Mandatory Placement Testing Policies

Students planning to enroll in courses requiring English or mathematics prerequisites are required to prove placement into appropriate levels. Placement can be acquired via standardized testing, High school coursework and previous college coursework taken at accredited institutions.

All students have the ability to take HCC’s placement examination in order to attempt higher placement. Students are permitted to test up to two times and cannot test after attempting coursework in the relevant subject. Placement scores are valid for up to 5 years.

For more information about placement testing and other measures for placement, please see the Test Center website. Students may contact the office of Advising (advising@howardcc.edu) to discuss individual placement test exemptions.