<p>I took Latin in high school for 3 yrs and I refuse to take it in college. First, is a foreign language a GE? and second, if I want to take Spanish at UCLA and I've never taken it before, do I have to sign up for a placement test? thanks</p>
<p>No. The ONLY time you have to take the language placement exams is if you want to actually place out of a class (unless you passed an AP exam, then I'm not sure). Even though the website says you have to take an exam, it is not enforced. They go by the "honor code" that people overqualified for a language will not just enroll in the beginner level to ace the class, but it happens all the time (it doesn't affect your grades anyways since most if not all beginning language classes are not curved)</p>
<p>And 1 year of a foreign language is required for L&S majors (or passing AP exam/transfer credit from CC), so you can look at it like a GE even though I don't really think its labeled as one- it won't take care of any of the actual GE required areas you have to take, but it's still a requirement you have to take care of.</p>
<p>"unless you passed an AP exam, then I'm not sure"
:rolleyes: Actually then you shouldn't have to worry about taking care of the language requirement at that point. But if that language is unrelated to a language you want to take, then you should be fine just starting from the beginning (unless you don't want to start from the beginning, then take the placement exam)</p>
<p>If you passed the AP at the minimum required level, your foreign language requirement is covered.</p>
<p>If you want to start at the introductory course in a language, no test is required.</p>
<p>The end.</p>
<p>Per the Department of Spanish "Beginning with Winter Quarter 2006, students will be required to take the placement exam in order to enroll in a lower division Spanish course (except students who have already received some form of credit through AP Exams, Community College, or UCLA courses). If you cannot make one of the exams, you cannot enroll in a lower-division spanish course."</p>
<p>Damn, I got e-served.</p>
<p>Wow, sucks to be a '10 student. You could always purposely tank it if you really want to start from the beginning</p>