Foreign Language Requirement

By action of the Florida Legislature, undergraduate students who enter a state university in Florida are subject to a foreign language admission requirement. To satisfy the requirement, a student must present evidence of: 

• The successful completion of two years of sequential foreign language (sequential levels of the same foreign language) or two years of American Sign Language study in high school, or 
• The successful completion of 8-10 semester hours of sequential foreign language (sequential levels of the same foreign language) or American Sign Language at the post-secondary level, or 
• Proficiency through a satisfactory score on the College Entry-Level Assessment (CELA), formerly (MAPS) test, for Latin or the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) foreign language examination.