SJSU Majors Requiring the Precalculus Proficiency Assessment (PPA)
CALCULUS FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND (BS) ECONOMICS
The majors listed below require MATH 30: Calculus I, and most require further mathematics in the calculus series.
Students who have not earned one of the following must take the Precalculus Proficiency Assessment (PPA) to be eligible for MATH 30:
- C- or better in MATH 19: Precalculus or an equivalent course from another college
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C- or better in MATH 18A: College Algebra and MATH 18B: Trigonometry or an equivalent course from another college - 3 or better on the AP Calculus AB or AP Calculus BC exam
- 50 or better on the CLEP Precalculus or Calculus
List of Majors
| Aerospace Engineering BS | Interdisciplinary Engineering BS |
| Applied Math/Applied & Computational Mathematics BS | Geology BS |
| Biological Science BS (all concentrations) | Industrial & Systems Engineering BS |
| Biomedical Engineering BS | Marine Biology BS |
| Chemical Engineering BS | Materials Engineering BS |
| Chemistry BA/BS (all concentrations) | Mathematics BA |
| Civil Engineering BS | Mathematics (Integrated Teacher Education Program) BA |
| Computer Engineering BS | Mechanical Engineering BS |
| Computer Science BS | Meteorology BS (all concentrations) |
| Computer Science & Linguistics BS | Physics (Prepration For Teaching) BA |
| Data Science BS | Physics BA/BS |
| Economics BS | Software Engineering BS |
| Electrical Engineering BS | Statistics BS |
| Forensic Science BS (all concentrations) | |
CALCULUS FOR AVIATION, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, PACKAGING AND (BA) ECONOMICS
The majors listed below require MATH 71: Calculus for Business and Aviation
Students who have not earned one of the following must take the Precalculus Proficiency Assessment (PPA) to be eligible for MATH 71:
- C- or better in MATH 18A: College Algebra or an equivalent course from another college
- 3 or better on the AP Calculus AB or AP Calculus BC exam
- 50 or better on the CLEP Precalculus or Calculus
- SAT Math score of 570 or higher
- ACT Math score of 23 or higher
List of Majors
Aviation BS
Economics BA
Engineering Technology BS (all concentrations)
Packaging BS
MATHEMATICS FOR BUSINESS (all concentrations) AND PACKAGING
Business Administration BS (all concentrations) and Packaging BS require MATH 70: Mathematics for Business.
Students in Packaging BS are required to take both MATH 70: Mathematics for Business and MATH 71: Calculus for Business and Aviation.
Students who have not earned one of the following must take the Precalculus Proficiency Assessment (PPA) to be eligible for MATH 70:
- C- or better in MATH 18A: College Algebra or an equivalent course from another college
- 3 or better on the AP Calculus AB or AP Calculus BC exam
- 50 or better on the CLEP Precalculus or Calculus
- SAT Math score of 570 or higher
- ACT Math score of 23 or higher
List of Majors
Business Administration BS (all concentrations)
Packaging BS
For information on required PPA scores, see the PPA, AP, SAT and ACT Score Information on the math department's website.
