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credit hours allowed through challenge exams or any other prior learning experience credit.
Students may transfer in challenge exams from other 4-year universities to Texas Wesleyan University. Credit for this exam must be reflected on the student's official University transcript from where the exam was taken. Credit must be approved by the Office of Student Records.
Placement Exams
ENGLISH PLACEMENT EXAM
All students who have not earned college credit for ENG 1301 are required to take the Texas Wesleyan University English Placement Exam. Students who pass the exam will be eligible to enroll in ENG 1301. Students who do not pass the exam must enroll in ENG 0300. Students must demonstrate learned proficiency in ENG 0300 by receiving a grade of “C” or better and successfully completing the English Placement Exam before enrolling in ENG 1301. Those that do not receive a satisfactory score on the English Placement Exam must enroll in ENG 0301. After successful completion of ENG 0301with a grade of ‘C’ or better and a satisfactory score on the English Placement Exam, students may enroll in ENG 1301. Students must enroll in ENG 1301 and ENG 1302 within their first 30 cumulative hours.
Non‐native speakers of English without a score indicating college‐ readiness on an approved assessment must enroll in Linguistic Diversity Bridge Program courses WRT 0311 and/or WRT 0312 (see page 290 for description and requirements).
Students who transfer in ENG 1301 or score at or above the following thresholds are exempt from the English Placement Exam: a 4 on the AP English exam, a 520 on the SAT Writing section, a 550 on the SAT Critical Reading section, or a 28 on the ACT English section.
Students should consult the Office of New Student Programs for scheduled test dates.
MATHEMATICS PLACEMENT EXAM
Students without college algebra or its equivalent prior to initial registration must take the Texas Wesleyan University Mathematics Placement Exam. Placement in MAT 0300, MAT 0301, MAT 1302, or MAT 1304, is determined by performance on the Mathematics Placement Exam. Full time students who have completed 15 hours cumulative must enroll in one of these courses each semester until completion of their general education mathematics requirement. Part time students taking more than one course fall under the requirement after completing 30 semester hours cumulative.
Only transfer students with college algebra (or equivalent or higher) are exempt from the Mathematics Placement Exam. If those students take more math, they are placed into precalculus or higher math course for which they satisfy the prerequisite.
Freshman students who have a Math SAT score of 600 or above or Math ACT score of 28 take the Mathematics Placement Exam-Precalculus Form. They are then placed in precalculus or higher based on performance on that exam.