ok, another paranoid thread.

this my languages part of my degree audit:
LANGUAGES (9 HRS)

ENG 111 900 COMP AND RHETORIC 03.00 8/02 TR 020100
ENG 112 900 COMP AND READING 03.00 8/02 TR 020200
COM 110 030 PUBLIC SPEAKING 03.00 8/03 A- 020300
GRP 520 FOREIGN LANG PROFICIENCY Coreq 020400

well i have 9 hours. but whats this foreign lang proficiency i need? i took a foreign language, intro to farsi . basically a level 1 class.
when i click on it, it says "No Data Available"

degree key: 11BLS 981
what do i do? this is pretty much my last concern

--baonest

[Edited on January 13, 2006 at 12:01 AM. Reason : -]

1/12/2006 11:59:29 PM

you probably need more than just 3 hours

i doubt an intro class counts as proficient

[Edited on January 13, 2006 at 12:50 AM. Reason : email your adviser durrr]

1/13/2006 12:49:31 AM

usually to earn proficiency you have to get up to the 201 level...so probably one more year of farsi will do it...which kinda sucks for you but talk to your advisor.

1/13/2006 12:54:26 AM

do you even have an advisor?

1/13/2006 1:46:18 AM

^^ The university's proficiency is to the 102 level. Many majors on campus have this same language requirement. These majors are usually in the sciences. Some majors go to the 201 level. English degrees go to the 202 level.

The BLS degree only goes to the 102 level. When you click on that For. Lang.co-req. it should be pulling up FL classes to the 102 level and mention something about high school proficiency. If you only have one semester of farsi, that is not enough to meet the requirement. You would need two semesters. But let me ask this- how much foreign language did you have in high school? If you had two years of the same for. language with Bs or better or three years with Cs or better, you will have 102 proficiency.

Hope this reduces your anxiety. If not, let me know.

1/13/2006 5:11:57 AM

^^
Unless its accidentally floating around somewhere else on the degree audit, I'm with Omar ... this is something that should have been caught long ago by an advisor. Go to your advisor and see if it is floating around / a manual substitution is needed.

^
To backup what wolfeee said:
Go here: http://ncstateundergradadmissions.custhelp.com/ . Click "Search", Type "Foreign Language", third link.

Quote :

"Question What is the foreign language requirement for graduation? Answer It depends! The answer for each student depends on the level of foreign language required for a particular major. At a minimum, ALL students must demonstrate competency at the Foreign Language second semester (FL102) level in a modern or classical Foreign Language. Some NC State degrees, however, require more Foreign Language, up to the third or fourth semester level (FL201 or 202, for example)."

You can also demonstrate profiency from foreign languages that you took in high school. Same search, first link:

Quote :

"NC State offers a "theoretical" high school equivalency of language through the FL 102 level based on the following:: If a student has two years of foreign language in high school with grades of B or better, or three years of foreign language with Cs or better, then that student is deemed to have the theoretical equivalent of FL 102 at State."

[Edited on January 13, 2006 at 5:27 AM. Reason : wolfeee wakes up earlier than me]

1/13/2006 5:24:15 AM

if my degree audit says i need a 201 level FL, can i take a placement exam and place out of it or do i need to take the actual course

1/13/2006 7:52:29 AM

spanish 201 is what i did for my foriegn language proficiency.

the intro level language classes I had like greek 101 and spanish 101 don't even count as hours I believe, spanish 102 counted as hours but didn't meet the proficiency requirement, and spanish 201 was the only one to met the req and count as hours.

It is kind of deceptive to have a 3 hour language requirement listed on degree audit, but then when you do further research you see the coreqs actually requires 9 hours of a foreign language unless you do a placement exam. Although I tried the placement exam and placed into fls 110, but it was to fast paced since I was away from any spanish for several years so I dropped it and went the 101, 102, 201 standard route.

1/13/2006 10:18:43 AM

thanks for the help. i just went to the bls dept. yeah pretty much i gotta take farsi level 2. but good thing is that i can take it for credit which is good cuz i have more important classes.

bad thing is that its at 4:30-5:20 M-W-F. which messes my work schedule up. but oh well, i gotta graduate

1/13/2006 11:41:03 AM

atleast it doesn't take you to the 3 level language class... 201s you have to do for a grade. i passed spanish 201 as much on the good graces of my professor as my knowledge of the subject.

1/13/2006 1:20:45 PM