UCLA: Foreign Language Requirements Beyond IGETC

<p>Just to be clear for anyone who may find this thread later, there seem to be two possibilities here:</p>

<p>1) The UC foreign language graduation requirement is satisfied by the course specified on the IGETC worksheet.</p>

<p>2) There is an additional foreign language requirement for graduation beyond that specified on the IGETC worksheet; IGETC merely makes the student eligible for admission.</p>

<p>To me, it would be dumb for Option 2 to be the case. Isn’t the point of IGETC to cover all general education–I.e., non major-related–coursework? I don’t see the logic in having one foreign language requirement for admission and another for graduation, when both could be fulfilled at community college.</p>

<p>Option 2 would be like having IGETC require college algebra/statistics, but then making all students (even non-math/science majors) take another math class at UC*. Doesn’t make sense.</p>

<p>*This is actually the case for many political science majors, since UCLA’s political science department requires a psych statistics course. However, this is an exception, and the statistics requirement is included on the major prep page on Assist. Foreign language isn’t.</p>