To be eligible for Fast Track, you must be a new incoming S&T freshman or transfer student who has attended and completed their A&R Day or Transfer Advising.

Once registered, you’ll join a group of students all working toward the same goal: improving math skills and potentially boosting math placement for the fall semester. All work takes place online in Canvas, with S&T faculty available to assist as you move through the program.

Fast Track is organized into Levels—Algebra and Trigonometry—and each Level contains multiple lessons. Your starting Level is determined by the Math Placement Advisor based on information such as test scores and transfer credit.
To progress through the program, you must:

• Complete each lesson within a Level before moving to the next

• Take a written exam at the end of each lesson (at your own pace)

• Work within the self-paced completion window of March 30–August 5, planning your time carefully to reach your goals

After completing the lessons for a Level, you will take a proctored exam. You may take this exam from home, but you must schedule individual proctoring with instructors via Zoom. Students who meet the required standard on these proctored exams will earn S&T credit for the appropriate course:

• Math 1103 – Fundamentals of Algebra

• Math 1120 – College Algebra

• Math 1160 – Trigonometry

As you earn credit, you may continue to higher Levels. For example:

• Students earning credit for Fundamentals of Algebra (Level 1) can advance to College Algebra (Level 2)

• Students earning credit for College Algebra (Level 2 or Level 3) can continue into Trigonometry (Level 4)

Of course! Here are a few common situations:

• Placed into Math 1210 (Calculus IA) but want Math 1214 (Calculus I in one semester)? Complete Fast Track Level 5: Precalculus (new for Summer 2026) to move directly into Math 1214 and save one full semester of math.
• Placed into Math 1120 (College Algebra) but want to start in Calculus? Begin in Fast Track Level 2 to earn College Algebra credit and move into Math 1210. If time allows, continue into Trigonometry to progress even further.
• Placed into Math 1103 (Fundamentals of Algebra) but want to reach Calculus IA? Start in Fast Track Level 1 to earn credit for Fundamentals of Algebra, then continue through College Algebra and Trigonometry as time allows to improve your placement and move closer to Calculus IA.

Use the link at the bottom of the page to contact a faculty advisor if you would like to talk through your circumstances. 

Once you successfully complete Fast Track, S&T's Math Placement Advisor and an academic advisor from your department will contact you. They can assist you in planning your next steps, including switching your math course if this is appropriate.

It happens to everyone—sometimes you start a project and don’t get as far on it as you expected to. But every bit of time you spend working on Fast Track is worth it. The practice you get in mathematics through this program will help you improve your performance in your college math courses, whether you complete Fast Track or not. Even if you don’t finish, Fast Track will increase your mastery and put you on a more solid foundation.

For incoming students, Fast Track costs $650, payable upon registration.
At the start of the fall semester, Pell-eligible students will receive a refund of $151, making the total cost of the program just $499.

Since Fast Track can result in 3–8 credits earned, this is a substantial savings. If you took a 3-credit course from S&T in Summer 2026, it would cost over $1200 for Missouri residents and over $3000 for non-residents.