Placement Exams

Winter Quarter 2019

Language placement exams are necessary for students who have not passed the prerequisite UCSC course. Students do not take a placement exam when enrolling at level 1 in a language they have never studied, EXCEPT FOR SPANISH. Students must take the placement exam to gain entry into Spanish level 1. Students who have had language instruction prior to UCSC must take the placement exam if they intend to continue study in that language.

CHINESE LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, please see Chinese instructors during their office hours. See the Languages and Applied Linguistics website, http://language.ucsc.edu, for office hours and locations.

FRENCH LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, please schedule an appointment with instructor Renée Cailloux via email (cailloux@ucsc.edu) for an appointment. Written placement examination will be administered. See the Languages and Applied Linguistics website, http://language.ucsc.edu, for office hours and locations.

GERMAN LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, see German instructors during their office hours. See the Languages and Applied Linguistics website, http://language.ucsc.edu, for office hours and locations.

HEBREW LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, see Hebrew instructor during office hours. See Languages and Applied Linguistics website, http://language.ucsc.edu, for office hours/location.

ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, see the Italian instructors during their office hours. See the Languages and Applied Linguistics website, http://language.ucsc.edu, for office hours and locations. 

JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, see Japanese instructors during their office hours. See the Languages and Applied Linguistics website, http://language.ucsc.edu, for office hours and locations.

Dec. 12, 12:00-1:30 p.m., 145 Humanities Building 1. Arrive promptly at 12:00 p.m. Written examination and short oral interview.

MATH PLACEMENT
Information on Math Placement at UCSC is available here.

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, see Portuguese instructor during office hours. See Languages and Applied Linguistics website, http://language.ucsc.edu, for office hours/location.

RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, see Russian instructor during office hours. See Languages and Applied Linguistics website, http://language.ucsc.edu, for office hours/location.

SPANISH LANGUAGE
Any student interested in taking Spanish must take the placement examination--even if you've neer studied Spanish before. The placement examination is an online exam and can be taken at any time. The online address for the Spanish placement exam is: https://spanishplacement.ucsc.edu. NOTE: It takes 3-4 days for your exam results to be posted—make sure you complete the placement exam a minimum of one week prior to your designated appointment time for priority enrollment.

SPANISH FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS

See Languages and Applied Linguistics website, http://language.ucsc.edu, for placement guidelines.

Revised: 11/07/18