If a student has taken a foreign language in high school, a placement test is required before the student may enroll in a college course in that language. If testing shows that repetition is needed, credit will not be granted for college courses more than two college semesters below the high school achievement level. If the placement test is not taken, no credit will be given for repeated course work. Thus, in the above example, a 104-level college course is the lowest level course that can be taken for credit. A placement test is required before taking a language proficiency examination.
Departmental offices can provide information on time, location, and preparation.
Proficiency exams for advanced courses may be taken with the approval of the department and the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Programs. If the proficiency exam is passed, all credit for the course toward graduation is given. However, credit cannot be duplicated and must be acceptable in the student's curriculum. If the probation GPA level assigned is not met in the following semester, the student is subject to drop rules. The minimum academic goal of any student should be to keep his or her GPA for any semester above 3.0.