Foreign Language Placement Guidelines

Foreign Language Placement

All students are required to complete a foreign language placement exam before enrolling in any language course. Faculty members monitor their class lists to ensure that students have taken the exam and are enrolled in the appropriate level.

French and Spanish Placement Exams
The French and Spanish exams may be taken online from a home computer. Students will receive their score and placement level immediately following the exam. 

Italian Placement Exam
The Italian exam is taken in a hard copy format: Italian Placement Exam

Please direct any questions about the foreign language placement exams to The School of Humanities, Humanities@purchase.edu or 914-251-6550.