INTERPRETING YOUR PLACEMENT TEST SCORES

ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS
Full-time students must enroll in required Developmental courses in their first semester and complete these requirements during their first year of enrollment.
Part-time students must enroll in at least one of the required Developmental courses during their first semester and continue each semester until all required courses are completed.  All requirements must be completed within the first two years of enrollment.

DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES
Developmental courses at Montclair State University are intended to provide the extra assistance some students need to be successful in the university setting. Therefore, these courses should be taken as early in the academic career as possible.  Credits for developmental courses affect your enrollment status as full-time or part-time.  The table below explains how each course contributes toward degree credits and grade point average (GPA).

Course                                 Course Code        Credits Toward Degree?         Counts in GPA?
 Basic Reading Skills                                  READ 053                    NO                                YES
 College Reading & Study Skills                READ 102                    YES                                YES
 Introduction To Writing                             ENWR 100                   YES                               YES
 Basic Skills Math I: Computation              MATH 050                     NO                                YES
 Basic Skills Math II: Algebra                     MATH 051                    NO                                YES
 Basic Skills Math Lab: Computation         MATH 060                      NO        "P"Does not count in GPA "F"  Counts in GPA
 Basic Skills Math Lab: Algebra                  MATH 061                    NO        "P"Does not count in GPA "F"  Counts in GPA

MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT TEST (MSUPT) Score Ranges and Placements

READING PLACEMENT

Area                   Score Range                 Required Course
 Reading                     135-159                 Basic Reading Skills -- READ 053
 Reading                     160-165                 College Reading & Study Skills -- READ 102
 Reading                     166-181                 No Developmental Reading Course Required

WRITING PLACEMENT

 Area                     Score Range                 Required Course
 Writing                             135-159         Intoduction To Writing -- ENWR 100
 Writing                             160-181         College Writing I: Intellectual Prose -- ENWR 105

DEVELOPMENTAL MATH PLACEMENT

Area                     Score Range             Required Course
 Computation                     0-12                    Basic Skills Math I -- MATH 050 or MATH 060
 Computation                    13-20                   Exempt from Basic Skills Math I

 Elementary Algebra            0-9                       Basic Skills Math II -- MATH 051 or MATH 061

COLLEGE LEVEL MATH PLACEMENT

Area                    Score Range                 Required Course
 Elementary Algebra         10-15                 Exempt from Basic Skills Math II
            and                                                 Eligible for the following College Level Courses:
 Intermediate Algebra        0-10                 MATH 100, MATH 103, MATH 104, MATH 106 or MATH 109

Intermediate Algebra      11-15                 Eligible for the following College Level Courses:
          and                                                  MATH 103, MATH 104, MATH 106, MATH 109
 Precalculus                     0-10                  MATH 111, MATH 112 or MATH 114

Precalculus                    11-15                  Eligible for the following College Level Courses:
                                                                MATH 103, MATH 104, MATH 106, MATH 109
                                                                MATH 111, MATH 112, MATH 114, MATH 116 or MATH 122
 
 
 

Questions may be addressed to Academic Needs Assessment in Morehead Hall, room 139 or by calling (973)655-4476.