Course Placement

Review the following information for different placement testing needs.

If you have questions not answered here, please contact assessment@hfcc.edu for assistance.

Dual Enrollment/Collegiate Academy/Early College

• Our preferred placement method for non-ESL dual enrollment/collegiate academy/early college students is SAT/pSAT scores.
• If a student in this category does not have SAT/pSAT scores, please email our office at assessment@hfcc.edu and include your HFC student ID# with the dual enrollment course you plan to take and we will determine if testing is required.
• Students who have English as a second language must take our CaMLA placement test.

English as a second language students

If you have English as a second language you must come in to take the CaMLA placement test.

English placement for students who’s first language is English.

• GPA
  • 3.0+ = ENG-131
  • 2.0 – 2.99 = ENG-131A + ENG-094 (ALP)
  • 1.0 – 1.99 = ENG-090A
• SAT: Score reports can be emailed to assessment@hfcc.edu
  • EBRW score 470+ = ENG-131
  • EBRW score 410 – 460 = ENG-131A + ENG-094 (ALP)
• ACT
  • Please contact our office with questions about ACT placement score requirements: assessment@hfcc.edu
• Accuplacer Reading
  • 240+ = ENG-131
  • 231-239 = ENG-131A + ENG-094 (ALP)
  • 205-230 = ENG-090A

Math Placement

GPA

• Students who graduated in the last 10 years with an overall high school GPA of 2.5+may qualify to take (You must meet all prerequisites to qualify for the gateway math courses)
  • MATH-110
  • MATH-131
  • MATH-141
• Students who graduated over 10 years ago and/or have an overall high school GPA below 2.5 qualify for our co-requisite math pairings (You must meet all prerequisites to qualify for the gateway math courses)
  • MATH-010 + 110 (Intermediate Algebra and its support course)
  • MATH-031 + 131 (Math for the Modern World and its support course)
  • MATH-041 + 141 (Introduction to statistics and its support course)

SAT/ACT

Accuplacer Math (AAS = Advance Algebra and Statistics; QAS = Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra and Statistics; Arithmetic)

• CaMLA

  • Guidelines for the CaMLA test
  • Practice and study materials:
    • Learning Lab resources
    • ESL Cyber Listening Lab
    • Mary's ESL
    • ESL Fast

• Accuplacer

  • Guidelines for the Accuplacer test(s):
  • ACCUPLACER Practice Resources

If you are currently enrolled in Math or English courses, you may not retest in that subject until 2 weeks prior to final exams even if you meet the following retesting rules:

• CaMLA
  • Retest 30 days after the first attempt
  • 3rd and final test attempt available 90 days after second attempt
• Accuplacer Reading
  • Retest 24 hours after first attempt
  • Must have an advisor permission for 3rd and final attempt
• Accuplacer Math
  • Retest 24 hours after first attempt
  • 3rd and final test attempt available 90 days after second attempt