Foreign Language Placement
All undergraduate students are required to pass a 200-level language course as part of the core basic requirements. Subsequently, any student who has studied a foreign language in high school must complete a foreign language placement test in the language(s) studied. Placement is determined by the Foreign Language Placement Test.
Exemptions may occur based on Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate scores; view the list below for details.
Students whose primary language (the language of instruction in the student’s prior schooling) is other than English may be exempt from the basic requirement in the foreign language and may have some restrictions on Division II choices. Please contact Mrs. Elka Staley (staleye@wfu.edu) for more information.
Note: Once a placement level is determined, students will not receive credit for a class at a lower level than the level of their placement test, unless they first complete all steps below:
- register for the class in which they were placed,
- attend a few class meetings,
- consult with their professor,
- successfully appeal their placement to the language placement appeals officers of the designated department
If you have any questions, please contact our office at undergraduateadvising@wfu.edu.
Foreign Language Placement tests require WFU credentials. Click the button below to access the placement test.
(Username is WFU email minus @wfu.edu)
If you have technical problems while taking the placement test, please verify that you’re using the recommended browser. If problems persist, contact the Information Systems Service Desk at AskDeac for help.
If you lose your internet connection, contact AskDeac to explain and request that your initial results be deleted; you can then restart the FLPT from the beginning.
AP & IB Foreign Language Placement
| If You Scored: | Foreign Language Requirement | You Should Register For: |
| 6 or 7 in IB Arabic Language | Not Satisfied | Arabic 201 |
| If You Scored: | Foreign Language Requirement | You Should Register For: |
| 3 in AP Chinese Language and Culture | Not Satisfied | Chinese 153 |
| 4 in AP Chinese Language and Culture | Not Satisfied | Chinese 201 |
| 5 in AP Chinese Language and Culture | Satisfied | Chinese 220 |
| If You Scored: | Foreign Language Requirement | You Should Register For: |
| 3, 4, or 5 in AP French 6 or 7 in IB French Language | Not Satisfied | French 214 (French 212 or French 213 are acceptable as well) |
| If You Scored: | Foreign Language Requirement | You Should Register For: |
| 3 in AP German | Not Satisfied | German 210 or German 212 |
| 4 in AP German 6 or 7 in IB German Language | Not Satisfied | German 212 |
| 5 in AP German | Satisfied | Any upper-level German course |
| If You Scored: | Foreign Language Requirement | You Should Register For: |
| 3, 4, or 5 in AP Italian | Not Satisfied | Italian 212 |
| If You Scored: | Foreign Language Requirement | You Should Register For: |
| 3 in AP Japanese | Not Satisfied | Japanese 153 |
| 4 in AP Japanese | Not Satisfied | Japanese 201 |
| 5 in AP Japanese | Satisfied | Japanese 220 |
| If You Scored: | Foreign Language Requirement | You Should Register For: |
| 1 or 2 in AP Latin | Not Satisfied | Course placement determined by Foreign Language Placement Test |
| 3 in AP Latin | Not Satisfied | Latin 153 |
| 4 or 5 in AP Latin | Not Satisfied | Latin 211 Latin 212 |
| If You Scored: | Foreign Language Requirement | You Should Register For: |
| 3 in AP Spanish Language | Not Satisfied | Spanish 203 |
| 4 or 5 in AP Spanish Language | Not Satisfied | Spanish 280 Spanish 282 Spanish 283* |
| 3 in AP Spanish Literature | Not Satisfied | Spanish 280 |
| 4 or 5 in AP Spanish Literature | Not Satisfied | Spanish 282 Spanish 283* |
| 6 in IB Spanish Language | Not Satisfied | Spanish 203 |
| 7 in IB Spanish Language | Not Satisfied | Spanish 280 Spanish 282 Spanish 283* |
Notes
- Consult the Advanced Placement & International Baccalaureate policies for foreign language placement of languages not reflected above.
- Students who receive credit for German 212 but wish to take German 212 at WFU may petition the German and Russian Department to have their AP credit changed to German 210 or 214, as applicable
- * Heritage speakers.
If you have any questions regarding your placement result or are looking to appeal your placement result, you may contact the professors below.
- Arabic: Dr. Rayed Khedher— khedher@wfu.edu
- Chinese: Dr. Qiaona Yu —yuq@wfu.edu
- French: Dr. Ryan Schroth — schrotrk@wfu.edu
- German: Dr. Tina Boyer — boyertm@wfu.edu
- Hebrew: Dr. Mary Foskett — foskettm@wfu.edu
- Hindi-Urdu: Dr. Peter Knapczyk— knapczp@wfu.edu
- Italian: Dr. Rémi Lanzoni — lanzoni@wfu.edu
- Japanese: Dr. Yasuko Takata Rallings — takatay@wfu.edu
- Latin: Dr. John Oksanish — oksanijm@wfu.edu
- Russian: Dr. Elena Clark — clarkep@wfu.edu
- Spanish: Dr. Luis H. González— gonzall@wfu.edu