Admissions Placement Testing

Placement Test Guide

East Central College uses multiple measures to determine the most appropriate reading, writing, and math classes for students.

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Reading and English Course Placement Information

* Test scores and GPA cannot exceed four years in order to be used for placement.

	ACT	ACCUPLACER Next Generation	SAT	Alternative Placement	HiSET
ENG 080 Reading Comprehension	ACT Reading 0–17	Reading 200–249	Reading 330 or below
No Reading Course Required	ACT Reading 18+	Reading 250+	Reading 340+	Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.0 and ACT Reading 16–17 or Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.0 and minimum of C- in last transcripted HS English class or ACT Reading 16–17 and minimum of C- in last transcripted HS English class	HiSET Reading 15–20
ENG 085	ACT Reading 0–17 and ACT English 0–17	Reading 200–249 and Writing 200–249	Reading 330 or below and English 440 or below
ENG 090 Intro to Writing/ENG 095 Composition Expansion**	ACT English 0–17	Writing 200–249	English 440 or below
ENG 101 English Composition I	ACT English 18–23 plus No Reading Course Required	Writing 250+ plus No Reading Course Required	English 450–540 plus No Reading Course Required	Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.0 and ACT English 16–17 plus No Reading Course Required or Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.0 and minimum of C- in last transcripted HS English class plus No Reading Course Required or ACT English 16–17 and minimum of C- in last transcripted HS English class plus No Reading Course Required
ENG 114 Honors Composition I	ACT English 24+ plus No Reading Course Required	Writing 263+ plus No Reading Course Required	English 550–800 plus No Reading Course Required	Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.2 and ACT English 20+ plus No Reading Course Required or Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.2 and minimum of B in last transcripted HS English class plus No Reading Course Required or ACT English 20+ and minimum of B in last transcripted HS English class plus No Reading Course Required

** ENG 095 is a co-requisite course to ENG 101. Students electing to take ENG 095 to fulfill the Writing Requirement must co-enroll in the corresponding section of ENG 101.

Mathematics Course Placement Information

* Test scores and GPA cannot exceed four years in order to be used for placement.

	ACT Math	ACCUPLACER Next Generation Arithmetic	ACCUPLACER Next Generation Quantitative Reasoning	ACCUPLACER Next Generation Adv Algebra & Functions	SAT Math	Alternative Placement
MTH 070 PreAlgebra		200–259	< 236 placed using Arithmetic Test
MTH 080 Introductory Algebra		260–300	237–249			Minimum score of 27 on ECC Math Department PreAlgebra Exam
MTH 094 Fundamental Concepts in Math / MTH 102 Business Math		260–300	237–249			Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.0 or Minimum score of 27 on ECC Math Department PreAlgebra Exam
MTH 095 Statistics Expansion***			237–249
MTH 108 Applied Algebra & Trig / MTH 110 Intermediate Algebra			250–275	200–236		Minimum score of 27 on ECC Math Department Introductory Algebra Exam
MTH 131 Metric & Nonmetric Geometry / MTH 134 Math for Art & Design / MTH 140 Contemporary Math / MTH 150 Statistics	22–29 (course not recommended if reading is required)		250–275 plus No Reading Course Required	200–236 plus No Reading Course Required	520–660	Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.0 and ACT Math 18–21 plus No Reading Course Required or Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.0 and minimum of B in last transcripted HS math class plus No Reading Course Required or ACT Math 18–21 and minimum of B in last transcripted HS math class plus No Reading Course Required or Minimum score of 27 on ECC Math Department Fundamental Concepts Exam plus No Reading Course Required
MTH 170 College Algebra	22–29		276 opens Advanced Algebra and Functions test for placement	237–275	520–660	Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.0 and ACT Math 18–21 or Cumulative High School GPA ≥ 3.0 and minimum of B in Algebra II or higher Algebra-based course or ACT Math 18–21 and minimum of B in Algebra II or higher Algebra-based course or Minimum score of 27 on ECC Math Department Intermediate Algebra Exam plus No Reading Course Required
MTH 171 Trigonometry/ MTH 180 Survey Calculus	26+			266–300	610–800
MTH 190 Calculus I	30+			276–300	670–800

*** MTH 095 is a co-requisite course to MTH 150. Students electing to take MTH 095 to fulfill the Intermediate Algebra Requirement must co-enroll in the corresponding section of MTH 150.