Eligibility & Prerequisites

Early College Eligibility & Prerequisite Information

Early College enrollment is open to qualified high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors.  Some courses have prerequisite requirements.  These prerequisites ensure that you are academically prepared for your college class.  It’s important that you meet with your high school counselor to determine if you have the appropriate placement scores on file prior to registering for courses.  See below for current prerequisite information.  If you have not taken the ACT or need to schedule a placement test, please contact your HCC campus or regional center to set up a testing date.

HCC Placement Scores & GPA Requirement Chart

HCC is making positive changes to impact student enrollment. We can now utilize GPA for placement into math and English classes. If you need to schedule a virtual Accuplacer test, please visit Placement Test Scheduling Form.

Testing Practice:

Accuplacer Practice and Preparation Guide
Asset Test Practice and Preparation Guide

ENG101: Composition I

must meet one of the following requirements:

• ACT English score of 18 or above
• Asset Writing score of 39 or above
• Accuplacer Sentence Skills 69 or above
• Accuplacer-Next Generation Sentence Skills 255 or above
• GPA Requirement

ENG102: Composition II

must the following requirement:

• Successful completion of ENG101 Composition I with a grade of "C" or higher

MAT104: College Algebra

must meet one of the following requirements:

• ACT Math score of 22 or above
• Successful completion of MAT103 Intermediate Algebra with a grade of "C" or higher
• Asset Elementary Algebra score of 46 or above
• Accuplacer Elementary Algebra score of 81 or above
• Accuplacer Next-Generation Quantitative Reasoning 263 or above
• GPA Requirement

MAT105: Trigonometry

must meet one of the following requirements:

• ACT Math score of 23 or above
• Successful completion of MAT104 College Algebra with a grade of "C" or higher
• Accuplacer-Next Generation Advanced Algebra Functions 260 or above

MAT106: Calculus

must meet one of the following requirements:

• ACT Math score of 25 or above and Successful completion of HS Trigonometry with a grade of "C" or higher
• Accuplacer-Next Generation Advanced Algebra Functions 276 or above and Successful completion of HS Trigonometry with a grade of "C" or higher
• Successful completion of MAT105 Trigonometry with a grade of "C" or higher
• GPA Requirement

MAT203: Basic Statistics

must meet the following requirement:

• Successful completion of MAT104 College Algebra with a grade of "C" or higher