Calculus Guidelines for 2024-2025, Class of 2028

Please note this important information: 

• A solid high school pre-calculus course is necessary background for calculus at Lehigh. Students need a strong foundation in functions and trigonometry to really thrive in calculus.
• Calculators are not permitted in exams or quizzes in Lehigh calculus courses. 
• There are different calculus sequences at Lehigh so please carefully note which calculus sequence is the correct choice for your degree program.
• Only certain majors require calculus and there is no college-wide calculus requirement.  Students need to earn 3 credits of mathematics (MA) to satisfy the college requirement, but should not feel that they must take the most demanding course for which they meet the placement guidelines.  

Calculus Courses & Required ALEKS Scores: 

• ALEKS score of 60 or lower; Please note: ALEKS is not required for entrance into MATH 000.
• This course is for students who need more preparation before moving on to an introductory Calculus course, such as MATH 021, 081, or 051. 
• Description: Intensive review of fundamental concepts in mathematics utilized in calculus, including functions and graphs, exponentials and logarithms, and trigonometry.
• The credits for this course do not count toward graduation, but do count toward GPA and current credit count.

MATH 000 will be offered during Summer Session II this Summer 2024, beginning July 1st. If you are pursuing a major that will require you to take multiple semesters of calculus but are not prepared to take Calculus I in your first semester, you should consider taking MATH 000 as early as possible. Please reach out to fysenroll@lehigh.edu for more information about enrolling in MATH 000 this summer. 

• ALEKS score of 60 or lower
• This course is for students who need more preparation before moving on to an introductory Calculus course, such as MATH 021, 081, or 051. Will include mathematical thought and its development, and precalculus review of fundamental concepts in mathematics utilized in calculus, including functions and graphs, exponentials and logarithms, and trigonometry.

• ALEKS score of 61or greater required
• Those with scores in the lower range might consider the MATH 075/076 sequence, but only if MATH 020 sequence is required, and students should keep in mind that 075/076 covers the material in greater depth than MATH 051 despite the slower pace.
• Description: Limits. The derivative and applications to extrema, approximation, and related rates. Exponential and logarithm functions, growth and decay. Integration. Trigonometric functions and related derivatives and integrals.

• ALEKS score of 61or greater required
• If you need MATH 021 but your ALEKS score is not quite high enough, then you are advised to register for MATH 075 and the next semester MATH 076.  These are courses that break the material of MATH 021 into two 2 credit courses over two semesters.  Completing MATH 075 & 076 substitutes for completing MATH 021.
• Description: Covers the same material as the first half of MATH 021. Meets three hours per week, allowing more class time for each topic than does MATH 021.

• ALEKS score of 70 or greater required
• Open only to students in the College of Business*. CAS may request special permission to enroll by emailing inadvise@lehigh.edu. 
• Students who may transfer to the College of Business are required to have MATH 081 or MATH 021. MATH 051 is not accepted for Business.
• Description: Limits and continuity; exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions; derivatives; extrema; approximations; indefinite and definite integrals. Applications with emphasis on business and economics.

• ALEKS score of 76 or greater required
• Description: Functions and graphs; limits and continuity; derivative, differential, and applications; indefinite and definite integrals; trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, and hyperbolic functions.

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