Honor Code Academic integrity is a serious matter at JMU. Suspension or expulsion are possible penalties for violating the Honor Code. Cheating, copying, plagiarizing, improper citations and buying or using papers written by someone else are a few examples of violations that have the potential to jeopardize your status as a student. When you take placement exams (ALEKS Math and Foreign Language), you are bound by the JMU Honor Code. We want you to have a successful experi- ence and it is imperative that you are in
ALEKS Math Assessment MAY 24 Many majors require math courses in addition to credits you may have already earned. Within this step, you will find a list of majors with the associated math requirements, a decision tree tool to help you determine if you need to take the assessment and instructions. 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 precalculus. Please allow three hours to com- plete 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 assess- ment 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. Foreign Language Placement Exam COMPLETE BY MAY 28
You may or may not need to take a Foreign Language Placement Exam; it depends on several variables. 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 below); 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? Take the questionnaire.
the right class for that to happen. Complete the test at by Oct. 1.
You are not allowed to use outside sources (including friends or family) on the exam. You may take the exam only once per lan- guage every three semesters. There is not a time limit, so please take your time!
Programs leading to a B.A. Degree Anthropology * Art * Art History Biology * Communication Sciences and Disorders * Communication Studies * Dance Earth Science Economics * English Geography * History Independent Scholars *
Programs leading to a B.B.A. Degree International Business
International Affairs Justice Studies * Mathematics * Media Arts and Design * Modern Foreign Languages Music Musical Theatre Philosophy and Religion Physics * Political Science Psychology * Sociology * Theatre Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication *
* 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.
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