<p>Hello,</p>
<p>This might be listed on UT's website, but I could not find anything. I'm currently taking classes at a local community college here in Texas. I know for UT, there is a foreign language requirement. Now I did not take the same type of language in high school, so I need two semesters in college. Could I take these at UT after transferring?</p>
<p>Language requirements at UT depend on the college that you are in “within” UT. Liberal Arts requires FOUR semesters of a foreign language. Obviously, this is more than average and the program at UT is difficult. You are allowed to take them at community colleges and transfer the credit as well, as I did at Austin Community College. I think Business and Communication only require two years and I’m not sure about any of the other colleges.</p>
<p>phl777
2 years is the same as 4 semesters. :)</p>
<p>MichellexAlyssa
You can try to take a placement test.</p>
<p>2 semesters*</p>
<p>So business needs two semesters of foreign language credit?</p>
<p>imazingg–McCombs does not require two years of college level foreign language, unless you are an International Business major. COLA and some other colleges do. McCombs does require 2 years of a foreign language in high school. If you did not take two years of the same language in high school, you will be required to take a language at UT.</p>
<p>To check any deficiencies you may/may not have, you can access your Registration Information Sheet (RIS):[Using</a> your registration information sheet | Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.utexas.edu/students/registration/before/ris]Using”>Registration Times - Texas One Stop - University of Texas at Austin)</p>
<p>After you log in, it will show your emergency contact info, then medical vaccination info, then your advising info. Under advising is where it shows whether you have completed the language requirement, etc. </p>
<p>As an aside, at the bottom it will tell you your registration times (if you have signed up for orientation that is), and any registration bars you may have. Typically, freshmen have a high school transcript bar, which only takes effect AFTER fall registration so be sure your high school sends it in, and you will have an advising bar, meaning you have to meet with an advisor at orientation before you can register.</p>
<p>thanks for the link to that page! I will have my son look at it when he gets home. What does “TSI status Exempt” mean? And, I thought RHE 306 had an SAT score exemption.</p>
<p>My son will be in CNS computer science.</p>
<p>thanks again!</p>
<p>TSI is Texas Success Initiative [Texas</a> Success Initiative | School of Undergraduate Studies](<a href=“Texas Success Initiative | TEXAS Undergraduate Studies”>Texas Success Initiative | TEXAS Undergraduate Studies)
Status Exempt means that your son doesn’t have to take THEA.</p>
<p>My D. also has some strange record about RHE 306, something like “eligible spring or summer”. And she is supposed to get credit for her test scores.</p>
<p>You have to petition for RHE 306 credit based on your SAT/ACT writing scores. You go to UT Direct-Academics-Credit By Exam-My Test Results. <a href=“Sign in with your UT EID - Stale Request”>Sign in with your UT EID - Stale Request;
<p>Thanks, Hipmom. </p>
<p>I checked it and all the AP, ACT, SAT I and SAT II scores are there and you can choose between “Petition for credit” and “Petition for placement” with suggestion to consult with academic advisor first. :)</p>
<p>I guess petitioning for RHE 306 credit doesn’t cause any problem but it is better to wait til summer orientation.</p>
<p>this website is so helpful!</p>
<p>My understanding is the kids need to work with their advisor and we get billed for any claimed credit. My son needs to figure out if it’s worth it to skip calculus, chemistry and physics based on test scores from AP exams. We’re telling him to re-take calculus, but he’ll figure it out when he goes to orientation with his advisor.</p>
<p>His page does allow him to petition out of some math and RHE306 too.</p>
<p>
Regarding taking AP credit, keep in mind that your son will meet with a peer advisor first (a current student in CNS) and then a faculty advisor. On more than one occasion these advisors had differing opinions on what DD should take for credit. The peer advisor, in her case, had better advice than the faculty advisor. </p>
<p>For instance, if your son has credit for M408C from the AP exam, it would not be a bad idea at all for him to do as you suggest and retake M408C. UT tends to go more in-depth than the AP curriculum. Because UT has deemed the incoming freshmen as the first class to have a 70% graduate rate in four years, the faculty advisor may push him to take the credit and continue on, but it may not be in his best interest. </p>
