CLAS (College Level Academic Skills) Graduation Requirements

All community college students who are completing an Associate in Arts (AA) Degree and are applying for admission to upper division programs in Florida state colleges and universities must meet the CLAS requirement. University students who are completing their sophomore year also must meet the same requirements.

Students may meet the Math and English CLAS requirement for graduation via any of the following options:

MATH	Earn a 2.5 GPA* in two 3-credit-hour Gordon rule math courses.	Score 21 or above on the Math subtest of the ACT.	Score 500 or above on the Math subtest of the SAT.	Score  91 or above on the Math subtest of the CPT.**
ENGLISH	Earn a 2.5 GPA in two 4-credit-hour Gordon Rule courses. (ENC 1101, ENC 1102, HUM 2216, or HUM 2233.)	Score 22 or above on the Reading subtest and 21 or above on the English subtest of the ACT.	Score 500 or above on the Verbal subtest of the SAT.	Score 93 or above on the Reading subtest and  105 or above on the Sentence Skills subtest of the CPT.**

 

* GPA Policy for CLAS Requirement:  A transfer student who has taken a 3-hour ENC 1101 or ENC 1102, may meet the GPA requirement by making a B or higher in any 3-hour literature course, ENC 2210, or SPT 2521. A student may not repeat any course in which he/she earned a C or higher.

**CPT Testing Policy for CLAS Requirement: The student must have completed 6 hours of Gordon Rule math and 12 hours of Gordon Rule writing.  There is a $5.00 fee for each subtest of the CPT payable in the Testing Center at the time of testing. The student must wait for at least 60 days before retaking the CPT or any individual subtest. Before a student will be allowed to retest on the CPT, he/she will be required to complete 15 hours of review in the ACE Lab.