Placement Examinations
Placement and Advisory Examinations
Placement and Advisory Examinations are used by UCR to assess student readiness for University work and to determine the appropriate course placement in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, and Foreign Languages. Students must satisfy placement requirements before registering for these subjects at UCR. Exam results are used for advising and placement purposes only; unit credit cannot be earned with these exams. There are four exams:
- The Analytical
Writing Placement Exam (AWPE) is used to satisfy the University of
California Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR) and to place first
year students into an appropriate English composition course.
- The Mathematics
Advisory Exam (MAE) is used to place first year students into an
appropriate Mathematics course.
- The California
Chemistry Diagnostic Test (CCDT) is an optional placement exam that
may be used for placement into the Freshman Chemistry series.
- Various Foreign Language placement exams are used to determine the appropriate level of Foreign Language entry.