At the end of your first year at UTSC, you can apply to enter a Mathematics program of study (POSt). In order to apply for a Mathematics POSt in your second year, you must have completed 4.0 credits, including all required A-level CSC and MAT courses. Below are the admission requirements for applications received in 2024.
For a complete list of all program POSt requirements, please click here.
Specialist and Major in Mathematics
You will be admitted to the Mathematics Major if you achieve all of the following:
- A grade point average of at least 2.0 across the following four courses: CSC/MAT A67, MAT A22, MAT A31, MAT A37.
- A grade of at least B in one of CSC/MAT A67, MAT A22, MAT A37.
You will be admitted to any stream of the Mathematics Specialist if you achieve all of the following:
- A grade point average of at least 2.5 across the following four courses: CSC/MAT A67, MAT A22, MAT A31, MAT A37.
- A grade of at least B in two of CSC/MAT A67, MAT A22, MAT A37.
These requirements are designed to demonstrate that you have the background and aptitude to succeed in our upper year courses.
Retaking courses
Each of CSC/MATA67, MATA22, MATA37 may be retaken once for the purpose of meeting these requirements. If you do so, then we will consider the higher grade on the two attempts. If you withdraw from a course before the deadline to withdraw without academic penalty then it does not count as an attempt. If you pass MATA31 then you cannot retake it for the purpose of meeting these requirements; we will only consider your first passing grade for this course.
There will be extra spaces available in the Mathematics Major and Specialist for students from other admission categories. The number of spaces will depend on the number of successful applicants from the Mathematics admission category. Students will be selected for admission to these spaces based on their grades in CSC/MATA67, MATA22, MATA31, MATA37.
Students may apply for one of these extra spaces upon completion of the required courses.
Retaking courses
Each of CSC/MATA67, MATA22, MATA37 may be retaken once for the purpose of admission to a Math Major or Specialist. If you do so, then we will consider the higher grade on the two attempts. If you withdraw from a course before the deadline to withdraw without academic penalty then it does not count as an attempt. If you pass MATA31 then you cannot retake it for the purpose of admission to a Math Major or Specialist; we will only consider your first passing grade for this course.
We have spaces in the Mathematics Major and Specialist reserved for students who entered CMS prior to 2021, and hence are not in an admission category, and did not complete their A-level courses in time to apply for a POSt in 2022. These are not among the extra spaces for 2022 students from other admission categories. You will not be competing with those students. Students will be selected based on their grades in CSC/MATA67, MATA22, MATA31, MATA37.
Retaking courses
Each of CSC/MATA67, MATA22, MATA37 may be retaken once for the purpose of admission to a Math Major or Specialist. If you do so, then we will consider the higher grade on the two attempts. If you withdraw from a course before the deadline to withdraw without academic penalty then it does not count as an attempt. If you pass MATA31 then you cannot retake it for the purpose of admission to a Math Major or Specialist; we will only consider your first passing grade for this course.