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These placement charts are a reference tool for use by the Student Success Advisors. Course prerequisites are listed on individual courses. 

Please see a Student Success Advisor if you have questions.

 

READING AND WRITING PLACEMENT
Delta Course Guided Self Placement Survey High School GPA - 10 years old or less

SAT (ERBW)

Accuplacer Next-Gen
ENG 099
Required
less than 2.5 below 479 Below 233
ENG 111A Required 2.5 - 3.0

480 - 549

234 - 255

ENG 111

Required 3.0 or greater 550 or above 256  or above

If Accuplacer scores for Reading and Writing placement fall in different ranges, the lower range should be used for English course recommendation.

 

 MATHEMATICS COURSE PLACMENT CHART
 

GPA (cumulative, unweighted)

Mathematics Course Placement

HS GPA

(0.0 - 4.0)

Below 2.5 Use the Math Guided Placement and/or take the ACCUPLACER
2.50 - 2.99

MTH 103, MTH 117A, MTH 118AW, MTH 119AW, MTH 120A, MTH 122AW,  MTH 208AW, MTH 209AW

3.00 - 4.00 MTH 115W, MTH 117, MTH 118W, MTH 119W, MTH 120, MTH 121, MTH 122W,  MTH 151, MTH 160, MTH 161, MTH 208W, MTH 209W,
SAT - M
(200 - 800)
Math Score Mathematics Course Placement
500 - 520

MTH 103, MTH 117, MTH 117A, MTH 118W, MTH 118AW, MTH 119W, MTH 119AW

530 - 560 MTH 115W, MTH 120, MTH 120A, MTH 122AW, MTH 208W, MTH 208AW, MTH 209W, MTH 209AW
570 - 580 MTH 121, MTH 122W, MTH 160
590 - 610 MTH 151
≥ 620 MTH 161
ACCUPLACER Arithmetic (AR) Mathematics Course Placement
218 - 264 MTH 117A, MTH 095
265 - 300

MTH 103, MTH 117, MTH 118AW, MTH 119AW

Quantitative Reasoning, Algebra, & Statistics (QRAS)

Mathematics Course Placement
205 - 237 MTH 095
238 - 254

MTH 103, MTH 117, MTH 117A, MTH 118AW, MTH 119AW

255 - 268

MTH 118W, MTH 119W, MTH 120A, MTH 122AW, MTH 208AW, MTH 209AW

269 - 300

MTH 115W, MTH 120, MTH 122W, MTH 208W, MTH 209W

Advanced Algebra & Functions (AAF) Mathematics Course Placement
243 - 259 MTH 121
260 - 269 MTH 160
270 - 279 MTH 151
280 - 300 MTH 161
AP Calculus AB Score (1-5) Score Mathematics Course Placement
1, 2 MTH 161 or lower
3 - 5 MTH 162 or lower, MTH 260
AP Calculus BC Score (1-5) Score Mathematics Course Placement
1, 2 MTH 161
3 - 5 MTH 260, MTH 261, MTH 162, or lower

 

MATHEMATICS COURSE PLACEMENT CHART
Course Overall HS GPA needed to take this course HS Math Course & Grade or Delta College Math Course needed to take this course AP Calculus Score needed to take this course SAT-M score needed to take this course ACCUPLACER Next Gen Score needed to take this course
MTH 095* ≥ 2.5       AR 218-264 or QRAS 205-237
MTH 103* ≥ 2.5     500-520

AR 265-300 or QRAS 238-254

MTH 115W* ≥ 3.0     530-560 QRAS 269-300
MTH 116W   MTH 115W with a C or better grade      
MTH 117* ≥ 3.0     500-520 AR 265-300 or QRAS 238-254
MTH 117A* ≥ 2.5     500-520 AR 218-264 or QRAS 238-254
MTH 118W* ≥ 3.0     500-520 QRAS 255-268
MTH 118AW* ≥ 2.5     500-520 AR 265-300 or QRAS 238-254
MTH 119W* ≥ 3.0     500-520 QRAS 255-268
MTH 119AW* ≥ 3.0 MTH 095   500-520 AR 265-300 or QRAS 238-254
MTH 120* ≥ 3.0     530-560 QRAS 269-300
MTH 120A* ≥ 2.5     530-560 QRAS 255-268
MTH 122W* ≥ 3.0     570-580 QRAS 269-300
MTH 122AW* ≥ 2.5 MTH 095, MTH 119W, MTH 119AW   530-560 QRAS 255-268
MTH 208W* ≥ 3.0     530-560 QRAS 269-300
MTH 208AW* ≥ 2.5     530-560 QRAS 255-268
MTH 209W* ≥ 3.0     530-560 QRAS 269-300
MTH 209AW* ≥ 2.5     530-560 QRAS 255-268
MTH 121* ≥ 3.0 HS Precalculus or Trig with a B or better grade, MTH 122W or MTH 122AW   570-580 AAF 243-259
MTH 160* ≥ 3.0 HS Precalculus with a B or better grade, MTH 120, MTH 121, MTH 151, or MTH 122W with a C or better grade   570-580 AAF 260-269
MTH 151 ≥ 3.0 HS Precalculus or Trig with a B or better grade, MTH 119W, MTH 119AW, or MTH 121 with a C or better grade   590-610 AAF 270-279
MTH 161*   HS Precalculus with a B or better grade, MTH 151, or both MTH 122W and MTH 121 with a C or better grade   ≥ 620 AAF 280-300
MTH 162   MTH 161

AB Score ≥ 3

BC Score ≥ 3
   
MTH 260   MTH 161

AB Score ≥ 3

BC Score ≥ 3
   
MTH 261   MTH 162 BC Score ≥ 3    
MTH 263   MTH 261      
MTH 264   MTH 261      

This chart is a reference tool for Student Success Advisors; a course prerequisite waiver from a Student Success Advisor may be needed to enroll in specific courses depending on placement measure completed.

* Students would be eligible to enroll in this course if they complete the math guided self-placement (GSP) survey. A meeting with an advisor is desirable after completing the math GSP, but not required for a student to enroll in this course.

 

Most math courses will not have course prerequisites.  However, MTH 116W will have a MTH 115W course prerequisite.  MTH 225 will have a course prerequisite of MTH 208W, MTH 209W, MTH 208AW, or MTH 209AW.  Many STEM math pathway courses (MTH 122AW, MTH 121, MTH 161, MTH 162, MTH 260, MTH 261, MTH 263, & MTH 264) will also have course prerequisites.  The flowchart below shows these prerequisite courses pictorially.