Placement and Diagnostic Examinations

Foreign language placement examinations

All freshmen in the colleges of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and Natural and Agricultural Sciences who wish to meet their foreign language breadth requirement with the same language taken in high school must take a placement examination. Transfer students who have taken a college-level language course should consult with their advisors. No fee or registration is required. Please bring identification and a number 2 pencil.

Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish examination times are shown on the next page. To schedule an appointment for an examination in Greek, Italian, Latin, or Russian, call the Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages at (909) 787-5007.

Spanish placement examination

Any student who wants to continue taking Spanish after studying it in high school must take the placement examination. Transfer students with college-level Spanish should consult with their advisors. No fee or registration is required. Please bring identification and a number 2 pencil. Seating and examination materials are limited to 150 students, so the test will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis. Results are available in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese two days after the examination. Results will not be given over the phone. No makeup examinations will be given. For further information, call the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at (909) 787-5007.

Mathematics diagnostic examination

A mathematics diagnostic examination is required of all entering freshmen and transfer students who have not completed a transferable course in mathematics. Students wishing to enroll in Math 003, 004, 005, 009A, 014, 015, 022, or 023 must have completed the prerequisite course or have passed the diagnostic examination at the appropriate level before they can enroll.

Results will be available the morning after the examination. A Learning Center Skills Counselor will discuss the results with each student. A sample of the pre-calculus or intermediate exam can be obtained at the Learning Center, located in parking lot 19.

• A $20 fee is charged
• Bring photo identification
• Bring a number 2 pencil
• Calculators are not permitted

For further information, call the Learning Center at (909) 787-3721, or e-mail roger.hayes@ucr.edu

Subject A--Basic Writing diagnostic essay examination

This examination is required of all students held for the Subject A requirement. See the student affairs assistant in the Writing Resource Center, 1102 Humanities and Social Sciences, (909) 787-5301, extension 1817, for an appointment. Once students have taken the test, they will receive a payment card which they should mail to the Educational Testing Service. The card must be accompanied by a $55 check, unless the student has obtained a fee waiver. No reservation is necessary.

• A $55 fee is charged
• Bring photo identification
• Bring a pen

Subject A--Basic Writing qualifier courses

Qualifier courses are offered by various departments to provide eligible students with an opportunity to prepare to meet the Subject A requirement while receiving unit credit for passing the course. Students may obtain information about qualifier courses and their own eligibility by contacting the Writing Resource Center, 1102 Humanities and Social Sciences. Prerequisite: Placement by diagnostic examination.

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