CLAST Alternatives

The State Department of Education has approved alternative methods of satisfying the CLAST requirement are:

• Students may be exempt from the ESSAY, READING, and/or ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS sub-test(s) of the CLAST if the following criteria are met.
  • SAT-I Verbal Score of 500 or better (on the re-centered score scale of the SAT-I or its equivalent on the original score scale) will exempt student from the ESSAY, READING and the ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS or ACT English Score of 21 or better (on the Enhanced ACT or its equivalent on the original ACT) will exempt student from ENGLISH Language Skills and ESSAY sections of the CLAST. ACT Reading Score of 22 or better will exempt student from the READING section of the CLAST.

   -OR-

  • Student has (a) completed ENC 1101 English Composition I and ENC 1102 English Composition II with a combined grade point average in these two courses of 2.50 or better or (b) earned credit in these two courses through an external credit mechanism such as the exemption examination, CLEP credit, AP credit, etc.

   

• Student may be exempt from the MATHEMATICS SKILLS sub-test of the CLAST if the following criteria are met:
  • SAT-I Math Score of 500 or better (on the re-centered score scale of the SAT-I or its equivalent on the original score scale) or an ACT Math Score of 21 or better (on the Enhanced ACT or its equivalent on the original ACT).

  -OR-

  • Student has (a) completed MAC1105 College Algebra, MAC1104 College Algebra, Science or MAC1102 College Algebra and one additional higher-level mathematics course with a combined grade point average in these two courses of 2.50 or better.
  • Or earned credit in two mathematics courses (MAC1104 College Algebra, Science, or MAC1102 College Algebra and one other higher-level mathematics course) through an external credit mechanism such as the exemption examination, CLEP credit, AP credit, etc.

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