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Language Other than English
- Placement
- Credit Restrictions
- Sequences
- Grading Policy
- Course Offerings
Placement
View this chart to determine appropriate placement in Language other than English courses at UCI.
For languages not offered at UCI, refer to the Academic Testing Center.
Credit Restrictions
NOTE: No credit will be awarded for completion of courses at the improper level.
- If you repeat a language course for which you have already received college credit (from the AP exam or from a transferable college course taken at another institution), you will not earn unit or grade point credit for repeating the course at UCI. Based on placement exam results, some students may be required to repeat coursework for no credit.
- For languages that do not require placement testing, one year of high school language study is equivalent to one quarter at UCI. A student may “go back” one quarter and earn credit for a course which is one level lower than where they are placed. For example, three years of high school French is equivalent to French 1A-1B-1C, so the appropriate course to enroll in at UCI is 2A but a student may earn credit for beginning at French 1C.
- Exception: If it has been more than 5 years since you took a language in high school, you may earn credit beginning at the 1A level (if the language requires a placement test, you must still take the test).
Sequences
Once you have passed a course in a language sequence, you must progress in the language from that point forward. You will not receive credit for a course lower in the sequence than the one already passed.
Grading Policy
Language courses must be taken in order. You must earn a grade of C (or P) or better in all first- and second-year language other than English courses in order to advance to the next level. If you wish to repeat a deficient grade (defined as C- or lower) in one of these classes, it must be repeated prior to continuing on to the next course in the sequence.
Humanities majors must take the sixth quarter language course for a letter grade, if intended to count toward the School Language other than English requirement.
Course Offerings
These are general guidelines for Language other than English course offerings. Always check the Schedule of Classes to verify which courses will actually be offered during each quarter.
- With the exception of Spanish and French, 1A/2A courses are only offered in Fall quarter, 1B/2B courses are only offered in Winter quarter and 1C/2C courses are only offered in Spring quarter.
- First year Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish courses are usually available at UCI during both the academic year (1A-1B-1C) and during Summer Session (S1AB-S1BC).
- Second year Arabic*, French, Japanese* and Spanish courses are available at UCI during both the academic year (2A-2B-2C) and during Summer Session (S2AB-S2BC).
- Second year Chinese, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, and Vietnamese courses are only offered during the academic year.
*2nd year Arabic and Japanese (S2AB-S2BC) are being offered on a trial basis in Summer 2009 and are not guaranteed to be offered again.
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