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V. Prerequisites
The FCC Academic Catalog designates
courses with prerequisites and/or corequisites.
Prerequisites are expectations that must be
completed before enrollment in a course is
allowed. Corequisites are courses that can be
taken concurrently.
VI. Exceptions and Exemptions to Required
Placement Testing
A. Individuals who transfer from accredited
institutions of higher education who present
unofficial transcripts indicating successful
completion (2.00 GPA or higher) of the
equivalent of at least twelve (12) college
credits will be exempted from the reading
placement test if six (6) credits are general
education courses.
B. Individuals will be exempted from the
reading and writing placement tests if they
provide evidence of successfully completing:
1. The equivalent of FCC course EN 101 at an
accredited U.S. institution or credit through
DSST, or CLEP.
2. The Advanced Placement (AP) test
with a score of 3 or higher in English
Language and Composition or English
Literature and Composition. AP test
scores are valid for five years.
3. The International Baccalaureate (IB) exams
with a grade of four (4) or above in one or
more of the following exams: Language
A Literature SL or HL, and/or Language
A: Language & Literature SL or HL. IB test
scores are valid for five years.
4. English 11 PARCC score of Level 4 or 5.
This score is valid for one year after an
individual’s date of high school graduation.
C. Individuals will be exempted from the math
placement tests if they provide evidence of
successfully completing:
1. A general education math course, at
the level of college algebra or higher, at
an accredited U.S. institution or credit
through DSST or CLEP.
2. The Advanced Placement (AP) test with
a score of 3 or higher in Calculus AB,
Calculus BC, or Statistics. AP test scores are
valid for five years.
3. The International Baccalaureate (IB)
exams with a grade of 4 or above on
one or more of the following exams:
Mathematical Studies, Mathematics
SL or HL and/or Further Math. IB
test scores are valid for 5 years.
4. Algebra II PARCC score of Level 4 or 5.
This score is valid for one year after an
individual’s date of high school graduation.
D. Individuals from Frederick County
Public School (FCPS) who successfully
completed the following math courses
are exempt from taking the math
placement tests. This exemption is valid
for one year after the individual’s date
of graduation from high school.
1. Algebra II with an A or B during their junior
or senior year are eligible to enroll in an
appropriate college-level, credit-bearing
math course.
2. Intermediate Transitional Algebra with an
A or B and earn the designated score on
an FCC-approved college-readiness exam
are eligible to enroll in a college-level,
non-STEM, credit-bearing math course.
3. Pre-Calculus or higher level math
course with an A, B, or C are eligible
to enroll in the equivalent college-
level credit bearing course.
4. Designated transition math modules and
earn the designated score on an FCC-
approved college-readiness exam are
eligible to enroll in a college-level, non-
STEM, credit-bearing math course.
E. Individuals from Frederick County Public
School (FCPS) who successfully completed
English 12 with a reading comprehension
Lexile score of 1050 or higher on the
HMH Reading Inventory, 80% or better
on Vocabulary in Context assessments,
and 80% or better on the Performance
Product Portfolio; and earn a final grade
of A or B will be exempted from the
reading and writing placement tests.
They will be deemed college-ready in
reading and writing and will be eligible
to enroll in English 101. This exemption
is valid for one year after the individual’s
date of graduation from high school.
F. Individuals who have provided a copy of their
SAT/ACT scores that meet the exemption
criteria set by Maryland Community College
placement guidelines will be exempted from
individual placement tests. SAT and ACT
scores are valid for five years.
1. Individuals with a SAT Mathematics score
of 500 or above are exempted from math
placement testing.
2. Individuals with an ACT Mathematics score
of 21 or above are exempted from math
placement testing.
3. Individuals with a SAT Evidence-based
Reading & Writing or Critical Reading
score of 500 or above are exempted from
reading and writing placement testing.
4. Individuals with an ACT reading score of
21 or greater average on the English Test
& Reading Test scores are exempt from the
reading and writing placement testing.
G. Individuals who provide an official copy
of the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign
Language) score transcript and who score a
575 or higher on the paperbased test, a 233
or higher on the computer-based test, or a
score of 90 or higher on the internet-based
test are exempted from the reading, writing,
and ESL placement tests. TOEFL scores are
valid for two years.
H. Individuals who provide a copy of
their official Accuplacer or alternative
placement test score(s), and meet the
placement criteria that exempts them
from developmental reading, writing and/
or mathematics will also be exempt from
the corresponding FCC placement tests.
These scores are valid for two years. The
Associate Vice President for the Center for
Teaching and Learning or his/her designee
will evaluate the scores and assign course
placement(s) based on FCC standards.
I. Individuals who have provided an unofficial
transcript indicating satisfactory completion
(at a C or better) of the highest-level
developmental course work in reading,
writing, or mathematics at another Maryland
community college or accredited Maryland
four-year college/university are exempted
from corresponding placement tests.
Reading and writing placement exemptions
do not apply to ESL course work.
J. Visiting students from other institutions who
present a “Permission to Enroll” form will have
prerequisites waived for the courses certified
by the sending institutions. No placement
exemption will be entered.
K. Individuals who have provided an official
transcript indicating they have been
awarded an associate, bachelor’s, or higher
degree from an accredited U.S. institution
will be exempted from placement testing.
L. Students who have successfully completed
an FCC-approved academic intervention will
be permitted one additional retest for a total
of 3 test attempts.
M. Individuals who are otherwise exempted
by the Associate Vice President for the
Center for Teaching and Learning or his/her
designee.