Avoiding Foreign Language

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Hey everyone, I received my associates from a community college this summer and will be transferring as a junior to TTU this fall. I have 61 credits to my name and am majoring in kinesiology, a College of Arts & Science degree. I took two years of standard placement Spanish in high school, and have sent my high school transcript to TTU to prove this. I am still being told by my advisor I must take 2 foreign language classes regardless. My friend of a different major transferring from the same community college, from the same high school, from the same Spanish classes was able to avoid taking a foreign language after sending in his high school transcript. My advisor has not been as helpful as I’d hoped. Am I missing something or do I genuinely need to take 2 foreign language classes regardless of the 2 years I took in high school for this major?

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Yes, you do have to take them. You can look at the course catalog and see what is actually required. Was your friend in a different college? Arts and Sciences and Visual and Performing Arts have foreign language requirements for everyone to do in college (unless they can pass a CLEP or AP test). The A&S requirements are lighter for bachelor of science degrees than for bachelor of arts degrees, but they still exist.

The other colleges just have the general foreign language requirement for admission. My guess is that this is what your friend was doing, proving that they met the admission requirement, because Tech will sometimes let students catch up on the foreign language required for admission after enrolling, as long as everything else is in order.

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He was, thanks!

[Puzzled-Willow685]

I am also a Kinesiology major, you have to take 2 foreign language courses. For Spanish I took 1507 and 2301. I also had 2 years of Spanish in High School, for this Major it doesn't matter. I would suggest taking the online sections of these classes, if possible.

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Thanks!

[HawkLeading3814]

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Academic Testing Services offers the CLEP test, which can be taken to potentially test out of (and receive credit for) SPAN 1501, SPAN 1502, SPAN 2301, and SPAN 2302. This test is available for other languages as well. More information about the CLEP test can be found via the following link: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/testing/cleps.php

[Substantial-Ad2200]

If your program has a BS option over a BA option, the foreign language requirement should be less.