Placement Exams

Winter Quarter 2024

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
All students: See the Languages and Applied Linguistics website, for placement information.

FRENCH LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, please schedule an appointment with Instructor Renée Cailloux (rcaillou@ucsc.edu) during office hours. Written placement examination will be administered. See the Languages and Applied Linguistics website 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 for office hours and locations.

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

ITALIAN LANGUAGE
Continuing students: for Priority Enrollment, see Tonia Principe during their office hours. See the Languages and Applied Linguistics website for office hours and locations. 

JAPANESE LANGUAGE
All students: for Priority See the Languages and Applied Linguistics website for placement information.

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

SPANISH LANGUAGE
Any student interested in taking Spanish must take the placement examination—even if you've never studied Spanish before. The placement exam is an online exam and can be taken at any time. The website for the Spanish placement examination is https://spanishplacement.ucsc.edu/. NOTE: It takes 3 to 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 Advance Enrollment.

SPANISH FOR HERITAGE SPEAKERS
See Languages and Applied Linguistics website for placement guidelines.

Revised: 02/19/24