Placement Guidelines

Course Placement for FIRST TIME Freshmen

AAMU uses Next-Generaton ACCUPLACER® exams designed to measure your mastery of a particular subject.  These assessments can help you and your academic advisor determine which courses offer you the best chance for success.

Taking the Accuplacer exam does not grant college-level credit, only placement for Math, English, and Reading-intensive courses.

Some courses require placement in English, Math, and Reading before you can register for its college-level course.  Therefore, you will be required to take the placement exam to enroll in any English, Math or Reading intensive courses if you do NOT have scores from ACT, SAT, or college level credit. 

Students with ACT/SAT sub-scores requiring a transitional Math, English or Reading intensive course have the option to take the Accuplacer exam to improve placement.  It is highly recommended that the student consult with his/her academic advisor to ensure this is the right decision for proper placement.

Upon completion, the results will be available to the academic advisor to discuss with the student placement in the required Math, English, and Reading intensive courses based on the submitted score.

Course Placement 

You will be placed into the designated course according to the following criteria.
If you do not meet this requirement, you can begin with the required transitional course.

MATHEMATICS	ACT Math Subscore	SAT Math Subscore	Placement Exam
MTH 011 Fundamentals of Math MTH 012 Intermediate Algebra **	16	430	200 - 232
MTH 110 Finite Mathematics MTH 112 Pre Calculus Algebra	17	470	233 - 284
MTH 115 PreCalculus Algebra/Trig **	18	500	233 - 284
MTH 120 Calculus and Its Applications MTH 125 Calculus I **	19	510	285 or HIGHER
**STEM majors only

READING	ACT Reading Subscore	SAT  Reading Subscore	Placement Exam
EDU 011 College Reading	14 or LESS	280 or LESS	LESS THAN 236
For placement in Social  Science electives and  reading intensive courses	15 MINIMUM	290 MINIMUM	236 MINIMUM

ENGLISH	ACT English Subscore	SAT English Subscore	Placement Exam
ENG 010 Development English	14 or LESS	280 or LESS	254 or LESS
ENG 101 Written Composition I	15 MINIMUM	290 MINIMUM	255 MINIMUM

PRIOR TO TESTING 

• Placement Testing is offered in the Testing Services Lab located in the J.F. Drake Learning Resource Center (Library), Room 125
• First time incoming students should consult with their Freshman Academy Academic advisor PRIOR to testing.
  
• Please be on time! Arrive at least 10 -15 minutes prior to your test time.
• Before you arrive, please review the Testing Center Rules
• Bring your official, government issued photo ID (No IDs on phones will be accepted).
  You will not be eligible to test without an official ID.
• You will be notified of confirmation via email.
• Please do not arrive without a scheduled, CONFIRMED appointment.
  
• All scores will be available to the appropriate advisor for further advisement.

RESOURCES

College Board offers free Accuplacer Learning Resources including study guides and practice tests to help you to prepare and improve your skills in each subject area.