Placement Test Scores & Recommendations

The following placement recommendations are effective March 2013:

Native English Speakers

Reading

• 0-59: Refer to Community Education
• 60-69: COM 021 Basics of College Reading
• 70-79: COM 061 Advanced Reading
• 80-100: No Reading required

Writing

• 0: Bridge Writing
• 4: COM 041 Basic Writing I
• 6: COM 051 Basic Writing II
• 7: COM 121 English Composition
• 8: COM 122 English Composition (Honors)
• Students who score 90 or higher on the Reading test and 7 on Writing may also choose to enroll in COM 122

Non-Native English Speakers

Reading

• 0-29: Refer to Community Education
• 30-52: ESL 010 Intensive English (prior to 3/13: Community Education)
• 53-59: Refer to ESL Program Coordinator (prior to 3/13: Community Education)
• 60-69: ESL 020 Reading I
• 70-79: ESL 060 Reading II
• 80-100: No Reading required

Writing

• 1: ESL 030 Foundations of College Writing (prior to 3/13: ESL 042)
• 2: ESL 040 Writing I (prior to 3/13: ESL 041)
• 3: ESL 050 ESL Writing II (prior to 3/13: ESL 051)

All Students

Pre-Algebra

• 0-29: CEM/MAT 010 Math Skills Review
• 30-50: MAT 020 Basics of College Math
• 51-100: MAT 030 Algebra I

Algebra

• 0-19: MAT 020 Basics of College Math
• 20-50: MAT 030 Algebra I  or MAT 035 Algebra with Quadratics
• 51-75: MAT 035 Algebra with Quadratics or MAT 150 Foundations of Math or MAT 210 Statistics or BUS 110 Business Math

College Algebra

• 0-30: MAT 110 Intermediate Algebra
• 31-69: MAT 160 College Algebra

Trigonometry

• 0-25: MAT 165 Trigonometry 
• 26-69: MAT 180 Precalculus
• 70-100: MAT 220 Calculus I