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Placement in German at Macalester
Our primary language placement tool at
Macalester College is an online placement exam. Incoming students
receive information on that exam in the summer information packet from
the Academic Programs office.
Transfer students or more advanced students who did not take the
placement exam when entering Macalester but would like to do so now,
should contact Brenda Piatz in the Academic Programs office (piatz@macalester.edu / x 6036).
Upon
completion of the online exam, students are given a score, and the
information packet from Academic Programs will indicate which course
to register for based on that score. The German Studies faculty strongly recommend that students register for the indicated course; if they find upon attending that the course is too easy or too difficult, they should consult with the faculty member teaching that course
about options.
Students who place into German 204, 305 or 306 need to participate in an additional short oral interview and produce a writing sample to confirm their placement in these courses. Likewise, students wishing to fulfill their foreign language requirement with German need to do the oral interview and the writing sample to complete the
fulfillment of the requirement. Students wishing to make an appointment
to do the oral interview and writing sample or anyone with questions
about placement in German should contact Rachael Huener in German Studies (huener@macalester.edu/x 6759).
Students entering Macalester with an AP (Advanced Placement) Score of 4 or 5 receive credit for completing German 204 and are encouraged to register
for German 305 or German 306. To determine which course is most
appropriate, contact Rachael Huener for an oral interview and writing
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