Course Selection for Math & Computer Science

Guidelines for course selection in math

Your math teacher will inform you if you are being recommended for a level other than your current trajectory (i.e. if you are in MA350Y and they are recommending you for MA380Y, they would let you know; if they are recommending you for MA350Y they will not). If you have any questions about your placement, please reach out to your current math teacher.

Summer study

If you plan on doing work this summer to advance in the Hotchkiss math curriculum, you should:

Have a conversation with your math teacher
Have a conversation with your family
Have a conversation with your advisor
Fill out forms emailed out by the Head of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department.

Please note: it is rare for even a strong math student to be able to learn and process an entire year's worth of material over a few weeks in the summer.

Students will need to take a condition exam to place out of a math class. Your course enrollment for next year will be adjusted to the higher level course only if you show mastery of the material on the condition exam. Exams will be proctored on campus during the opening days of school.

Math sequence

The flow chart below shows the sequence of math courses at Hotchkiss. Most students are recommended for the next course in the sequence, but your math teacher – in consultation with the head of department – might have alternate recommendations. Note that transitions between the 300- and 400-level courses, as well as those between higher levels, require the approval of the head of the math department. Please email Mr. Almeida directly if you would like to take a course not currently recommended by your math teacher.

Students in MA120Y or MA150Y who have geometry credit from their previous school will enroll in a 300-level course (MA320Y or MA350Y). If you have questions about whether you have geometry credit, please ask the head of department.

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