Placement Assessments MAY 23 To assist you in making sure you are only taking the courses needed as you transfer to JMU, you should evaluate whether you need to take the ALEKS Math Assessment and Foreign Language Placement Exam. These assessments are only required for some transfer students depending on your major and previous coursework. Use the decision tree surveys to determine whether you need one or both assessments. ALEKS Math Assessment COMPLETE BY The ALEKS Math Assessment is a 25-item, open-response, web-based math placement assessment used to assess your current working knowledge of math principles from algebra through precal- culus. Please allow three hours to complete the exam. Your score will be available in MyMadison within 24 hours of completion. You can take the ALEKS assessment up to three times. In order to retake the assessment, you must wait 48 hours after you have taken the assessment and spend at least three hours in the Preparation and Learning Modules provided in the ALEKS. The highest score of all attempts will be used. Complete the Math Assessment decision tree. Foreign Language Placement Exam
Be sure to adhere to the JMU Honor Code when taking these assessments. (see page 5)
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Physics * Political Science Psychology * Sociology * Theatre Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication * Programs leading to a B.B.A. Degree International Business * These programs provide the option to pursue either a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science degree. B.S. programs do not have foreign language requirements, so you would not have to take the placement exam unless you wanted to continue your language studies at JMU.
Foreign Language Placement Exams are offered in order to determine the place- ment of a student who is continuing the study of a language at JMU. The exams include reading comprehension, vocabulary and grammar questions. French, German, Russian and Spanish are online only, and additional languages are available upon request. You may take the exam only once per language every three semesters. There is not a time limit, so please take your time! You will need to take the FLPE if all the following three statements are true: ◆ You are pursuing a program of study that leads to a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Business Administration degree that requires a foreign language (see the list at right); and ◆ You have taken two or more years of French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish in high school; and ◆ You have not taken the SAT II in that language.
Still not sure if you need to take the FLPE? Complete the decision tree.
WEBSITE: Learn more about the FLPE
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