Foreign language(GE) requirement at UCSB?

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<p>Ok so I looked at the UCSB website for the Ge requirements and this was what was posted:

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The foreign language requirement may be satisfied in one of the following four ways:
1. By completing foreign language level 3 (third quarter) at UCSB or its equivalent at another college or university. Students fulfilling Area B with this method will require 184 overall units to fulfill degree requirements.
2. By achieving a score of 3 or higher on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination in a foreign language, or by earning a score of 5 or higher on a higher level International Baccalaureate Exam in a foreign language, or by earning one of the following minimum scores on the Foreign Language SAT II: Chinese with Listening—570; French/French with Listening—590; German/German with Listening—570; Modern Hebrew—500; Italian—570; Japanese with Listening—570; Korean with Listening —550; Latin—580; Spanish/Spanish with Listening—570.
3. By completing the third year of one language in high school with a grade-point average for third-year language of at least C.
4. By passing a UCSB foreign language placement examination at the appropriate level

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I'm confused about the first option. How many foreign language classes do I need to take at UCSB to satisfy the requirement? 1 quarter? 2? 3? And for option 3: 7th, 8th, and 9th grade foreign language doesn't count as a total of 3 years? If anyone can clear this up I would greatly appreciate it.</p>

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<p>Re option 3: finishing the third year of a language in high school, even if that third year is in 9th grade, counts as 3 years of language. So Spanish 1 in 7th, Spanish 2 in 8th and Spanish 3 in 9th would meet the requirement if the grade for Spanish 3 was C or better.</p>

<p>I read the first option as applying to a person who has had some language but not 3 years, and who takes a placement test to see where they are. Maybe they land in level 1, maybe they land in level 2, or maybe they land in level 3. But they need to keep going until they have passed level 3. Each quarter of college language is considered to be equivalent to one year of a language taken in high school.</p>