Foreign Language Placement Testing at WVU

Would you like to…

– graduate earlier and save $$$$ in tuition money?
– get college credit for what you already know?
– boost your CV with second language certification?
– get a head start on study abroad?
– move quickly into a foreign language major or minor?
– get into a class at your level where you’ll really learn the language?
– and above all, avoid enrolling in a class for which you may not receive credit… (see Placement Required, below)

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you’ll get valuable information by reading the following:

The on-line multiple choice placement tests can give you up to 15 hours of credit for one successfully completed course in French, German, or Spanish. See this chart for a summary of the information below. You may also download the Application for Free Credit by Placement and Course Completion Form.

PLACEMENT REQUIREMENT: You MUST TAKE the placement test If you have studied the language in question within five (5) years prior to course enrollment. You NEED NOT take the test if you have not studied the language in the last five years or if you enroll in a language you have not studied before.

How to take the WVU Placement Test on-line: Instructions

Click HERE if you need to review the results of a test you’ve already taken.

For more details, read below:

Who?: Freshman or others with 2 or more years of language study
Background?: Planning to continue a language studied in HS
What to do?: Placement exam required1 (French, German, Spanish)

Who?: Freshman or others starting languages
Background?: Beginning a language never studied before
What to do?: Take 101

Who?: Transfer
Background?: Any
What to do?: See advisor in Foreign Language (Chitwood Hall)

Who?: Any Student
Background?: Studied language 5 or more years before enrolling at WVU
What to do?: Take 101 or see advisor

1REMEMBER: You MUST take the course you are placed into?and make a grade of ?B? or ?A?? in order to receive tuition-free credit for lower-level language courses. After completing the course, you will need to complete a form for back credit; this form is available in the Department of Foreign Languages, Chitwood Hall.

If you believe your placement is too low (for example, if you are placed in 102 and believe you can perform well in 203), you may enroll in a class one level above your placement level. If you wish to be placed higher, please see an advisor in the Department of Foreign Languages.

Rules of the Game:

Foreign Language Placement exams may be taken in one of two manners:

To view your placement results at a later time: