Foreign language is a general education requirement. It may be satisfied by completing the third quarter (Language 3) in a foreign language at UCSB or an equivalent course at another college or university (students who elect this option must complete four additional units for graduation); or achieving a satisfactory score on a SAT Subject Test in aforeign language; or earning a score of 3 or better on a College Board Advanced Placement Test in a foreign language; or earning a score of 5 or higher on an International Baccalaureate Higher Level Exam in foreign language; or completing the third year of one language in high school with a grade point average of at least 2.0 for the third-year course; or demonstrating proficiency on a UCSB foreign language placement examination. In addition, the majors listed below require a higher level of foreign language study.
Asian Studies
REQUIRED: Two years (Courses 1-6 or
the equivalent) of Chinese, Japanese or
Korean or another Asian language appropriate
to area of concentration in the
major. Students may also demonstrate
proficiency by examination.
Chicana and Chicano Studies
REQUIRED: Spanish 3 or demonstration
of equivalent proficiency.
Chinese/Japanese
Minimum three years required. Students
may also demonstrate proficiency by
examination.
Classics
REQUIRED: Spanish 3 or demonstration
of equivalent proficiency.
Classics
REQUIRED: Elementary Greek (Greek 1, 2, 3) and Greek 100 (Greek Prose) and 101 (Greek Poetry); or Elementary Latin (Latin 1, 2, 3) and Latin 100 (Latin Prose) and 101 (Latin Poetry).
Comparative Literature
REQUIRED: To begin the major, students must be prepared for upper division literature courses in the two languages of concentration. Preparation usually includes six quarters of lower division work, or the equivalent, in one or two modern or ancient foreign languages such as Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish.
English
REQUIRED: A fifth quarter (or equivalent)
of any foreign language currently taught
at UCSB, or other language by petition; or
the third quarter (or equivalent) of a foreign
language plus three upper-division
courses of foreign literature in translation.
Global Studies
REQUIRED: A sixth quarter of a modern foreign language plus either one year of upper division work in the same language or the third quarter of a second language.
Individual Major
Individual majors sometimes require proficiency in foreign language.
Latin American and Iberian Studies
REQUIRED: Intermediate Spanish (Spanish 6) or Intermediate Portuguese (Portuguese 6) or the equivalent (defined as knowledge of a native speaker or credit in courses requiring same proficiency as Spanish 6 or Portuguese 6 at UC Santa Barbara); students may also demonstrate proficiency by examination in which either language is translated into English.
Linguistics
REQUIRED: The sixth quarter of any foreign language plus the third quarter of a second foreign language from a different language family. Some emphases specify particular languages.
Music
REQUIRED: The sixth quarter, or the equivalent, in French, German or Italian; or the third quarter in each of two of the listed languages.
International Relations
REQUIRED: A fifth quarter of a foreign language or the equivalent.
Renaissance Studies
REQUIRED: A reading knowledge of Latin or a modern European language, equivalent to six quarters. Students may demonstrate proficiency by examination.
