Placement Information

Please carefully review the information below regarding placement into specific languages.

Arabic
Unless you hear otherwise from Professor Siekert, you should request ARBI 101. During New Student Orientation, you will have the opportunity to meet with Prof. Siekert to adjust your placement, if necessary. If you have other questions about Arabic, please contact Professor Siekert at siekertm@dickinson.edu.

Ancient Greek
Unless you hear from someone in the classics department otherwise, you should request GREK 101. You will have the opportunity to meet with a classics professor during New Student Orientation to adjust your placement, if necessary. If you have other questions about Ancient Greek, please contact Professor Farrington at farrings@dickinson.edu

Modern Hebrew: To determine the best course level for you, please complete the self-assessment. If your assessment places you in HEBR 101 or 201 (Fall) or HEBR 102 (Spring), you might still need to take a Hebrew placement exam. Please come to meet with Prof. Lieber in order to confirm your self- assessment during Orientation. If you have other questions about Modern Hebrew, please contact Professor Andrea Lieber at lieber@dickinson.edudu.

Japanese
The Japanese Placement Exam should be taken online by July 1 through the link in Navigate. According to the test results, Professor Meguro plans on contacting students who need an interview. The interviews will be conducted via Zoom. Any questions regarding the Japanese Placement Exam should be directed to Professor Meguro via email at meguroa@dickinson.edu. 

Latin
Review this chart for guidance on which course to request if you are continuing with Latin. You will have the opportunity to meet with a classics professor during New Student Orientation to adjust your placement, if necessary. If you have other questions about Latin, please contact Professor Farrington at farrings@dickinson.edu.

Portuguese

If you already speak Spanish, French or Italian, or another Romance language, or have taken four semesters of a Romance language or its equivalent, you are advised to contact the instructor of PORT 200 and register for that class. If you have taken Portuguese courses before or speak Portuguese, please contact Professor Carolina Castellanos Gonella at castellc@dickinson.edu.

Russian
Students with knowledge of Russian should contact Prof. DeBlasio to schedule a placement exam. You will also have the opportunity to meet with a faculty member during New Student Orientation to adjust your placement, but summer placement exams are preferred. If you have prior Russian experience and would like to take the placement exam, or if you have other questions about Russian, please contact deblasia@dickinson.edu.