All UNLV students are required to take at least one math course to earn their degree and graduate. Students are mandated by the state of Nevada to be on track to completing that requirement in their first academic year of enrollment.

Students at UNLV may be placed into mathematics courses through their ACT/SAT scores, the Department of Mathematics Placement Exam, or the ALEKS Mathematics Placement Assessment. Please note that we will not waive prerequisites for courses – no exceptions.

To learn more, visit the Math Placement page.

If your transfer course has not yet been evaluated by the department, you may find you cannot enroll for the course you wish. If this is the case, you can talk with your advisor about a "transfer course equivalency", whereby the math department will analyze your prerequisite course and determine your placement level accordingly. This process takes about three weeks.

If the system is not allowing you to register for a math course because of a failure to meet the prerequisite and you feel this is in error, email the DMS front office at math@unlv.edu.

The Department of Mathematical Sciences will NOT allow students to enroll in full classes — no exceptions.

• The university policy on credit by exam is located in the undergraduate catalog in the "Academic Policies" section under "Student Classifications" and then "Credit by Examination."

(Information taken from the undergraduate catalog, under "Academic Policies")

• Late-registration period begins on the first day of classes and ends at the end of the fifth day of classes. Students may freely add and drop classes or switch sections during this period.
• Adding or switching classes after the late-registration period is allowed primarily to adjust for extenuating circumstances beyond your control, registration errors, lack of prerequisite courses, or schedule changes initiated by the university. After the late-registration period is over, changes may be made only when the university deems the circumstances sufficiently extraordinary to warrant an exception.
• Forms must be obtained from the registrar and signed by the instructor, advisor, dean, and department chair/undergraduate coordinator.

• Proctors used for distance education classes must be approved. 
• All proctors must follow instructors explicitly. See the instructions and form used by instructors for each assessment.