{"id":21440,"date":"2018-02-12T12:22:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T17:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21440"},"modified":"2019-07-18T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T18:28:19","slug":"o-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=21440","title":{"rendered":"O! math."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can i study the most basic math course like MAT133Y1 without having high school calculus and only studying till O level maths, I just need to meet the min requirements for econ majoring<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hi!<\/p>\n<p>according to <a href=\"https:\/\/fas.calendar.utoronto.ca\/course\/mat133y1\">the faculty calendar<\/a>, &#8220;high school calculus&#8221; is a pre-req for MAT133. however, because there are so many different education systems that the university encounters with its newly admitted students, it would be impossible to account for every single education system and how they would be related to the canadian and\/or ontario education system. what i&#8217;m getting at is that your O level maths may be enough to satisfy the &#8220;high school calculus&#8221; requirement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.toronto.edu\/cms\/contact\/\">get in touch with the math department<\/a>. they would be able to give you a definite response to your question.<\/p>\n<p>though you may technically have the requirement fulfilled with O level maths, you might find that MAT133 is a little too difficult for you. there is, of course, no shame in that whatsoever. but if you do find yourself struggling in MAT133, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.math.toronto.edu\/cms\/undergraduate-program\/current-students-ug\/math-aid-centres\/\">the math department runs drop-in math aid centres<\/a> with TAs and mentors. i suggest checking them out, if you need help.<\/p>\n<p>i hope this helps!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media0.giphy.com\/media\/3o7btPCcdNniyf0ArS\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"confused math GIF by CBC\" width=\"253\" height=\"141\" \/><\/p>\n<p>xoxo,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can i study the most basic math course like MAT133Y1 without having high school calculus and only studying till O level maths, I just need to meet the min requirements for econ majoring \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! according to the faculty calendar, &#8220;high school calculus&#8221; is a pre-req for MAT133. however, because there are so many different education systems that the university encounters with its newly admitted students, it would be impossible to account for every single education system and how they would be related to the canadian and\/or ontario education system. what i&#8217;m getting at is that your O level maths may be enough to satisfy the &#8220;high school calculus&#8221; requirement. get in touch with the math department. they would be able to give you a definite response to your question. though you may technically have the requirement fulfilled with O level maths, you might find that MAT133 is a little too difficult for you. there is, of course, no shame in that whatsoever. but if you do find yourself struggling in MAT133, the math department runs drop-in math aid centres with TAs and mentors. i suggest checking them out, if you need help. i hope this helps! xoxo, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,118,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses","category-first-year","category-math"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can i study the most basic math course like MAT133Y1 without having high school calculus and only studying till O level maths, I just need to meet the min requirements for econ majoring \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hi! 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