Courses

Minimum Placement Requirements

Some courses have minimum placement requirements in English, Reading, and/or Math.  These are skills you need to be successful in the course. You can show placement in several ways, such as:

• high school GPA or successful completion of high school transitional math or english courses
• standardized test scores (ACT/SAT)
• Parkland assessment test scores
• taking skill development courses in ENG, CCS, or MAT

If you are not sure what your placement level is, contact the Assessment Center for help. See the placement website for more information.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites are other courses you must complete before registering for a class.  Some prerequisites must be taken at the same time as a class (“concurrent enrollment”). If you believe your circumstances should allow an exception to the prerequisites, contact the department chair  in charge of the course.

General Education Courses

Only certain courses can be used to fulfill general education requirements.  See the list of general education courses below for the type of degree you are seeking. 

• General Education Courses for Transfer Degrees  
• General Education Courses for Career Degrees  

Diesel Power Equipment Technology

Agricultural Technologies
217/351-2481 • parkland.edu/agtech

Drafting

Applied Sciences and Technologies
217/351-2481 • parkland.edu/ast

Early Childhood Education

Arts, Media, and Social Sciences
217/351-2217 • parkland.edu/amss

Electrical Construction Journeyman

Applied Sciences and Technologies
217/351-2481 • parkland.edu/ast

Economics

Arts, Media, and Social Sciences
217/351-2217 • parkland.edu/amss

Education

Arts, Media, and Social Sciences
217/351-2217 • parkland.edu/amss

Electronics and Electrical Power

Applied Sciences and Technologies
217/351-2481 • parkland.edu/ast

Electronics and Electrical Power: Competency-Based Education

Applied Sciences and Technologies
217/351-2481 • parkland.edu/ast

Emergency Medical Services

Allied Health
217/351-2224 • parkland.edu/hp

English

Humanities
217/351-2217 • parkland.edu/humanities

English Placement

Students enrolling in an English composition course for the first time at Parkland must be placed at the appropriate level on the basis of:

1. ACT or SAT scores;
2. performance on Parkland’s English assessment test;
3. college-level composition credit transferred from another school;
4. high school cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher on an unweighted scale;
5. completion (with a grade of C or higher)of an appropriate transitional high school course in English;
6. GED score of 165 or comparable score on other high school equivalency tests;
7. completion (with a grade of C or higher) of an appropriate developmental course in English at another regionally accredited college or university; or
8. completion (with a grade of C or higher) of two non-mathematics IAI-approved GECC courses.

Students placed in a preparatory English composition class (ENG 098  or ENG 099 ) can satisfy the requirements for admission to college-level English composition by passing ENG 099  with a grade of C or higher.

See Parkland College Placement Manual for more information.

Engineering Science

Natural Sciences
217/351-2285 • parkland.edu/ns

Earth Science

Natural Sciences
217/351-2285 • parkland.edu/ns

English as a Second Language - Pre-College

Humanities
217/351-2217 • parkland.edu/humanities

The ESL program offers a series of courses for academic preparation in four skill areas.  These courses are available from beginning through advanced levels in grammar/writing and listening/speaking/pronunciation.  Students can enroll part-time in one course or full-time.