Eleanor Roosevelt College

Language Requirement

 
Students are required to demonstrate basic conversational and reading proficiency in a modern foreign language, or advanced reading proficiency in a classical language. The requirement may be satisfied by:
  1. Completion of a fourth quarter of language course (or third semester or equivalent elsewhere). Classes may be taken for a letter grade or P/NP. Self-directed language study (Linguistics 19) may NOT be used to satisfy this requirement.
  2. Passing a standardized language proficiency exam in French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish. Click for Exam Dates.
  3. Passing an individually arranged language proficiency exam in languages other than those listed above see: http://ling.ucsd.edu/language/proficiency-exam.html for a list of testers and instructions.
  4. Earning a qualifying AP or IB score.
  5. Earning a score of 700 or higher on SAT II Language exam OR attending high school taught in a language other than English outside the U.S. Please see ERC Academic Advising for a waiver form.

Note: To be eligible for Phi Beta Kappa Honors, one year of college-level study, or demonstrated proficiency in a language other than English, is required.

Quarterly language schedule

For language placement exams go to http://lang.ucsd.edu/llp.

Reminder: students may not overlap courses between GE requirements.  This includes language courses used as pre-requisites to the fourth quarter of a language course.


Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Credits

Test Subject Score Requirement Met Units May NOT take for credit Enroll In
AP Language
French, Spanish, or German		 3
4
5		 Unit Credit
Proficiency
Proficiency		 8
8
8		 LI** 1C/CX
LI** 1D/DX or Lit 2A
LT** 2B		 LI** 1D/DX or LT**2A or prof. exam
LT** 2B
LT** 2C or LT** 50 sequence
AP Language and Culture:
Chinese		 3
4
5		 Unit Credit
Proficiency
Proficiency		 8
8
8		 CHIN 13
CHIN 21
CHIN 22		 CHIN 21
CHIN 22
CHIN 23
AP Language and Culture:
Italian		 3
4
5		 Unit Credit
Proficiency
Proficiency		 8
8
8		 LIIT 1C/CX, LTIT 1C
LTIT 2A
LTIT 50		 LIIT 1D/DX or LTIT 2A
LTIT 2B
LTIT 100
AP Language and Culture:
Japanese		 3
4
5		 Unit Credit
Proficiency
Proficiency		 8
8
8		 JAPN 10C
JAPN 20A
JAPN 20C		 JAPN 20A
JAPN 20B
JAPN 130A
AP Literature
French, Spanish		 3
4
5		 Proficiency
Proficiency
Proficiency		 8
8
8		 LI** 1D/DX or Lit 2A
LT** 2B
LTFR 50 or LTSP 2C		 LT** 2B
LT** 2C or LT** 50 sequence
LT** 50 sequence or UD Lit
IB Language 5
6 or 7		 Unit credit
Proficiency		 8
8		 LI** 1C/CX
LI** 1D/DX		 LI** 1D/DX or LT**2A or prof. exam
LT** 2A
IB Latin 5,6,7 Unit credit 8 LTLA 1,2,3 LTLA 100 or take the proficiency exam
** depends on language taken, ie LISP=Spanish

Note: If you receive AP, IB or previous college credit, you will not be given credit for the repeating the equivalent course or taking a lower level.