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“Students may be able to satisfy the lower division requirements by completing Arabic 10 (satisfies Arabic 1A and 1B) and Arabic 30 (satisfies Arabic 20A and 20B) courses offered during the summer term or through study abroad programs.” |
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”If you are just beginning to study Armenian, Armenian 1A is the right course for you. This course begins with the alphabet! If you have had a year or more of Armenian coursework in elementary school, high school, or college, or if you are a heritage speaker (you have learned the language by speaking it at home), you should enroll in Armenian 101A or 101B. The Department offers proficiency exams for Eastern and Western Armenian at the beginning and end of each semester. Students use the exam to document proficiency of a foreign language for university or program requirements. Please check with your institution to make sure our departmental exam is accepted. No exceptions or makeup exams are offered. If students miss the exam on the scheduled date, they will need to wait until the next time it is offered. No exams are offered during the summer.” |
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“Students of East European or Eurasian languages (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian) should consult with the appropriate language instructor for proficiency testing and placement.” |
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“The Chinese Placement Exam is available to take from July 1, 2024: https://bolt.language.berkeley.edu/ When you have finished with the exam, please submit a completed Chinese Class Survey to the lead instructor listed for the course indicated by the test. The lead instructor's contact information is found here on the class schedule next to the class you were placed into. You may register for the course recommended by the placement test; final placement will be determined after an interview with the lead instructor. You will need to bring an essay to the interview. Please download the instructions for the essay.” |
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Danish (Scandinavian) |
"Students with prior experience in a Scandinavian language should contact the language coordinator for a placement exam. The placement test must be taken prior to or within the first week of instruction. |
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Finnish (Scandinavian) |
"Students with prior experience in a Scandinavian language should contact the language coordinator for a placement exam. The placement test must be taken prior to or within the first week of instruction. |
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Consult this table for level recommendations “If you feel that your prior experience with the German language goes beyond the scenarios outlined above (e.g. heritage learner, study-abroad participation, etc.) and are planning to take an upper-division course, you must contact the Language Program Coordinator (euba@berkeley.edu) for a personal placement advising appointment.” |
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“Students may place out of the elementary language sequence(s) and (very rarely) Greek or Latin 100 by taking a placement exam. Students with strong scores in AP Latin frequently place into Latin 100 and gain 1 course/4 units of credit for placing out of Latin 1 and 2. Students who place out of Greek or Latin 100 must take one additional upper-division Greek or Latin course. For more information, contact our staff undergraduate advisor, Cassandra Dunn.” |
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See this link |
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"Upcoming placement exams (Fall 2025) – advance registration is required:
The written part of the exam is online and will take about 2 hours to complete, beginning at 9AM. The oral exam, about 15-20 minutes, will take place via Zoom, appointments TBD. For this reason it is important to register for the exam in advance. After the registration deadline, students will be contacted and given the url for the exam." |
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"First you must take the Japanese Online Placement Test between 12:01 AM, Thursday, August 14 and 11:59 PM, Wednesday, August 20, 2025. This test will be open 24 hours/day during this period, and you can take it from anywhere with an internet connection by using your Cal ID. There is only one Japanese Online Placement Test for all levels, so you don’t have to worry about which test you should take. Just log on to the site and follow the instructions. If you have any questions about the Japanese Online Placement Test, please e-mail Takata-sensei." |
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“The Korean Placement Exam is available two weeks prior to the start of the fall and spring semesters. Please visit the following link at that time:https://bolt.language.berkeley.edu/
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“Students may place out of the elementary language sequence(s) and (very rarely) Greek or Latin 100 by taking a placement exam. Students with strong scores in AP Latin frequently place into Latin 100 and gain 1 course/4 units of credit for placing out of Latin 1 and 2. Students who place out of Greek or Latin 100 must take one additional upper-division Greek or Latin course. For more information, contact our staff undergraduate advisor, Cassandra Dunn.” |
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Old Norse (Scandinavian) |
"Students with prior experience in a Scandinavian language should contact the language coordinator for a placement exam. The placement test must be taken prior to or within the first week of instruction. |
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Norwegian (Scandinavian) |
"Students with prior experience in a Scandinavian language should contact the language coordinator for a placement exam. The placement test must be taken prior to or within the first week of instruction. |
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“Students of East European or Eurasian languages (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian) should consult with the appropriate language instructor for proficiency testing and placement.” |
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“Students starting with 1st or 2nd year Russian should consult with Lecturer Oksana Willis, Russian Language Coordinator (during her office hours or email oksana.willis@berkeley.edufor appointment) about placement in the lower-division language courses (Russian 1, 2, 3, 4). Please contact Lecturer Oksana Willis for screening and placement in advance of the first week of classes. All consultations/interviews concerning placement in Russian language classes will be held the first week of term. Students seeking placement in advanced Russian (third-year Russian, Russian 103A-B, and other advanced courses) or testing for the Letters and Science foreign language requirement for Russian should consult with Lecturer Oksana Willis, Russian Language Coordinator (during her office hours or email oksana.willis@berkeley.edu for appointment). All consultations/interviews concerning placement in Russian language classes will be held the first week of term. Heritage speakers of Russian who want to take Russian language courses should consult with Lecturer Oksana Willis, Russian Language Coordinator (during her office hours or email oksana.willis@berkeley.edu for appointment). All consultations/interviews concerning placement in Russian language classes will be held the first week of term.” |
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“The Department of Spanish does not offer proficiency tests to 'test out' of our courses. Instead, placement in our language program is based on students' knowlege and previous experience studying Spanish.” Consult this table for Spanish as second language learners |
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Swedish (Scandinavian) |
"Students with prior experience in a Scandinavian language should contact the language coordinator for a placement exam. The placement test must be taken prior to or within the first week of instruction. |
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“Students of East European or Eurasian languages (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian) should consult with the appropriate language instructor for proficiency testing and placement.” |