Calculus Courses

UT Austin offers two parallel calculus sequences:

2-course accelerated sequence	3-course standard sequence
M 408C Differential & Integral Calculus     ↓   M 408D Sequences, Series, & Multivariable Calculus	M 408K Differential Calculus ↓ M 408L Integral Calculus ↓ M 408M Multivariable Calculus

• The accelerated and standard sequences are comparable in content and, when completed, interchangeable for purposes of satisfying degree and course prerequisite requirements at UT Austin.

• A discontinued business/economics sequence of calculus is still awarded as transfer credit.

• Some institutions offer four-course calculus sequences which present special problems in transfer.

M 408C/408D are fast-paced courses that cover, in two semesters, the topics of a typical three-semester sequence. The two-course sequence is an unusual format, and course-for-course equivalents are offered at only a few institutions in Texas:

(*508C & 508D are 5-hour versions of 408C & 408D)

course	title	credit hours	UT evaluation
Angelo State University
MATH 2513	Calculus I	5.0	M 508C*
MATH 3514	Calculus II	5.0	M 508D*
Collin County Community College District
MATH 2417	Accelerated Calculus I	4.0	M 408C
MATH 2419	Accelerated Calculus II	4.0	M 408D
University of Houston (main campus)
MATH 1450	Accelerated Calculus I	4.0	M 408C
MATH 1451	Accelerated Calculus II	4.0	M 408D
UT Dallas
MATH 2417	Calculus I	4.0	M 408C
MATH 2419	Calculus II	4.0	M 408D

In the Texas Common Course Numbering (TCCN) system MATH 2417/2419 correspond to M 408C/408D.

For out-transfer purposes (from UT Austin to other institutions), credit for M 408D should be equated to completion of a traditional third-semester multivariable calculus course.

M 408K/408L/408M are structured more traditionally than 408C/408D. Virtually all calculus courses from other institutions transfer as, or as variants of, 408K/408L/408M.

• M 408K/408L/408M normally carry four semester credit hours each, but the first digit of a transfer evaluation may be modified (e.g. 308K or 508K) to reflect three or five semester hours earned at the original institution. Such evaluations are identical to the normal four-hour course for degree and prerequisite purposes.

• To cover topics comparable to those in 408C, two courses equivalent to 408K and 408L must be taken; to cover topics comparable to those in 408D, two courses equivalent to 408L and 408M must be taken.

• Some institutions offer a four-course sequence comparable to the 408C/408D and 408K/408L/408M sequences.

In the TCCN system MATH 2413/2414/2415 correspond to M 408K/408L/408M.

UT Austin's retired business/economics calculus sequence, M 403K/403L, was last taught in residence during the fall semester 2002. Students pursuing business or economics degrees are now expected to select coursework from the 408C/408D or 408K/408L/408M sequences.

• For Economics, M 408C/408D, 408K/408L/408M, or equivalent transfer credit is required. The discontinued 403K/403L sequence or equivalent transfer credit is not applicable toward the Economics major effective with the Undergraduate Catalog 2002-2004. Additionally, 403K/403L cannot be used as prerequisites for ECO 420K, a course all Economics majors must take; therefore, even students eligible to graduate under earlier UT catalogs should not take 403K/403L or equivalent transfer credit unless they have already completed ECO 420K.

• For Business, M 408K/408L or equivalent transfer credit is required in all majors; the Engineering Route to Business major further requires 408M or equivalent transfer credit. (The accelerated 408C/408D sequence applies in all Business majors, but equivalents are uncommon at other institutions.) Prospective business transfer students should take the first two (Differential & Integral) courses of a normal, non-business calculus sequence; Engineering Route to Business majors should additionally take a third-semester (Multivariable) course. Completion of two calculus courses comparable to M 408K/408L, 408C/408D, or 403K/403L is required for transfer admission consideration in UT's McCombs School of Business.

Although 403K/403L are retired, the course numbers are still used for transfer credit and the completed sequence satisfies the BBA calculus requirement, except in the Engineering Route to Business major. Students with transfer credit for a single business calculus course (e.g. 303K or 403K) are assessed for readiness to undertake additional calculus; typical options are to enroll in 403L through University Extension or its equivalent (MATH 1476) at Austin Community College.

In the TCCN system MATH 1325 or 1425 transfer as 303K or 403K (three- or four-hour version). There is no equivalent TCCN designation for 403L, and only a few institutions offer a second business calculus course:

(*303L is a 3-hour version of 403L)

course	title	credit hours	UT evaluation
Austin Community College
MATH 1476	Business Calculus & Applications II	4.0	M 403L
Collin County Community College District
MATH 1376	Calculus for Business & Economics II	3.0	M 303L*
Dallas County Community College District
MATH 1370	Business Calculus & Applications II	3.0	M 303L*
Lamar University
MTH 237	Calculus II	3.0	M 303L*
Rice University
MATH 112	Calculus & Its Applications	3.0	M 303L*
UT Dallas
MATH 1326	Applied Calculus II	3.0	M 303L*

While UT Austin teaches calculus in a two-course sequence (M 408C/408D), and other institutions typically offer a slower-paced three-course sequence (comparable to UT's M 408K/408L/408M), calculus is sometimes found in a four-course format.

Such coursework does not readily fit into either of UT's two instructional patterns for calculus and, in assigning meaningful transfer evaluations, UT course numbers must be modified almost beyond recognition. The four-course pattern is much less common today than in the past, and only one institution in Texas still offers such a sequence:

East Texas Baptist University
MATH 2301	Calculus & Analytic Geometry I	3.0	M 308K
MATH 2302	Calculus & Analytic Geometry II	3.0	M 608LA
MATH 3303	Calculus & Analytic Geometry III	3.0	M 608LB
MATH 3304	Calculus & Analytic Geometry IV	3.0	M 308M

These evaluations are valid UT Austin course taxonomy, but are so different from UT's normal course numbers they can puzzle not only students but advisors and faculty.

To accommodate four-course calculus sequences, one of the three UT standard sequence numbers must be modified in credit value (e.g. M 408L becomes 608L) and halved (608L becomes 608LA and 608LB), to create a fourth course number and convey that topics of the comparable UT course span two semesters. Other courses in the sequence typically are also assigned numbers with modified credit values (e.g. 408K and 408M become 308K and 308M).

In the TCCN system MATH 2316 is added to 2313/2314/2315 to accommodate a four-course treatment of calculus.

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