• Mapping the Mind

    Junior computer science and mathematics double major Brooke Guo analyzes neural connections to understand the causes of complex brain conditions like schizophrenia.  When Brooke Guo arrived at the University of Maryland as a freshman in 2022, she knew she wanted to help people and work in a health-related field someday.… Read More

  • Four Science Terps Awarded 2025 Goldwater Scholarships

    Four undergraduates in the University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) have been awarded 2025 scholarships by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which encourages students to pursue advanced study and research careers in the sciences, engineering and mathematics.  Over the last 16 years, UMD’s nominations… Read More

  • Announcing the Winners of the Frontiers of Science Awards

    Congratulations to our colleagues who won the 2025 Frontiers of Science Award: - Dan Cristofaro-Gardiner, for his join paper with Humbler and Seyfaddini: “Proof of the simplicity conjecture”, Annals of Mathematics 2024. - Dima Dolgopyat & Adam Kanigowski, for their joint paper with Federico Rodriguez Hertz: “Exponential mixing implies Bernoulli”, Annals of Mathematics… Read More

  • 2024 Putnam Results

    We are very excited to report that our MAryland Putnam team ranked 7th among 477 institutions that participated in the 2024 Putnam math competition. Our team members this year were Daniel Yuan, Isaac Mammel, and Clarence Lam. Daniel Yuan ranked 26th among 3,988 participants. Clarence Lam and Isaac Mammel were recognized for… Read More

  • From Math Olympiads to Diplomacy: Meet Visiting Math Professor Qendrim Gashi

    Maryland Global, published a great interview with our visiting professor (and diplomat), Qendrim Gashi. The interview is available at https://marylandglobal.umd.edu/about/news/math-olympiads-diplomacy-meet-visiting-math-professor-qendrim-gashi Read More
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If for example you intend to study engineering, chemistry, computer science or physics, then you will need first year calculus and more. The required first year calculus sequence at College Park would be MATH 140 -- MATH 141. (You can get credit for MATH 140-141 by scoring 4 or 5 on the Calculus BC Advanced Placement Exam.) To enter MATH 140, you must have a suitable score on our Math Placement Exam or you must take our precalculus course MATH 115.

The material of MATH 115 can be covered in high school, but MATH 115 does carry University credit; you can see how you fare on this material by looking at the course syllabus for MATH 115, and perhaps checking out some past MATH 115 exams on TESTBANK, our online archive of past exams.

It is an excellent achievement to learn calculus in high school. BUT!!! First be sure you are solid with your algebra and precalculus. You would be much better off taking calculus in college with a good command of algebra and precalculus, than you would be taking calculus in college with a somewhat hazy background in algebra, precalculus and calculus.

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