All undergraduate students who are admitted to a public university or college in Florida shall have earned 2 credits of sequential foreign language in high school or 8 to 10 credits in one foreign language at the college level. This includes demonstrated proficiency in American Sign Language, e.g., 2 credits of high school level instruction or 8 to 10 credit hours of college level instruction. The law specifically exempts 2 groups of undergraduate students from the foreign language requirement:

1. students who received Associate in Arts Degrees prior to September 1, 1989; and





2. students who enrolled full-time in a program of study leading to an Associate in Arts Degree from a Florida community college prior to August 1, 1989, and who maintain continuous full-time enrollment until they are admitted to a university. (Continuous full-time enrollment shall be defined as enrollment in one course per academic year until admitted to a university.)

In addition, the rule provides for a limited number of students to be admitted to the State University System without meeting the foreign language requirement if there is evidence that the applicant is expected to do successful academic work at the admitting university. However, any Associate in Arts degree graduate from a public community college or university in Florida, or other upper-division transfer student, admitted without meeting the foreign language requirement, must earn such credits prior to graduation from a state university.

Students are strongly encouraged to complete foreign language requirements at the junior (community) college. Students should not confuse this admissions requirement to the state universities with the foreign language exit/graduation requirements each institution may have. Students should check with the university they plan to attend to determine that institution’s foreign language graduation requirement.

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