Schools Requiring Calculus?

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In most of the admissions requirements I've seen, calculus is recommended but not required. Does anyone know of any schools that *require* a year of calc for admission?

Many thanks.
 
i had this same question a couple of years ago... i found a link and evo sticky'd it... but now i can't find it. A quick google search turned this up...

The vast majority do not require calc... but most of them want you to have finished your degree, and if your degree is in a science, chances are you're going to have to take calc anyway.

best of luck

From http://www.jsd.claremont.edu/MedSchoolHandbook/AppendixB.asp

Appendix B: Medical Schools with Math Requirements
University of Alabama: 6 semester hours of college mathematics

Univ. of South Alabama: 8 semester hours of college math required; calculus is "Highly recommended"

Univ. of Arkansas: 2 semesters mathematics or through Calculus I

Univ. of California, Davis School of Medicine: "Coursework sufficient to satisfy prerequisites for integral calculus is required - 1 semester or 2 quarters of college level calculus and 1 year of college math recommended.

Univ. of California, Irvine College of Medicine: 4 semester hours of calculus, and 1 year of college math recommended.

Univ. of California, Los Angeles UCLA: 1 year of coursework; "study of introductory calculus and statistics are required"

Univ. of California, San Diego: "one year of coursework; only calculus, statistics or computer science will be considered" - 8 semester hours

Keck School of Medicine: "Facility in the principles of college mathematics or calculus…is recommended."

Loma Linda Univ.: basic statistics recommended

Stanford Univ.: calculus "strongly recommended"

Univ. of Colorado: 6 semester hours of college math, "should include at least college level algebra and trigonometry or the equivalent by means of advanced placement"; "calculus is recommended".

Georgetown Univ.: 3 credits of math/statistics

Howard Univ.: 6 semester hours of college math

Florida State Univ.: 6 credits of math

Univ. of South Florida: 2 semesters of college math

Morehouse School of Medicine: 1 year of college mathematics

Southern Illinois Univ.: "mathematics (including statistics) advisable".

University of Chicago: "Applicants are encouraged to obtain a strong course foundation in general education (including mathematics).

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine: "Mathematics through calculus is usefulfor those anticipating advanced work in basic or clinical research."

Univ. of Iowa: "College algebra and trigonometry, or advanced college math when college algebra and trigonometry were completed in high school."

Univ. of Kansas: 1 semester, college level algebra or above.

Univ. of Louisville: 8 semester hours of college math, or 1 semester of calculus

Johns Hopkins Univ.: 6 semester hours of calculus or statistics.

Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine: 3 semester hours of calculus

Boston Univ.: "A knowledge of calculus is recommended"

Harvard Medical School: one year of calculus

Univ. of Massachusetts: "encouraged to take calculus and statistics".

Michigan State Univ. College of Human Medicine: mathematics through college algebra or statistics and probability

Univ. of Minnesota- Duluth: one semester of calculus or upper level statistics

Univ. of Minnesota-Minneapolis: one semester of calculus

Univ. of Mississippi: 6 semester hours or 9-quarter hours of math

Univ. of Missouri - Colombia: one semester college math or calculus

Washington Univ.: one year of math through differential and integral calculus

Univ. of Nebraska: 3 semester hours of calculus or statistics

Dartmouth Medical School: 3 semester hours of calculus

UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School: "a course in math is recommended but not required"

Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School: one semester college math

Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Univ.: 6 semester hours of college math; may include statistics and computer science

Univ. of Rochester: "calculus and statistics strongly recommended"

Mount Sinai of CUNY: 1-year math, and courses in statistics and computer science may meet these requirements

State Univ. of New York Health Sciences at Brooklyn: 1-year college math recommended

Duke Univ.: 1 year of calculus

Univ. of North Dakota: 3 semester hours of college algebra

Univ. of Cincinnati: 1-year math

Medical College of Ohio: 1 year of college math

Wright State Univ.: 1-year of college math and 1 semester of Calculus highly recommended

Oregon Health Sciences Univ. School of Medicine: a college level math course

Pennsylvania State Univ.: 1-year of math, Calculus and Statistics recommended

U of Penn: "appropriate competence in math"

Univ. of Pittsburgh: a strong background in mathematics is highly recommended

Universidad Central del Caribe: 6 semester hours of college math

Ponce School of Medicine: 6 semester hours of college math or triginometry

Brown Univ.: 1 semester calculus; 1 semester probability and statistics

Univ. of South Carolina: 6 semester hours of college math: a minimum of college algebra is required; calculus is recommended

Univ. of South Dakota: 1-year of college math; analytical geometry, statistics, and calculus are preferred

Texas A & M Univ. Health Science Center: 3 credit hours or ½ year of calculus or a math based statistics course

Texas Tech. Univ.: 3 semester hours of calculus

Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas: ½ year calculus

Univ. of Texas Medical School at Galveston: ½ year calculus

Univ. of Texas - Houston Medical School: 3 semester hours of calculus

Univ. of Texas Medical School of San Antonio: 3 semester hours of calculus

Virginia Commonwealth Univ. Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine: 2 semesters of college math

Univ. of Washington: "proficiency in basic math"

Medical College of Wisconsin: completion of a course in algebra in high school or college

Univ. of Wisconsin: 2 semesters of math, min. college algebra and trigonometry
 
quietclimber14 said:
In most of the admissions requirements I've seen, calculus is recommended but not required. Does anyone know of any schools that *require* a year of calc for admission?

Many thanks.

Practically None.


Some require half a year, though.
 
OSUdoc08 said:
None.


Some require half a year, though.


This is incorrect.
 
OSUdoc08 said:
None.


Some require half a year, though.

Doesn't Harvard require a full year? I'm pretty sure they do.
 
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