The Placement Test is available online and at no charge to you. Incoming first year students are encouraged to take the placement test before arriving on campus in the fall. Current students may take the placement test at any time. To do so, follow these instructions:

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Unfortunately, our French program is being discontinued. For the 2024-25 academic year only, we will have a limited number of advanced courses in French Language & Francophone Cultures. If you are an incoming student this Fall 2024 semester and you test into an advanced French course or have AP/IB placement you can still sign up for the courses taught this 2024-2025 academic year.

Students may satisfy the Global Literacy requirement for graduation by successfully completing at least one 3000 level language class in French, German, or Spanish.

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Course placement is based on your knowledge of grammatical structures and reading level in a second language. In order to accurately determine your placement level, dictionaries or other language aids should not be used.

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When students complete their validation course (the course they are placed into and enroll in for upon completion of the WebCape Online Placement Exam), with B or better they may qualify for placement credits as follows:

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Courses offered during Fall 2024:HU3275: French for the Professions (Translation)  - MWF, 2-2.50HU3262: Topics in Francophone Cultures (English) – MWF, 12-12.50

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Students who place below 3274/3275 will unfortunately not be able to take French coursework at Michigan Tech. We encourage you to contact our advisor Maria Bergstrom or the Modern Languages & Cultures director Leyre Alegre if you have questions regarding placement or courses.

If you feel that your test results are incorrect or do not represent your level of language abilities, please feel free to contact our Undergraduate Advisor (mjbergst@mtu.edu) for assistance.

If you have previous language experience and plan to continue your modern language studies at Michigan Tech, you must take the French, German, or Spanish placement test. Beginning students with no previous experience are welcome in our introductory classes.

The Modern Language Placement Test is used as a guide to place you at the appropriate level of study. All students with more than one year of high school language study are required to take the Michigan Tech online placement exam (registration information below). Exception: students who have scored a 3 or above on the AP exam are automatically given a waiver for 3rd year courses.

Placement credits are assigned by language and by course. Students should consult the instructor's syllabus for the list of courses for which they will receive placement credit. Students can receive a maximum of 9 placement credits in any language. Students must receive a B or better in their validation (placement) course in order to receive placement credits.