Course Selection Guidebook [pdf] - College of William and Mary

Course Selection Guidebook – Fall 2011Beginning-Level language courses unless space remains in these classes once underclass studentshave registered.N.B. Credit will not be given for modern language courses that, using the formula of one highschool year equals one college semester, repeat the level of courses taken in high school. Incomingfreshmen and transfer students with 4 or more years of high school study in one language or theequivalent of 202 at the transfer institution will be considered to have completed the languagerequirement and must enroll in appropriate courses above the 202 level. Students who havecompleted Level III in a modern foreign language in high school may not receive credit for 101-102in college, and students who have completed Level IV in a modern foreign language in high schoolmay not receive credit for 201-202 in college. Exceptions may only be made with the prior writtenapproval of the language section coordinator and the chair or associate chair of Modern Languages.Questions about placement should be addressed to the appropriate language section coordinator.B. If you are concerned that your circumstances warrant a different placement, please contact thecoordinator or the appropriate language section. There is no exam offered for placement purposesexcept in Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Latin and Russian. (see below for Latin)C. Please refer to Section IV for information regarding how Advanced Placement examinations canexempt a student from the foreign language proficiency requirement.D. Students who seed to declare a major in their native language or continue in their native languageshould contact the appropriate language section coordinator for placement assistance.Classical Languages (Greek, Hebrew, and Latin):Greek and HebrewStudents who wish to take a placement examination in Classical Greek or Biblical Hebrew shouldcontact the Department of Classical Studies to make individual arrangements for testing.LatinA student who wishes to continue in Latin at the college of William and Mary will be placed into theappropriate level according to one of the following standardized examinations: SAT II Subject test in LatinAP-VergilAP-Latin Literature (Catullus-Horace; Catullus-Ovid; or Catullus-Cicero (only one AP-Latin Literature exam can count for credit at William and Mary)The Department of Classical Studies does not allow self-placement under any circumstances.Students must take one of the exams specified above to be placed into a Latin course.Placement by Score on our Latin Placement Test or the SAT II Achievement Test in Latin 650 or above: 300 level Latin or above 450-640: Latin 201 below 450: Latin 101Placement by Latin AP Exam6