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Planned Placement Policy
Central Missouri wants to ensure that all students are placed in academic courses for which the student is academically prepared. For this reason Planned Placement criteria have been developed to make placement decisions that facilitate student success. Three core components of the ACT exam (reading, writing, and mathematics) are considered for Planned Placement. All new students and transfer students with fewer than 24 semester hours must be placed according to university policy.
Placement testing is available to students wishing to challenge his or her placement to determine the preparedness of the student for college level courses in math, reading and English. Students admitted without a recent ACT or SAT score (within the last five years) are automatically placed and enrolled into introductory math, English and reading courses. Placement testing is available to students wishing to challenge their placement to determine the preparedness of the student for college-level courses in mathematics, reading and English.
The Planned Placement test used at UCM is ACT-COMPASS exam. There are three exams: English - Essay, Mathematics, and Reading. Each exam may only be taken one time. Scores are available upon completion of each exam. Students living a distance from Warrensburg may contact Testing Services to determine if remote testing is available closer to their home. To test at a remote institution you must be registered by Testing Services for scores to be accepted. Scores from other institutions are not accepted at UCM.
For more information about planned placement or remote testing contact:
Testing Services
Humphreys 216
660-543-4919
Placement criteria are as follows:
To enroll in:..............................................Students must have an ACT score:
AE 1000: Introduction to College Writing .......................ACT English score 17 or below; SAT Writing score 420 or below
ENGL 1020: Composition I ...........................................ACT English score 18 or above; SAT Writing score 430 or above
ENGL 1080: Advanced Composition..............................ACT English score 26 or above; SAT Writing score 590 or above
AE 1820: Learning Strategies..........................................ACT Composite 18 or below; SAT Composite 1320 or below
AE 1030: Introduction to Algebra....................................ACT Math score 16 or below; SAT CR+M score 810 or below
MATH 1101: Intermediate Algebra.................................ACT Math score 17 or above; SAT CR+M score 820 or above; or a grade of C or higher in AE 1030 Introduction to Algebra
MATH 1111: College Algebra........................................ACT Math score 20 or above; SAT CR+M score 940 or above; or a grade of C or higher in MATH 1101 Intermediate Algebra
MATH 1300: Basic Statistics..........................................ACT Math score 20 or above; SAT CR+M score 940 or above; or a grade of C or higher in MATH 1101 Intermediate Algebra
MATH 1620: Contemporary Mathematics......................ACT Math score 20 or above; SAT CR+M score 940 or above; or a grade of C or higher in MATH 1101 Intermediate Algebra
MATH 1131: Applied Calculus.......................................ACT Math score 21 or above; SAT CR+M score 980 or above; or a grade of C or higher in MATH 1111 College Algebra
MATH 1150: Pre-Calculus Mathematics.........................ACT Math score 21 or above; SAT CR+M score 980 or above;
MATH 1151: Calculus and Analytical Geometry..............ACT Math score 24 or above; SAT CR+M score 1090 or above; or a grade of C or higher in MATH 1112 College Trigonometry MATH 1150 Pre-Calculus Math
