<p>Just to clarify an earlier post, a biology major must take either 6 credit hours of foreign language or a computer language class? Some schools requirements are satisfied with 3 or 4 years of one language in high school, at least for a bachelor of science degree.</p>
<p>I hope I’m understanding your post…</p>
<p>Depending on the foreign language…IF you’ve taken 3-4 years of a foreign language, you can take a CLEP exam and get credits to satisfy the FL requirement.</p>
<p>or…</p>
<p>Depending on the foreign language… you can take the FL placement test, and if you score high enough, then you can take a 200 or 300 level FL class and then be given all the credit for the lower classes.</p>
<p>or…</p>
<p>Depending on the foreign language… you can take the 103 level of the class, complete it, and fulfill both FL credits.</p>
<p>Maybe others know some other options.</p>
<p>Thanks! My DD has a hearing loss and the listening/speaking is difficult. She’s debating taking a 5th year of German senior year, but the sooner she’s done with it, the better!</p>
<p>Juniebug, you are correct in the requirements for a foreign/computer language. The ways posted by m2ck are the easiest that I know of. Some majors require a basic computer skills class (CS 102) that you can take and counts as 3 credits of a computer language. If you test out of CS 102, you do not earn any credit, you just satisfy a requirement for your major if it was a requirement/prerequisite.</p>
<p>SEA_Tide…</p>
<p>Do the CLEP tests have listening portions that a hearing impaired person wouldn’t be able to do?</p>
<p>I see on the page about CLEP and German that any score above 50 would satisfy the FL requirement.</p>
<p>Junie…does your D have a total hearing loss? Or, can she hear if the sound comes thru earphones?</p>
<p>There is a listening component on the CLEP exam. I don’t know the point structure for the exams however. The listening portions have really high volume settings if that helps.</p>
<p>The point structures are on page 15 of the Undergrad Catalog 2008-2010</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! Hearing loss is mild/moderate depending on the frequency. Foreign lang won’t be a deal breaker, I’m just trying to get familiar with the schools we’ll be visiting in March. Can’t wait to see Alabama!</p>
<p>We hope you enjoy your visit!</p>
<p>What state are you coming from?</p>
<p>Be sure to book your campus tour soon. They book up FAST!!! You can always cancel, but try to book ASAP.</p>
<p>We live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, but I’m from Virginia and think DD will enjoy the friendliness in the south. She is a bit shy. We met a rep at a college fair who could not have been nicer and got DD thinking seriously about Alabama. I did book a tour since we may not be the only ones wanting to take advantage of spring break!</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Glad to hear that you’ve already booked a campus tour.</p>
<p>Yes, the kids are friendly.</p>
<p>I see that she wants to major in bio. does she have a health career in mind?</p>
<p>Yeah, as best a 16 year old can know what what she wants! Biology has always been her favorite subject and being a doctor is all she’s ever imagined for herself. I look at college as an opportunity to explore lots of things and hope she’ll keep an open mind. The new science buildings should impress her! By the way, as nice a private room in honors housing sounds, would it be easier to make friends in a conventional dorm?</p>
<p>It really depends on the person on how the type of dorm affects making friends. It is generally easier to make friends in a conventional dorm, but friends can be made in super suite dorms too. I really like the honors housing as it fits my personality better, IMHO. When I was researching colleges, UA’s honors dorms were a major selling point.</p>
<p>Even though honors dorms have private rooms, they’re in 4 bedroom suites, so she’d have 3 suitemates…And each suite has a livingroom as a common area…</p>
<p>[Housing</a> & Residential Communities - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://housing.ua.edu/ridgecrestsouth.cfm]Housing”>http://housing.ua.edu/ridgecrestsouth.cfm)</p>
<p>Click on the above and scroll down…you’ll see the layout of a 4 bedroom suite.</p>