Placement Policy
Students entering ETSU and wishing to enroll in basic language courses will be placed according to their previous experience with the language. If in the opinion of the instructor of the ETSU course for which the student has registered, the student cannot succeed in the course, the student may drop back to the previous level for audit only. Thus, if a student has been placed in Spanish 1020 and is experiencing severe difficulty with the course, the instructor may recommend that the student enroll in Spanish 1010 on a noncredit basis.
Our placement guidelines are as follows:- One year in high school completed: Registration in 1020 is mandatory, unless the student has taken the high school language course 4 years or more previously, or unless the student has received a grade lower than C- in the last course taken in the language.
- Two years in high school completed: Registration in 2010 is mandatory, unless the student has taken the high school language courses 4 years or more previously, or unless the student has received a grade lower than C- in the last course taken in the language.
- Three years in high school completed: Registration in 2020 is mandatory, unless the student has taken the high school language courses 4 years or more previously, or unless the student has received a grade lower than C- in the last course taken in the language.
- Four years in high school completed: Students in this category have two options: (a) take one course taught in the target language at the 3000 or the 4000 level; (b) take the CLEP test and pass it with a sufficiently high score to receive 4 semesters of college credit. One of these options is mandatory, unless the student has taken the high school language courses 4 years or more previously, or unless the student has received a grade lower than C- in the last course taken in the language.