Can I take Precalculus at another college?
If you would like to take Precalculus at a community college in New Jersey, you can see what the equivalent course is at TCNJ by checking NJTransfer.org and clicking on the “Course Equivalencies” link on the left side of the page. To take a course at another school, the procedure to follow can be found at http://www.tcnj.edu/~recreg/policies/courseauthorization.html. Please note that there is a Course Authorization Form (http://www.tcnj.edu/~recreg/policies/documents/CourseAuthorizationForm_000.pdf) that needs to be signed before you take the course at the other college. However, if the course is taken at a community college and is listed on NJTransfer.org (without restrictions), you will not need to get the department chair’s signature. Simply take the form to Records and Registration and they will approve it for you.
Please note that a community college course may transfer to TCNJ but not count towards the major or as equivalent to MAT 120: Precalculus. Please check that the course is equivalent to MAT 120. If it is, once you pass the course and have it transferred to TCNJ, you will be able to register for Calculus.
For example, many of the Calculus III courses will transfer to TCNJ, but as elective credit, and will not satisfy the requirements for the Mathematics and Statistics majors. Similarly, science courses needed as correlates for the Mathematics and Statistics majors must transfer as courses that count for the respective Biology, Chemistry, or Physics major.