Course Placements and Prerequisites

If any of the placements or prerequisites does not work out for you, you may take the Placement Assessment by scheduling an appointment with the Assessment & Testing Center.

Assessment & Testing Center

This request is for English and/or Math course placements using the following documents:

High School Transcript; Smarter Balanced Assessment Scores (SBA); Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT); Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT); American College Testing (ACT).

Note for Math placement: Only High School Transcript is used to review course placements.

Required Document(s): Unofficial High School Transcript, SBA ELA , PSAT, SAT, and/or ACT.

English & math Placement Request Form

Send in your unofficial transcript for a course review to see if you meet prerequisites based on classes taken from previous colleges/universities or test scores from Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), College-Level Entrance Examination Program (CLEP), Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES), Cambridge International (CI).

For more information on Math Placements and Policies, please visit our Math Department webpage.

Required Document(s): Unofficial college/university transcripts or test scores.

Establishing the appropriate starting points for sciences, engineering and mathematics (SEM) classes is important to your success as a student. There are several options for determining your placement and if you've completed prerequisites for a sequence of courses.

Course Review Permission Code Request

This request is for placement into pre-college and college-level courses at OC based on placement or appropriate course taken at another Washington Community and Technical Colleges (CTC).

How To Qualify:

• You must have applied to Olympic College for the upcoming or current term and have a ctcLink ID.
• If you have a placement score from another Washington Community and Technical Colleges, have it sent to OC’s Testing Center first before filling out this form. You must provide a copy of the document that provides specific placement recommendation information from the sending institution. For test scores, this should be on your score/placement sheet. For previous coursework, please provide a copy of relevant course sequence information, if available.
• If you are submitting a transcript for review, please attach an unofficial to this form. You must have at least a 2.0 or better GPA.
• The original placement (test score or prior course completion) must be dated within 12 months of your request.

Please Note:

• Course numbers are not always the same across Washington State colleges – your placement will be evaluated and reviewed to the OC course that is the closest equivalent to where you placed at the previous school.
• Course Permissions are only good for one term only. If you do not enroll, you will need to make the request again for the next term if you still qualify.
• Once you successfully complete a Math and English course at OC you no longer will need to request reciprocity placement for subsequent terms.

Required Document(s): Placement scores or transcript from one of the CTC schools previously attended.

Reciprocity Placement Request Form

Enroll in Math 95, a 3-credit course that includes study methods, individualized mathematics review and instruction, and placement testing. You can enroll in this class without a course prerequisite.

The instructor will provide your Math Placement at the end of the course.

Developmental Math