CORE Foreign Language Requirement

Any student who has completed two or more years of foreign language in high school shall not be allowed to take the 111-level course in that language for credit.  Any student who has taken four or more years of foreign language in high school shall not be allowed to enroll for credit in the 111- or 112-level course in that language.  A Language Resource Center is available for students who wish to review their language skills prior to entering a particular course.  Exceptions to this policy will only be granted by the faculty of the departments that teach the languages.

The language requirement can also be fulfilled by performance on a foreign language proficiency exam demonstrating competency equivalent to the 200-level course in that language.  The exams will be administered by the Modern Languages department and the Classics and Near Eastern Studies department.

Students may petition to study American Sign Language, to demonstrate their proficiency in a language not offered in our curriculum, or to be excused from the language requirement on grounds that English is their second language.  These permissions and other waivers will be granted by the Associate Dean.