All Livingston College students must demonstrate proficiency in two
basic skills sequences, one in reading and writing, and the other in
mathematics. Through testing, students are placed at the appropriate
level in each sequence of courses or are exempted from one or both of
the basic skills sequences. Students exempted from the English sequence
may be placed immediately into 01:355:101 Expository Writing I.
Students exempted from the mathematics sequence may be placed directly
into a course that meets the Analytical/Quantitative Skills Core
Distribution Requirement. The basic skills sequences are as follows:
English
01:355:098 Composition Skills
01:355:100 Basic Composition
Mathematics
01:640:001 Computation Skills
01:640:025 Elementary Algebra
01:640:026 Intermediate Algebra or 01:640: 027 Elements of Algebra
Students are expected to begin with the course into which they are
placed their first term and to continue during consecutive terms
through each required basic skills sequence. English courses may be
taken only at Rutgers-New Brunswick/Piscataway; mathematics courses
may be taken outside of Rutgers in summer session, with permission of
the dean.
