First-Level Transfer Math Recommendation Based on Fields

Academic/Career Field	Recommendation for First-Level Transfer Math Course
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Nursing, dentistry, physical therapy, physician assistant Psychology, sociology, social work, administration of justice	Take a Statistics course.
Medicine, optometry, pharmacy Business or economics	Take a Statistics course. Also plan to take MTH 21 soon as possible to prepare for MTH 15 (Business Calculus). For Business, some programs (e.g. at at the following CSU: Chico, East Bay, Fresno, Monterey Bay, Stanislaus, Sonoma) do not require calculus by allowing the option to take MTH 33 (Finite Math) instead. You may take MTH 21 or 33 at the same time as Statistics.
Elementary Teacher Education	Take MTH 41 or a Statistics course.
Arts (e.g. music, theater, art history, studio art, dance, digital media, etc.) Humanities (e.g. English, history, philosophy, etc.) Early Childhood Education Law, geography, communications, and social sciences that do not require statistics. Career and technical programs for which a degree higher than an associate’s is rare (e.g. welding, automotive technology, etc.)	Take either MTH 47 or a Statistics course. MTH 47 is 3 units and meets three instructional hours a week. Statistics is 4 units and meets 5 instructional hours a week.
Architecture Earth science (e.g. geology, planetary science), certain biological sciences (e.g. environmental science, marine science, nutrition, plant biology, etc.), Industrial technology	Take MTH 21 to qualify for MTH 15, or MTH 21 followed by MTH 22 to qualify for MTH 1. Compare MTH 1 and MTH 15. You can also self-assess above MTH 21 if you have taken Precalculus either in high school or college.
Physical sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, etc) Engineering, computer science Mathematics, Statistics Certain biological sciences programs (e.g. molecular cell biology, chemical biology, bioengineering, etc.)	Take MTH 21 follwed by MTH 22 to qualify for MTH 1. You can also self-assess above MTH 21 if you have taken the Precalculus either in high school or college.

Notes

Dentistry and physician assistant

Select few programs for dentistry and physician assistant require calculus; take a BSTEM course as soon as you find out your program requires it.

Medicine, optometry, pharmacy

Not all medical schools have a calculus requirement, but if they do, they usually will accept both MTH 1 or MTH 15,
A major in the sciences is not required to attend medical school as long as you have the required courses for admission.

Elementary Teacher Education

If you wish to pursue the Associate Degree for Transfer (AD-T) in Elementary Teacher Education, then take MTH 41, but remember that it does not meet the math requirement for UC.
Statistics is part of the subject matter competency expected of multiple-subject credential holders in California to teach elementary school. Multiple-subject matter competency waiver programs often require Statistics. However, Statistics is not a required course for the AD-T.

Early Childhood Education

Statistics is a good alternative to MTH 47 if you are also interested in elementary school teaching. Statistics is part of the subject matter competency expected of multiple-subject credential holders in California to teach elementary school. Multiple-subject matter competency waiver programs often require Statistics. However, Statistics is not a required course for the AD-T.

Statistics

The following courses have been articulated with C-ID 110 Introduction to Statistics for an ADT (associate degree for transfer) to CSU that requires it. The vast majority of four-year programs with a statistics requirement can be met by any of these courses, which you should verify with ASSIST.

MTH 43 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics
PSY 5 - Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
BUS 19 - Business Statistics