Placement Policy for Language Courses
It is in a student's best interest to take the language course that best fits their abilities.
ML 1001 is appropriate for students who have no previous language-learning experience, who can say a few words of phrases, and/or who have a CPC deficiency in foreign language.
Students wishing to take ML 1002 or beyond must first contact the Department of Media, Culture, and the Arts, and take a placement test or provide CLEP exam credits. Students have the option to take a departmental placement test for FREN 1001 – 2002 and SPAN 1001 – 2002. Students may also use CLEP exam credits for German. Students must first speak to a Modern Language advisor regarding placement for Korean.
Prerequisite overrides must be approved by a Modern Language advisor.
Students who pass the Modern Language program's placement test in French or Spanish and place into a course (testing out of ML 1001 and taking ML 1002 for instance) will receive K credit for the course(s) out of which they tested. Students may take the program's placement exam only once.