<p>The same goes for chemistry and physics. If he does not need more credits for those sciences, then IMO he should take the credit. If he needs them for building blocks, he really needs to be careful about which classes he takes credit for, and compare what he actually knows about those subjects versus what UT will expect him to know going forward. </p>
<p>In the end, the advisors give “advice” and that is all. Even though they may try to put pressure on him one way or another, ultimately it is up to your son as to whether he feels he has mastered these subjects and should take AP credit, or retake a class.</p>
<p>OK, my D is in Communications and needs only 3 credit hours of Math. She can get credit for M305G (SAT II Math II) from last year, and this year she took AP Calculus and AP Statistics at school so she is taking tests. It looks like she is going to have a lot of unnecessary Math (unless she decides to double major in something like CS or business. My dream 
) What should she do with all these Math credits then? Just wait and not petition for anything? Or she has to petition for credit or placement during her first year?</p>
<p>YaYa, your daughter can wait to petition for credit–she has until she her senior year if she desires. It has no “expiration date,” so to speak. She may wish to use some of that for elective credit, for example. Just play it by ear.</p>
<p>txex86 – good advice. He’s pretty sure that he only needs two lab sequences for CS and should be able to apply Chem/Physics AP scores for credit.</p>
<p>The only other issue he’s still trying to figure out is taking the government/history courses since we are OOS. If he spent a summer down there he could take at a community college, unless there is an online option somewhere. He did not take US Govt AP in HS.</p>
<p>txex86</p>
<p>Thank you. </p>
<p>Now back to foreign language requirement. My D took Spanish at school but she wants to study a different language at UT.
The website says:
“College of Communication requirements
Second year proficiency, or its equivalent, in a foreign language”.</p>
<p>We thought that it was 2 years exactly, 4 semesters. But I found a Sample Study Abroad Plan and according to them there are only 2 Semesters with 6hrs Foreign Language class and that’s it.</p>
<p>What does it mean?
12 credit hours = second year proficiency?</p>
<p>nuum83
How about CLEP?</p>
<p>Thank you so much txex86! You were very thorough and helpful in your response. :)</p>
<p>
Nuum, YaYa’s advice about looking into CLEP credit is a good one, although I don’t know personally how difficult those tests are. Another alternative would be to take Govt/History online over the summer through Austin Community College, or any Texas community college for that matter. All of the instruction and tests are online, so he could take those classes at your home and not have the extra expense of living in Austin. </p>
<p>Here is a link to ACC distance learning:[Distance</a> Learning | Austin Community College](<a href=“http://dl.austincc.edu/]Distance”>http://dl.austincc.edu/)</p>
<p>Also, Dallas County Community College (DCCCD) has a very good distance learning setup as well called Telecollege. My DD has taken courses through them as they are most convenient:
[Admissions</a> and Registration Process](<a href=“http://www.dcccd.edu/Future%20Students/Admissions%20and%20Registration/Pages/default.aspx]Admissions”>http://www.dcccd.edu/Future%20Students/Admissions%20and%20Registration/Pages/default.aspx)
Current list of summer classes for reference:[eConnect</a> - Browse Credit Classes - Summer I 2012 - Class Schedule](<a href=“http://econnect.dcccd.edu/econnect/Schedule/Summer1/index.html]eConnect”>http://econnect.dcccd.edu/econnect/Schedule/Summer1/index.html)</p>
<p>If you go this route, make sure that the course from the cc transfers to the correct Govt/History using UT’s transfer course equivalency tool:[UT</a> ATE System - Query by Other College’s Course](<a href=“UT ATE System”>http://utdirect.utexas.edu/adtreq/search2.WBX)</p>
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YaYa, it depends on the language. French is 12 hours. Spanish is 18 hours. Look at the College of Communications website and find the 2010-2012 catalog. Under your kiddo’s major, it should explain how many hours they are talking about specifically. If not, go to the foreign language department’s website she is interested in and it will also discuss proficiency.</p>