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Math Placement Exam Requirements

All students will be required to take the ACCUPLACER elementary algebra exam for math placement, even if they are TSI exempt, prior to registration.

Math Placement Guidelines

  ACCUPLACER* 
Elementary Algebra
ACT SAT
MATH 0302 0-62    
MATH 0303 63-84    
Ready for MATH 1314, 1324, 1332 85+    
Math 1314 Credit   24+ Math 560+ Math
Ready for MATH 2413   27+ Math 620+ Math
*Accuplacer test must be taken within one year of enrollment.

 

Placement Exemptions

  • MATH 1314, 1324, or 1332 credit with a grade of 'C' or better.
  • Credit by Examination
  ACT  Math SAT Math Advanced Placement Calculus AB/BC CLEP Calculus w/Elementary Functions CLEP College Algebra International Baccalaureate MATH SL International Baccalaureate Math HL
MATH 1314 24+ 560+     50 4+  
MATH 2412     3+        
MATH 2413     3+ 50     4+
  • Transfer students who successfully complete a developmental math course within two years of enrollment, equivalent to MATH 0303, at a Texas public or private post-secondary institution will be placed in the appropriate credit-bearing math course without requirement of ACCUPLACER.