<p>What placement exams do you need to take at freshman orientation?</p>
<p>Math and, if necessary, foreign language.</p>
<p>foreign language only if your moving on in it or how does that work. I took 4 years in high school so would i need to take the test even if i’m not continuing my spanish studies?</p>
<p>Pretty much every major has a foreign language requirement so everyone has to take the test at orientation.</p>
<p>dang that sucks i wont remember much from earlier in the year when the test comes in the summer</p>
<p>If you took the Spanish language placement test, you would probably test out of the first year of Spanish at IU, which would give your four credits (for S105) before even starting at IU. </p>
<p>Also, Kelley has an international dimension requirement, which can be satisfied with two 200-level foreign language classes. Say you test into S250, which is the second semester 200-level Spanish class. You could take that class and also get credit for S200. So you could take just one Spanish class, S250 and get ten credits. </p>
<p>Also, you could test into S280, which is the fifth semester Spanish class. Take it and get at least a C- and you will be given ten credits (four for first year Spanish, and three each for S200 and S250) as well as three for S280. These credits can all be applied to the general education requirement.<br>
[Undergraduate</a> Studies: Department of Spanish and Portuguese](<a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~spanport/undergraduate/placement.shtml]Undergraduate”>http://www.indiana.edu/~spanport/undergraduate/placement.shtml)</p>
<p>The placement test has no oral or verbal component. If you are strong in grammar, you should do well on it. My son took four years of Spanish in HS and tested into and only took S280, getting 13 credits to apply to the cpa exam 150 credit requirement. He hadn’t taken Spanish since the February before the placement test in June (his school was on the quarter system), and spent a week or two reviewing grammar before the test and it really paid off for him.</p>
<p>so what your saying is there is no way getting around this test even if you aren’t taking anymore spanish classes. So then you might as well take one to get some credits</p>
<p>You should take it to get the four credits. It should be easy to test out of the first year of Spanish at IU if you have four years of Spanish in high school. They won’t make you take any Spanish classes at IU, no matter what your score is. The test is like sixty minutes long. It is a very easy-- and cheap-- way to get four credits toward your degree. An OOS student pays arount $3,500 for four credits. You would be getting four credits at no cost. If you don’t test out of first-year Spanish, you haven’t lost anything.</p>
<p>Don’t worry. My child took only 3 years of French, and took it in 8/9/10 grade. So she hadn’t taken any for 2.5 years before the foreign language placement test at IU. And it resulted in her having to take only 1 more semester in college for the required minimum. You should be fine, not having taken it for awhile. And, the earlier orientation you sign up for…the earlier the test, of course. So…maybe you’ll forget less?</p>
<p>My S2 took French during 9, 10, 11 grade. I don’t think that he will go for the international dimension as a Kelley DA. Would the credits, if he gets, still be useful?</p>
<p>International dimension is actually part of the degree requirements for Kelley, but if your son doesn’t want to continue in language, he can satisfy it by study abroad or international studies/international business courses.</p>
<p>LaRok0.</p>
<p>Thanks. I mixed up it with something else. The language credits may still be useful.</p>
<p>Probably the easiest way (no foreign language or 300-level international econ classes) to fulfill the international dimension is to take six credits worth of A&H or S&H classes that “double count” for the distribution option and the international dimension. Classes like History of Latin America I & II would work. You can find out from Kelley advisors and maybe UD advisors which classes qualify, as the list changes every semester.</p>
<p>The language credits won’t help with the distribution option, but they will always count toward the 62-credit general education requirement in Kelley.</p>