Course Placement Chart
The course placement criteria is listed below. If you feel that your course placement is not commensurate with your academic ability, you are welcome to challenge your placement by completing SUNY Erie’s placement assessment, ACCUPLACER.
Course Placement Chart
| High School GPA | English Placement | Math Placement | ||
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| 0-69.99 | EN022 - Improving College Reading & Writing Credit Hours: 4 Not for degree credit |
MT003-Pre-Algebra Review Credit Hours: 3 Not for degree credits |
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| 70-74.99 | EN 052/ALP - Preparation for College Reading and Writing (ALP) and EN100-Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies taken concurrently. | MT013-Elementary Algebra Credit Hours: 5 Not for degree credit MT006-Basic Algebra Review Credit Hours: 3 Not for degree credit |
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| 75-100 | EN100-Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies or EN110- College Composition Credit Hours: 3 |
Ready for Degree Level Math See program advisor for proper math course selection |
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| TASC Exam | English Placement | Math Placement | ||
| 300-499 | EN 052/ALP - Preparation for College Reading and Writing (ALP) and EN100-Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies taken concurrently. | MT013-Elementary Algebra Credit Hours: 5 Not for degree credit MT006-Basic Algebra Review Credit Hours: 3 Not for degree credit |
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| 500-800 | EN100 - Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies or EN110 - College Composition Credit Hours: 3 |
Ready for Degree Level Math See program advisor for proper math course selection |
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| GED Exam | English Placement | Math Placement | ||
| 100-449 | EN 052/ALP - Preparation for College Reading and Writing (ALP) and EN100-Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies taken concurrently | MT013-Elementary Algebra Credit Hours: 5 Not for degree credit MT006-Basic Algebra Review Credit Hours: 3 Not for degree credit |
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| 450-800 | EN100 - Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies or EN110 - College Composition Credit Hours: 3 |
Ready for Degree Level Math See program advisor for proper math course selection |
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| SAT | English Placement | Math Placement | ||
| 500> | EN100/ EN110 Prior to 3/1/2016 |
Ready for Degree Math See program advisor for proper math course selection |
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| 530> | EN100/ EN110 After to 3/1/2016 |
N/A | ||
| Regents Exam | English Placement | Math Placement | ||
| 85> | ELA-Grade 11 or ELA Common Core | EN100/EN110 | Algebra II Common Core | Ready for Degree Math |
| ACT Exam | English Placement | Math Placement | ||
| English 18> and Reading 21> | EN100/EN110 | 22> Math | Ready for Degree Math | |
*Please note that Not for Credit courses are used by Financial Aid in determining full-time student
status.
Exams for Credit offered at SUNY Erie
| CLEP Examination | Credits Granted | Required Score | SUNY Erie Equivalent Course |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business | |||
| Financial Accounting | 3 | 50 | BU-120 Introduction to Accounting OR BU-121 Accounting Principles I |
| Information Systems | 3 | 50 | BU-231 Business Systems |
| Introductory Business Law | 3 | 50 | BU-261 Business Law I |
| Principles of Management | 3 | 50 | BU-240 Principles of Management |
| Principles of Marketing | 3 | 50 | BU-151 Marketing I OR BU-251 Marketing II |
| Composition and Literature | |||
| American Literature | 3 | 50 | EN-210 American Literature to (1865) I |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Literature | 3 | 50 | EN-111 Composition and Interpretation of Literature OR EN 101 Composition for the Humanities |
| College Composition | 6 | 50 | Sequence 1: EN-110 College Composition & EN-111 Composition and Interpretation of
Literature OR Sequence 2: EN 100 Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies & EN 101 Composition for the Humanities |
| College Composition Modular | 3 | 50 | EN-110 College Composition OR EN 100 Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies |
| English Literature | 3 | 50 | EN-220 British Literature I |
| Humanities | 6 | 50 | EN-299 Topics in Literature OR EN-276 Foundations in Literary Art |
| World Languages | |||
| French Level I | 6 | 64/50 | FR-112 Intermediate French (3.5 cr. Hours) |
| French Level II | 9 | 69/59 | FR-112 Intermediate French (3.5 cr. Hours) |
| Spanish Level I | 6 | 56/50 | SP-110 Elementary Spanish I & SP-111 Elementary Spanish II (up to 6 Credits) (SP110 SP111- 4 cr hours) |
| Spanish Level II | 9 | 68/63 | SP-112 Intermediate Spanish I( 3.5 credit hours) & SP-203 Introduction to Spanish Literature (up to 9 credits) |
| History and Social Sciences | |||
| American Government | 3 | 50 | GO-101 American Government 1 |
| History of the United States I: Early Colonization to 1877 | 3 | 50 | HI-101 American History I |
| 1865 to Present | 3 | 50 | HI-102 American History II |
| Human Growth and Development | 3 | 50 | PS-201 Developmental Psychology |
| Introduction to Education Psychology | 3 | 50 | SS-214 Exceptional Education |
| Introductory Psychology | 3 | 50 | PS-100 General Psychology |
| Introductory Sociology | 3 | 50 | SO-100 Introduction to Sociology |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | 50 | EC-102 Macroeconomics |
| Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | 50 | EC-103 Microeconomics |
| Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 | 3 | 50 | HI-100 Foundations of Western Civilization |
| Western Civilization II: 1648 to Present | 3 | 50 | HI-110 Modern Europe II |
| Sciences and Mathematics | |||
| Biology | 6 | 50 | BI-107 Human Biology |
| Calculus | 4 | 72 | MT-181 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I |
| Calculus | 4 | 50 | MT 888 |
| College Algebra | 4 | 72 | MT 125 College Mathematics |
| College Algebra | 4 | 50 | MT 888 |
| Chemistry | 6 | 50 | CH-180 University Chemistry I OR CH-181 University Chemistry II |
| Natural Science | 6 | 50 | PH-110 Contemporary Science |
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