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Fall 2024 Placement Exams and Information

The departments below offer online placement exams in advance of registration for spring 2025 courses.

Only some students may need to take a placement exam this fall (mainly students with prior knowledge of a subject but who did not take a placement exam in that subject or receive a departmental placement within the past year, including in summer 2024).

Placement exams ensure that your Yale courses are at the appropriate level.

Online placement exams are offered three times a year: in the summer (in advance of registration for the following fall); in the late fall (in advance of registration for the following spring), and in the late spring (in advance of registration for the following fall). Most placement exam results are valid for one year.

Fall 2024 online placement exam information is available below.

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Chinese

Placement exam	Fall 2024 placement exam for Spring 2025 courses
Placement procedure offered without exam	No
Exam format	Online
Exam date(s)	October 18, 9:00 a.m. - October 25, 12:00 p.m (noon)
Who should take the exam	All students with previous study of Chinese who intend to study Chinese at Yale
Where instructions are located	https://cls.yale.edu/students/placement-testing
How the dept determines placement and where to find information
Where and when results are posted	Results returned via canvas.yale.edu, "Chinese Placement Test Site 24-25," by October 29 at 5:00 p.m.
Contact information for technology issues	Use Canvas Support, at canvas@yale.edu
Contact information for placement or departmental issues	Fan Liu, Senior Lector I and Chinese Language Program Coordinator
Other	Contact Prof. Liu to request access to the placement exam

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French

Placement exam	Fall 2024 placement exam for Spring 2025 courses
Placement procedure offered without exam	No
Exam format	Online
Exam date(s)	October 18, 9:00 a.m. - October 25, 12:00 p.m (noon)
Who should take the exam
Where instructions are located	https://cls.yale.edu/students/placement-testing (for testing) and french.yale.edu (for preregistration)
How the dept determines placement and where to find information	Preregistration required via Preference Selection for FREN 110, 121, 130, 140, and 150.
Where and when results are posted	Results returned via canvas.yale.edu, "French Placement Test Site 24-25," by October 29 at 5:00 p.m.
Contact information for technology issues	Use the Placement Test Support Form.
Contact information for placement or departmental issues	Candace Skorupa, Senior Lector I and French Language Program Director
Other

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German

Placement exam	Fall 2024 placement exam for Spring 2025 courses
Placement procedure offered without exam	No
Exam format	Online
Exam date(s)	October 18, 9:00 a.m. - October 25, 12:00 p.m (noon)
Who should take the exam	All students with previous study of German who intend to study German at Yale
Where instructions are located	https://cls.yale.edu/students/placement-testing
How the dept determines placement and where to find information
Where and when results are posted	Results shown immediately upon completion of exam
Contact information for technology issues	Use the Placement Test Support Form.
Contact information for placement or departmental issues	Theresa Schenker, Senior Lector II and German Language Program Director
Other

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Hebrew

Placement exam	Fall 2024 placement exam for Spring 2025 courses
Placement procedure offered without exam	No
Exam format	Online
Exam date(s)	October 18, 9:00 a.m. - October 25, 12:00 p.m (noon)
Who should take the exam	All students with previous knowledge of Modern Hebrew who consider studying Modern Hebrew at Yale
Where instructions are located	https://cls.yale.edu/students/placement-testing
How the dept determines placement and where to find information
Where and when results are posted	Results returned via email by October 29 at 5:00 p.m.
Contact information for technology issues	Use Canvas Support, at canvas@yale.edu.
Contact information for placement or departmental issues	Shiri Goren, Senior Lector II and Modern Hebrew Language Program Director
Other

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Italian

Placement exam	Fall 2024 placement exam for Spring 2025 courses
Placement procedure offered without exam	No
Exam format	Online
Exam date(s)	October 18, 9:00 a.m. - October 25, 12:00 p.m (noon)
Who should take the exam	All students with previous study of Italian who intend to study Italian at Yale
Where instructions are located	https://cls.yale.edu/students/placement-testing
How the dept determines placement and where to find information	Students register for ITAL 110 & 130 during course registration period based on placement exam results or other factors.
Where and when results are posted	Results delivered immediately by email upon completion of exam. For levels between L4 and L5, students receive an air message to contact the language program director in order to set up an oral interview to validate the exam.
Contact information for technology issues	Use the Placement Test Support Form.
Contact information for placement or departmental issues	Anna Iacovella, Senior Lector I and Italian Language Program Director
Other

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Math

Placement exam	Fall 2024 placement exam for Spring 2025 courses
Placement procedure offered without exam	No
Exam format	Online
Exam date(s)	October 18, 9:00 a.m. - October 25, 12:00 p.m (noon)
Who should take the exam	All students who wish to enroll in calculus within the next three semesters, or during the summer of 2025, and do not currently have a placement (by having completed the pre-requisite course at Yale, or having taken the placement exam within the past two years).
Where instructions are located	https://math.yale.edu/first-year-student-resources
How the dept determines placement and where to find information	You can find information about introductory courses, as well as the mathematics major, at https://math.yale.edu/first-year-student-resources
Where and when results are posted	The math placement test is available on a Canvas site called "Math placement exam 2024." Results can be accessed immediately upon submission of the exam, by clicking on the "placement calculator" tab on the same site
Contact information for technology issues	Use Canvas Support, at canvas@yale.edu
Contact information for placement or departmental issues	Please e-mail the director of undergraduate studies at math.dus@yale.edu
Other	You can find information about introductory courses, as well as the mathematics major, at https://math.yale.edu/first-year-student-resources

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Portuguese

Placement exam	Fall 2024 placement exam for Spring 2025 courses
Placement procedure offered without exam	No
Exam format	Online
Exam date(s)	October 18, 9:00 a.m. - October 25, 12:00 p.m (noon)
Who should take the exam	Students with no previous study of Portuguese enroll directly in PORT 110. All other students with knowledge of Portuguese, whether formal or informal, and including native speakers, must take a placement exam before enrolling in a Portuguese language course.
Where instructions are located	Please find placement exam information here: https://cls.yale.edu/students/placement-testing.
How the dept determines placement and where to find information	Placement exam information is listed at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese website and on this page
Where and when results are posted	Results returned via email by October 29 at 5:00 p.m.
Contact information for technology issues	Use the Placement Test Support Form.
Contact information for placement or departmental issues	Giseli Tordin, Senior Lector I in Spanish and Portuguese, Portuguese Language Program Director
Other

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Spanish

Placement exam	Fall 2024 placement exam for Spring 2025 courses
Placement procedure offered without exam	No
Exam format	Online
Exam date(s)	October 18, 9:00 a.m. - October 25, 12:00 p.m (noon)
Who should take the exam	All students, including native speakers, who have been exposed to Spanish whether formally or informally, who wish to enroll in a Spanish language course must take the placement test. Students who have never studied Spanish may enroll in SPAN 110 directly.
Where instructions are located	Please find placement exam information here: https://cls.yale.edu/students/placement-testing.
How the dept determines placement and where to find information	Information about how the department determines placement may be found on the Department of Spanish and Portuguese website.
Where and when results are posted	Results returned via canvas.yale.edu, "Spanish Placement Test Site 24-25," by October 29 at 5:00 p.m.
Contact information for technology issues	Use the Placement Test Support Form.
Contact information for placement or departmental issues	Jorge Méndez-Seijas, Senior Lector II
Other

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Fall 2024 Placement Exams and Information

Fall 2024 Placement Exams and Information