Math Placement for Honors Students
New Student Orientation 2025
Take your Math Placement Assessment (MPA) by the deadline. All students are required to take the MPA unless you received a score of 5 on the AP Calculus AB or BC exam, or received credit for any UD MATH course other than 010, 166, and 266. Please refer to the math department website.
You will be able to take the test multiple times, but it is especially important to have at least one attempt completed by the time of your NSO appointment with us at Honors.
The link to the exam is available from the Blue Hen portal. More information is available at the Math Department Placement Program website. You must complete the assessment by the deadline.
Honors Calculus
Honors Math 242 (Calc 2) will be offered this fall. To be eligible students must:
- Have credit for MATH 241 (with a 5 on AP Calc AB or a subscore of 5 on Calc BC or through dual enrollment)
- Successfully pass the Honors Calculus Exam.
- Indicate on your pre-advisement form that you are interested or email askhonors@udel.edu by July 1 to be added to the exam.
What is the difference between Honors Math 242 and traditional Math 242?
Honors Math 242 is taught by Dr. Rakesh – a favorite professor of Honors students. In the Honors section, there will be an emphasis on a conceptual understanding of the topics, in addition to practicing calculus techniques. Students will work in groups, on several take home math projects requiring creative thinking to solve the problems. Lectures and projects will include tangential excursions into non-tranditional but important and interesting areas of mathematics.
The Honors section of Math 242 has around 20 students, permitting closer interaction between students and the instructor. The regular sections have 50 to 75 students in each section.
“I had a very positive experience in Honors Calculus II. With it being an Honors course also meant that the class size was a lot smaller than a traditional calculus class, making it easier to understand the material and fostering a community within the class. I highly recommend this class to anyone who has the opportunity to take it.”
— Carson Brown, ’27