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Foreign Language Placement
All students new to Wake Forest who have
studied a foreign language in high school
must complete foreign language placement.
Students will not receive credit for a class at a
lower level than the level of their placement
on the placement exam, unless they:
a. register for the class in which they placed;
b. attend a few class meetings;
c. consult with their professor; and
d. successfully appeal their placement to the language
placement appeals officers of the department
and be reassigned to a lower level course.
Students who continue with another foreign
language must take a placement test in that
one, too; if not during orientation, then before
registering for a course in it.
Students whose primary language (the
language of instruction in the student’s prior
schooling) is other than English are exempt
from the basic requirement in foreign language
(literature) and must fulfill Division II
requirements with courses whose readings
are in the English language: English, classics,
humanities (except those courses concentrating
on the literature of the student’s primary
language).
Students whose schooling has been in
English but who are fluent in a language not
taught at Wake Forest must present collegelevel
credit in the literature of the second
language to be exempt from the requirement;
the language review committee for international
students decides in such cases. If the
second language is taught at Wake Forest,
the relevant department decides whether the
student may complete the requirement in
that language or may be regarded as having
fulfilled the requirement already. Elective
courses in the language or literature of a
student’s heritage or country of origin are at
the discretion of the department offering the
course.
Divisional Requirements
All students must complete courses as specified
below in each of the five divisions of the
undergraduate curriculum (unless exempted
through procedures established by the departments
concerned or by participation in the
open curriculum). Together with the basic
requirements these courses form the core
of Wake Forest’s undergraduate liberal arts
education:
DIVISION I The Humanities: Religion, Philosophy,
and History. (three courses; no more than one
course from each group)
1. Religion 101, 102, 103, or 104
2. Philosophy 111
3. History 101, 102, 103, or 104
DIVISION II The Humanities: Literatures. (two
courses; no more than one course from any one
of the three groups)
1. English literature (English 160 or 165)
2. American literature (English 170 or 175)
3. Foreign literature (other than the course used for
the basic requirement)
– Classical languages
Greek 211, 212, 231, 241, or 242
Latin 211, 212, 216, 218, 221, 225, or 226
– German 214, 215, 216, or 240
– Chinese 211 or 212
– Near Eastern Languages & Literatures
211 or 212 (Hebrew)
– Japanese 211 or 212
– Romance languages (French or Spanish
literature above 213; Italian literature
above 215)
– Russian 215, 216, or 241
– In English translation:
Classics 255, 261, 263, or 264
East Asian Languages and Cultures 219, 221
German 240
Humanities 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219,
221, 222, or 223
Russian 241
R E Q U I R E M E N T S F O R D E G R E E S
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