General Requirements

The level of teaching and learning at Doane requires that students have certain basic skills. All students must demonstrate competencies in each of the following areas during their first year at Doane by one of the methods listed below. (Individual academic majors may require particular competencies.)

Basic Mathematical Skills

All students must demonstrate adequate basic computational skills before enrolling in any mathematics course numbered 100 or above. This requirement may be met in any of five ways:

• by attaining an ACT math score of 19 or higher,
• by attaining an SAT math score of 530 or higher,
• by passing Doane’s Math Placement Test,
• by completing DLC 090  or DSS 090  (Crete campus only) with a grade of C- or higher, or
• by transferring credits that are equivalent to DLC 090 /DSS 090  or college-level mathematics

Basic Writing Skills

All students must demonstrate adequate basic skills before enrolling in ENG 101   Writing skills are evaluated during the enrollment/advising process. This requirement may be met in any of four ways:

• by attaining an ACT English subscore of 19 or above;
• by completing DLC 116  (Lincoln, and Online) or DLC 110  & DLC 111  (Crete campus) or DSS 110  & DSS 111  (Crete campus) with a C- or higher;
• by completing ENG 100  with a C- or higher (Crete campus - for international students whose primary language is not English); or
• by transferring credits that are equivalent to DLC 116 , DLC 110  & DLC 111 , DSS 110  & DSS 111 , or ENG 101 .