TCNJ Placement & Assessment
As a student at The College of New Jersey, you may be required to take some placement tests or meet departmental assessments to ensure appropriate course placement in courses that will match your knowledge and skills.
Please familiarize yourself thoroughly with the information on placement tests and assessment requirements.
Language Placement
Please see the table below to determine whether your major requires a language. If it does, please read over the Language Placement Test FAQ to find out about the options for language placement.
Writing Placement
TCNJ uses Directed Self-Placement to determine placement into first-year writing courses. You can find out more about how this works at the Directed Self Placement webpage.
Mathematics Placement
Please see the table below to determine whether your major requires math placement. If it does, please visit the Mathematics Placement webpage to learn about the options for math placement.
Does your major require language and/or mathematics testing?
Key for major requirements: Y = Yes (Required)
Click on your school to find your major.
School of Arts and Communications
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Art Education |
|
|
| Art History and Visual Culture |
|
Y |
| Visual Arts |
|
|
| Communication Studies |
|
Y |
| Journalism and Professional Writing |
|
Y |
| Interactive Multimedia |
|
Y |
| Music BA |
|
Y |
| Music Performance – Vocal |
|
Y |
| Music Performance – Instrumental |
|
|
| Music Teaching K-12 |
|
|
| Undeclared – Arts and Communication |
|
|
School of Business
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Accountancy |
Y |
|
| Interdisciplinary Business |
Y |
|
| Finance |
Y |
|
| Marketing |
Y |
|
| Management |
Y |
|
| Economics – Bachelor of Arts |
Y |
Y |
| Economics – Bachelor of Science |
Y |
|
| Economics – 7 year Medical |
Y |
Y |
| Economics – Secondary Education |
Y |
Y |
| Economics – Urban Secondary Education |
Y |
Y |
| * Undeclared – Business |
Y |
Recommended |
School of Education
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Undeclared – Education |
|
Recommended |
| Speech Language Pathology and Audiology |
|
ASL Recommended |
Education of Deaf & Hard of Hearing Dual Major
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Art |
|
ASL |
| Biology |
Y |
ASL |
| English |
|
ASL |
| History |
|
ASL |
| Math |
Y |
ASL |
| iSTEM |
Y |
ASL |
| Music |
|
ASL |
| Psychology |
|
ASL |
| Sociology |
|
ASL |
Early Childhood Education OR Elementary Education Dual Major
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| African American Studies |
|
|
| Art |
|
|
| Biology |
Y |
|
| English |
|
|
| History |
|
|
| Math |
Y |
|
| iSTEM |
Y |
|
| Music |
|
|
| Psychology |
|
|
| Sociology |
|
|
| Spanish |
|
Y |
| Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies |
|
|
Early Childhood/Special Education OR Special Education Dual Major
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Art |
|
|
| Biology |
Y |
|
| English |
|
|
| History |
|
|
| Math |
Y |
|
| iSTEM |
Y |
|
| Music |
|
|
| Psychology |
|
|
| Sociology |
|
|
| Spanish |
|
Y |
| Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies |
|
|
Urban Education/Early Childhood OR Urban Education/Elementary Education Dual Major
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| African American Studies |
|
Y |
| Art |
|
Y |
| Biology |
Y |
Y |
| English |
|
Y |
| History |
|
Y |
| Math |
Y |
Y |
| iSTEM |
Y |
Y |
| Music |
|
Y |
| Psychology |
|
Y |
| Sociology |
|
Y |
| Spanish |
|
Y |
| Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies |
|
Y |
School of Engineering
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Biomedical Engineering |
Y |
|
| Biomedical Engineering – 7 year Medical |
Y |
|
| Civil Engineering |
Y |
|
| Computer Engineering |
Y |
|
| Electrical Engineering |
Y |
|
| Mechanical Engineering |
Y |
|
| Engineering Science |
Y |
|
| Technology Pre-Engineering Education |
Y |
|
| Undeclared – Engineering |
Y |
|
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Anthropology |
|
Y |
| Criminology |
|
Y |
| English |
|
Y |
| English Secondary Education |
|
Y |
| English Secondary Special Education |
|
Y |
| English Urban Secondary Education |
|
Y |
| English – 7 year Medical |
Y |
Y |
| History |
|
Y |
| History Secondary Education |
|
Y |
| History Secondary Special Education |
|
|
| History Urban Secondary Education |
|
Y |
| History – 7 year Medical |
|
Y |
| International Studies |
|
Y |
| Philosophy |
|
Y |
| Philosophy – 7 year Medical |
Y |
Y |
| Political Science |
Y |
Y |
| Psychology |
|
Y |
| Sociology |
|
Y |
| Spanish |
|
Y |
| Spanish – 7 year Medical |
Y |
Y |
| World Languages and Linguistics |
|
Y |
| Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies |
|
Y |
| * Undeclared – Humanities & Social Science |
|
|
School of Nursing and Health Science
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Kinesiology and Health Science |
|
|
| Kinesiology and Health Science/Physical Therapy |
|
|
| Nursing |
|
|
| Public Health |
|
Y |
School of Science
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Biology |
Y |
Y |
| Biology Secondary Education |
Y |
Y |
| Biology Secondary Special Education |
Y |
|
| Biology Urban Secondary Education |
Y |
Y |
| Biology – 7 year Medical |
Y |
Y |
| Biology/Physical Therapy |
Y |
Y |
| Biology/SUNOptometry |
Y |
Y |
| Chemistry |
Y |
Y |
| Chemistry Secondary Education |
Y |
Y |
| Chemistry Urban Secondary Education |
Y |
Y |
| Chemistry – 7 year Medical |
Y |
Y |
| Computer Science |
Y |
Y |
| Computer Science – 7 year Medical |
Y |
Y |
| Mathematics |
Y |
Y |
| Mathematics Secondary Education |
Y |
Y |
| Mathematics Secondary Special Education |
Y |
Y |
| Mathematics Urban Secondary Education |
Y |
|
| Mathematics – 7 year Medical |
Y |
Y |
| Physics |
Y |
Y |
| Physics Secondary Education |
Y |
Y |
| Physics Urban Secondary Education |
Y |
Y |
| Physics – 7 year Medical |
Y |
Y |
| Physics – Computational |
Y |
Y |
Undeclared General
| Major |
Math |
Language |
| Undeclared General |
Y |
Y |
