New Students

Foreign Language Placement: Drop-in Advising and/or Placement Exams

Thursday, August 28, 2025
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m

  • Arabic: Chicago Hall 103. Contact Mootacem Mhiri ([email protected])
  • Chinese: Sanders Classroom 008. Haoming Liu ([email protected])
    Placement exam: 60–70 minutes, beginning at 9:00 a.m. (latest time to begin is 10:30 a.m.)
  • French: Chicago Hall 102. Contact Anne Brancky ([email protected])
    Please bring a laptop to fill out an information form and to take a short online placement test before meeting with a faculty member to discuss your experience and place you in the appropriate level.
  • German: Chicago Hall 131. Contact Silke von der Emde ([email protected])
  • Greek/Latin: Sanders Classroom 118. Contact Curtis Dozier ([email protected])
  • Hebrew: Blodgett Hall 105. Contact Agnes Veto ([email protected])
  • Italian: Chicago Hall 128. Contact Simona Bondavalli ([email protected])
  • Japanese: Sanders Classroom 321. Contact Hiromi Dollase ([email protected])
  • Korean: Sanders Classroom 304. Contact Jihye Seong ([email protected])
    Placement exam: 60–70 minutes beginning at 9:00 a.m. (latest time to begin is 10:50 a.m.)
  • Russian: Chicago Hall 118. Contact Nikolai Firtich ([email protected])
  • Spanish: Chicago Hall LL 102. Contact Eva Woods ([email protected])
  • SILP (Int. ASL, Hindi, Irish, Swahili, Swedish): Chicago Hall 131. Contact Silke von der Emde ([email protected])

Please contact the department if you have questions about placement into language classes.