Basic Skills Program
To fulfill its mission, College of the Ouachitas offers developmental courses to enhance students’ academic skills for success in college-level reading, writing, and mathematics. College of the Ouachitas accepts a variety of placement tests to identify students’ academic preparedness and to recommend courses at the appropriate level. Students must fulfill the requirements of the course and take an exit examination in order to advance to college-level courses. Basic Skills courses may not earn college credit and may not transfer to four-year colleges and universities in Arkansas. Available courses in College of the Ouachitas’s Basic Skills Program are as follows:
| ENGL 1103 | Basic Writing |
| MATH 1003 | Basic Math |
| MATH 1013 | Basic Algebra |
| MATH 1023 | Intermediate Algebra |
| READ 1003 | Academic Reading |