This document is a brief summary of the knowledge, skills and placement scores expected for admittance into college-level courses at Missouri State University-West Plains. For more information or questions, please contact advisement and academic coaching center for empowering student success (AACCESS) at (417) 255-7222.
| Reading | Course | ACT | COMPASS | ACCUPLACER | NextGen Accuplacer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENG 101 | Integrated Developmental Reading and Writing | 0-17 | 0-80 | 0-84 | 0-255 |
| No Reading Course Required | 18 or higher | 81 or higher | 85 or higher | 256 to 300 | |
Students with an ACT Reading sub-score of 14 and below should complete the College Readiness math program to demonstrate competency in reading; contact the adult education and literacy center at (417) 255-7744 with any questions.
Indicators of College Readiness
College-Level Math Course at Missouri State University-West Plains:
Math 135 is entry-level College Algebra. A student prepared to succeed in MTH 135 College Algebra is able to:
- Solve linear, absolute value, and quadratic equations and inequalities
- Simplify exponential and radical expressions
- Graph linear equations and inequalities
- Find the equation of a line passing through two points
- Perform arithmetic operations on polynomials and rational expressions, including factoring
- Solve radical and rational equations
- Use algebraic equations and functions to solve application problems
College-Level Writing Course at Missouri State University-West Plains:
English 110, Writing I, is the entry-level college composition course. It is a course in argumentation. A student prepared to succeed in ENG 110 is able to:
- Apply prior experience with the writing process to writing situations
- Critically read and evaluate material from many sources
- Develop an essay that meets the needs of the target audience and achieves the intended purpose
- Summarize and paraphrase appropriately
- Recognize plagiarism and how to avoid it
- Possess basic research skills
- Locate and evaluate appropriate source materials for a college essay
- Possess a basic understanding of the need to document sources
- Control surface features such as syntax, grammar, punctuation and spelling.
College-Level Reading Expectations at Missouri State University-West Plains:
- Critically read primary source documents
- Summarize and/or paraphrase various academic readings
- Draw conclusions and make inferences from printed graphic material and materials found on the Web
- Use context clues or appropriate tools (i.e., glossary, dictionary, thesaurus, English language translation dictionaries) to determine meaning of unfamiliar terms