Taking Korean Language? If you plan on taking a Korean class (K1A, K1B, K10A, K10B, K100B) in the Spring of 2024, you must go to https://bolt.language.berkeley.edu/ and take the Korean Placement Test.
- If you are a non-heritage student who does not know Korean at all, you are not required to take this test. The questions include material that you may or may not already know. Please do NOT use dictionaries or any other aids as you take the test and try your best to produce an accurate result.
- You will have 40-80 questions. It is advised that you finish the test in one sitting, but if you have to leave you can log out and continue it later. Please take the test only once.
- To maximize your performance, please do not take the exam on a cell phone or a similarly small-screened device.
- You will not receive the test results. It will be sent to the Korean instructors to review and be used as part of the placement process. You will have additional tests (speaking, writing) on or before the first day/week of classes.
If you plan to take an upper-level class (K100BX, K102, K112, K109), you will be asked, once you have registered to a class, to take an online placement test that has been developed by the Korean language program.