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FL2 Advisement Summary Sheet


last revised: 14 January 2009

* The following courses are approved at SUNY-Oneonta for completion of the General Education Foreign Language requirement:

* SILP, the Self-Instructional Language Program, DOES NOT fulfill the FL2 requirement. Students in this program acquire notable proficiency, but not necessarily at the level of an ordinary class. Languages in the SILP program include: Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Swahili, etc.

* Latin does not fulfill the FL2 requirement, either.

Taking the course

* For any of the approved languages, novice language students may fulfill the FL2 requirement by satisfactory completion of the 101-level course.

* Students with prior experience in the language should take 3 credits at the level appropriate to their ability (not 101). Such students should consult with the department before signing up for class.

* Students with Foreign Language credits from another college must consult with Academic Advisement to see if the course will transfer and if it will count toward the FL2 requirement.

Testing out of the requirement

* International students with a native language other than English should consult with the Office of International Education regarding waiver of this requirement.

* Students with prior experience in a language may take a placement/proficiency exam to demonstrate mastery of their language at the appropriate level. These exams do not confer grades or credits to graduation; students should also remember that continuing study of a language is more impressive to future employers and graduate schools, and more useful in our increasingly diverse society.

ASL: Written and videotaped proficiency exam offered by appointment, call x3409.
Arabic: Written proficiency exam offered by appointment, call x3409.
French: FCAPE computerized proficiency exam offered on a walk-in basis in the language lab, 300 Schumacher Hall. Please contact the department for walk-in hours, x3409.
German: Written proficiency exam offered by appointment, call x3409.
Hebrew: Written proficiency exam offered by appointment, call x3409.
Italian: Written proficiency exam offered by appointment, call x3409.
Russian: Written proficiency exam offered by appointment, call x3409.
Spanish: SCAPE computerized proficiency exam offered on a walk-in basis in the language lab, 300 Schumacher Hall. Please contact the department for walk-in hours, x3409.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the department office, (607)436-3409.

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