The Modern Languages placement examination is required for all students who have knowledge in the target language and who have studied the language before in an educational or private setting. All students who plan to take a modern language course are required to take the appropriate placement examination.
Each examination will help estimate the level of knowledge and place you in the most appropriate course level (note: 101 level classes are designed for absolute beginners). There are separate instructions for each examination, which are provided below:
For Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean Placement Tests
For incoming freshmen:
If you have prior knowledge of a language, either through previous studies or your family background, then you will need to take a language placement test if you plan on enrolling in that language. If there is no language requirement for your major, you do not need the placement test. Similarly, if you are an absolute beginner in a language that you have never studied, then you do not need the placement test and can enroll in the 101 level when you’re ready.
To sign up for a placement test, or for further information, please contact us at 215-895-5816 or wmv23@drexel.edu
All other students:
Please contact the Modern Languages office at 215-895-5816 or e-mail Bill Valerio at wmv23@drexel.edu to set up an appointment. You will meet with one of our instructors to have a one-on-one evaluation, and to determine which level of class is most appropriate based on your prior knowledge of the language.
  
For French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish Placement Tests
Please stop by the Modern Languages office any weekday between 9am and 4pm. Our office is located in the Language and Communication Center building, 229 N. 33rd Street, room 212. The test should take approximately 45 minutes, and we can score the test and assist you with registration afterward.
  
Students with Disabilities
If you require special accommodations to take your placement examination(s), you must provide the necessary medical documentation to the Office of Disability Services. Information regarding examination accommodations can be found at http://www.drexel.edu/disability/student_reg.html
After your request for accomodation has been assessed, arrangements will be made to allow you to take your examinations at Orientation.
Students Who Have Completed AP/CLEP Examinations
Those students who have taken AP and/or CLEP examination(s) through ETS are still required to take Drexel's placement examination(s) for scheduling purposes. Once AP/CLEP scores are provided to the University by ETS - often after the scheduling deadline - adjustments to a student's schedule will be made by his or her academic advisor.
For subjects other than Modern Languages, please refer to the Guide to Taking the Placement Examination (s).
Student Enrollment Procedure for ML Classes
Once students have established their language level, they can enroll or contact Modern Languages any time at 215 895 5816. Student who have never studied the language of choice, enroll in a 101 class.
Information regarding classes, schedules and rooms can be found on the Term Master Schedule page.
Some classes will have times assigned, others will have TBA (To Be Announced) next to them. It is imperative that students sign up for the TBA classes although they do not have times assigned. Modern Languages schedules these language classes around the students’ other classes. If students do not register, their names will not appear on the class roster and their needs will not be put into consideration when the smaller TBA classes are scheduled.
For more information, please contact ML at 215 895 2443 or the ML Director at schlichs@drexel.edu.
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