Taking Math Courses in Summer School

Washington University's Summer School
Information about WU's Summer School can be obtained from the WU Summer School Office located in January Hall, room 100. 
The calculus courses (L24-131-132-233) and differential equations (L24-217) are offered at Washington University Summer School.
 

The upper level courses Math 2200 (Elementary Probability and Statistics), and Math 309 (Matrix Algebra). 

Math 310 and 3200 are not offered.

If you use the WU Summer School link to search for courses, be sure to search under School = Arts & Sciences  and using Department Code L24-Mathematics .  Washington University full-time students are more likely to find the courses they need there, and probably NOT under School = University College or under Department Code U20-Mathematics.
In particular, notice that W.U.'s University College (evening program) calculus courses U20-155,156, 255, 256 are divided into a 4-course sequence rather than the 3-course sequence used during the day (L24-131, 132, 233).  Therefore the evening and day courses do not correspond with each other:  for example, U20-155 (Calculus I) is not the same as L24-131 (Calculus I). This difference is true both during the summer and during the regular academic year.

Summer School Elsewhere
Calculus  The material in the Washington University Calculus I-II-III courses (L24-131,132,233) courses is more-or-less the standard material found in the Calculus I-II-III courses at others college and universities operating on a semester system.  Therefore, coordinating calculus courses taken elsewhere with those offered at Washington University is usually not much of a problem.

However, there will be variations from school to school on such things as how technology or computer software is used, or the order in which topics are presented in certain textbooks.

Statistics Courses

i) Finding a course to transfer to WU as the equivalent of Math 2200:  such courses will need to be approved by the Mathematics Department on a course-by-course basis.  Roughly, the guidelines are that

i)  It should be pretty clear that the course is not just a "general education requirement" type statistics course.  Usually that's the case if the course has no prerequisites or only high school algebra.  General education type statistics courses might transfer to WU as Math 1011.

ii)  Ideally, the course should have at least Calculus I as a prerequisite

iii) The course should include most of the topics from our 2200 course description, which reads:
An elementary introduction to probability and statistics.  Discrete and continuous random variables, mean and variance, hypothesis testing and confidence limits, nonparametric methods, Student's t, analysis of variance, (multiple) regression, contingency tables, .
iv)  In particular, the course description or syllabus must include at least one of the topics ANOVA (= "analysis of variance") or or multiple regression (with an explicit reference in the syllabus to F-tests or F-statistics.)  Such summer school courses are probably out there at some schools, but the inclusion of these topics is a "stretch" for many summer school programs.
       
ii) Courses comparable to Math 3200 (Elementary to Intermediate Statistics with Data Analysis) will probably be hard to find at other institutions.

Transferring Credit

If you want to take a mathematics course at another college or university, you should pick up a "Permission to Transfer a Course" form from your undergraduate school office (Arts & Sciences, Business, etc.) and get a description of the course you want to take.  Often, a description similar to those found in our Course Listings Book is enough.  However, in some cases (for example, see Math 2200, above) more information may be needed.

  • For calculus and differential equations courses, take the "Permission to Transfer a Course" the course description to Dr. Blake Thornton  (Cupples I, 204A, 314-935-6301) for a signature and then return it to your undergraduate school's office.
  • For math courses following after calculus & differential equations, take the "Permission to Transfer a Course" and the course description to Professor Ron Freiwald (Cupples I, 203A, 314-935-6737) for a signature and then return it to your undergraduate school's office.