRY
MATH 416 LINEAR STATISTICAL MODELS (EVERY SECOND SPRING)
MATH 421 ABSTRACT ALGEBRA I
MATH 430 HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
6. THE FOLLOWING UPPER DIVISION COURSES ARE OFFERED ON AN IRREGULAR BASIS, AS DEMAND REQUIRES
MATH 411 STATISTICS II
MATH 422 ABSTRACT ALGEBRA II
MATH 440 REAL ANALYSIS I
MATH 441 REAL ANALYSIS II
MATH 480 OPERATIONS RESEARCH
7. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT DR. JOSEPH CAVANAUGH, DEPARTMENT CHAIR, CONCERNING APPROPRIATE COURSES TO TAKE BEFORE TRANSFERING. HE MAY BE REACHED AT jcavanau@esu.edu, or at 570-422-3756.