All Ph.D. candidates are required to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language. The choice of a language must be approved by the student's advisor.
Proficiency is defined as a reading knowledge of a foreign language.
For the Ph.D. in English, proficiency is determined in the following ways. Students who have successfully completed the fifth semester of a college-level language course with a B or better in the past three years will have met the proficiency requirement. There will be no need for a language exam. If failed, the exam may be repeated the next semester. Students will arrange to take the exam by consulting with the Coordinator of Graduate Studies in English, who will then locate a faculty member authorized to administer the exam.