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Foreign Language Requirement

General Education Foreign Language Requirement

All freshman students entering SUNY Brockport are required to complete a foreign language course at the Beginning II (112) level for the General Education program. . It is recommended that ALL students take a foreign language placement test if they studied a language in high school to attempt to waive their requirement and/or reduce the number of classes they will need to fulfill the requirement. . The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures administers placement tests on a regular basis throughout the academic year, beginning on the first day of classes.

Students may satisfy the foreign language requirement by:

  • Successfully completing a foreign language course numbered 112 or higher at Brockport (e.g., SPN 112, Beginning Spanish II);

    • OR BY-

  • Earning a score of 3 or higher on the foreign language Advanced Placement (AP) exam;
  • Earning an appropriate score on a foreign language CLEP exam;
  • Achieving placement at the third semester level (211) or above on the foreign language
  • placement exam. (Placement exams are offered in ASL, Spanish, French, Latin, Italian and German);

    • Successfully completing a college-level study abroad program of at least five weeks duration in which the language of instruction is a foreign language; Transferring college-level foreign language credit to Brockport.

    Waivers and placement

    Students who earned a score of 85% or higher on the third year foreign language Regents exam waive the first semester of the requirement and should take a placement exam or enroll in a 112 level course to complete the requirement, unless they want to begin a new language Please note that per the policy of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, students who waive the first semester of the requirement via Regents exams are not permitted to enroll in the Beginning I (111) level of the language for which they received a waiver since they are considered to have met that level. We reserve the right to discontinue students' enrollment in 111 if they are found to be in breach of this policy.

    Students who do not waive the first semester of the requirement via Regents exams (i.e. those with scores of 84 or less) and who want to continue with the language they studied in high school may enroll in a 111 level course (Beginning I) but they are strongly encouraged to first take the foreign language placement exam since they are likely to waive the first semester and be required to take only one class to fulfill their language requirement.

    Students who wish to take a language in which they have no prior study should register for a Beginning I (111) section of that language. SUNY Brockport offers courses in the following languages:
    American Sign Language
    Japanese
    Russian
    French
    Spanish
    If you have questions, contact the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at 395-2269 or send an email to the
    Administrative Assistant, rquinone@brockport.edu

    *NOTE: Certain majors and degree programs such as the BA require more than two semesters of a foreign language.
    Delta College’s Foreign Language requirement is also different. See requirements in the appropriate section of the undergraduate catalog.

    350 New Campus Drive
    Brockport, NY 14420-2977
    Director of Language Placement:
    Donna Wilkerson-Barker
    dwilkers@brockport.edu