Course Prerequisites
ENGLISH & READING COURSE PREREQUISITES
STARTING SUMMER 2008
| Course | Accuplacer score | ACT English or Reading score | SAT Verbal score | Course prereq |
| ENGLISH COURSES | ||||
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ENG 030 Basic Writing Skills |
Sentence Skills: 25-49 | 15 | ||
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ENG 060 Writing Fundamentals |
Sentence Skills: 50-69 | 16 | ENG 030 | |
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ENG 090 Basic Composition |
Sentence Skills: 70-94 | 17 | ENG 060 | |
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ENG 121 English Composition I |
Sentence Skills:95+; RC:80+ | ACTE:18; ACTR:17 | 440 | ENG 090; REA 090 |
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ENG 131 Technical Writing (diesel) |
Sentence Skills:70+; RC:45+ | 17 | ||
| BUSINESS WRITING | ||||
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BUS 217 Business Communication & Report Writing |
Sentence Skills:70+ | 17 | ENG 060 | |
| READING COURSES | ||||
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REA 030 Basic Reading Skills |
Reading Comp:25-39 | 14 | ||
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REA 060 Foundations of Reading |
Reading Comp:40-61 | 15 | REA 030 | |
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REA 090 College Preparatory Reading |
Reading Comp:62-79 | 16 | REA 060 | |
| No Reading course required | Reading Comp:80+ | 17 | 430 | REA 090 |
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Accuplacer tests: Sentence Skills(SS); Reading Comprehension (RC) |
Ability to Benefit Scores
(used to determine FA eligibility for students without a high school diploma or GED): Sentence Skills: 60 Reading: 55 Arithmetic: 34 | |||
| Students with sentence skills and/or reading comprehension scores under 25on 1st Accuplacer English/reading test should be encouraged to attend at least one English/reading workshop and pay to retest. Students who score under 25 on their 2nd test are referred to the Learning Source at Lowry, 303-340-7045. Next registration is 4/1/08. Classes are in LC901 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays, 9-11:30 or 6:30-9. Contribution asked is $60. | ||||
MATH COURSE PREREQUISITES STARTING SUMMER 2008
| Course | Accuplacer score | ACT Math score | SAT Math score | Course prereq |
| MAT 030 Fundamentals of Math | Arithmetic:24-56 | 15 | 407 | |
| MAT 060 Prealgebra |
Arithmetic:57-120; Elem Alg:0-44 |
16 | 420 | MAT 030 |
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MAT 090 Intro to Algebra |
Elem Alg:45-60 | 17 | 434 | MAT 060 |
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MAT 106 Survey of Algebra coreq MAT 111 |
Elem Alg:61-84 | 18 | 447 | MAT 090 |
| MAT 107 Technical Math (diesel) |
Arithmetic:57+; Elem Alg:45+ |
17 | 434 | MAT 060 |
| MAT 120 Math for the Liberal Arts | Elem Alg:85+ | 19 | 460 | MAT 106 |
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MAT 121 College Algebra |
Elem Alg:85+ | 23 | 513 | MAT 106 |
| MAT 122 Trigonometry | CLM:63-102 | 24 | 527 | MAT 121 |
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MAT 123 Finite Math |
Elem Alg:85+ | 23 | 513 | MAT 106 |
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MAT 125 Survey of Calculus |
CLM:63-102 | 25 | 540 | MAT 121 or 123 |
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MAT 135 Statistics coreq MAT 179 |
Elem Alg:85+ | 21 | 487 | MAT 106 |
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MAT 155 Integrated Math I |
Elem Alg:85+ | 19 | 460 | MAT 106 |
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MAT 166 Pre-Calculus |
CLM:63-102 | 25 | 540 | MAT 106 |
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MAT 201 Calculus I |
CLM:103-120 | 28 | 580 | MAT 166 or 121&122 |
| Accuplacer math tests: Arithmetic(AR); Elementary Algebra(EA); College Level Math(CLM). |
Ability to Benefit Scores (used to determine FA eligibility for students without a high
school diploma or GED)Sentence Skills: 60 Reading: 55 Arithmetic: 34 | |||
| Students with arithmetic scores under 24 on 1st Accuplacer Arithmetic test should be encouraged to attend at least one math workshop and pay to retest. Students who score under 24 on their 2nd test are referred to the Learning Source at Lowry, 303-340-7045. Next registration is 4/1/08. Classes are in LC901 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays, 9-11:30 or 6:30-9. Contribution asked is $60. |
