Music Humanities

The Music Humanities exemption exam will take place in-person on Friday, September 10. For more information, please join the Music Humanities Zoom during the Academic Resources fair on Tuesday, August 31 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/98516533556?pwd=V29vN0FkcTlQd21Ic1hEbU5VbDVmQT09
Meeting ID: 985 1653 3556
Passcode: 12756

Questions? Please contact Elaine Sisman at es53@columbia.edu

Mathematics

The Chemistry Placement Exam will be a 2-hour online self-assessment which students will be able to take over a 48-hour period between Tuesday, August 31 and Wednesday, September 1.

The details can be found here for both: UN1604 and UN2045. After reading the information on the courseworks site, please email the TAs for the course or Vesna Gasperov (vg2231@columbia.edu) to be added to the site so you are able to access the exam.

There will be a short information session on Monday, August 30 at 10:00 am via Zoom.  Students can ask questions about the placement exam as well as general questions about any first-year classes and the major tracks. 

Please use the Zoom link below for the August 30 information session:
https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/96340484025

The Chemistry advisors will be at the Academic Resources Fair on Tuesday, August 31 if anyone misses the Monday information session.

After the placement exam period is finished, the instructors for UN1604 and UN2045 will hold an information session via Zoom at 9:00 am on Friday, September 3.  The students who have to take the exam will be informed of this on the Courseworks site.

Physics

The Physics Department is holding an Information Session and Placement Exam for Accelerated Physics

Tuesday, August 31
5:15-6:35 pm
Location: 301 Pupin

Foreign Languages

Language placement at Columbia is determined in one of two ways. Students who wish to continue with a language they studied in secondary school MUST either take a Columbia language department placement exam in order to register for a course in that language OR submit results from SAT II Subject Tests or Advanced Placement exams. Those students who have demonstrated proficiency in a language via SAT II or AP should refer to the Academic Planning Guide for New Students, pages 52-53, for specific course placement information. Students who have not taken an SAT II Subject Test or an AP exam must take a Columbia departmental exam in order to determine appropriate placement. Placement exams are scheduled for the languages listed below.

If you need to take a placement exam in any of the other foreign languages offered at Columbia, or if the placement exam times below conflict with other mandatory NSOP events that you must attend, you should try to make alternative arrangements through the language program coordinator in the given department. Contact information for these coordinators, when not listed below, can be found here.

Please note: If you are exempt from the Columbia College foreign-language requirement per your placement exam results, you must contact the department to receive a certificate of exemption and deliver that certificate to your advising dean in the Berick Center for Student Advising.

Arabic

Friday, September 3, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm 
Location TBA
Questions? Please email Taoufik Ben Amor at tb46@columbia.edu. 

Armenian

To take the placement exam, please contact Charry Karamanoukian at ck2444@columbia.edu. 

Chinese

The first part of the placement exam (including multiple choice and short answers) can be taken online anytime from August 25, 12:01 am - September 1, 11:59 pm.
The oral portion of the exam will occur on Zoom on Friday, September 3 between 10:00 am - 1:00 pm. 
More information and the exam sign-up link are found here. 

French

Information on the French placement exam can be found here.
Questions? Please email Pascale Hubert-Liebler at ph2028@columbia.edu

German

The first part of the placement exam (assessing listening, grammar, reading, and writing) can be taken online anytime from August 27 at 12:00 am - September 16 at 11:59 p.m.
The oral component of the exam will occur after the first part is complete. You will sign-up for an in-person or Zoom session during NSOP week. More information here. 
Questions? Reach out to Jutta Schmiers-Heller at js2331@columbi.edu. 

Greek

The Classical Greek placement exam will take place in Hamilton 616 (in-person) on Thursday, September 2, 3:00-5:00 pm. No registration is necessary. 
Questions? Please reach out to Dr. Marcus Folch at mf2664@columbia.edu
To schedule a placement exam in Modern Greek, please reach out to Dr. Nikolas P. Kakkoufa at nk2776@columbia.edu.

Hebrew

Thursday, September 2, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm in Knox Hall 101 and 103. 
To register, please contact Naama Harel at nh2508@columbia.edu.

Hindu-Urdu

The Hindu and Urdu exams will take place on Tuesday, September 7 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm.
Please contact Rakesh Ranjan at rr2574@columbia.edu for more information and to register. 

Hungarian

For information on the Hungarian placement exam, please email Carol Rounds at chr2@columbia.edu.

Italian

The Italian placement exam can be done online anytime before the end of the change of program period. Information found here. 
To register for the exam and for any other questions, please email Lani Muller at lcm36@columbia.edu. 

Japanese

The Japanese placement exam will take place online between August 21 - August 30. Registration for the exam is found here.
Questions? Please contact Naoko Sourial at nns2111@columbia.edu.

Korean

The first part of the Korean placement exam will take place online between August 16 and August 30. A link to the exam is found here. 
The second part will take place on September 2 between 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location TBA
Questions? Please email Professor Joowon Suh at js604@columbia.edu.

Latin

The Latin placement exam will take place in Hamilton 616 (in-person) on Thursday, September 2, 3:00 - 5:00 pm. 
No registration is necessary. 
Questions? Please contact Professor Marcus Folch at mf2664@columbia.edu. 

Persian

The Persian exam will take place on Tuesday, September 7 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm

To register and for more information, please contact Saeed Honarmand at sh3468@columbia.edu.

Portuguese

Tuesday, September 14, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
201 Casa Hispanica (in-person)
Questions? Please contact Professor José Antonio Castellanos-Pazos at jc846@columbia.edu or Professor Ana Paula Huback at aph2129@columbia.edu.

Russian

Sanskrit

Students interested in taking the Sanskrit placement exam should email Shiv Subramaniam at sks2184@columbia.edu.

Spanish

• Part I: Take the Spanish placement exam online any time prior to September 2. 

You may take the exam only once. It consists of multiple-choice questions about vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension. There is no oral or listening component to the exam. Since it is an adaptive test, the length varies from one individual to another, with an average time of 20 minutes. Students and the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures will be notified of score and placement recommendations immediately upon completion of the exam. You should save a screenshot of your score. In addition, you can access, view, take another screenshot, or print your placement exam results by logging in to the exam website. 

• Part II: Tuesday, September 2, 9:00-11:00 a.m., 1:00-4:00 p.m., or 4:00-6:00 p.m. Online via Zoom

If your score on the online test qualifies for exemption from the language requirement at Columbia (higher than 625), you will be required to take another version of the exam on Tuesday, September 2. If your score qualifies you to take this second exam, please register for it here.

Questions? Please contact Dr. Lee B. Abraham, 402 Casa Hispánica, 212-854-3764, lba2133@columbia.edu. 

Tamil

Anyone interested in taking the Tamil placement exam should email Shiv Subramaniam at sks2184@columbia.edu. 

Tibetan

Anyone interested in taking the Tibetan placement exam should email Sonam Tsering at st2931@columbia.edu. 

Turkish

Turkish placements exams will be scheduled individually during the first two weeks of the term.
To schedule an exam, please email Zuleyha Colak at zc2208@columbia.edu.

Vietnamese

Anyone interested in taking the Vietnamese placement exam should email Chung Nguyen at cn2496@columbia.edu. 

Yiddish

TBA