Foreign Language Proficiency
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All candidates in ECE, CED, ECC and EED (old program) majors have to meet a language proficiency requirement. How that requirement can be fulfilled varies by catalog year and when a student started at SUNY Cortland.

FOR STUDENTS ENTERING SUNY CORTLAND AS FRESHMEN

For candidates ENTERING SUNY CORTLAND AS FRESHMEN AND bound by requirements in the 2000 College Catalog OR EARLIER (i.e. old program students), the foreign language proficiency requirement can be met by doing ONE of the following:

1. Providing evidence that the candidate successfully completed a minimum of two years of foreign language study at the high school level. NO COURSE CREDIT IS GIVEN, BUT THE REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED.

2. Successfully completing up to the 102 of a given language at SUNY Cortland.

3. Successfully completing the equivalent of a year of a college foreign language at a two-year or four-year college and transferring those credits into SUNY Cortland.

4. Successfully passing a language proficiency exam (CLEP) through the 102 level. SUNY Cortland does not offer language proficiency exams, but the International Culture and Communication Department has information on where such exams are offered.


For candidates ENTERING SUNY CORTLAND AS FRESHMEN AND bound by the requirements in the 2001 or 2002 catalogs, the foreign language proficiency requirement can be met by doing ONE of the following:


1. Successfully completing up to the 102 of a given language at SUNY Cortland. If candidates had a foreign language in high school, they should consult with their advisor to determine if they would be able to enter directly into the 102 level of that language or should start at the 101 level.

2. Successfully completing the equivalent of a year of a college foreign language at a two-year or four-year college and transferring those credits into SUNY Cortland.

3. Successfully passing a language proficiency exam (CLEP) through the 102 level. SUNY Cortland does not offer language proficiency exams, but the International Culture and Communication Department has information on where such exams are offered.

FOR STUDENTS ENTERING SUNY CORTLAND AS TRANSFER STUDENTS

For candidates ENTERING SUNY CORTLAND AS TRANSFER STUDENTS BEFORE FALL 2002, the foreign language proficiency requirement can be met by doing ONE of the following:

1. Providing evidence that the candidate successfully completed a minimum of two years of foreign language study at the high school level. NO COURSE CREDIT IS GIVEN, BUT THE REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED.

2. Successfully completing up to the 102 of a given language at SUNY Cortland.

3. Successfully completing the equivalent of a year of a college foreign language at a two-year or four-year college and transferring those credits into SUNY Cortland.

4. Successfully passing a language proficiency exam through the 102 level. SUNY Cortland does not offer language proficiency exams, but the International Culture and Communication Department has information on where such exams are offered.


For candidates ENTERING SUNY CORTLAND AS TRANSFER STUDENTS IN THE FALL OF 2002 OR AFTER, the foreign language proficiency requirement can be met by doing ONE of the following:

1. Successfully completing up to the 102 of a given language at SUNY Cortland. If candidates had a foreign language in high school, they should consult with their advisor to determine if they would be able to enter directly into the 102 level of that language or should start at the 101 level.

2. Successfully completing the equivalent of a year of a college foreign language at a two-year or four-year college and transferring those credits into SUNY Cortland.

3. Successfully passing a language proficiency exam through the 102 level. SUNY Cortland does not offer language proficiency exams, but the International Culture and Communication Department has information on where such exams are offered.


NOTE: One year of American Sign Language at the college level can be used by ALL teacher education candidates - no matter what year they entered SUNY Cortland - to fulfill their foreign language proficiency requirement.

 

 

 
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