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Course Placement Guidelines

Cowley College offers courses to students with a variety of skill levels. The Cowley Course Placement Guidelines Table lists the mathematics, reading and English courses students will take based on their assessment scores.

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WRITING/ENGLISH

Cowley College Course Placement

COMPASS Score

ASSET Score

ACT Subject Score

EBE2208 English

0-69

23-40

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ENG2211 Composition I

70-100
or 60+ Writing &
80+ Reading

41-53

20+

READING

Cowley College Course Placement

COMPASS Score

ASSET Score

ACT Subject Score

EBE2201 College Reading Skills (required)

0-60

23-34

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EBE2201 College Reading Skills (recommended)

61-80

35-40

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Reading Skills Well Developed

81-100
or 70+ writing

41-53

18+

MATH

Cowley College Course Placement

COMPASS Score

ASSET Score

ACT Subject Score

ABE

0-16

0-22 Numerical Skills
0-22 Elementary Algebra

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EBM4404 Elementary Algebra w/ Review

17-43 Pre-Algebra

23-40 Numerical Skills
23-31 Elementary Algebra

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EBM4405 Elementary Algebra

44-100 Pre-Algebra
0-45 Algebra

41-55 Numerical Skills
32-44 Elementary Algebra
23-30 Intermediate Alg

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MTH4410 Intermediate Algebra

46-65 Algebra

45-55 Elementary Algebra
31-42 Intermediate Alg
23-30 College Algebra

19-20

MTH4420 College Algebra

66-100 Algebra
0-45 Coll. Algebra

43-55 Intermediate Alg
31-47 College Algebra

21+

MTH4425 Trigonometry*
MTH4423 Elementary Statistics
MTH4432 Calc for Business/Econ
MTH4433 Pre-Calculus

46-100 Coll. Algebra
0-45 Trigonometry

48-55 College Algebra

23+

MTH4435 Calculus**

46-100 Trigonometry

48-55 College Algebra

25+

*To enroll in Trigonometry, the student must have completed Algebra II in high school.
**To enroll in Calculus I, the student must have completed high school or college level Trigonometry or an advanced class containing Trig within the last two years.
Revised 3/15/12

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