Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 > Academic Policies > Foreign Language Requirement
All students seeking a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Arts and Sciences must demonstrate minimum proficiency in one foreign language at the level of a fourth university course (2002). All students seeking a Bachelor of Science degree through the College of Arts & Sciences must demonstrate minimum proficiency in one foreign language at the level of a second university course (1002). Other degree programs may also require foreign language. In some majors, the language requirement may be fully or partly counted in Area F.
This proficiency can be demonstrated in one of three ways:
See also: Challenging Courses , Foreign Language Substitution
Foreign language proficiency requirements are described in this catalog. Only students who have been certified by an authorized University System of Georgia diagnostic center as being incapable of learning a foreign language may substitute courses from the following lists to meet the foreign language requirements at Georgia College. The courses must be taken from the appropriate groups depending on the student's degree objectives.
Courses taken to substitute for foreign language courses must be in addition to those taken to fulfill core, major, minor or cognate requirements. No course may be taken to fulfill both core, major, minor or cognate requirements and to substitute for a foreign language. Students required to complete the second level of foreign language must complete two courses from Group I. Students required to complete the fourth level of language requirement must take two courses from Group I and two courses from Group II.
University System of Georgia policy allows students who are unable to complete the three-hour, Area A core mathematics requirement as a result of a documented disability to petition for a substitution of the requirement. To be eligible for a core mathematics substitution, a committee composed of the directors of three Regents’ Centers for Learning Disorders must determine that a student has a disability currently impacting his or her mathematics skill that precludes the potential for academic success despite reasonable accommodations and good faith effort. Documentation of this decision is provided to the Director of Disability Services at the student’s home campus. In addition, the student must be enrolled in a major program for which the substitution of the core curriculum mathematics course does not result in a fundamental alteration of the nature of the program of study. At Georgia College, these majors are: Art English History Liberal Studies Music Philosophy Rhetoric Theatre World Languages & Cultures
The following courses are appropriate substitutes to fulfill the Area A core mathematics requirement for students who qualify for the exemption and are enrolled in the majors listed above:
Academic Policies
Foreign Language Requirement Substitution
Area A Math Substitution