{"id":2296,"date":"2026-04-02T11:53:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/?page_id=2296"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:53:51","slug":"french-placement-at-palomar-college","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/french-placement-at-palomar-college\/","title":{"rendered":"French Placement at Palomar College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">French Placement at Palomar College: <br>Which group are you in? Which group best describes your experience with French?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>French for beginners, and non-heritage speakers of French.<\/strong><br>Students who are learning French for the first time, Adult learners of French, Second-language learners of French, Non-native<br>speakers of French. Students who did not speak French in their childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students who have not taken any college-level course work in French. OR<br>Students who completed one (1) year of high-school French and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>French 101<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students who have earned a C or better in first-semester French in college. OR<br>Students who completed two (2) years of high-school French and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>French 102<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students who have earned a C or better in second-semester French in college. OR<br>Students who completed three (3) years of high-school French and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>French 201<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students who have earned a C or better in third-semester French in college. OR<br>Students who completed four (4) years of high-school French and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>French 202<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advance Placement Exams<\/strong><br>Students who have taken the Advanced Placement (AP) Exam in French and received a score of 3 or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For students who have taken the AP Exam called \u201cFrench Language and Culture\u201d and earned a score of 3 or higher.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>French 202<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other:<\/strong><br>Have you learned French another way? If you would like to enroll in a higher level course than the placement process recommends, or for more information, please contact William Carrasco (<a href=\"mailto:wcarrasco@palomar.edu\">wcarrasco@palomar.edu<\/a>) or the department chair.<br><br><strong>Credit by Exam:<\/strong><br>For students that place above French 101, Credit by Exam is available for the 101 and 102 levels. For more information, please review the information on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/credit-by-exam\/\">Credit by Exam<\/a> website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Placement at Palomar College: Which group are you in? Which group best describes your experience with French? Group 1 French for beginners, and non-heritage speakers of French.Students who are learning French for the first time, Adult learners of French, Second-language learners of French, Non-nativespeakers of French. Students who did not speak French in their&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/french-placement-at-palomar-college\/\">Continue Reading<span> French Placement at Palomar College<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10261,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2296","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8NDBl-B2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2331,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2296\/revisions\/2331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}