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Placement Exams and Proficiency Exam Schedule

Find out when and where placement exams are offered during the 2009-2010 academic year.

Note: The placement and proficiency exam schedules for each quarter are posted on Friday of Week 5 of the previous quarter. You can also read general information about placement exams.

Exam Dates and time Location Comments
Language Proficiency (reading portion) Jan. 9, 2010, 10 a.m. 
HSS 2150
(map)
French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish. Those passing the reading portion will sign up on Saturday to take the oral exam during the following week.
Language Proficiency (oral portion)

By appointment

  This exam is for those students who pass the reading portion of the proficiency examination.
Math Placement (required for MATH 4C, 10A OR 20A)

Dec. 4, 2009,
5-7 p.m.

Jan. 4, 2010,
5-7 p.m.

WLH 2204 (map)


WLH 2111

Bring a No. 2 pencil and photo ID. Results are good for 1 year. Calculators are allowed. For more information, see the Math Placement Web site.
UC Analytical Writing Placement Exam (formerly Subject A Proficiency)

Jan. 4, 2010,
4-6:30 p.m.

March 11, 2010,
7-9 p.m.

U4313A (map), rooms 1-4

WLH 2111

Bring photo ID. Students who don't pass will be required to enroll in SDCC 1 (UC Entry Level Writing Requirement/ Subject A). For more information, see the Basic Writing Program Web site.
UC Entry Level Writing Requirement/ Subject A Exit Exam (for those enrolled in SDCC 1) Dec. 5, 2009,
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
TBA; location announced by instructors the last instruction week of the quarter. Bring photo ID. Students who pass the exam and SDCC 1 will satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement/ Subject A requirement and will be allowed to keep their enrollments in their college writing courses. Students who fail will be required to re-enroll in SDCC 1. For more information, see the Basic Writing Program Web site.


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