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ENGLISH PLACEMENT
Revised: 9/3/20024

High School
Multiple Measures

AVC English Placement Support Services
HS GPA 2.6 and above ENGL 101

Not Required

HS GPA below 2.6 ENGL 101 and ENGL 901*

Required

*If your high school GPA is below 2.6, you will need to take ENGL 901 with ENGL 101. This course is designed to support instruction in English 101, offering practice and application of the skills needed for expressing ideas effectively and confidently in academic settings.

MATH PLACEMENT (Statistics/Liberal Arts Mathematics)
Revised: 9/3/2024

High School
Multiple Measures

AVC Mathematics Placement Support Services
HS GPA 3.0 or above MATH 110, 115, 116, 120, 124, 128 or 148

Not Required

HS GPA 2.3 - 2.99 MATH 110, 115, 116, 120, 124, 128 or 148 Recommended
HS GPA below 2.3 MATH 110, 115 and 015*, 116, 120, 124, 128 or 148 Strongly Recommended (Required for MATH 115)
*If your high school GPA is below 2.3, you will need to take MATH 015 with MATH 115. This course is designed to support instruction in MATH 115, offering a review of core prerequisite skills, competencies, and concepts needed in statistics. Topics include concepts from arithmetic, pre-algebra, elementary algebra, intermediate algebra, and descriptive statistics that are needed to understand the basics of college-level statistics.

MATH PLACEMENT - STEM Majors 
(Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)
Revised: 9/3/2024

High School
Multiple Measures

AVC Mathematics
Placement
Support Services
Algebra 1 or lower MATH 135 and MATH 035*

Required

Algebra 2 & overall HS GPA 3.4 and above MATH 135

Not Required

Algebra 2 & overall HS GPA 2.6 - 3.39 MATH 135

Recommended

Algebra 2 & overall HS GPA below 2.6 MATH 135 and MATH 035*

Required

Trigonometry & overall HS GPA 3.4 and above MATH 140

Not Required

Trigonometry & overall HS GPA 2.6 - 3.39 MATH 140

Recommended

Trigonometry & overall HS GPA below 2.6 MATH 140

Strongly Recommended

Pre Calculus MATH 150

N/A

Calculus MATH 160

N/A

*If your high school GPA is below 2.6 (or you only took Algebra 1), you will need to take MATH 035 with MATH 135. This course is designed to support instruction in MATH 135, offering a review of core prerequisite skills, competencies, and concepts needed in Trigonometry. Topics include concepts from arithmetic, pre-algebra, elementary algebra, and intermediate algebra that are needed to understand the basics of college-level Trigonometry.

 

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