EPT/ELM Requirements
for New Freshmen and Transfer Students
The CSU system requires new, non-exempt, admitted freshmen and transfer
students entering Fall 1998 and after to take the EPT/ELM examinations
prior to registering for classes. The tests
are not a condition for admission to the University, but are a condition
of enrollment and course registration.
If test results indicate that remedial courses in mathematics and/or English
are needed, the student must:
• Take the course(s) at CSU Dominguez Hills.
• Enroll in the course(s) beginning the first semester of attendance.
• Enroll in remedial courses each semester until the courses are
passed.
• If all remedial courses are not passed in two semesters, students
cannot register or continue attending classes at CSU Dominguez Hills.
English Placement Test
(EPT)
Non-exempt undergraduates*
must take the EPT prior to enrollment and for placement in appropriate
university English course work. The EPT is designed to assess the level
of reading and writing skills of entering students. The EPT may not be
repeated. Exemptions from the test are given only to those who present
proof of one of the following:
• a score of 550 or above
on the verbal section of the College Board SAT I: Reasoning Test taken
April 1995 or after
• a score of 470 or above on the verbal section of either the College
Board SAT or SAT I: Reasoning Test taken March 1995 or before
• a score of 24 or above on the enhanced ACT English Test
taken October 1989 or later
• a score of 22 or above on the ACT English Usage Test taken prior
to October 1989
• a score of 3, 4, or 5 on either the Language and Composition or
the Literature and Composition examination of the College Board Advanced
Placement Program (AP)
• a satisfactory score on the CSU English Equivalency Examination
taken in 1993 or before
• a score of 680 or above on the College Board SAT II: Writing Test
taken May 1998 or after
• a score of 660 or above on the College Board SAT II: Writing Test
taken between April 1995 and April 1998
• a score of 600 or above on the College Board Achievement Test
in English Composition with essay or the College Board SAT II: Writing
Test taken March 1995 or before
• completion and transfer of a college course that satisfies the
General Education-Breadth requirement or the Inter-segmental General Education
Transfer Curriculum
( IGETC) requirement in English Composition, provided such
a course was completed with a grade of C or better.
Notes:
* Undergraduates admitted with 56 or more transferable units and who are
subject to a campus catalog or bulletin earlier than 1986-87 are not required
to complete the EPT.
Entry Level Mathematics (ELM) Exam
The ELM examination tests for
entry level mathematics skills acquired through three years of rigorous
college preparatory mathematics course work (normally Algebra I, Algebra
II, and Geometry). All new undergraduate students must take the test or
be exempted from it prior to enrollment and placement in appropriate university
mathematics course work. The ELM is a repeatable test, with some limitations.
Exemptions from the test are given only to those students who can present
proof of one of the following:
• a score of 550 or above
on the mathematics section of the College Board SAT I** Reasoning Test
OR on the College Board SAT II** Mathematics Tests Level I, II, or IIC
(Calculator)
• a score of 560 or above on the mathematics section of the College
Board SAT taken prior to March 1994
• a score of 23 or above on the enhanced ACT Mathematics Test taken
October 1989 and later.
• a score of 24 or above on the American College Testing Mathematics
Test taken prior to October 1989.
• a score of 3 or above on the College Board Advanced Placement
(AP) Mathematics examination (AB or BC).
• a score of 3 or above on the College Board Advanced Placement
Statistics examination.
• for transfer students, completion and transfer of a college course
that satisfies the General Education-Breadth
requirement or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
(IGETC) Quantitative Reasoning Requirement, provided such course was completed
with a grade of “C” or better.
Notes:
**The College Board SAT and Achievement Tests were replaced by SAT I and
SAT II, respectively, beginning March 1994. Beginning April 1, 1995, the
SAT I and SAT II exams are scored on a new scale; however, the SAT scores
qualifying for exemption from the ELM remain the same.
Information bulletins and registration materials for the EPT and ELM are
mailed to all students subject to the requirements. The materials also
may be obtained from the Information Center or the Testing Office, Building
11, room SCC-11207, telephone (310) 243-3909.
California
State University, Dominguez Hills • 1000 E. Victoria Street •
Carson, California 90747 • (310) 243-3696