French Exemption Exam

The French Exemption Exam evaluates the advanced language skills of students with strong prior training in French. Successful completion of the French Exemption Examination will result in a notation on the student’s record that indicates that the student has shown competence BEYOND the second-year level of French. Students who do not pass the examination should take the French Placement Test to be placed into an appropriate course.

This exam is NOT a placement test. Students who are interested in coursework should take the Placement Exam to be placed into an appropriate class.

The exemption examination is an online 90-minute test that consists of two parts, followed by an oral interview for eligible participants. Part One consists of 52 multiple-choice questions and Part Two consists of 2 Essay questions. Students who score 75% or above on the written part of the exam are eligible for an oral interview, and will be contact by French faculty for scheduling.

For more information about this exam, please visit the French Page on our website here: https://testingcenter.uci.edu/programs/language-exemption/french/.

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