Developmental Classes and Basic Skills Assessment

College-level English, math, reading, and science skills are essential to success at MCC. New students to MCC are expected to take the College’s basic skills assessment in order to assist counselors and advisors in determining readiness for college-level coursework. Based on the skills assessment, students may then be required to take developmental courses prior to starting college-level coursework in some program areas.

The classes below in bold are the first possible developmental courses MCC offers. These courses may be needed before students can register for the 1000-level courses in a particular program. For example, students needing MATH 1310 and testing into MATH 0910 would need to take MATH 0910 and MATH 0930/MATH 0931 or MATH 0960 before taking MATH 1310.The math, science, reading, and English areas are listed below.