How to Choose the Right French Course

If you are enrolling in a French language course as part of your program requirement or for elective purposes, it is important you enroll in the course appropriate for the level of French you currently hold. The statements below reflect most scenarios students present to us with respect to their current level of French. Please find the scenario that closest relates to you and enroll in the appropriate course on ACORN when the enrollment period opens.

Which statement best describes you? You should enroll in:

I have received no formal education in French and do not speak a word of French

or

I studied some French at school (below grade 9) but did not learn any

FREA96H3 or FREA90Y3
I have completed Grade-9 core French FREA97H3
I have completed Grade-10 core French FREA98H3 or FREA91Y3
I have completed Grade-11 core French FREA99H3

If you studied French outside of Canada, please take the Preliminary Placement Test and enroll according to its result if it corresponds to Beginner or Intermediate Courses; or, if your result is too high for these courses, visit the page of our French Programs and request a code for the official test.

Also please remember that you cannot take a lower-level course after having taken a higher-level one.