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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	-----
ENG2211 Composition I	70-10	41-53	20+
Reading
Cowley College Course Placement	COMPASS Score	ASSET Score	ACT Subject Score
EBE2201 College Reading Skills (required)	0-60	23-34	-----
EBE2201 College Reading Skills (recommended)	61-80	35-40	-----
Reading Skills Well Developed	81-100	41-53	18+
MATH
Cowley College Course Placement	COMPASS Score	ASSET Score	ACT Subject Score
EBM4401 Pre-algebra	0-43 Pre-Algebra	23-40 Numerical Skills	0-15
EBM4405 Elementary Algebra	44-100 Pre-Algebra 0-45 Algebra	41-55 Numerical Skills 23-40 Elementary Alg	16-18
MTH4410 Intermediate Algebra	46-65 Algebra	41-55 Elementary Alg 23-40 Intermediate Alg	19-20
MTH4420 College Algebra	66-100 Algebra 0-45 Coll. Algebra	41-55 Intermediate Alg 23-47 College Algebra	21+
MTH4425 Trigonometry* MTH4423 Elementary Statistics MTH4432 Calc for Business/Econ MTH4433 Pre-Calculus	46-100 Coll. Algebra 0-45 Trigonometry	48-50 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 9/2007