Assessment & Placement Policy
For course placement purposes, all students new
to Lake Michigan College will be required to complete an assessment
of writing, mathematics, and reading skills prior to registration
unless an exemption applied based on current procedure.
English, mathematics and reading basic skills
prerequisites for College classes are listed in the course description
section of the College catalog as E-English, M-Mathematics or
R-Reading.
Students who assessment scores do not meet or
exceed levels set for E, M, R prerequisites must successfully
complete appropriate Transitional Studies courses prior to registration
in courses with these prerequisites.
There is no charge for the assessment. The initial assessment
is completed as a unit; however, students may retake each portion
once. If you have not enrolled for five consecutive years, you
must take the assessment unless an exemption applies.
For course placement purposes, all students new to Lake Michigan
College will be required to complete an assessment of writing,
mathematics, and reading skills prior to registration unless an
exemption applies based on current procedure. Upon request, students
with disabilities, with documentation on file in the Office of
Special Populations, will be provided special testing accommodations.
Students who will be exempt from assessment include:
- Students who submit ACT or SAT scores at or above current
qualifying levels for E, M, and R prerequisites. Documentation
of current qualifying levels will be maintained in the Assessment
Center.
- Students with an associate degree or higher, based on documentation.
- Students with a minimum grade of "C" in the equivalent
of a college-level freshman composition course and a college-level
algebra course, based on documentation.
- Students with documented transfer credit in a college-level
composition class will be exempt from the writing portion of
the assessment. Those students with documented transfer credit
in elementary algebra will be exempt from the math portion of
assessment
- Students enrolling ONLY in courses with no prerequisites as
printed in the current LMC College Catalog.
- Students taking non-credit courses and courses for Continuing
Education units (CEUs).
The Assessment Testing Center is located in room A203 on the
Napier Avenue Campus. Bertrand Crossing assessment is located
in room 100. Assessment at the South Haven Campus is located in
the Student Services area. Assessment hours can be found in the
class schedule.
Questions may be addressed to LMC's Assessment Coordinator at
(269) 927-8100 ext. 5243.
Note - Additional assessment is required for Health Science Applicants.
This page was last modified :
August 17, 2007
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