University of Washington Seattle

Office of Admissions

• Freshman
• Transfer
  • Plan Your Transfer
    • Equivalency Guide
    • Academic Planning Worksheets
    • Transfer Credit Policies
    • Plan for a Major
    • WACAS
  • Review Requirements
    • Core Subjects
      • English
      • • Applicants Whose First Language is Not English
      • Mathematics
      • Social Sciences
      • Foreign Languages
      • Science
      • Fine, Visual or Performing Arts
      • Academic Electives
    • The Transfer GPA
    • Enrollment Goals & Priorities
    • English Proficiency for Admission
    • Homeschool Policies
  • TAP: Transfer Admission & Planning
• International
• Postbacs

IF COMPLETED IN HIGH SCHOOL

Two years of study are required. The two years must be completed in the same language.

• The foreign language requirement will be considered satisfied for applicants who complete their education through the seventh grade in school(s)
  1. where English was not the language of instruction and
  2. in countries other than Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the U.S.
• International applicants who entered the U.S. education system prior to the 8th grade must satisfy the foreign language requirement.

Any natural language that has been formally studied may be used to satisfy this requirement, including American Sign Language (ASL, the language of the deaf community), and languages no longer spoken, such as Latin and ancient Greek. However, neither computer 'languages' nor forms of deaf signing aside from ASL are acceptable.

A foreign language course taken in the eighth grade may satisfy one year of the requirement if the second-year course is completed in high school.

IF MADE UP THROUGH COLLEGE COURSE WORK

For purposes of admission, each quarter of language in college is considered equivalent to one year in high school. Applicants who have never studied a foreign language will need to complete ten quarter credits of a single foreign language. However, an applicant who studied French for one year in high school needs to complete only the second quarter (e.g., FREN 102) or the second semester of a first-year language sequence. Of course, you may prefer to begin with 101 to refresh your memory.

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