The requirement asks students to show they can use a language in everyday situations.
Students have a choice about how and when they learn.
Under a seat-time requirement, students complete a fixed set of courses. The CLA Bulletin encourages new students to be prepared to enter at the second-year level or higher. Departments across CLA work together on this because language knowledge is part of a liberal arts education and this transcends departmental curriculum. Proficiency is a process. Each student has the same responsibility in this process and every course section works toward the same goal.