| Department | Who should take the placement exam? | Exam Components | Exam Length | Contact with Questions |
| Arabic Placement | Students with Arabic language background who need to have their proficiency level determined. | Oral & Written | Up to 2 hours | |
| Chemistry Placement |
Students who feel they have a strong high school chemistry background and wish to try to get credit for Chemistry 5. Students who wish to enroll in Chemistry 10 (an intensive one-term general chemistry course, equivalent to Chemistry 5 and Chemistry 6 and open only to first-year students). Prerequisite: Students who wish to enroll in Chemistry 10 must also have credit for Math 3 or the equivalent. Performance on the Chemistry Placement exam may result in: 1) credit for Chemistry 5, 2) an invitation to take Chemistry 10 without credit for Chemistry 5, or 3) both credit for Chemistry 5 and an invitation to take Chemistry 10. |
Written Test Bring a calculator |
2 hours | |
| Chemistry 6 Credit | Only for students who have Chem 5 credit (from AP score of 5 or Chem Placement test given at Orientation. Please see our website for more information. | Written | 1-1 1/2 hours | |
| Chinese Placement | Students with Chinese language background who need to have their proficiency level determined. | Oral & Written | Up to 2 hours | |
| Computer Science 5 Credit | Appropriate for students with significant previous coursework or experience programming in Python or Java. Students who have scored 4 or 5 on the AP (A) or (AB) exams do not need to take this exam. If the exam is passed, student will receive COSC 1 credit and placement into COSC 10 and 50. | Written | 1 hour | |
| French Placement | The language placement exam at Dartmouth is required for all students who plan to continue to study French, either immediately or eventually, but who do not have the score of an AP exam or the SAT II on record at Dartmouth. The Dartmouth exam is also required for any student who thinks that the automatic placement is inappropriate to his/her language ability. This exam is only give to first year incoming students on Blackboard August 1-24. Check the French and Italian website for more information. | Written/Online | 1- 1 1/2 hours | Patricia McGuinn |
| French Advanced Placement Test | Only for students exempt from French 3. (Possible exemption from French) Visit the French website for more information. | Written | 45 minutes | Patricia McGuinn |
| French Advanced Reading Test (DART) | Only for students exempt from French 3. (Possible exemption from French 8) Visit the French website for more information. | Written | 45 minutes | Patricia McGuinn |
| German Placement | Students planning to continue study of German who are not already exempt (based on AP score of 4 or 5, or IB score of 6 or 7). | Oral & Written | 1-1 1/2 hours | Wadeane Kunz |
| Hebrew Placement | Students with Hebrew language background who need to have their proficiency level determined. | Oral & Written | Up to 2 hours | |
| Italian Placement | The language placement exam at Dartmouth is required for all students who plan to continue to study Italian, either immediately or eventually, but who do not have the score of an AP exam or the SAT II on record at Dartmouth. The Dartmouth exam is also required for any student who thinks that the automatic placement is inappropriate to his/her language ability. The exam is only given to first year incoming students on Blackboard August 1-24. Check the French and Italian website for more information. | Online | 1-1 1/2 hours | Patricia McGuinn |
| Japanese Placement | Students with Japanese language background who need to have their proficiency level determined. | Oral & Written | Up to 2 hours | |
| Korean Placement | Students with Korean language background who need to have their proficiency level determined. | Oral & Written | 1-1 1/2 hours | Gerard Bohlen |
| Latin Placement |
Students planning to continue study of Latin who have not already been placed based on an SAT II or AP score. |
Written | 1 1/2 hours | |
| Math 1 Placement |
ONLINE EXAM VIA BLACKBOARD August 31-September 14. Required for students who have placement in Math 3, but wish to take Math 1 instead; Students who have Math 1, but would prefer to take Math 3. Please see our website for more information. |
Multiple choice & machine graded. Calculators are NOT permitted. | 1 hour | Scott Pauls |
| Math 3 Credit |
ONLINE EXAM VIA BLACKBOARD August 31-September 14 Students who do not already have Math 3 credit (based on AP score of 4 or 5, or IB score of 6 or 7) and think they may qualify. Please see our website for more information. |
Multiple choice & machine graded. Graphic Calculator permitted, but may not be used for symbolic manipulation. | 1 hour | Scott Pauls |
| Math 8 Credit |
ONLINE EXAM VIA BLACKBOARD August 31- September 14 Students who do not alredy have Math 8 credit (based on AP Scores) and think they may qualify. Please see our website for more information. |
Multiple Choice and machine graded. Graphing Calculator permitted, but may not be used for symbolic manipulation. | 1 hour | Scott Pauls |
| Music 20 Exemption | Music 20 is the prereq for the Music Theory Sequence required for all students majoring or minoring in Music. Any student scoring a combined score of 5 on the Music AP exam is exempt from Music 20 and is not required | This examination consists of two parts: (1) aural skills and (2) written analysis. Testing of aural skills will take place on Tuesday, 9/4 at 1:00 PM in Lower Buck. The written analysis will be distributed at this time, and each student will be required to complete this portion and return the exam to the Music Department Main Office by Friday, 9/7 at noon. | Catherine LaTouche | |
| Physics 15 Placement | Required for students who wish to take Physics 15. | Calculators not permitted. | 1 hour | Barrett Rogers |
| Physics 3 or 13 Credit | Students who wish to obtain credit for Physics 3 or 13, or who already have Physics 3 credit (based on Physics scores or placement test, but want to try to get Physics 13 credit instead, may take this test. This test covers primarily mechanics, and involves a working knowledge of calculus. | Calculators not permitted | 3 hours | Barrett Rogers |
| Physics 4 or 14 Credit | Students who already have credit for Physics 3 and wish to obtain credit for Physics 4 or 14, or who already have Physics 4 credit (based on Physics scores or placement tests) and want to try to get Physics 14 credit may take this test. This test covers primarily electricity and magnetism, and involves a working knowledge of calculus. | Calculators not permitted. | 3 hours | Barrett Rogers |
| Psychology 1 | Anyone who wishes to be exempt from Psychology 1, as a prerequisite to upper-level courses, major and minor. | Multiple Choice exam questions and scantron answer sheet. | 1 hour | Nancy Tenney |
| Psychology 10 Exemption Test | Students who have received Advanced Placement credit for Statistics and who are considering becomingPsychology majors should take the Methods in Psychological Science placement exam, which will be used to determine whether or not the student is exempted from Psychology 10 (Statistical Methods) and placed into Psychology 11 (Laboratory in Psychological Science). | Multiple Choice exam questions and scantron answer sheet. | Nancy Tenney | |
| Russian Placement and Credit | Students planning on continuing the study of Russian must take this test. Questions concerning placement should be directed to Alfia Rakova. | Written | 1-1 1/2 hours | Alfia Rakova |
| Spanish Placement |
Students who have not taken SAT II, AP, British A level or IB exam scores must take the Department Placement exam if they wish to continue with their Spanish studies at Dartmouth. The exam is offered online for incoming first year students from August 1-August 22. The score you receive will indicate the course for which you should register. All students who place out of Spanish 3 on the placement exam will be required to take an oral exam on campus during fall orientation. For general information about language classes and the online exam, see the department website. |
ONLINE | Elizabeth Polli | |
| Spanish Advanced Reading Test (DART) | Only for students who are exempt from Spanish 3. | Written | 45 Minutes | Elizabeth Polli |
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Special Language Test for Exemption from Language Requirement |
Students with a high degree of fluency in a language that is not offered at Dartmouth. |
Varies according to test | Varies |
