Course Placement Exemptions
Students may be exempt from course placement assessment requirements based on:
- enrollment exclusively in non-credit courses, or
- documentation of successful completion of a college-level course in the area for which the course placement score is used, or
- documentation of completion of an associate’s degree, a baccalaureate degree, or higher degree.
Students who have earned associate of arts, associate of fine arts, bachelor’s or graduate degree* will be considered to have satisfied college-level reading and writing requirements. Students who have earned an associate of science or associate of applied science degree but have not completed a writing requirement will receive a college-level writing placement.
Students who have earned associate of arts, bachelor’s or graduate degree* will be considered to have satisfied the mathematics requirement in the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (Goal 4). Program-specific math requirements would need to be met as outlined in the program. Students who have earned an associate of science or associate of applied science degree but have not met the math requirement shall be evaluated on an individual basis prior to enrolling in additional mathematics coursework. Students who have earned a degree but completed the math requirement more than 2 years ago shall be evaluated on an individual basis prior to enrolling in additional mathematics coursework.
*Degrees from institutions outside of the United States will be evaluated on an individual basis.