Determine Your French Level

VISITING STUDENTS:  

If you are unsure of your language level or how Syracuse language courses compare with those at your home school, share Strasbourg course syllabi with an advisor in your school's languages department to determine the level appropriate for you. Request French course syllabi from your international program advisor. 

ALL MATRICULATED SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS:

Most students need to take the French placement exam to figure out which FRE class level is appropriate. 

Foreign language placement instructions are in Answers (remember to log in for best info). 

To access the exam, log into MySlice: Advising > Placement Exams > Take Placement Exams 

MySlice > Advising > Placement Exams > Placement Exam Scores

Only students that have already taken the placement exam or have taken a French class at SU are excused! This includes native and heritage speakers of French and students with French AP, IB, or other college-level or transfer credit.

You should have done this already... if you haven't, do it NOW!

ALL Students at Beginning (100) or Intermediate (200) levels:


ALL Students at an Advanced level (300 or 400):

If you have already completed four semesters of college-level French (or are at that level of proficiency), you are eligible to take one or more of the following 3-credit courses:



Admitted to a partner university program at the Université de Strasbourg? You can fulfill your language requirement by taking French language instruction OR content courses taught in French (EX: political science, history, math, French literature, etc.) at the local university. 

Note that you do NOT register for partner university courses online. You will do this abroad!