Academic Scheduling and Placement-Testing Center
ACademic scheduling and Placement-Testing Center: The Academic Scheduling and Placement-Testing Center serves to coordinate placement-testing, coordinate schedule development for entering students, pre-register students in developmental courses, monitor successful completion of developmental course work, provide retesting opportunities for students, serves as the area responsible for all students who have not declared a major, who are on academic probation or who need assistance with basic academic skills. The Center does not replace faculty advising but helps to coordinate and supplement it.
PLACEMENT TESTING AND Developmental Courses: At California University student success is the priority. Ensuring that students are scheduled in classes of sufficient but not excessive challenge is a key to academic success. Some new freshmen (depending on their SAT and/or ACT scores) and some transfer students take placement tests before their first registration at California University to determine their levels of ability in mathematics and writing. Students who do not submit SAT or ACT scores must take the placement tests. Students who do not achieve predetermined scores on these palcement tests must enroll in appropriate developmental courses. These courses, ENG 100 English Language Skills and DMA 092 Introductory Algebra, are described in the course listings in the University Catalog. Because these developmental courses are preparatory to a university academic experience, the credits awarded in them do not count toward the fulfillment of the number of credits for graduation, nor may they be used in fulfillment of General Education requirements. However, the grades achieved in these courses are used in establishing a student’s grade point average, class standing, eligibility for financial aid, and eligibility for participation in co-curricular activities. Moreover, students who do well in preparatory courses also do well in college-level classes. Remember, student success is our priority.
Please click on the following link to access the CALU Four-Year Graduation Brochure:
http://www.cup.edu/nu_upload/CALU_Four-Year_Graduation_Plan Brochure.pdf
Please click on the following link to access the CALU Four-Year Graduation Agreement:
http://www.cup.edu/nu_upload/CALU_Four-Year_Graduation_Plan Agreement.pdf
ACADEMIC SCHEDULING (AS) AND PLACEMENT-TESTING CENTER (PTC)
Location: Noss Hall, Room 210 (AS) and 215 (PTC)
Phone: (724) 938-1608 (AS) or (724) 938-5779 (PTC)
Fax: (724)-938-1609
Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8am to 6pm