Langston University

Any individual who:
(a) is a graduate of an accredited high school;
(b) has participated in the American College Testing Program (ACT) or a similar acceptable battery of tests;
(c) has completed the mandated high school curricular requirements; and
(d) meets at least one of the following requirements is eligible for admission to Langston University:

• Maintained an average grade of “C” or above in the four years of high school study (2.7or higher on a 4.0 scale) and ranked scholastically in the top 50% of the high school graduating class.
• Attained a composite standard score of 20 on the American College Testing Program or 940 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) which would place the applicant among the top 50% of Oklahoma high school seniors.

Effective for first-time entering freshmen since the fall of 1997, fifteen units will be required as follows:

• 4 English (Grammar, Composition, Literature)
• 3 Lab Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics or any lab science certified by the school district; General Science with or without a lab may not be used to meet this requirement.)
• 3 Mathematics (from Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Math Analysis, Calculus)
• 3 History (including one (1) unit of American History) and citizenship skills from the subjects of Economics, Geography, Government, Non-Western Culture.
• 2 Additional units of subjects previously listed or selected from the following: Computer Science, Foreign Language.

While these curricular requirements will normally be met by students in grades 9 through 12, advanced students who complete these courses in earlier grades will not be required to take additional courses for purposes of admission.

Effective fall 1997, the fifteen high school units set forth above will be required for admission. In addition, the following subjects are recommended for college preparation: Additional two units :Fine Arts: Music, Art, Drama; Speech.

Any individual who:
(a) is a graduate of a high school accredited by the appropriate regional association or by an appropriate accrediting agency of their home state;
(b) has met the curricular requirements as set forth in the section “First-Time Entering Freshmen;” and
(c) has participated in the American College Testing program or a similar acceptable battery of tests is eligible for admission to the Associate of Science degree program. Students utilizing a test other than ACT will have their scores converted to ACT equivalents.

Students lacking curricular and/or performance requirements may be admitted into the Associate of Science degree program, but they must remove the deficiencies at the earliest time and within the first 24 collegiate hours attempted. Students must remove curricular deficiencies in a discipline area before taking collegiate-level work in that discipline.

Students incur high school deficiencies two ways:

1. Not meeting curricular requirements given in the section “High School Curricular Requirement”;
2. ACT sub-scores below 19* OR scores below the cutoff on the University’s entry-level assessment battery.

Students may remove curricular deficiencies in one of three ways:

• Scoring at the 70th percentile or higher on the ACT in the deficiency area;
• Achieving a score at or above the cutoff on the University’s entry-level assessment battery; or
• Successfully completing a zero-level course in the area of deficiency with a grade equivalent of “C” or better.

Students with a deficiency in history who present an ACT reading sub-score at or above the specified level OR who score at least a 12.0 on the Nelson-Denny Reading Test will be required to take an additional three-hour collegiate history course to make up the high school deficiency. If the student does not score at the designated level given above, they must enroll in a developmental reading course until acquiring the reading proficiency. Once the student has acquired the designated reading proficiency they are required to enroll in the zero-level history course to make up the high school deficiency.

Curricular deficiencies must be removed at the earliest time but within the first 24 collegiate hours attempted or have all subsequent enrollments restricted to deficiency removal courses until all deficiencies are removed. Students must remove deficiencies in a discipline area before taking collegiate-level work in that discipline.

The Vice President for Academic Affairs may allow a deserving student who failed to remediate a basic skills deficiency in a single course to continue to enroll in collegiate level courses in addition to remedial coursework beyond the24-hourlimit providing the student has demonstrated success in collegiate courses to date.

*The ACT score may change as it is based on the average of the preceding three years’ ACT scores of Oklahoma graduating seniors.