{"id":185,"date":"2018-04-27T16:23:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T16:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:42:25","slug":"language-placement-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/about-world-languages-and-cultures\/language-placement-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Placement Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students wishing to take a language offered in the Department of World Languages and Cultures must adhere to the Language Placement Policy<\/strong> as stated below:<\/p>\n

You have studied a Language in High School, or you have spoken it at home or work…<\/div>

\n\u2022 To pursue that Language at MSU, Take the Language Placement Test<\/a> and speak to a WLC Advisor
\n\u2022 Placed at 2nd Semester level? Take 2 sequential courses
\n\u2022 Placed at 3rd Semester level? Take 1 course
\n\u2022 Dept. policy states that the appropriate level for students who have had two years of one of our languages in high school is at least 112.\n

But don\u2019t stop there!<\/strong>
\nSpeak to a WLC Advisor about special opportunities, Minors and Majors for Global Fluency!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\n

You want to study a New Language at Montclair State University?<\/div>

\n\u2022 Take 1st and 2nd semester courses in that Language
\n\u2022 Speak to a WLC Advisor to learn about special opportunities like LBC, Internships, Study Abroad, Certificates!
\n\u2022 Consider a Minor or Major in languages other than English for Global Fluency!
\n<\/div><\/div>
\n
You are a transfer student to Montclair State University…<\/div>

\n\u2022 The Language Placement Test<\/a> is recommended!
\n\u2022 Transferring with 1 course? Take 1 more
\n\u2022 Transferring without? Take 1st and 2nd semester
\n<\/div><\/div>
\n
You are a student at the Center for Adult Learning…<\/div>

\n\u2022 No Placement Test! Take 2 sequential courses
\n<\/div><\/div>
\n
You are a native speaker of a language other than English…<\/div>

\n\u2022 Speak to a WLC advisor about special opportunities, like Internships, BA\/MA Programs, Certificates, Minors and Majors in your language and others!
\n\u2022 You can get credit for your language experience with the NYU Test,
\ncall: 212-998-7030 Proctoring at ASC: x4476
\n<\/div><\/div>\n

The Placement Exam may be taken on-line: Language Placement Testing<\/a>.<\/strong>
\nStudents may not place themselves in a certain course level without taking the exam and finding out their placement score.<\/em><\/p>\n

Consider the Power of Plurilingualism!<\/strong><\/p>\n

World Languages and Cultures<\/strong>
\nArabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian<\/p>\n

Spanish and Latino Studies<\/strong>
\nSpanish<\/p>\n

Classics<\/strong>
\nLatin and Ancient Greek<\/p>\n

Linguistics<\/strong>
\nAmerican Sign Language<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students wishing to take a language offered in the Department of World Languages and Cultures must adhere to the Language Placement Policy as stated below: The Placement Exam may be taken on-line: Language Placement Testing. Students may not place themselves in a certain course level without taking the exam and finding out their placement score. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":719,"parent":189,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-185","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4758,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/185\/revisions\/4758"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}