Services

Placement  Based on your EPT Test Scores for Placement you may be placed into one or two of the following preparatory English courses: English 1E, ASAM 1, AFRS 1, CHLS 1, ALP/ALI 145, ALP/ALI 150. Based on your ELM Test Scores for Placement you may be placed into one or both of the following Prebaccalaureate Mathematics courses: MAPB 1 and MABP 7 or 11.

Intervention  If you have difficulty in your courses, PASS counselors can provide you support by referring you for tutorial services and additional screening for referral to appropriate resources to decide if you need other learning skills strategies or evaluation for more serious learning difficulties in the subject matter. 

Other services may include: Registration assistance, placement advising into appropriate-level English and /or Math courses, follow-up appointments for students on probation, program and intra-campus referrals, special academic actions, the Writer's Resource Lab referral, provide Equivalencies for prebaccalaureate-level English and Math courses at other colleges, and other remediation strategies.  

Tracking  The trustees of the California State University have established rules (see Executive Order 665) for placement of entering students into appropriate Mathematics and English classes.  In addition they have set timelines for completion of any required remedial/developmental course.

The PASS counseling program monitors your progress in these preparatory English and Mathematics courses that are required for entrance into Freshmen-level English composition and/or Mathematics courses. Our goal is to be sure that you are making progress and completing these classes as stated in the CSU remediation policy. If placed into the preparatory classes, you must enroll into these courses each semester until your receive credit and you are required to complete the remedial requirement within one year. If you have not successfully completed all required preparatory course work by the established deadline, you will not be allowed to enroll in courses at CSULB for subsequent semesters. Even if you have already registered for classes, you can be disenrolled.