Quick Reference Guide

READING COURSES
Course Placement	Accuplacer: Reading Comprehension
No Reading course required	RC 80 - 120
REA 090 College Preparatory Reading (formerly REA 100)	RC 62 - 79
REA 060 Foundations of Reading (formerly REA 095)	RC 40 - 61
REA 030 Basic Reading Skills	RC 25 - 39
Refer to literacy or adult basic education program	RC < 25
ACT READING SCORE OF 17 OR SAT VERBAL SCORE OF 430 PLACES INTO COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES
ENGLISH (WRITING) COURSES
Course Placement	Accuplacer: Sentence Skills
ENG 121 English Composition I ENG 131 Technical Writing BUS 217 Business Communications & Report Writing	SS 95 - 120
ENG 090 Basic Composition (formerly ENG 100)	SS 70 - 94
ENG 060 Writing Fundamentals (formerly ENG 097)	SS 50 - 69
ENG 030 Basic Writing Skills (formerly ENG 095)	SS 25 - 49
Refer to literacy or adult basic education program	SS < 25
ACT ENGLISH SCORE OF 18 OR SAT VERBAL SCORE OF 440 PLACES INTO COLLEGE LEVEL ENGLISH
MATHEMATICS COURSES
Course Placement	Accuplacer: Math Tests / Prerequisites
MAT 201 Calculus I	CLM 80 (ACT 28, SAT 740) or MAT 121 and MAT 122
MAT 125 Survey of Calculus	CLM 55 (ACT 25, SAT 690) or MAT 121
MAT 122 College Trigonometry	CLM 55 (ACT 24, SAT 690) or MAT 121
MAT 121 College Algebra	EA 85 - 120 (ACT 23, SAT 460) or MAT 106
MAT 135 Intro to Statistics	EA 85 - 120 (ACT 21, SAT 460) or MAT 106
BUS 226 Business Statistics	EA 85 - 120 (ACT 21, SAT 460) or MAT 106
MAT 155 Integrated Math I*	EA 85 - 120 (ACT 19, SAT 460) or MAT 156 or MAT 106
MAT 156 Integrated Math II*	EA 85 - 120 (ACT 19, SAT 460) or MAT 155 or MAT 106
MAT 120 Math for Liberal Arts*	EA 85 - 120 (ACT 19, SAT 460) or MAT 106
MAT 175 Geometry*	EA 61 - 84 or MAT 090
MAT 112 Financial Mathematics*	EA 61 - 84 or MAT 090
MAT 099 Survey of Algebra (formerly MAT 105/106/109)	EA 61 - 84 (ACT 19, SAT 460) or MAT 090 (Note: Course # change starting summer 09)
MAT 108 Technical Mathematics*	EA 45 - 60 or MAT 060
MAT 107 Career Math*	EA 45 - 60 or MAT 060
MAT 090 Introductory Algebra (formerly MAT 100)	EA 45 - 60 or MAT 060
MAT 060 Pre-Algebra (formerly MAT 095)	AR 57-120 or MAT 030
MAT 030 Fundamentals of Math (formerly MAT 063/064)	AR 24 - 56
Refer to literacy or adult basic ed program	AR <24

Accuplacer Test Score Legend:
RC – Reading Comprehension
SS – Sentence Skills
AR – Arithmetic
EA – Elementary Algebra
CLM – College Level Math

* Upon completion of courses marked with an asterisk, further coursework in math requires assessment testing.

Welding Certificate Program: Welding certificate students must provide proof of meeting assessment requirements or take the Accuplacer. Welding certificate students testing below ENG 090, MAT 090 or REA 090 must co-enroll in appropriate remedial courses along with their Welding courses.

Autobody Certificate Programs: Autobody students must provide proof of meeting assessment requirements or take the Accuplacer. If an Autobody student scores below a 57 on the arithmetic section of the Accuplacer, he or she must be placed in MAT 030. If a student scores below a 62 on the Reading Comprehension section of the Accuplacer, they must be placed in REA 060. No mandatory placement for English.

Automotive Technology Certificate Programs: Automotive Technology students must provide proof of meeting assessment requirements or take the Accuplacer. Students testing into ENG 030, MAT 030 or REA 060 must co-enroll in remedial courses along with their Automotive Technology certificate courses.

Criminal Justice - The Peace Officer Academy: Peace Officer Academy students must provide proof of meeting assessment requirements or take the Accuplacer. However, POA students do not need to complete remedial course work.

CNA: Certified Nurse Aide candidates must take the Accuplacer Reading Comprehension exam and must receive a score of 62 or higher in order to qualify for CNA classes.

Certificate Programs that are EXEMPT from Placement Testing:

Fire Science Academy
Nuclear Medicine
Mammography

How to Meet Assessment Requirements:

Show proof of successful previous college experience at an accredited college. Students who have successfully completed (C- or higher) a college-level mathematics and writing course within the past ten years from a regionally accredited institution will be exempt from taking the Accuplacer Placement test. or
Show proof of minimum ACT scores of 18 in English, 19 in Math (for certain courses), and 17 in Reading, or
Show proof of minimum SAT scores of 440 in the verbal area (for English), 430 in the verbal area (for Reading) and 460 in the math area, or
Take College Board's Online Accuplacer Placement test. Knowledge of computers is not necessary to take the test. It is administered untimed. No student calculators allowed.
NOTE: ACT, SAT and Accuplacer scores must be no more than five years old.

Revised March 2, 2009

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Quick Reference Guide

READING COURSES

ENGLISH (WRITING) COURSES

MATHEMATICS COURSES