Advising and Placement Exams

All LLEA majors MUST consult the advisors listed below for mandatory advising prior to registration. A “hold” will be placed on your registration. After you have spoken to your advisor, your hold will be removed.

If you need further information regarding our courses, please contact the following advisors:

French Placement Exam:

Continuing UH system French students may continue on to the next course.

Students with no prior French language experience should enroll in FR 101.

If you have prior French language experience (i.e., high school instruction, residence in a French speaking country, live with native speakers, etc.), you are encouraged to take the placement exam, except those students with college credit for French classes.

Registration is not required; test is given on a walk-in basis as space permits. Please arrive on time. 

For more information or if you are not able to attend the placement exam at the times noted, contact Jacob Huss (jacob@hawaii.edu).

German Placement Exam:

Students with no prior German language experience should enroll in GER 101, and may do so without consent.

Non-native speakers of German with previous experience (high school or college) who need assistance with placement in a course above GER 101 may take the placement exam. Please arrive on time. If, on the first day of class, your language proficiency level is higher than the 101 level, you will be placed in a higher level course.  Students who place at the 102 level or higher fulfill the language requirement faster and also may be eligible to receive free back credits (for more information, visit http://www.hawaii.edu.gened/HSL

Native and near-native speakers of German do not need to take the placement exam and may enroll in the following courses for credit: GER 312, GER 313, GER 320, GER 361, GER 371, any 400-level GER courses, and any of our LLEA courses, including LLEA 320, LLEA 340, LLEA 342 and LLEA 416. The remaining GER courses are designed for non-native speakers and will not be open to native- and near-native speakers. To obtain an override code in order to register for a GER course, please contact the instructor of the course.

Registration is not required; test is given on a walk-in basis as space permits. Please arrive on time. The test takes approximately 30 minutes.  Results are given upon completion of the test.

For information regarding placement in a German course above 101, please email Anna Hawajska-Waters (hawajska@hawaii.edu).

Spanish:                                                                FAQs about placement exam

Continuing UH system Spanish students should continue on to the next course (see Spanish Division for assistance). The UH Manoa placement exam is only for students taking courses at UH Manoa.

Students with no prior Spanish language experience may enroll in SPAN101. Students with prior Spanish language experience (i.e., high school instruction, contact with native speakers, etc.), must take the placement exam (see schedule below). For information on receiving back credits visit: http://www.hawaii.edu/gened/HSL/Guidelines2010.pdf

Placement exam: First come, first served. No reservations. Photo ID required. The test is free and takes approximately 15 – 20 minutes. Results are given upon completion of the test.

For other registration questions contact the Spanish Division Chair, Marta González-Lloret, (956-8519, marta@hawaii.edu) or the Undergraduate Advisor, Benito Quintana (956-8796, benitoq@hawaii.edu).