Course Placement Exemptions
Students are exempt from submitting documentation of test scores from the ACT, SAT, or MCA, or from taking the ACCUPLACER subject area tests, 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 degrees* will be considered to have satisfied college-level reading and writing requirements. Students who have earned an Associate of Science or Applied Associate of 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 degrees* 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.