Placement Examinations
| Student’s Status |
Testing Requirements |
| If entering a CATE Center competency-based, open-entry Level I Certificate program (42 semester hours or less), |
waived from taking a TSIA2 approved assessment as long as courses are not taken outside the certificate program. However, you may be required to take a Skills Center Diagnostic Test.* |
| If entering a Level I Certificate program (42 hours or less), |
waived from taking a TSIA2 approved assessment as long as courses are not taken outside the certificate program.** |
| If entering an Occupational Skills Achievement program for credit, |
the credential is TSI waived under THE CB Rule 4.54b. |
| If entering a CATE Center competency-based, open-entry, Level II program (more than 40 hours and listed as Level II). |
take the TSIA2 Assessment and Pre-Assessment unless TSI exempt or waived. See exemptions below. |
| If entering a Level II Certificate program or an associate degree program, |
must take the TSIA2 Assessment and Pre-Assessment unless TSI exempt or waived. See exemptions below. |
| New International student (non-immigrant) or a Community Foreign Student (resident alien) and native language is not English, |
must take the English Language Proficiency Test if TOEFL scores are below 68 on the Internet-based test or below 5.8 on the IELTS or have never taken the TOEFL. |
*Contact a CATE Center Advisor in Sid M. Weiser CATE Center Building 253E, Room 4 for more information.
**A student who has not taken the TSI Assessment 2.0 and who enrolls in a Heating and Air Conditioning Level I program is required to take a diagnostic test.
NOTE If you need special testing accommodations, contact the office for Disability Support Services in Student Services Building 215 of the Central Campus before taking the test(s). Appropriate documentation of the disability is required.