Northwestern University
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Foreign Language Proficiency Table

This table summarizes ways to fulfill the WCAS Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement. For more details, please see the information on WCAS Foreign Language Proficiency Requirement in the online Weinberg College Student Handbook.

IMPORTANT NOTE: All courses used to attain the WCAS foreign language proficiency must be taken for a letter grade; they cannot be taken P/N.

Language Department Courses with a C- or Better AP Score Other
Arabic African & Asian Lang. AAL 106-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
Bosnian/
Croatian/
Serbian
Slavic Lang. & Literature Slavic 207-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
Chinese African & Asian Lang. AAL 112-3 none Dept. Test
Czech Slavic Lang. & Literature SLAVIC 206-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
French French & Italian FRENCH 121-3 or 125-3 (3rd quarter) or 201 4 or better Dept. Test and Interview
German German GERMAN 102-3, or German 201-4, 204, or 205 4 or better Dept. Test and Interview
Greek (Ancient) Classics GREEK 201-3
none Dept. Test
Hebrew African & Asian Lang. AAL 102-3 none Dept. Test
Hindi African & Asian Lang. AAL 129-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
Italian French & Italian ITALIAN 102-3, or 133/34-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
Japanese African & Asian Lang. AAL 116-3 or 217-1 none Dept. Test and Interview
Korean African & Asian Lang. AAL 126-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
Latin Classics LATIN 201-3 5 Dept. Test
Persian African & Asian Lang. AAL 119-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
Polish Slavic Lang. & Literature SLAVIC 208-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
Portuguese Spanish and Portuguese PORT 111-3 and 112-3 completed concurrently none Dept. Test
Russian Slavic Lang. & Literature SLAVIC 102-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
Spanish Spanish and Portuguese

SPANISH 121-3 or SPANISH 125-0
(prior to 2008-09: SPANISH 102-3)

4 or better Dept. Test and Interview
Swahili African & Asian Lang. AAL 122-3 none Dept. Test and Interview
Turkish African & Asian Lang. AAL 132-3 none Dept. Test and Interview

Updated 07/6/06