<p>I am transferring into IUB and I seriously don't want to take a language course. Ever. </p>
<p>Rant: I think it's very stupid to force students to take THREE semesters of a foreign language. I already know another language (that's probably not offered at IU) and I know English. I don't plan on having any sort of international career. </p>
<p>/end rant</p>
<p>Anyways, I took Spanish every year of my high school career and received As for every level except for Spanish 4 (I got Bs and only because I was lazy since I got into college already).</p>
<p>Is there some sort of online test that I can take to test out of this requirement? I'm not sure if I can still retain my knowledge of spanish from 2 years ago, but I know the basics.</p>
<p>I was also thinking about just having my friend who's a Spanish minor take my test for me so I don't have to take Spanish.</p>
<p>Can someone give me some insight on this? I tried looking on the IUB website but there is zero information and everything is extremely vague.</p>
<p>From fye.indiana.edu:</p>
<p>“All incoming freshmen and most transfer students are required to take the Math Skills Assessment and a Foreign Language Placement Exam. Most students will be required to take the online language exam before arriving on campus. We currently provide testing in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Hebrew and Spanish. If the language you need to take is not offered, your advisor can provide information regarding the FLPE.”</p>
<p>And from these placement tests, you can satisfy the language requirement. I did it as an incoming freshman. And so you know, IU has some of the most languages out of every university. It was one of Herman B. Wells’ visions: to make IU a worldly university. IU offers the usual languages, but you can also find languages as unorthodox as Swahili to take.</p>
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<p>son of a gun, they do have my language. The only problem is I don’t know how to write or read, just speak.</p>
<p>And what was your background before coming to IU? Did you test out of all 3 semesters?</p>
<p>Considering the test is only written, you may want to take that into consideration. I did test out of all 3 semesters and tested into 3rd year classes. My highest level was Spanish 5 AP</p>
<p>If you have time to review the Spanish you took in hs, then you can probably test out of at least the first year of Spanish. Four years in hs should be enough to do that. That way, you would have to take only two semesters of Spanish to fulfill the COAS requirement. And if you test into S250, you would need only one semester. Also, if you test out of the first year of Spanish, you will get four free credits for 100-level Spanish.</p>
<p>Like JDE1221 says, the Spanish placement test is written only. If you know your elementary Spanish grammar well, you should be able to test out of at least the first year, given your four years in hs.</p>
<p>When my son took the test four years ago, they used the written test produced by the Univ. of Wisconsin, which “generally speaking, it appears that three years of high school Spanish are roughly equivalent to one year (two semesters) of college study.” He had eight trimesters of Spanish and tested into the third year on the placement test. He studied Spanish grammar pretty hard for about three weeks prior to taking the test. The fact that there is no listening or speaking makes this test a good deal for students who put in the grammar review prior to taking it. </p>
<p><a href=“http://testing.wisc.edu/centerpages/spanishtest.html[/url]”>http://testing.wisc.edu/centerpages/spanishtest.html</a></p>
<p>I see, I see. Isn’t there an option to take 6 credits of World Culture classes instead of the language requirement? I’d rather do that then take 1-3 semesters of a class that will be of no use to me in the future.</p>
<p>^^That’s a Kelley option, COAS requires the languages.</p>
<p>Here are links to the COAS bulletin for 2012-2013.</p>
<p>[College</a> of Arts and Sciences : Academic Bulletin](<a href=“Indiana University”>Indiana University)</p>
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