UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE ATTACHMENT D Resolution to Recommend Changes in the Mathematics Requirement for Undergraduate Admissions WHEREAS the association between taking a rigorous high school math curriculum and going to college is strong for all students, but especially so for those whose parents did not go beyond high school, according to a study on undergraduate student access and persistence published by the American Council on Education in 2002; and WHEREAS of all the high school courses, the highest level of mathematics taken is the most important for college success, doubling the odds that a student who enters college will complete a bachelor's degree if s/he has completed a mathematics course beyond Algebra II while in high school, according to an article in the American Educator in Spring 2004; and WHEREAS SIUC's high school course pattern admission requirements in mathematics are both dated and vague, as stated in the Undergraduate Catalog 2005-06; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVEDthat the Undergraduate Catalog's HIGH SCHOOL COURSE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION table's description of the required 3 units of math read: Algebra I & II, and a proof-based geometry course. A fourth unit is highly recommended: trigonometry and pre-calculus, or statistics, depending on the student's area of interest. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that “mathematics” be deleted from the first sentence after the colon in the paragraph after the table that currently reads: High school units in excess of the required number of units in mathematics, social studies or science may be redistributed among the other categories by applying no more than one unit to any of the following categories: mathematics, social studies, science, or elective. FS0517 Return to November 9, 2004, Agenda