Placement Testing for the College of Arts and Letters
The College of Arts and Letters wants you to succeed in your degree program. Your success depends on getting off to a great start. Placement tests help ensure you are prepared. Some degree programs recommend or require certain placement tests. See below if a placement test is recommended or required for your program.
Math Placement
- Economics Majors - ALEKS Placement should be taken (1) by students who did not complete Algebra I and II in high school and (2) by students with Math ACT below 22 or Math SAT below 520 (New SAT below 550).
- Psychology Majors - ALEKS Placement is required for students with Math ACT below 20 or Math SAT below 480 (New SAT below 510).
- All other Arts and Letters Majors - No Mathematics placement test is required.
- About the ALEKS Math Placement Test - All students requiring a math placement test are strongly advised to take the online
ALEKS placement to insure appropriate math enrollment.
- ALEKS provides up to six months of online tutorials to improve your knowledge and two opportunities to retake the test to improve your placement.
- You can complete the tutorials and test from any computer in any location.
- ALEKS is well worth the nominal cost if the end result is a higher math placement.
- New students are encouraged to plan ahead to allow adequate time to complete the ALEKS process in order to have final ALEKS test scores prior to their registered Rocket Launch Orientation dates.
- Visit the ALEKS website to register for your test.
Chemistry Placement
- All Arts and Letters Majors - No Chemistry placement test is required (unless you are a Pre-Med/Vet/Dent student and have taken high school chemistry).
- The purpose of the ALEKS Chemistry Placement test is twofold. It will determine the best chemistry course placement for you, and, if you place into General Chemistry I, it will permit you to review topics before you actually begin the class so you can start strong.
- If you score 50% or higher on your Initial Assessment, you can register for CHEM 1230 without restrictions. If you score less than 50%, ALEKS will place you in the Learning Mode which will allow you to master additional topics. Once you reach 50% or better, you can register for CHEM 1230 as long as you also take CHEM 1200, Problem-Solving in General Chemistry.
- You are urged to take the Initial Assessment seriously to allow the process to work best for you. After you achieve 50%, you are strongly encouraged to continue in the Learning Mode to better prepare you for success early in your General Chemistry course.
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Visit the ALEKS website to register for your test.
Foreign Language Placement
- All Arts and Letters Majors - FOREIGN LANGUAGE PLACEMENT TEST is recommended for students who have studied two or more years of the same language in high school and intend to use this language to meet a foreign language requirement. Students in these majors have a foreign language requirement.
- To sign up for a foreign language placement test, email the UToledo Test Center at testcenter.mc@utoledo.edu. Be sure to email from your Rockets email! Include in your email message: your Rocket # and the foreign language you plan to take.