Course Placement Testing and Information - Orientation

Prior to attending orientation, students will be contacted by the NMU Orientation office with information on how to complete the ALEKS Math Placement test. This test will be online and unproctored, and will potentially allow students to be in the courses that they may need for their major. More information about your specific placement or additional testing opportunities will be provided by your adviser during orientation. If you have questions about math placement, please contact the Student Success Department at 906-227-2971 or success@nmu.edu.

Students with a high school GPA below 2.25 and no prior college English credit must take the English placement essay exam if they wish to test into EN 111: College Composition I rather than taking EN 109: Intensive College Composition. (Note: students who would like additional assistance with their writing can self-select into EN 109.) If you have questions about english placement, please contact the Student Success Department at 906-227-2971 or success@nmu.edu.

Students who are interested in taking a foreign language course at NMU and have taken a foreign language course prior to attending NMU should take the 15-20 minute online placement exam. Students will learn about this particular placement test during online orientation, but are also welcome to take the placement before orientation, too, by clicking the green link in the previous sentence.

If you are placed into a 102 or higher language course, call the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at 906-227-2940 or e-mail mll@nmu.edu to get information about how to register for the appropriate course.  

Students who will be applying for the Baccalaureate Nursing Major (BSN) and do not have any prior college credit in Chemistry will need to take the Nursing Chemistry Readiness Test.  Students will learn more about this test during their Orientation session. For additional information please visit the Nursing Chemistry Placement webpage.

Disability Services provides appropriate and reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities so they may have an equal educational opportunity.  Service and assistance is provided to enrolled students who are permanently or temporarily disabled. If you require accommodations for any placement testing please contact Disability Services prior to Orientation at 906-227-1700.