<p>Do you have to take a foreign language eventhough its not your major? Also if you took 2 yrs in high school do you have to take more than someone that took 3 yrs?</p>
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<p>Depends on the college and depends on the major. No one here can answer your question unless you post what schools you’re looking at and what program.</p>
<p>O I live in california and want to go to a UC but might go to a CC then transfer…idk what major but something science maybe biology</p>
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<p>Okay. USUALLY, science majors don’t have to take a FL or at the very least only take a semester. A FL at my school is optional and its private. Knowing UC, I think that they would require a FL but I’m not an expert on that school system. However, CCs vary greatly on their requirements.</p>
<p>At my college (and virtually all of the others in my state) students of any major are expected to have 2 semesters of a foreign language (dead languages like Latin or classical Greek also count). This generally assumes that you took that language in high school or at least have some prior experience with it: if you are starting completely from scratch you’ll have to take an intro class first making it 3 semesters. On the other hand, if you learned a language especially well in high school, it is fairly easy to take an exam in that language and exempt the courses.</p>
<p>If you are majoring in certain subjects, like History or International Relations, you may be expected to take 3 or 4 semesters of a language relevant to the field, or maybe 2 semesters each of two different languages.</p>
<p>UCs do vary in foreign language graduation requirements. Within a UC campus, there could be variations by division (e.g. Letters and Science, Engineering) and major. So check each campus, division, and major that you are interested in.</p>
<p>At California community colleges, if you want to fulfill IGETC for transferring to UC, you need to have at least the equivalent of second year of high school foreign language. However, as noted above, this may not be sufficient for graduating from the UC campus, division, or major you transfer into.</p>