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Multiple Measures Placement

Lincoln Land Community College complies with the Illinois Placement Measures Act (110 ILCS 175/100-15), which requires the use of multiple measures for placement into introductory college-level English and math courses. Students must meet at least one of the measures listed for each course to be eligible to enroll.

 

For more information or to schedule an exam, visit LLCC Testing. 

Health Professions

NAS 101: Basic Nurse Assistant

  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 2.7 to 4.00
  • ACT: 18 or higher in Reading
  • SAT (Post-2016): 477 or higher in Reading/Writing
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 240

 

Humanities, Art, Communication and English

EGL 101: Composition I

  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 2.7 to 4.00
  • Completion of an approved Transitional English course
  • ACT: 18 or better in English
  • SAT (Post-2016): 480 or better in Reading/Writing
  • ACCUPLACER:5 to 8
  • GED: Reasoning through language arts score of 175 or higher

 

EGL 103: Technical and Professional Communication I

  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 2.7 to 4.00
  • Completion of an approved Transitional English course
  • ACT: 18 or better in English
  • SAT (Post-2016): 480 or better in Reading/Writing
  • ACCUPLACER: 5 to 8
  • GED: Reasoning through language arts score of 175 or higher

 

Mathematics and Computer Science

MAT 104: General Education Mathematics

  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 3.00 to 4.00
  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 2.3 to 2.99 with high school algebra 2 with a minimum grade of 'C'
  • High school Quantitative Literacy & Statistics Pathway (transitional math): placement into MAT 104, MAT 105 or MAT 141
  • ACT: 21 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Pre-2016): 490 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 520 or higher in Math
  • ACCUPLACER: 60
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 263
  • ALEKS: 46
  • GED: 165
  • Corequisite if one of the other options is not met: MAT 004

 

MAT 105: Quantitative Literacy

  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 3.00 to 4.00
  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 2.3 to 2.99 with high school algebra 2 with a minimum grade of 'C'
  • High school Quantitative Literacy & Statistics pathway (transitional math): placement into MAT 104, MAT 105 or MAT 141
  • ACT: 21 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Pre-2016): 490 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 520 or higher in Math
  • ACCUPLACER: 60
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 263
  • ALEKS: 46
  • GED: 165
  • Corequisite if one of the other options is not met: MAT 005

 

MAT 113: College Algebra

  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 3.20 to 4.00
  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 2.9 to 3.199 with high school precalculus with a minimum grade of 'C'
  • High school STEM pathway (transitional math): placement into MAT 113
  • ACT: 22 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Pre-2016): 500 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 530 or higher in Math
  • ACCUPLACER: 85
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 263
  • ALEKS: 46
  • GED: 175
  • Course (at least one course with a minimum grade of 'C'): MAT 104, MAT 105, MAT 120, MAT 130, MAT 131, MAT 132, MAT 140, MAT 141, MAT 161, MAT 215, MAT 220, MAT 233, MAT 252

 

MAT 120: Trigonometry

  • ACT: 23 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 560 or higher in Math
  • ALEKS: 61
  • Course (with a minimum grade of 'C'): MAT 113

 

MAT 130: Calculus for Business and Social Science

  • ACT: 23 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 560 or higher in Math
  • ALEKS: 61
  • Course (with a minimum grade of 'C'): MAT 113

 

MAT 131: Calculus & Analytic Geometry I

  • ACT: 25 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 600 or higher in Math
  • ALEKS: 76
  • Courses (both with a minimum grade of 'C'): MAT 113 and MAT 120

 

MAT 140: Finite Mathematics

  • ACT: 23 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 560 or higher in Math
  • ALEKS: 61
  • Course (with a minimum grade of 'C'): MAT 113

 

MAT 141: Introductory Statistics

  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 3.00 to 4.00
  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 2.3 to 2.99 with high school algebra 2 with a minimum grade of 'C'
  • High school Quantitative Literacy & Statistics Pathway: placement into MAT 104, MAT 105 or MAT 141
  • ACT: 21 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Pre-2016): 490 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 520 or higher in Math
  • ACCUPLACER: 60
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 263
  • ALEKS: 46
  • GED: 165
  • Corequisite if one of the other options is not met: MAT 041

 

MAT 220: Discrete Structures

  • ACT: 23 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 560 or higher in Math
  • Course (with minimum grade of 'C'): MAT 113

 

MAT 251: Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I

  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 3.2 to 4.00
  • Cumulative high school GPA (unweighted): 2.9 to 3.199 with high school precalculus with a minimum grade of 'C'
  • ACT: 22 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Pre-2016): 500 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 530 or higher in Math
  • ACCUPLACER: 85
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 263
  • ALEKS: 46
  • GED: 175
  • Course (at least one course with a minimum grade of 'C'): MAT 104, MAT 105, MAT 120, MAT 130, MAT 131, MAT 132, MAT 140, MAT 141, MAT 161, MAT 215, MAT 220, MAT 233, MAT 252

 

Natural and Agriculture Sciences

CHE 100: Contemporary Chemistry

  • ACT: 13 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 370 or higher in Math
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 230
  • ALEKS: 14
  • GED: 145

 

CHE 101: General Chemistry I

  • ACT: 22 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 530 or higher in Math
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 263
  • ALEKS: 46
  • GED: 165

 

PHY 100: Conceptual Physics

  • ACT: 14 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 400 or higher in Math
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 230
  • ALEKS: 30
  • GED: 145

 

PHY 101: General Physics I

  • ACT: 23 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 580 or higher in Math
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 275
  • ALEKS: 61
  • GED: 175
  • Course (with a minimum grade of 'C'): MAT 113

 

PSI 101: Physical Science

  • ACT: 14 or higher in Math
  • SAT (Post-2016): 400 or higher in Math
  • NextGen ACCUPLACER: 230
  • ALEKS: 30
  • GED: 145

 

Please note: high school GPA is based on a 4.00 scale. If your high school uses a different scale, your GPA will be converted to a 4.00. 

For questions regarding placement for courses that are able to use high school courses, please contact LLCC Registration.

For questions regarding placement for courses that use college courses, please contact LLCC Records.