Are Spanish and Writing Placement tests necessary for engineering students?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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IF not, is there any benefit to taking them anyway?

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Its encouraged but not required. Learning another language can make you more attractable to employers because there are engineers who work with other countries. Theres a table online for the writing requirement

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One benefit is you may get credits for Intellectual electives although there is no language requirement in CoE. My D got 4 credits from AP Spanish AND 4 credits from the placement exam. The two equivalent courses are shown on her transcript. The AP credit policy change quite often. I think they have decrease it to 3 credits now.

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For engineering, you won’t get any credits for the writing placement, but for Spanish you can get up to 8 credits

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thanks