What competency does the department expect majors to have in their secondary language?
We expect majors to be able to read in the language by the time they graduate. Such language study may take place before or during their years as departmental majors. Most students demonstrate their competency by taking an upper-levelcourse in the literature of that language. Other students gain this competency by taking three terms of language study at Princeton, or two terms and an intensive language course in the summer, or(especially if the language is no longer spoken or one you studied in high school but not college)an intensive language course in the summer. You can also demonstrate your competency by having passed in highschool the AP test in a language that is not your primary language for the major. Some take a foreign language test administered by the relevant department.Many majors (including early concentrators) apply for and receive funding from the department to study a language over the summer (either in the United States or abroad).Please also seeplanning your major.
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