College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST)

The state of Florida Legislature has repealed the requirement to pass the “College level communication and mathematics skills examination” (CLAST) in order to be awarded an Associate in Arts degree effective July 1, 2009.In order to demonstrate continuing concern for institutional accountability and effectiveness, as well as performance standards for student learning outcomes, the Legislature maintained the current CLAST exemptions as degree requirements.

For students who graduate after July 1, 2009, the following alternatives will fulfill the competency requirements in addition to other current requirements for the Associate in Arts degree:

1.  Exemption via American college Testing Program (ACT):

• Math – Achieve 21 or above on the enhanced ACT in Math or on the original ACT.
• Reading – Achieve 22 or above on the enhanced ACT in Reading or a score of 20 or above on the Composite of the original ACT.
• English Language Skills and Essay – Achieve 21 or above on the enhanced ACT in English or a score of 20 or above on the original ACT.  

2.  Exemption via Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT-I):

• Math – Achieve 500 or above on the recentered score scale, or its equivalent on the original score scale, meets Computation requirements.
• Verbal – Achieve 500 or above on the recentered score scale, or its equivalent on the original score scale, meets Reading, English Language Skills and Essay requirements.

3.  Exemption via College Board ACCUPLACER (CPT):

• Math – Achieve 91 or higher on the Elementary Algebra test of the CPT
• Reading – Achieve 93 or higher on the Reading test of the CPT.
• English Language Skills and Essay – Achieve a 105 or higher on the Sentence Skills test of the CPT.

4.  Exemption via Grade Point Average:

• Essay, English Language Skills, and Reading:  Achieve a 2.5 GPA in 2 courses for a minimum of 6 hours of credit from ENC 1101 or ENC 1102 or any AML, ENL, LIT course with digits higher than 2000.
• Math:  Achieve a 2.5 GPA in 2 courses for a minimum of 6 hours of credit from any of the following math courses: MAC 1105 and any other MAC course with the last three digits higher than 105; MGF1106 and any other MGF course with the last three digits higher than 106; any STA or equivalent statistics course; and 

5.  Exemption via College Level Exam Program (CLEP):

• Achieve minimum acceptable scores as required on English or Math exams to be transferred in for degree credit.

6.  Exemption via waiver by committee for students with documented specific learning disabilities and other extenuating circumstances.