Placement Exam Information

As part of our commitment to excellence, we require all of our students to take a diverse selection of classes in the natural sciences, the humanities and the social sciences. By the time they graduate, students must also show competence in writing, speaking and quantitative reasoning.

To assist us in preparing an appropriate class schedule and to offer you an opportunity to test out of a required quantitative reasoning course, all incoming students are required to take a Math Placement Exam. The results of this exam are extremely important for scheduling your courses.

You will also have an opportunity to take placement exams in Chemistry and a foreign language. Students who plan to enroll in Biology, Chemistry, Geology and Planetary Sciences, Secondary Education Sciences, Pre-Health or Pre-Pharmacy professions or Engineering Science and Engineering Technology must take the chemistry placement exam. Students who wish to study a foreign language at the college level and have prior coursework in that language should take a placement exam in French, German or Spanish. This will help us schedule you for the most appropriate classes. If you are not certain as to whether you will be taking courses in any of these areas, we recommend that you do take the appropriate exams.