Mathematics

 

Welcome to the Mathematics Department!

At UW-River Falls, our mathematics instruction is dedicated to nurturing and developing students' creative mathematical talents as problem-solvers. The River Falls mathematics faculty has diverse backgrounds and research interests, including combinatorics, differential equations, number theory, functional analysis, mathematics education, numerical analysis, probability, and statistics.

The department supports a Math Study Room where students work and informally interact with one another, and a Math Help Center which is staffed with upper level students who can provide help and insights to students studying mathematics in their first two years.

Testing Options:

• Math Placement Tests can be taken in person (on the UWRF campus) or online HERE
  • In-person test scores are reported to eSIS and to you via email the same day you take the test.
  •  If you are taking the math placement test online, be aware of the following scheduling considerations:
    • You must sign up on the website to take the placement test. After you sign up online, you will be sent a link to take the placement test. Please allow 24 hours to get the test link.
    • Scores from the online math placement test are sent to UWRF on Friday afternoons. They are entered into eSIS on the following Monday.
    • A high enough grade on the math placement test may allow you to waive the Math-General Education requirement (depending on your major). We are only waiving the requirement based on in-person tests.

Math Waiver Form

Information about the test: The test includes four components: elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, college algebra, and trigonometry.  Your placement will be based on three math scores, which will be used in combination to determine your optimal math placement.  The test is designed to determine placement for levels from remedial math to calculus.  You are allowed 90 minutes to take the test and a few additional minutes to fill out paperwork.

Test information and a Practice Mathematics Placement Test

 

Math Test-Outs

Date/Time: Mid Semester

Test Out Information Sheet

Must sign up to assure the availability of a test.

Test-Outs available for:
Math 146: College Algebra
Math 147: College Algebra/Trigonometry
Math 156: Calculus for Business/Social Science
Math 166: Calculus I
Math 167: Calculus II

Testing is mid semester.

Must be signed up to take a test (No Drop Ins)

Math Placement Test (for current students)

All students who have not taken college-level courses in math are required to take the Wisconsin Regional Placement Test before registering for a math class.

The 2024/2025 Semester Math Placement Test dates

• Wednesday, December 11th
  • North Hall 205 3:00pm - 4:30pm
• Friday, January 24th
  • North Hall 205 10:00am - 11:30am

There are 2 different tools that we use and allow for placement in a first math course at UWRF

• ACT Math subscore
• Wisconsin Placement Test for Math (MAFOR)