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2025-2026 Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Catalog

Placement Guide and Scores


Placement scores help advisors place students in math and English courses to ensure the most sucess. Please see an academic advisor for further questions in building 3, room 330 or contact them at 208.524.3000 ext. 2.

English

CEI Course ACCUPLACER (Reading & Writing) ACT (English) SAT (ERW)
ENGL 101 Writing & Rhetoric I   250+ 19-24 500-620
ENGL 101P Writing & Rhetoric I Plus   249+    
ENGL 102 Writing & Rhetoric II     25-30 630+

Math

CEI Course ALEKS ACT (Math) SAT (Math)
BOT 180 Financial Business Applications   14+ 17+ 430 - 500
BSN 216 Business Statistics    46+ 23+ 560+
MATH 123 Math in Modern Society   30+ 20+ 510+
MATH 143 Precalculus I: Algebra   46+ 23+ 560+
MATH 144 Precalculus II: Trigonometry   46+ 23+ 560+
MATH 147 Precalculus   46+ 23+ 560+
MATH 153 Statistical Reasoning   46+ 24+ 560+
MATH 170 Calculus I   76+ 29+ 650+

Accuplacer English and ALEKS Math placement exam scores last for 2 years prior to date of registration. The SAT and ACT scores for Reading/Writing and Math last for 5 years prior to date of registration.

In order to register for English 101, CEI requires each student to have an English placement exam score on file.

In order to register for Math 123, Math 143 Pre-Calculus or Math 153 Statistics, or a higher math class, CEI requires each student to have a math placement exam score on file.

No math placement score is required to register for Math 108, Intermediate Algebra. If students do not meet the minimum score requirement and choose to take math 108 without a placement score on file, it is highly recommended to meet with an Academic Advisor prior to registration.

If a student chooses to register for a math class that they do not place into, and later does not earn the grade they wanted, no tuition refund will be issued.

CLEP testing is also available: Please contact the Advising Office for more information. To schedule a CLEP test, contact the Testing Center at 208.535.5438 for more information.