Placement and Challenge Testing
Course Placement
Students who need to take courses in English and Math will be placed in these classes according to their level of proficiency. In each area, proficiency is determined by SAT or ACT scores or by placement test results.
Transfer credits in English 111 and 112 or 210 are accepted to fulfill distribution requirements.
Chemistry Course Placement
All students wishing to take CHE 111 must take the chemistry placement test or have a grade of C or better in CHE 095. The student’s placement will be based on the score on the exam:
If CHE placement score is 21 or higher, then CHE 111
If CHE placement score is 17‑20, then either CHE 111 or CHE 095 left to discretion of academic advisor
If CHE placement score is 16 or below, then CHE 095
English Course Placement
ENG 095
SAT-V 480 and below, r-SAT.READ 26 and below, ACT 21 and below, and/or TOEFL IBT 99 and below.
ENG 111
SAT-V 490 and above, R-SAT.READ 27 and above, ACT 22 and above, and/or TOEFL IBT 100 and above.
ENG 095/111 Challenge Testing is available to students with an SAT Verbal score of 470 or 480; an ACT English score of 20 or 21; an r.SAT-READ score of 26; a CXC English score of 2; or, a TOEFL score as follows: 577‑599 (paper-based), 233‑249 (computer-based), or 90‑99 (Internet-based). Students with an SATV of 460 or below; an ACT English of 19 or below; an r.SAT-READ score of 25 and below; a TOEFL score below 577 (paper-based), 233 (computer-based) or 90 (Internet-based; or a CXC score of 3 or more are automatically placed in ENG 095. These students are not eligible to take the English Challenge test.
Students with an SATV of 490 or above; an ACT English of 22 or above; an r.SAT-READ score of 27 and above; a CXC English score of 1; or a TOEFL score as follows: 600 and above (paper-based), 250 and above (computer-based), or 100 and above (Internet-based) are placed in ENG 111.
If, as a result of the ENG 095/111 placement or challenge test, a student is placed in ENG 095, he or she must successfully complete ENG 095 before taking ENG 111. Once a student has taken the English Placement or Challenge Test, he or she is not eligible to re-take the test.
Exceptions: Freshmen who have Advanced Placement Credit (AP). If a student has AP credit for ENG 111, placement will be in ENG 112 or 210. If a student has AP credit for ENG 112 or 210 only, placement will be in ENG 111. If a Freshman has AP credit in both ENG 111 and ENG 112 or 210, no further English is required.
Foreign Language Course Placement
All students who register for their first foreign language course at Barry are required to take either the Spanish or French foreign language placement test.
Math Course Placement
All students will be placed in a Math course based on their level of proficiency as determined by their SAT, ACT, or CXC scores, or the results of a Math placement or challenge test.
Reading Placement
Students who place into ENG 095 are required to take a Reading Placement Test to determine the need for a one-credit Active Reading and Learning Strategies course—SI 010. SI 010 must be taken in the same semester in which ENG 095 is taken. Students who do not earn credit for SI 010, regardless of the grade earned in ENG 095, must re-take SI 010 in the semester immediately following the one in which the NC grade was earned.
Exemptions
Specifically exempt from this policy are second bachelor’s degree candidates, students admitted into the Nursing Transition Program (R.N./B.S.N.), Nursing Accelerated Option, B.S. in Biology/M.L.S. and B.S. in Biology/Histotechnology, and Cardiovascular Perfusion.