Placement
Students who plan to take French will be placed in a language class based upon prior high school language instruction and in accordance with the Language Placement Guidelines for Incoming Students.
If you are a native or heritage speaker of French and wish to be exempted from the language requirement at College of Charleston, or to continue the study of your heritage language, please contact Dr. Lisa Signori at signoril@cofc.edu to schedule a short written/oral test for proper placement.
Please see our Quick Guide to French Placement to see which class you should take, depending on years of high school French.
QUICK GUIDE TO FRENCH PLACEMENT
FREN 101 – Elementary French
followed by
FREN 102- Elementary French II
followed by
FREN 201 – Intermediate French
followed by
FREN 202- Intermediate French
0-1 year of high school French = placement in FREN 101
2 years of high school French = placement in FREN 102
3 years of high school French = placement in FREN 201
4 years of high school French = placement in FREN 202
5 years of high school French = placement in FREN 313*
* A placement into FREN 313 does not in itself fulfill the foreign language requirement. The French Department requires a proficiency exam for students who place into 313 but do not wish to continue with French. Students should contact the Department Chair of French, Francophone, and Italian Studies for a proficiency exam. If, however, a student places into FREN 313 and passes the course, the General Education language requirement is fulfilled.
A student may also request a placement exam or oral interview, if they believe that they should be placed into a higher level than permitted by the number of years French has been formally studied. Students should contact the Department Chair of French, Francophone, and Italian Studies for a placement exam or to schedule an interview.
Please refer placement questions to FFIS Department Chair Dr. Lisa Signori.
Office: J.C. Long Building, Room 406
Phone: 843.953.0872
E-mail: signoril@cofc.edu