Program Information- Courses are offered at all levels in Spanish, French, and Italian.
- SHU has a major in Spanish and minors in Spanish, French, and Italian.
- Beginning courses are offered in Japanese and Arabic. Chinese may be offered in September of 2009.
- Students are not permitted to choose the level at which they will begin their language study. The department will make placement decisions based on language background and placement exam results.
Who needs to take a foreign language placement exam?
- Students who plan to take either Spanish, French, or Italian and who have any previous experience in the language (junior high school or high school study, study abroad, experience speaking the language with family, etc.) within the past five years
Important For Incoming Freshmen
Preferred deadline for completion of placement exam: May 18, 2008 For All Other Students
Deadline for completion of placement exam: prior to appointment with advisor |
Who does NOT need to take a placement exam?
- Students taking Japanese or Arabic; these courses are only offered at the beginning level
- Students who would like to take Spanish, French, or Italian and who have no prior study or experience in the language; these students may register for first-semester courses
- Students who have not studied Spanish, French, or Italian formally, studied abroad where these languages are spoken, or had experience speaking the language with their families (within the past five years); these students may register for beginning level courses
- Students who transfer language courses from another college or university; these students may enroll in the next level course
- Students who earned a high school diploma outside the United States where the courses were conducted in Spanish, French, or Italian; these students would enroll in courses at the level of SP/FR/IT 251 and above
Please follow the links below for instructions for the language you plan to study: