{"id":2315,"date":"2026-04-02T11:54:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/?page_id=2315"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:54:42","slug":"italian-placement-at-palomar-college","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/italian-placement-at-palomar-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Placement at Palomar College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Italian Placement at Palomar College: <br>Which group are you in? Which group best describes your experience with Italian?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group 1<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Italian for Beginners, and Non-Heritage Speakers of Italian<\/strong><br>Students who are learning Italian for the first time, Adult learners of Italian, Second-language learners of Italian, Non-native speakers of Italian. Students who did not speak Italian 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 Italian. OR<br>Students who completed one (1) year of high-school Italian and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Italian 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 Italian in college. OR<br>Students who completed two (2) years of high-school Italian and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Italian 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 Italian in college. OR<br>Students who completed three (3) years of high-school Italian and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Italian 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 Italian in college. OR<br>Students who completed four (4) years of high-school Italian and earned a C or better.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Italian 202<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advanced Placement Exams<\/strong><br>Students who taken the Advanced Placement (AP) Exam in Italian 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 \u201cItalian Language and Culture\u201d and earned a score of 3 or higher.<br>Your placement is:<br><strong>Italian 202<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you learned Italian another way? If you would like to enroll in a higher level course than the placement<br>process recommends, or for more information, please contact Scott Nelson (<a href=\"mailto:snelson@palomar.edu\">snelson@palomar.edu<\/a>) or the<br>department chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credit by Exam:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For students that place above Italian 101, Credit by Exam is available for the 101 and 102 levels. For more<br>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>Italian Placement at Palomar College: Which group are you in? Which group best describes your experience with Italian? Group 1 Italian for Beginners, and Non-Heritage Speakers of ItalianStudents who are learning Italian for the first time, Adult learners of Italian, Second-language learners of Italian, Non-native speakers of Italian. Students who did not speak Italian in&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/italian-placement-at-palomar-college\/\">Continue Reading<span> Italian 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-2315","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8NDBl-Bl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2315","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=2315"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2315\/revisions\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/worldlanguages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}