Senate Document Number 3999S

Date of Senate Approval 4/08/99

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document #23 Foreign Language Placement Examinations

Delete: On p. 46, under the title "Foreign Language (0-6 semester hours)", the paragraph beginning "Students must fulfill ... ."

Replace: with the following

Students must fulfill the foreign language requirement by demonstrating competence through the 120 level or above. This can be done either through a placement exam or through completion of the appropriate level course work.

Students who wish to use French, German or Spanish to fulfill their foreign language requirement, and who have had previous exposure to their chosen language, should take a foreign language placement exam during their first year at UNCA. Placement exams are given during new student orientation in August and during preregistration in November and April.

Impact:

This proposal does not affect current major, minor or University requirements. As it has no effect on other departments, the change requires no concurrence, and it does not affect resources in the Department.

Rationale:

Paragraph one of this proposal more clearly restates the policy in the current catalog. Paragraph two will ensure that French, German, and Spanish students are placed in courses before their previously-acquired language skills become severely degraded from disuse. This should allow students to complete General Education requirements in a more timely fashion. Minors and majors will be able to move more quickly into upper-division courses.