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Basic Skills Assessment Placement Scores for Accuplacer
Reading, English, and Mathematics Courses

2006-2007 Academic Year

Reading Classes

If your score is between: Then you will need to take this class:
25-39 AAA 010 Academic Achievement (used to be DES 005LU)
40-61 REA 060 Foundations of Reading
62-79 REA 090 College Preparatory Reading
80 or higher No preparatory class is required
ACT Reading score of 17 or SAT Verbal score of 430 places in College level

English Classes

If your score is between: Then you will need to take this class:
25-49 AAA 010E Academic Achievement
50-69 ENG 060 Writing Fundamentals
70-94 ENG 090 Basic Composition
95 or higher (plus reading score 80 or higher) ENG 121 English Composition
ACT English score of 18 or SAT Verbal score of 440 allows placement into ENG 121

Math Classes

If your score is between: Then you will need to take this class:
24-56 (AR)* AAA 010M Academic Achievement or
MAT 030 Fundamentals of Math
57-84 (AR)* MAT 060 Pre-algebra
85 or higher (AR)* or
45-60 (EA)**
MAT 090 Introductory Algebra
61-84 (EA)** MAT 106 Survey of Algebra
MAT 107 Career Math
MAT 108 Technical Math
85 or above (EA)** MAT 120 Mat for Liberal Arts
MAT 121 College Algebra
MAT 135 Introduction to Statistics
BUS 226 Business Statistics
108 (EA)** and 63 (CLM)*** MAT 122 Trigonometry
MAT 125 Survey of Calculus
108 (EA)** and 86 (CLM)*** MAT 201 Calculus I
ACT Math score of 19 or SAT Verbal score of 460 allows placement into Math 121

Key to Math tests:
*AR = Arithmetic
**EA = Elementary
***CLM = College Level Math Algebra