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SPRING 2021 Advanced Standing Examinations - Updated March 3, 2021.

1.  List of Spring 2021 Advanced Standing Exams:

The School of Mathematics is planning to offer Advanced Standing Exams in a limited number of classes in Spring 2021.  Advanced Standing Exams will be offered for MATH 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 2550, 2551, 2552, 3012, 3215.

Requests for Advanced Standing Exams for other classes will be considered.  A decision regarding the availability of Advanced Standing Exams for other classes will be made by March 15, 2021.

2.  Deadline to Apply for a Spring 2021 Advanced Standing Exam:

Please note that requests for advanced standing exams for Spring 2021 will be accepted for consideration only if received no later than April 1, 2021.

Please note that requests for advanced standing exams for 2021 and beyond will be accepted for consideration only if received no later than four weeks prior to the final exam period in a given term.  For Spring 2021, the deadline is Thursday, April 1st. For Summer 2021, the deadline is Thursday, July 1st.  Your request will be evaluated by the Math Academic Office.

3.  Administration of Spring 2021 Advanced Standing Exams:

DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, ADVANCED STANDING EXAMS FOR SPRING 2021 MAY BE ADMINISTERED AS PROCTORED ONLINE EXAMS.  See below for details.

Exams will be proctored online in a live session by School of Mathematics faculty. This method will be used in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.

This method requires students to have:

• RELIABLE INTERNET SERVICE
• A COMPUTER
• A WEB CAMERA
• A PHOTO ID
• A DEVICE TO SCAN OR TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR EXAM PAPERS
• A MEANS OF UPLOADING THE SCANNED PAPERS OR PHOTOS TO THE NAMED GT SITE.

Please note that while we will maintain privacy as much as possible, students who register for this exam will be asked to agree to a FERPA release.  

Exams will be proctored online in a live session by School of Mathematics faculty.  All exams will be held at a set time to be announced on the specified dates.  NO MAKEUP TIMES ARE AVAILABLE.  If you register for an exam, please be sure that you will have uninterrupted internet access at that date and time.

4.  How to Apply for an Advance Standing Exam, Comments, and Rules:

See the Registrar's page information to find the appropriate form at:

Advanced Standing Exams

Email exams@math.gatech.edu with questions or concerns. You may email the form as an attachment to exams@math.gatech.edu.

• DO NOT pay until you get permission from the Math Academic Office to take the exam.
• A student cannot take an advanced standing exam if he/she has taken the course at Georgia Tech and made a D or failed it.
• A student must be in good standing at the request date and at the exam date.
• A student must currently be enrolled in classes at Georgia Tech during the term of the advanced standing exam.
• A student could not be enrolled in the course for which the exam is requested for more than 1 week.
• Advanced Standing exams are not given for MATH 2106, 3235, 3236, 3406 or for 4000-level Math courses. For Spring 2021, Advanced Standing Exams will be offered for MATH 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1712, 2550, 2551, 2552, 3012.   Requests for Advanced Standing Exams in other math courses will be considered, but the request may be denied.  Decisions regarding such requests will be made by April 1, 2021.
• The MATH 1553 Advanced Standing exam will not satisfy the graduation requirements for a CS Degree.
• Students who have credit for MATH 1553 and students who have registered for MATH 1553 cannot take an Advanced Standing exam for MATH 1554. 
• A students cannot take more than 2 Advanced Standing exams in Mathematics in a single term.

5.  Date of Exams Spring 2021 -

MATH 1551:  Friday April 30, 11:20am-2:10pm.  The exam time may be shorter than 2 hours, 50 minutes.

MATH 1552, MATH 2550, MATH 2551, MATH 2552, MATH 3012, MATH 3215:

Friday May 7, 8:00-10:50am.  The exam time may be shorter than 2 hours, 50 minutes.

MATH 1553, MATH 1554:  Friday May 7, 11:20am-2:10pm.  The exam time may be shorter than 2 hours, 50 minutes.

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FALL 2020 Advanced Standing Examinations - Updated November 19, 2020.

The School of Mathematics is planning to offer Advanced Standing Exams in a limited number of classes in Fall 2020.  Advanced Standing Exams will be offered for MATH 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1712, 2550, 2551.

DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, ADVANCED STANDING EXAMS FOR FALL 2020 MAY BE ADMINISTERED AS PROCTORED ONLINE EXAMS.  See below for details.

Please note that requests for advanced standing exams for Fall 2020 will be accepted for consideration only if received no later than Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Please note that requests for advanced standing exams for 2021 and beyond will be accepted for consideration only if received no later than four weeks prior to the final exam period in a given term.  For Spring 2021, the deadline is Thursday, April 1st. For Summer 2021, the deadline is Thursday, July 1st.  Your request will be evaluated by the Math Academic Office.

See the Registrar's page information to find the appropriate form at:

Advanced Standing Exams

Email  exams@math.gatech.edu  with questions or concerns. You may email the form as an attachment to exams@math.gatech.edu.

• DO NOT pay until you get permission from the Math Academic Office to take the exam.
• A student cannot take an advanced standing exam if he/she has taken the course at Georgia Tech and made a D or failed it.
• A student must be in good standing at the request date and at the exam date.
• A student must currently be enrolled in classes at Georgia Tech during the term of the advanced standing exam.
• A student could not be enrolled in the course for which the exam is requested for more than 1 week.
• Advanced Standing exams are not given for MATH 2106, 3235, 3236, 3406 or for 4000-level Math courses. For Spring 2021, Advanced Standing Exams will be offered for MATH 1551, 1552, 1553, 1554, 1712, 2550, 2551, 2552.   Requests for Advanced Standing Exams in other math courses will be considered, but the request may be denied.  Decisions regarding such requests will be made by April 1, 2021.
• The MATH 1553 Advanced Standing exam will not satisfy the graduation requirements for a CS Degree.
• Students who have credit for MATH 1553 and students who have registered for MATH 1553 cannot take an Advanced Standing exam for MATH 1554. 
• A students cannot take more than 2 Advanced Standing exams in Mathematics in a single term.

Date of Exams Fall 2020 - Updated November 19, 2020

Advanced Standing Exams will be scheduled during the second of the two Conflict Periods - December 9, 11:20am - 2:10pm EST.  this is the default testing times.

Tentative plans:  MATH 1551, 1553, and 1554 exams will be offered on December 8, time to be determined.

MATH 1552, 2550, 2551 will be offered on December 9 11:20am - 2:10pm EST.

Proctoring of Fall 2020 Advanced Standing Exams - Updated November 19, 2020. Method 1 will be used in Fall 2020

Exams will be proctored online in a live session by School of Mathematics faculty. This method will be used in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021.

This method requires students to have:

• RELIABLE INTERNET SERVICE
• A COMPUTER
• A WEB CAMERA
• A PHOTO ID
• A DEVICE TO SCAN OR TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR EXAM PAPERS
• A MEANS OF UPLOADING THE SCANNED PAPERS OR PHOTOS TO THE NAMED GT SITE.

Please note that while we will maintain privacy as much as possible, students who register for this exam will be asked to agree to a FERPA release.  

Exams will be proctored online in a live session by School of Mathematics faculty.  All exams will be held at a set time to be announced on the specified dates.  NO MAKEUP TIMES ARE AVAILABLE.  If you register for an exam, please be sure that you will have uninterrupted internet access at that date and time.