Tier I
Quantitative Skills

If you are entering Ohio University as a first-year or transfer student on or after September 1980, you must demonstrate or acquire an acceptable level of quantitative skills to satisfy graduation requirements. You must take a math placement test that determines your skill level for placement or exemption unless the Tier I quantitative skills requirement has been satisfied by transfer or advanced placement credit. Students in some majors are required to take a math placement test regardless of transfer or advanced placement credit. The choice of the course in which you should enroll (if any) depends on your major and should be discussed with your advisor.

Any Ohio University MATH course numbered 109 or above, will satisfy the Tier I quantitative skills requirement (1M). However, to enroll in any MATH or other quantitative skills course, you must either place at the specific level required for that course or satisfy the appropriate prerequisites.

Placement Level Developmental (DV1 and DV2): Placement at this level indicates inadequate preparation to enroll in a Tier I level course. You must complete MATH 101 (and/or 102 on regional campuses) before enrolling in a Level 1 course.

Placement Level 1 (PL1): Placement at this level indicates preparation for any of the following courses:

• MATH 109, 113
• MATH 117, 118 (available only on regional campuses and through correspondence)
• MATH 120 (early childhood, middle childhood, and intervention specialist education majors only)
• MATH 147
• PHIL 120
• PSY 120

Placement Level 2 (PL2): Placement at this level indicates preparation for Level 1 courses as well as these additional Tier I-fulfilling courses:

• CS 220
• MATH 115 (recommended only for students who plan to enroll in MATH 263A or MATH 266A)
• MATH 150, 163A, 250

Placement Level 3 (PL3): Placement at this level demonstrates quantitative skills competence sufficient to fulfill the Tier I quantitative skills requirement.

If your major requires that you enroll in a quantitative skills course, placement at Level 3 indicates preparation for MATH 263A, MATH 266A, and any course in Levels 1 or 2.

Athens students may retest during the first week of each quarter, the first week of registration (usually week 7), and finals week in the Academic Advancement Center; contact the placement testing coordinator at University College, (740)593-1935, for further details. Regional campus students should go to their student services office.

English Composition

A freshman composition and an advanced junior-level composition course are required. Any English 151, 151A, 152, 153, 153A, or 153B will satisfy the university's General Education first-year writing requirement (1E). These courses are alternative, not sequential, courses in writing. You should select your course by looking at the descriptions and choosing the one that appeals to you. In general, better writers and all English majors will take 152, 153, 153A, or 153B if available. All regional campus students are given a placement test.

In your junior year, you must take an approved advanced writing course unless you demonstrate advanced writing proficiency by passing the junior-level composition exam. The following courses fulfill the junior-level composition requirement:

• Art 300J
• Classics and World Religions 385J
• English 305J, 306J, 307J, 308J, or 309J
• Film 344J
• Health Sciences - Health 370J
• History 301J or 396J
• Human and Consumer Sciences - General Education 345J
• Journalism 441J
• Modern Languages 321J or 370J
• Political Science 305J
• Professional Communication 325J
• Recreation and Sport Sciences - Recreation 370J

These courses are denoted with the designation (1J).

If you are a transfer student, your requirements are determined by when you enroll and the number and type of credit hours transferred.