Course Placement and Prerequisites
Course Placement Requirements
Some classes require an English or Math placement score.
Students can meet course placement requirements through:
- Send official scores DIRECTLY from ACT or the High School Report DIRECTLY from the counselor
- Students cannot be registered until scores are received
- Screenshots of scores cannot be accepted
- Offered at all four JSCC campuses
- No cost
- Untimed
- No appointment; arrive during testing hours
- Free test prep available and recommended
- Bring photo ID and A-number
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Course Prerequisite Requirements
Some courses have a course prerequisite. Most students take the course prerequisite at Jefferson State.
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Students can also meet a course prerequisite requirement through:
- Scores must be sent DIRECTLY from College Board to Jefferson State
- Scores come via mail and may take two weeks or more to arrive
- Transfer institutions may require a higher score than Jefferson State
- Official transcript must be sent DIRECTLY from college to Jefferson State
- Students cannot be registered until official transcript is received (order early and select hold for final grades)
- Students taking a prerequisite course at another college the previous semester may find the Jefferson State class they requested is full or the document deadline has passed before their transcript
- Scores must be sent DIRECTLY from College Board to Jefferson State
- Scores come via mail and may take two weeks or more to arrive
- CLEP credit accepted by transfer institutions may differ
**Dual Enrollment students are NOT eligible to take the following courses
- Any course numbered below 100 (including corequisite courses such as MTH 100 & MTH 099 and ENG 101 & ENG 099)
- PED courses (other than PED 224)
- HUM courses (other than HUM 298M)