Placement guidelines for Spanish
Taking the Spanish Placement Assessment
Prior to taking the Spanish placement assessment, all students must enroll in the Canvas Placement Module.
After enrolling in the Canvas Placement Module, take the online Spanish placement assessment. You will need to provide your name, student ID, and email address. Please enter this information carefully. If you need to log back into the test, this information will be required and must be entered exactly as it was entered the first time.
Who needs to take the assessment?
About the Assessment
The time the placement assessment takes each student to complete depends on his or her level of ability in the language. The exam can be self-administered at any time, and you have three days to complete it.
The exam indicates the probable level where you will place, but you will not be able to register in a course until after the results are forwarded by a faculty member to the Department of Languages and Applied Linguistics and recorded in the Canvas Placement Module. This generally takes 3-4 days (excluding weekends and holidays).
Spanish for Heritage Speakers
Self-Assessment for Placement (Placement questionnaire): This is a questionnaire that asks for information on your use of Spanish. It will guide you on deciding if you belong in the Heritage Speakers program. It is not necessary to take the regular placement assessment to enroll in the SPHS courses if you use this questionnaire to place yourself.
If after using the Self-Assessment you still think you need to take the regular placement assessment, you can.
Prior to taking the Spanish placement assessment, all students must enroll in the Canvas Placement Module.
This link takes you to it: Online Placement Assessment (online Spanish placement assessment).
Contact
In case you think you have been wrongly placed, either too low or too high, or have questions about the placement assessment, please email spanish_placement@ucsc.edu.
