University of Maryland Global Campus offers placement testing for French, German, and Spanish language courses.
Get answers to common questions below.
University of Maryland Global Campus offers placement testing for French, German, and Spanish language courses.
Get answers to common questions below.
It is strongly recommended that you take placement tests in your first term at UMGC. While test results are generally downloaded to students' records on a daily basis, it is strongly recommended that placement tests be taken at least four business days before the last day of term registration. Otherwise, we cannot guarantee your results will be posted in time for you to register for courses.
Online Proctored Exam
If you have been advised to take the online placement test for French, German, or Spanish, please visit Placement Tests and follow the instructions in the Foreign Language Placement Test section.
Immediately following the test, your placement score will be available on the computer screen. Occasionally, the software does not allow students to print their results. However, as long as your proctor used our link, then Accuplacer will have a copy of your placement.
The results of your placement test will be posted to Placement Exams in MyUMGC approximately 48 hours after you complete the exam. Your advisor should be able to see your results by then.
There are no math or writing placement tests at UMGC.
You might be required to take a foreign language placement test. Please e-mail languages@umgc.edu to determine if you need to take a placement exam in any foreign language courses offered by UMGC.
There is no cost for the placement test itself.
The WebCAPE Foreign Language Placement Exam is an internationally recognized language proficiency and assessment tool. UMGC uses the WebCAPE exam to assess your proficiency in French, German, and Spanish.
Valid picture identification (state-issued driver's license or ID card, passport, or military ID) is required for all placement testing, regardless of the location.
Study guides or electronic devices cannot be used during the placement test session.
Our questions and guidelines are unique to UMGC. Therefore, we cannot accept placement tests from other colleges.
We suggest you take your placement test within four to six weeks from the approval date. You can register as far in advance as you'd like.
Yes. Students may take the actual placement test twice, and they must wait at least 24 hours to retake it.
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