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READING PLACEMENT
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Score |
Required Reading Course |
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Level 1 |
AESL103 Reading Improvement for International Students (a required course, must be taken the semester immediately following the test) |
|
Level 1 |
READ090 Introduction to College Reading (a required course, must be taken the semester immediately following the test) |
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Level 2 |
READ110 College Reading and Study Strategies (a strongly recommended course but not required) |
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Level 3 |
No Reading Course Required |
- Students with a Level 1 Reading score are limited in their enrollment to certain courses until they pass READ090 with a grade of C or better. Students who take READ090 must also successfully complete READ110 with a grade of C or better in the subsequent semester. All academic advisors have the list of currently approved courses for READ090 students. Students enrolled in AESL103 must next register for READ090 unless they take the placement reading test at the end of AESL103 and score at Level 2 or 3. Students must pass READ090 with a grade of C or better and a placement score of Level 2 or 3. Students enrolled in READ090 must next register for READ110 unless they take the placement reading test at the end of READ090 and score a level 3 and receive a C grade or better.
- Inquiries about the reading test, scores, or course placement should be directed to the Reading Coordinator in the Department of Language and Literature, 215-968-8133.
WRITING PLACEMENT
|
Score |
Required Writing Course |
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AESL081 Writing Fundamentals for International Students (students who score into AESL081 must also take AESL083, and AESL085) |
|
|
2 |
COMP090 Basic Writing |
|
4 |
COMP107 Introduction to Academic Writing |
|
6 |
Depending upon major: |
- Students placed into AESL081 must complete with (grade C or better) AESL081, AESL083, and AESL085. Students placed in AESL101 must complete satisfactorily (C grade or better) AESL101, AESL103, and AESL105 in order to move on to other courses. Inquiries about AESL courses, AESL scores, or AESL course placement should be directed to the AESL Coordinator in the Department of Language and Literature, 215-968-8018. Students placed in COMP090 must complete the course with a C grade or better before they are permitted to register for COMP 107. Students placed in COMP107 must complete the course with a grade of C or better before they are permitted to register for COMP110 or MGMT135.
- Each student planning to take COMP110 English Composition I or MGMT135 Business Communication is required to write a multi-paragraph placement essay.
- Each essay will be read by two readers and scored 1 (lowest) - 6 (highest), corresponding to standards established by the Department of Language & Literature. A student who receives a 6 should take COMP110 English Composition I or MGMT135 Business Communication, depending on major.
- Failure to write the placement essay means a student is not permitted to take COMP110 English Composition I or MGMT135, Business Communication. If a student is required to take COMP090 or COMP107, registration for COMP110 or MGMT135, Business Communication is not permitted until successful completion of the earlier writing course with a grade of C or better.
- Inquiries about placement test scores and course placement should be directed to the Department of Language & Literature, 215-968-8150.
MATHEMATICS PLACEMENT
|
ALEKS % |
Bucks Placement Score |
Bucks Course Placement |
|
0-13 |
1 |
MATH 090 – Prealgebra |
|
14-29 |
3 |
MATH 095 – Basic Algebra |
|
30-41 |
5 |
MATH 101 – Math Concepts MATH 102 – Math for Educators I MATH 103 – Intermediate Algebra MATH 110 – Math for Technology I |
|
42-49 |
7 |
MATH 115 – Elementary Statistics MATH 117 – Finite Mathematics for Business MATH 120 – College Algebra |
|
50-60 |
8 |
MATH 118 – Business Calculus MATH 122 – Trigonometry |
|
61-75 |
9 |
MATH 125 – Precalculus |
|
76-100 |
11 |
MATH 140 – Calculus I |
- CHEMISTRY PLACEMENTIn general, a Liberal Arts major could take either MATH101 or MATH102. Each course is independent of the other and either may be taken before the other.
- MATH117 is not a preparation for calculus. It is for students in majors in business, biology, information science, and social science.
- Students are not permitted to register for a course higher than the score level indicates but may register for lower level courses.
- Inquiries about the Math placement test or course should be directed
- In order to enroll in CHEM121, students must take and pass the Chemistry Placement Exam irrespective of any prior courses they have taken or degrees they have completed.
- Inquiries about the Chemistry placement test or course should be directed to the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, 215-968-8305.