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. To take the exam, go to WebCAPE Foreign Language Placement Exam.

Italian Placement Exam
The Italian exam is taken in a hard copy format: Italian Placement Exam. To submit the completed exam for grading, scan and email it to Carolyn Scofield, assistant to the assistant dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, at carolyn.scofield@
purchase.edu.

Please direct any questions about the foreign language placement exams to Alfredo Garcia Pardo, assistant professor of Spanish and linguistics, at alfredo.garciapardo@purchase.edu