<p>The title is the question. If we are first-year engineering students, should we register to take a foreign language placement test (which has an approaching deadline, June 10)? Or is this not part of the core curriculum for engineering students?</p>
<p>Thanks to anyone who can offer any help.</p>
<p>Engineering students are not required to take a foreign language (“Our foreign language is Java”). However, if you’ve taken classes in a foreign language, it’s probably in your best interest to take the exam anyway – you don’t lose anything, and you might want to take some language classes later (they’re not required, but some engineering students do, and it’s definitely valuable).</p>
<p>Thanks Rodman – gives me a much clearer view on what my options are.</p>
<p>“Our foreign language is Java”.</p>
<p>ROFL!</p>
<p>FYI, language classes are hard to fit in around the e-school schedule and a lot of College peers I knew said they were very demanding. I suggest you think about whether you really want to continue a language/start a new one, or just think you’re good at them and want an extra class.</p>
<p>everything except for some 101 level languages are demanding time wise. and even some 101 languages (read: those with foreign alphabets or if you are bad at foreign language) are time demanding. seriously consider this as eschool is realllllly time demanding.</p>
<p>The languages departments also make it difficult for e-schoolers to take higher-level languages (3000+), usually giving priority to college students unless you can directly talk to and persuade one of the language professors.</p>
<p>D’s had no problem getting into the higher level language courses as an engineer. Perhaps some languages are more in demand than others?</p>
<p>Sabaray, that’s my presumption, too. I was speaking of mainly the Spanish department, which is very much in demand even after the Spanish minor was removed this year.</p>