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English 110 Placement

Enrolling in ENGL 110: College Composition I

The general education program at Minot State University provides students with a broad base of knowledge and essential skills that facilitate the exploration of personal interests, potential career trajectories, and opportunities for professional growth. To enhance students' written, oral, and quantitative competencies and enable them to succeed in their program of study, they must take core courses in oral and written communication (9 credits) and quantitative reasoning (minimum 3 credits). The "gateway" written communication general education course is ENGL (English) 110: English Composition I, which provides guided practice in college-level reading, writing, and critical thinking with an emphasis on the writing processes and on approaches to critical reading.

Students are able to enroll directly in ENGL 110 if they have achieved a particular minimum score on one of a number of placement exam or other measures. Those who do not achieve that score that but do achieve a particular lower minimum score as shown below take the corequisite ASC 88: College Composition Lab in the same semester they take ENGL 110 to support their success in ENGL 110. Those whose scores fall below qualifying for the corequisite first enroll in the prerequisite ASC 87: College Writing Prep course. After they pass that prerequisite course with a "C" or better, they may enroll in ENGL 110.

Test and Other Scores Determine Which Course to Take

Please look at the scores below to see if you should enroll in the gateway course (ENGL 110), enroll in the gateway course with the corequisite support course, or enroll in the prerequisite course. Note: The names and number of the prerequisite and corequisite courses will change in fall 2027, but the scores used will remain the same.

You may enroll directly in ENGL 110: College Composition I (3 credits) if you received one of the following scores:
  • Accuplacer WritePlacer: 5 or higher
  • Accuplacer Next Generation Writing: 256 or higher
  • ACT English subtest: 18 or higher
  • ACT English + Reading: 35 or higher
  • EdReady (NROC) EdReady English: 80 or higher
  • ETS HiSet Language Arts Reading+Writing: 30 or higher
  • GED Reasoning through Language Arts: 165 or higher
  • High School cumulate GPA (unweighted in-progress): 3.00 or higher
  • McGraw Hill English: 70%
  • Pearson English: 70%
  • SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 490 or higher
  • Smarter Balance Grade 11/12 English Language Arts (ELA): 3 or higher

If you received one of the following scores, you must enroll in ASC 88: Composition Lab (1 credit) along with ENGL 110: College Composition I (3 credits) in the same semester.
  • Accuplacer WritePlacer: 4
  • Accuplacer Next Generation Writing: 240–255
  • ACT English subtest: 14–17
  • ACT English + Reading: 30–34
  • EdReady (NROC) EdReady English: 65–79
  • ETS HiSet Language Arts Reading+Writing: 20–29
  • GED Reasoning through Language Arts: 145–164
  • High School cumulate GPA (unweighted in-progress): 2.75–2.99
  • McGraw Hill English: 60–69%
  • Pearson English: 60–69%
  • SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 450–489
  • Smarter Balance Grade 11/12 English Language Arts (ELA): 2

If you received one of the following scores, you should enroll in ASC 87: College Writing Prep (3 credits). Once you pass that course with a "C" or better, then you may enroll directly in ENGL 110.
  • Accuplacer WritePlacer: 0–3
  • Accuplacer Next Generation Writing: 0–239
  • ACT English subtest: 0–13
  • ACT English + Reading: 0–29
  • EdReady (NROC) EdReady English: 0–64
  • ETS HiSet Language Arts Reading+Writing: 0–19
  • GED Reasoning through Language Arts: 0–144
  • High School cumulate GPA (unweighted in-progress): 0.00–2.74
  • McGraw Hill English: 0–59%
  • Pearson English: 0–59%
  • SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 0–449
  • Smarter Balance Grade 11/12 English Language Arts (ELA): 1
If you have questions about which courses you will need to take, be sure to check with your academic advisor.

Other Resources:
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WritingStudies-L
NPWP Website

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