Placement Information
Placement Testing
Pre-Core and Core Math/Stat Courses
There are two ways to place into a mathematics or statistics course at UNR.
1. ACT/SAT scores. This is the default method of placement and the one that the Mathematics and Statistics department encourages. So far they have proven to be better predictors of subsequent success than other placement tools.
2. Accuplacer testing.
If students do not have ACT/SAT scores, or wish to challenge
their scores they can take the Accuplacer placement test offered at the
Math Center.
Please note that the Accuplacer placement test is for initial placement only meaning:
Once
a student
has enrolled in and started a math/stat course, only successful
completion of the class will permit the student to enroll in the next
course in the
math/stat series.
Placement Cut-Offs:
Pre-Core/Core Mathematics and Statistics Courses
THE MATH/STAT DEPARTMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE ACCUPLACER CUT-OFF SCORES WITH LITTLE OR NO NOTICE.
THE MOST UP-TO-DATE SCORES ARE LISTED HERE.
| Courses | ACT Math |
SAT Math |
Prerequisite Course |
Accuplacer Placement Tests | |
| Elementary Algebra | College Level Math | ||||
| Math096 | 17 | 470 | at least 53 | --------- | |
| Math120 | 21 | 510 | Math096 C/S | at least 80 | ---------- |
| Math126 | 22 | 520 | Math096 C/S | at least 80 | ---------- |
| Math127 | 27 | 610 | Math126 C- | at least 105 AND at least 70 | |
| Math128 | 27 | 610 | at least 105 AND at least 60 | ||
| Math176 | 27 | 610 | Math126 C- | at least 105 AND at least 70 | |
| Stat152 | 27 | 610 | Math126 C- | at least 105 AND at least 70 | |
| Math181 | 28 | 630 | Math127/128C- | --------- | at least 90 |