The Elementary Language Proficiency Requirement (BA Candidates Only)

Students can meet this requirement by

• completing or transferring in a college foreign language course at the 102 level or higher. If a student completes or transfers in two semesters of the same language (such as 101 and 102), the student will also meet the two-course WC/WL requirement.
• completing three years of the same foreign language in high school.
• completing at least one year of secondary or post-secondary education in a non-English-speaking school or university.
• scoring three or higher on an AP exam in a foreign language, or scoring 50 or higher on a CLEP exam in a foreign language.
• demonstrating proficiency to the appropriate language department or, if the language is not taught at UMass Boston, to the assistant director of undergraduate education.

Please note: Students who have already met this requirement may not take elementary language courses at UMass Boston in the language with which they met the requirement, or transfer such courses to UMass Boston, except in unusual circumstances. For further information about the requirement, please see the chair of the appropriate department.