ACCUPLACER Course Recommendations | Arapahoe Community College

Skill Area

Score

Course Recommendations***

Reading Comprehension

0-24
25-39
40-61
62-79
80 -120

Please see Advisor
REA 030 Basic Reading Skills
REA 060 Foundations of Reading
REA 090 College Preparatory Reading
College Level

** NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE A READING SCORE OF 80
AND SENTENCE SKILLS SCORE OF 95 TO TAKE ENG 121. **

Sentence Skills

0-24
25-49
50-69
70-94
95-120

Please see Advisor
ENG 030 Basic Writing Skills
ENG 060 Writing Fundamentals
ENG 090 Basic Composition
ENG 121 English Composition I

Arithmetic

24-56
57-120

MAT 030 Fundamentals of Mathematics
MAT 060 Pre-Algebra

Elementary Algebra

45-60

61-84

85-120

MAT 090 Intro Algebra; MAT 108 Technical Mathematics

MAT 099 Intermediate Algebra
MAT 103 Clinical Calculations (Nursing Students)

MAT 121 College Algebra; MAT 123 Finite Math
MAT 120 Liberal Arts; MAT 135 Intro to Statistics
MAT 155 Integrated Math also (For PRE Secondary Teachers)

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College Level Math

63-102
103-120

MAT 122 College Trigonometry
MAT 201 Calculus I

Mathematics Department Chair is Tracy Lawrence 303.797.5834 - tracy.lawrence@arapahoe.edu
***Subject to change based on legislative mandate.

	BASIC LEVEL		INTERMEDIATE LEVEL	COLLEGE LEVEL
READING	REA 030 (2) Accuplacer 25-39 REA ACT: 14 ● word attack ● vocabulary development ● reading comprehension ● stages of reading	REA 060 (3) Accuplacer 40-61 REA ACT: 15 ● vocab development ● finding main ideas ● finding support ideas ● drawing conclusions ● making inferences ● understanding graphics	REA 090 (3) Accuplacer 62-79 REA ACT: 16 ● specific content vocabulary development ● reading in content textbooks ● text organization & annotation ● graphics ● relationships of major and minor ideas	Accuplacer 80+ - REA ACT: 17 Ready for transfer level coursework
ENGLISH	ENG 030 (2) Accuplacer SS 25-49 ENG ACT: 15 ● sentence structure ● grammar, punctuation ● paragraph structure	ENG 060 (3) Accuplacer-SS 50-69 ENG ACT: 16 ● paragraph organization ● grammar, capitalizing, punctuation ● critical reading ● simple, compound, complex sentences	ENG 090 (3) Accuplacer SS 70-94 (previously ENG 100) ENG ACT: 17 ● review of sentence and paragraph structure ● strategies for essay writing ● critical reading ● review of common grammar problems ● basic research skills	ENG 121 (3) Accuplacer SS 95+ ENG ACT: 18 Students must also have REA Accuplacer of 80+ or successful grade in REA 090 ● advanced essay strategies ● research skills ● critical thinking and reading
MATH	MAT 030 (2) CPT-ARITH 24-56 ● basic math functions of whole numbers and fractions ● Math ACT 16	MAT 060 (3) Pre-Algebra Accuplacer-ARITH 57-120 CPT-EL.ALG. 45 ● pre-algebra skills ● problem solving, using ratios, proportions, percents, unit conversions, rational numbers, linear equations *Math ACT 17	MAT 090 (4) Accuplacer-EL. ALG. 45-60 ● Introductory Algebra *Math ACT 1 8	MAT 099 (4) Accuplacer-EL. ALG. 61-84 ● Intermediate Algebra *Math ACT score 19	MAT 120 (4) ACT 19 MAT 121 (4) ACT 23 MAT 123 (4) ACT 24 MAT 135 (3) ACT 21 MAT 155 (3) ACT 21 Accuplacer-EL. ALG. 85+
STUDY SKILLS	Students are advised not to take Study Skills (AAA) until reading and writing skills are improved to the 090 level. AAA 101: College 101 – The Freshman Experience (1 credit) is an orientation course recommended to any new college or ACC student. Accuplacer should be taken but no range requirements.		AAA 090 (3) Academic Achievement Strategies ● learning styles ● time management ● listening skills ● test-taking skills ● study guide prep ● memory technique ● career exploration	SAT SCORES FOR COLLEGE LEVEL Verbal/Critical Reading - 440 Math - 460