<p>Just to clear this up--if I am planning on starting a new language at Tufts, am I only required to take 3 semesters of it, or do I have to do even MORE than that? The academic requirements site (<a href="http://ase.tufts.edu/bulletin/liberal-info.html%5B/url%5D">http://ase.tufts.edu/bulletin/liberal-info.html</a>) is a bit confusing, and I would really like to know what exactly they want us to do. I would REALLY prefer not to take more than 3 semesters of a class I don't want to be in--I'd rather be taking some kind of history or writing course, if I can help it.</p>
<p>Here are the options:</p>
<p>If you're starting a new language, you can take 3 semesters of language and 3 semesters of culture classes in that language (which are in English).
If you're starting a new language, but you already took a different language enough to qualify out of three semesters' worth of language (either with AP scores, SAT II's or by taking the placement exam when you first arrive), then you only have ot take 3 semesters of the new language.
If you have enough language to place out of two semesters of one language, then you need to finish 3 semesters of the first language and then do 3 semesters of the second language.
Basically, you need to do 6 semesters of language - 3 and 3, 3 and 3 culture, or 6 of 1.
However, the language program is superb, and I'm surey you'll enjoy it.</p>
<p>Another language requirement question: </p>
<p>I have 2 5s on Latin APs. How much of the language requirement have i fulfilled/do i have left?</p>
<p>hmm, im not sure why you have 2 aps both for latin, but my friends who got 5s on AP languages were placed into the 5th semester of a language (spanish/french 21), which leaves them with that and one more semester to complete.</p>
<p>if you feel that you are fluent in the language you can go to the department and take a fluency test or just take a class at a higher level than 22. you don't have to take what tufts places you into - you can take higher OR lower, but each level is equivalent to a semester. i.e. if you take spanish 1 that is like starting at 1 semester of a language, whereas if you start at spanish 4 that exempts you from those first 3 semesters</p>
<p>oh, but may I remind those fluent speakers - I'm fluent in Russian and when I took the placement exam I placed out of Russian 1 through 22; however, I still needed to take three classes (I'm not sure if this is for the general language requirement or for IR...but whatever...), two of which are at the 100+ level (generally 100+ means that the class is conducted IN the language) and one culture course, like a literature course.</p>
<p>wait why do you still have to take 3 classes? i'm fluent in spanish and i just took spanish 35 (modern latin amer. literature) which counted for a World Civ and something else...what else would i have to take language classes for? i know for IR you need 8 language credits...is that the 2 extra for you since 6 is considered fluency?</p>
<p>I have no idea. I went to find out what I had to do to fill my requirements, and Carleton told me that I have to take 2 Russian classes at the 100+ level, and one culture course, like Modern Russian Literature. Besides that, I'm probably talking out of my ass. :)</p>
<p>thanks so much you guys, that really cleared everything up for me!</p>
<p>Do you know Carleton well Renee? Is he a pretty nice guy?</p>
<p>yeah he seems pretty cool. I was going to take Modern Russian Literature with him but then that whole Econ-schedule thing changed and I had switch it around. Sloane is cool too! And Gassel, I love her.</p>
<p>hey bluirinka, how is tufts' Russian program anyway (I haven't heard much about it...)? I really want Russia/East Europe/(perhaps)Central Asia to be my focus when I do IR stuff in college and Tufts is a school of interest... Anyway, do you find the course selection in the dept. to be good?</p>
<p>I LOVE IT, it's fantastic, but unfortunately it's pretty small so they only offer certain courses every other year. I loved my professor for Russian in Business and Politics - she also teaches Advanced Russian 121 and 122, as well as Contemporary Russian Media and a Russian film class. I can't remember if she also teaches the in-Russian classes like Masterpieces in Russian Literature (like, Chekhov short stories and all that, but you read them and discuss them in Russian). There's also English classes about different time-periods in Russian literature, and another cool one this semester about women throughout Russian culture. I really love it, but it IS small.</p>