Arts and Sciences Advising Center:

College of Arts & Sciences Foreign Language Requirement

“Students must demonstrate competency in a foreign language equivalent to or exceeding that of a second semester of a college-level language sequence.”

This requirement is stricter than the University's foreign language requirement . The main difference is that two years of ordinary high school work in a foreign language fulfills the University's foreign language requirement, but it does NOT fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences foreign language requirement.

Students may fulfill the college of Arts and Sciences Foreign Language Requirement in one of the following ways:

• Take and pass with a grade of C or better (C- does NOT count) the second semester of a two-semester sequence basic language course such as, say, SPN1131.
• Take and pass with a grade of C or better any foreign language course more advanced that the second semester basic language sequence.
• Get acceptable scores in the AP (Advanced Placement) Exam, the SAT II, the CLEP exam, or other approved instruments. (Official records of the test scores must be presented to our Registrar’s Office -PC130)
• There are some additional ways of satisfying this requirement. For specific details LOOK THROUGH YOUR CATALOG or speak with your advisor.

Yes, there are two (2) Foreign Language Requirements:

University FLENT/FLEX Foreign Language Requirement	College of Arts and Sciences Foreign Language Requirement
Everyone at the University must fulfill the University FLENT/FLEX Foreign Language requirement. You probably took two years of a modern language in high school. If these courses were on your high school transcript, it would/should have been entered on in the FIU system and the Flent/Flex foreign language portion of the SASS will say "OK." If the SASS still says "NO" and you have completed two years of a foreign language in high school, you need to check with an advisor to see what is missing. Some academic units do not require anything in addition to the University's foreign language requirement. However the College of Arts & Sciences does require something in addition to high school credits. (see next column)	There is ALSO a College of Arts and Sciences Foreign Language Requirement . Remember that Academic Units sometimes have requirements in addition to those set by the University. The big difference between the two language requirements is that two years of ordinary high school foreign language satisfies the University Foreign Language Requirement, but ordinary high school DOES NOT satisfy the College of Arts and Sciences Foreign Language Requirement. The College's requirement is a competency requirement, not a credits requirement. That is to say the student must demonstrate competency at or exceeding that of someone passing a second semester college level foreign language course. This proficiency can be met by receiving credit for the second semester of a foreign language or higher (e.g., SPN 1121 or higher). Check with your advisor as to the best way for you to meet this requirement
The good news is that any course work which satisfies the College's Foreign Language Requirement will also satisfy the University's Foreign Language Requirement.

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