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Please click on the following area to review your course
placements:
 Reading
Math
Writing
Understanding your Reading Course
Placement
- Reading Proficiency
- Met for Graduation
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Your assessment results indicate that you
are reading at the minimum level for college. You are
not required to take a reading course. |
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Read
82
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Your assessment results indicate that taking
a reading class will be beneficial to your overall success
in college. Read 82 is a course that will help
you strengthen and deepen your general comprehension and critical
reading skills. The successful completion of this class
will satisfy the reading proficiency requirement for the Associate
Degree at LBCC. |
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Read
883
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Your assessment results indicate that you
would benefit from a course that will help you further develop
your reading and comprehension skills. Read 883 reinforces
instruction in reading improvement strategies. |
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Read
882
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Your assessment results indicate that you
would benefit from a course that will help you improve your
reading and vocabulary skills. Read 882 will help
you begin to bridge the gap between your reading level and
the comprehension skills needed to successfully complete college
courses that require significant amounts of academic reading. |
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Read
881
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Your assessment results indicate that you
need a course that will help you improve your reading
skills. Read 881 will assist you in comprehension
strategies, vocabulary development and word analysis. Without
the appropriate comprehension skills, you may find some college
level courses to be extremely challenging. |
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Read
880
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- Your assessment results
indicate that you need a course in basic reading skills. Read
880 will provide instruction in comprehension, vocabulary
building, and word recognition skills.
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Understanding your Math Course Placement
Before you enroll in
a math course, please see a Counselor to discuss the most
appropriate math sequence for your educational goal and major.
- Students who wish to take a math course
lower than the level recommended may do so without approval
of the math department. Students who have completed math
courses in high school or another college and want to take a
course that is higher than their course recommendation
should take the steps as follows:
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1. Obtain a Prerequisite Course Evaluation
Form from the Schedule of Classes or Admissions Office.
2. Attach an official transcript or copy to the form.
3. Submit to the Admissions and Records Office. Students
may also see the Math Placement Advisor regarding course placement
in high level courses such as pre-calculus and first semester
calculus.
Please review the math section of the LBCC Catalog
for full descriptions of the courses listed below:
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Math 37
(Transferable Math)
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Transferable Math: your assessment results indicate that you are ready to take a college level (transferable) course in math. The math class a student needs to take depends greatly on the students major and where they plan to transfer to. It is highly recommended that each and every student consult with his or her counselor before choosing a transferable math class. |
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Math 130/120
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Your assessment results indicate that your math level is equal to intermediate algebra. In this course the topics that are covered include polynomial, algebraic, quadratic, exponential and logarithmic functions; graphing; systems of equations and inequalities; and roots radicals and complex numbers. Some students (depending on his or her major) must also take Math 120 (Geometry). The topics that are covered in math 120 include deductive reasoning, basic postulates and theorems, congruency, similarity, constructions, area, and volume. |
Math Proficiency
Met for Graduation
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Your assessment
results indicate that your math level is equal to, or higher
than elementary algebra (Math 110). Your placement meets
the graduation requirement for an Associate Degree at Long
Beach City College. If you plan to transfer to a California
State University (CSU) or University of California (UC), you
must complete a transferable math course. |
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Math 110
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- Based on your assessment results, it is recommended
that you take elementary algebra. This course covers
basic algebra, including fractions, graphing, quadratics,
and applications of algebra to the solution word problems.
Recommended Preparation: Students who have not
met the reading proficiency requirement should complete
a reading course before taking this course. Completion
of Math 110 meets the math proficiency requirement for
the Associate Degree.
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Math 815
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Based
on your assessment results, it is recommended that you take
pre-algebra in preparation for elementary algebra. Math
815 introduces you to signed numbers, exponents, roots, evaluation
and simplification of algebraic expressions. |
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Math 805
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Based on your assessment
results, it is recommended that you work on the following
skill areas: basic arithmetic, fractions, decimals,
percentages, and word problems. |
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Understanding
your English Course Placement
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English 1
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Your
assessment results indicate that you are ready to take a college-level
(transferable) course in English composition. English
1 focuses on reading, research, and critical thinking.
You are expected to write multiple research-based essays.
English 1 is transferable to the California State University
(CSU), University of California (UC) and private four-year
colleges. |
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English 105
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- Your assessment results indicate that
you will benefit from a class that will help you
express your ideas in written form. English 105 will
prepare you for the college-level writing course, English
1. English 105 meets the writing proficiency requirement
for the Associate Degree at Long Beach City College.
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English 801AB
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Your
assessment results indicate that you need to work on basic
writing skills and English grammar. English 801AB will
help you improve your development of sentences and paragraphs
as you learn about the writng process and write brief essays. |
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English 895AB
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Your assessment results
indicate that you will benefit from individualized instruction
in basic writing skills. English 895AB will help you learn
to write complete sentences, punctuate sentences, spell correctly
and compose short pieces of writing. |
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English As a Second Language
(ESL)
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- ESL 146 - Comprehensive Grammar
- ESL 54 - Effective Writing
for ESL
- ESL 56 - Preparation for
College Level Writing
- ESL 33 - College English
Skills for ESL
- ESL 34 - College English
Skills for ESL
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(Satisfies Associate Degree Requirement)
- For more information about the ESL
course sequence, call (562) 938-3037.
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