Placement tests are used to assess students' skill levels in
mathematics, composition, and reading. Course selections in these areas
are determined by placement test results.
Students are
tested after they have confirmed acceptance of admission to
a college. There is no fee for taking the tests. Placement tests are
coordinated by the Office for Student Affairs, Armitage Hall, second
floor. Contact this office (856/225-6043) or http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/RUCAM/studentaffairs/placement_tests.html for information about scheduled test dates and locations.
Entering
students who have received a score of 4 or greater on the College
Board Advanced Placement Examination in English Language and
Composition or in English Literature and Composition may receive credit
for 50:350:101 English Composition upon verification of their scores.
Contact the admissions office (856/225-6104) for further information.
First-Year Students
To
assist newly admitted first-year students in their course selections,
the Rutgers University Placement Test (RUPT) is taken to measure
student skills in reading comprehension, sentence structure,
computation, elementary algebra, and precalculus. All full-time and
part-time first-year students entering Rutgers must take these tests.
English Placement. The
RUPT includes two measures of proficiency in reading: multiple-choice
tests of reading comprehension and composition mechanics. Scores on
these tests determine whether students may take 50:350:101 English
Composition during their first term at Rutgers-Camden, or if they must
first complete 50:350:099 Basic Writing Skills, a noncredit college
preparatory course.
Mathematics Placement. The
RUPT includes multiple-choice measures of computation, elementary
algebra, and precalculus skills. Students whose scores on the RUPT
indicate the need for additional mathematics preparation are placed in
either 50:640:041 Elementary Algebra or 50:640:042 Intermediate
Algebra, noncredit college preparatory courses. Students so placed must
enroll in these courses in their first term, and in successive terms,
until they have successfully completed 50:640:042.
Students
enrolling in mathematics courses that grant credit must select
appropriate courses as indicated by the results of this test and as
required by the academic major.
Transfer Students
Testing requirements depend upon a transfer student's transcript evaluation.
Transfer
students who have not received transfer credit for 50:350:101 or 102
(English Composition) must take the English portions of the RUPT.
Transfer students who have received transfer credit for 50:350:101
only should enroll immediately in 50:350:102.
Students who
have not completed the 50:350:101-102 requirement must enroll in the
appropriate required course during their first term of study, complete
the course, and continue consecutively thereafter until they
successfully complete this requirement.
Mathematics Placement Testing. Transfer
students who have transferred a college-level mathematics course need
not take any placement examinations. Appropriate course placement in
mathematics is determined by the student's academic advisers, based
upon the student's academic records.
Transfer students who
have not transferred a college-level mathematics course must take
the Transfer Mathematics Placement Test (TMPT), which includes sections
on computation, elementary algebra, and precalculus. Students whose
scores on the TMPT indicate a need for additional mathematics
preparation are placed in either 50:640:041 Elementary Algebra or
50:640:042 Intermediate Algebra, noncredit college-preparatory courses.
Students so placed must enroll in these courses in their first term,
and in successive terms, until they have successfully completed
50:640:042. Students enrolling in mathematics courses that grant credit
make their course selections with their advisers on the basis of the
TMPT results.
Nonmatriculated Students
Nonmatriculated
students must consult with the Office for Student Affairs staff before
they register for either English or mathematics department courses.
Their previous college work at other institutions and the nature of the
course they intend to take determine whether and which placement tests
they must take to gain entrance into these classes.
Foreign Language
Credit. Students
who achieve a score of 4 or 5 on the ETS Advanced Placement Exam (in
French, German, or Spanish; Language or Literature) may receive 4
elective credits toward their degree and may begin their study of the
same foreign language at an accordingly more advanced level.
Placement. Proficiency
examinations are given only for subjects taught at Rutgers-Camden. No
credits are awarded on the basis of these exams. Rather, their purpose
is to see that students are placed in courses that correspond to their
abilities.
Elementary foreign language courses may be taken
for credit by students based on the number of years completed in the
same language in high school and foreign language test placement
results.
