Students who have had at least two years of Italian instruction in high school within the past two years, or who have acquired Italain language skills in some other manner, are required to take a placement examination if they wish to continue their language study.  (If the period of time which has elapsed since the language was previously studied is longer than two years, the test is not mandatory.) After a student has been placed into an Italian course and has completed the course with a grade of C or higher, s/he may request up to 12 hours of retroactive credit for the preceding courses in the beginning and intermediate sequence. Paperwork to this effect is available in the main office of Foreign Languages and Literatures which is located in 309 Clements Hall.

The placement exam may be taken online at any time and from any location from the link below. Please note that you will need to register for the exam by creating an account. The fee for the examination is a non-refundable $40.00, payable only before the exam. Exams may be paid for with a Visa, MasterCard or Discover credit card. After entering your credit card information for payment, you must take the test and cannot postpone it to a later date. To take the test at a later date, you will need to pay the $40 fee again. Please note that students will not be permitted to take the test more than once in the same language except with special permission of the Department. Upon completion of the exam please print your results and give a copy to your adviser.

                                                           

Any problems taking the exam should be addressed to Elise Pflum, Director of the Foreign Language Teaching and Technology Center (eapflum@smu.edu).. If you do not have a credit or debit card to use for the exam, you may contact Dr. Pflum and make an appointment to take the exam in the Foreign Language Teaching and Technology Center in 234 Clements and pay her with a check made out to SMU or with $40 cash.