IB Credit For. Language

[IceQube]

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@UF]<br> Proficiency in a foreign language is considered to be the level of skill a student attains upon completion of a beginning language sequence at UF. Students do not need to earn a certain number of hours to complete this requirement. It can be met in ONE of the following ways.</p></p> <p><p>A score of three or above in an Advanced Placement language exam.<br> <strong>A score of four to seven on an International Baccalaureate language exam.</strong></p> <p>[/quote

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<p>from: University</a> of Florida - College Confidential</p>

<p> [quote=UF] Scores of 4 or higher on IB French B, German B, Classical Latin and Spanish B examinations fulfill the foreign language proficiency requirement for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Journalism and Communications, and B.A. programs in the College of Fine Arts, regardless of whether you earned the IB diploma.

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<p>from:</p>

<p><a href="https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/advising/info/IB-examination-credit-info.aspx%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/advising/info/IB-examination-credit-info.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>So does UF accept credit for a 4 in any IB foreign language at the B level, or just for French, German, Latin, and Spanish? From the first statement it sounds like the answer is yes.</p>

[Melissa96]

<p>UF does accept credit for a 4 in any language. The ones list are just the ones that students who attend UF take most often.</p>

[IceQube]

<p>I am so overwhelmed by your answer :). May I ask if you know from personal experience?</p>

[Dracos]

<p>Melissa is correct. Typically foreign language classes will count towards elective credits (depends on major of course).</p>

<p>Depending on your specific college, a foreign language proficiency may not be necessary. The college of liberal arts and sciences for example is one college which <em>does</em> require a foreign language proficiency requirement. </p>

<p>Additionally, any native proficiency you have can fulfill the requirement even. I have a friend who spoke Mandarin at home (couldn’t write well), and if you have native proficiency then you may be able to speak to a faculty member at the university and use that to satisfy the requirement.</p>

<p>Furthermore, obtaining a certain SAT II Subject score is yet another way to meet the ‘proficiency’ requirement. </p>

<p>All the best and Go Gators!
:)</p>

[IceQube]

<p>Credits are different from showing proficiency? </p>

<p>It seems as if proficiency can be proved through a score of 4 - 7 on an IB Language exam. </p>

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@UF

Foreign Language Requirement: CLAS students must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.</p>

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<p>Proficiency in a foreign language is considered to be the level of skill a student attains upon completion of a beginning language sequence at UF. Students do not need to earn a certain number of hours to complete this requirement. It can be met in ONE of the following ways.</p>

<p>A score of three or above in an Advanced Placement language exam.
A score of four to seven on an International Baccalaureate language exam.
A designated score on the SAT II subject area examinations in Spanish, French, German or Latin. See individual departments, the Admissions section of this catalog or the Schedule of Courses for required scores for exemption from the CLAS language requirement.
Satisfactory completion (minimum grade of C or S) of a terminal first-year course in one foreign language (normally at the end of 10 semester hours at UF). Students may take foreign language requirement courses on an S/U basis (where S = C or better).
Students who have prior study of a foreign language but do not place out of the requirement, may start with the second or third course in the beginning sequence. Such students will complete the requirement in fewer than 10 credit hours. SAT II subject exams, AP, IB or CLEP exams, or for some languages, a department placement test, will determine the point of entry.
The requirement for certain languages can be met by demonstrating minimum proficiency on an examination administered by the appropriate department. Consult the appropriate department.

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<p><a href=“http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalogarchive/02-03-catalog/colleges/liberal/degree.html[/url]”>http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalogarchive/02-03-catalog/colleges/liberal/degree.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Dracos]

<p>^ Yes, but credits are not the <em>only</em> way to demonstrated proficiency.</p>

[IceQube]

<p>All right. I’ll count myself as exempt from foreign language at UF because I scored a 4 on an IB Language exam. B-level too. Not one of the four listed IB Language exams but according to you guys I’m exempt anyway :).</p>