Choose courses that interest you. Choose courses that will contribute to your scientific literacy. You have many opportunities for creating an interesting and challenging first quarter schedule. Foreign Language course work is required for all students who plan to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree. These students must complete the 15 unit level in a single language, the equivalent of course 3 in most languages.
Many students elect to continue studying a language they began in high school.
If you choose to do this, sign up for the course level that seems most appropriate for the background you have. As with mathematics, you should confirm your entry level by taking the appropriate Foreign Language Placement Examination offered at the beginning of the quarter. Every course you take at this stage in your academic career will meet some requirement. Before you graduate, you must complete at least 180 units. Many of these units will be in your major field of study, but many will be from other courses you choose in the sciences, the humanities and fine arts, and the social sciences.