<p>Does anyone of you know how does the foreign language requirement work? (Spanish, for example) I know that you can satisfy with 3 years of spanish and stuff... but how would you satisty it at UCLA? I took 2 and a half years in high school. Would I need to take a placement exam before enrolling at like level 3 spanish? And if I need to take a placement exam, what happens if I don't do well on it? Would I then need to take a lower course and therefore need to take more classes to fullfill the FL requirement?</p>
<p>In order to fullfill the foreign language requirement, you must take at least three quarters (which is equivalent to 3 years) of a foreign language. I believe there's four ways to satisfy the requirement: 1.) Have taken and passed an AP Foreign Language Exam; 2.) Take three quarters of a foreign language at UCLA (which is the no-brainer, I know...); 3.) Take the placement exam to place into a particular spanish level; OR 4.) Self place yourself in a class (i.e. you don't HAVE to take the placement exam for certain subjects such as spanish.) Anyway, please others out there feel free to correct me if I've gotten anything wrong but this is how I understand the foreign language requirement to work. And on that note, I just wanted to say that I'm doing the last one. I'm placing myself in spanish 3 so that I don't waste units and because I really don't want to re-take ALL three years of spanish that I took in HS.</p>
<p>the ucla catalog says
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The foreign language requirement can be satisfied by one of the following methods: (1) completing a college-level foreign language course equivalent to level three or above at UCLA or (2) scoring 3, 4, or 5 on the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) foreign language examination in French, German, or Spanish, thereby earning College credit or (3) presenting a UCLA foreign language departmental examination score indicating competency through level three. Consult the Schedule of Classes for times and places of these regularly scheduled examinations. Students who wish to demonstrate proficiency in a language which is taught in a UCLA department that has no scheduled examination should contact the appropriate department to arrange for one. Students wishing to take an examination in a language not taught at UCLA should contact a College counselor.
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