Placement Assessments

First-year students must take one or two placement assessments before the first semester.

*Note that students can only make one attempt per assessment.

English Placement Assessment (mandatory)

The English Placement Assessment is mandatory. You must take this assessment to determine which English courses you will need to take, if any. Register for the assessment as soon as possible.

Collège Boréal has developed this assessment to prepare you for your courses, apprenticeships and the job market.

The online assessment takes approximately one hour and has one component:

*Writing.

You cannot use any language tools (e.g., dictionary, spellcheck, etc.) during the assessment.

If you are taking your program with Boréal online, you can complete this assessment online. To book an appointment, contact the Testing Centre at service.testing@collegeboreal.ca.

* Note: If you miss your online appointment, you will be charged $30 to reschedule. An email with payment instructions will be sent to you.

Refer to the table to see which English courses you may need to take (or if you can get an exemption) depending on your grade

The English Placement Assessment is not required if you are taking one of the following programs:

Human Resources Management
Early Childhood Education, Administration
Diagnostic Medical Sonography – Ultrasound

Microsoft Suite Equivalency Assessment (optional)

The Microsoft Suite Equivalency Assessment is optional. It is available to students enrolled in one of the following programs:

Legal Assistant
Public Administration
Mechanical Techniques
Electrical Practices
Plumbing Technician
Child and Youth Care
Police Foundation
Construction Technician – Mining and Civil
Construction Engineering Technician – Civil
Electrical Engineering Technician
Mechanical Millwright Technician
Forestry and Wildlife Technician
Prospecting and Mining Exploration Techniques

If you opt not to take this assessment, you must take the INF1078 course that is part of your program.

You can be exempted or partially exempted from this course depending on the grade you obtain on the assessment. That grade could be assigned to the course.

The assessment takes two hours and has four modules: computer functions, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Depending on the grade you obtain on the Microsoft Suite Equivalency Assessment:

A. 50% or higher for each of the four modules AND 60% or higher on the overall assessment: You are exempt from the INF1078 course and your assessment grade will be assigned to the course.
B. Less than 50% for one of the four modules and 60% overall: You must take the parts of the INF1078 course relevant to the module you got less than 50% on.
C. Less than 50% for each of the four modules: You must take the INF1078 course.
D. Less than 50% for two to four of the modules: You must take the INF1078 course.

Placement Assessments

First-year students must take one or two placement assessments before the first semester. *Note that students can only make one attempt per assessment.

To take the assessment(s), you will need:

a computer;
a webcam;
a headset (recommended);
a high-speed Internet connection;
a government-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s licence, passport, etc.);
your Collège Boréal student number; and
a quiet room. (Note that it is forbidden to interact with anyone during your assessment except for the person monitoring you remotely.)

Students will take the assessments at their respective campus at the beginning of term 1 of their program.

Students enrolled at the Boréal Online virtual campus will have to make an appointment to take these assessments online using the Microsoft Teams communication application.