University

Foreign Language Requirement for Admission

Foreign Language Requirement for Graduation

Chicago State University

Not required

All Majors  6 hours of college language (can be met by assessment/proficiency test or college level courses only)

Eastern Illinois University

Not required

All Bachelor Degrees 2 semesters of college language (can be met by 2 years of high school foreign language with a C or better)

Governors State University

Not required

Not required

Illinois State University

2 years of one foreign language OR 2 years of fine arts

College of Arts and Sciences  2 semesters of college language (can be met by successful completion of 3 years of same foreign language in high school)

Bachelor of Arts - 3 semesters of college language (can be met by proficiency test or college level course only)

Northeastern Illinois University

Not Required

Not Required

Northern Illinois University

Humanities: 2 years of the same language or combination of language, art, music, theatre

Bachelor of Arts - 2 years of one foreign language at the college level (can be met by 4 years of one foreign language in high school with a C or greater)

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Not required; used toward fulfillment of 2 year elective requirement.  Must include two years of the same language.

College of Liberal Arts - one year (2 courses) of college language (met by college coursework or exam only)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (in College of Liberal Arts) exempt from language requirement

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Not required - 2 years recommended

Bachelor of Arts college language required (met by college level coursework only)

University of Illinois Chicago

2 years of one language

College of Business 2 semesters of college level (can be met by 2 years of language in high school)

College of Architecture and the Arts 2 semesters at college level (can be met by 2 years of language in high school)

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 4 semesters at college level (met by language placement test or college level language courses only)

University of Illinois Springfield

2 years of one language or 2 years of fine arts.  Students applying to the Honors program must have 2 years of one language.

Freshman (not transfer students)  must demonstrate foreign language speaking proficiency at the second year/sophomore level (can be met by assessment or college courses only)

University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign

2 years of one language

Colleges of Business and Liberal Arts and Sciences up to the 4^th collegiate level of foreign language (can be met by 4 years of high school foreign language)

All other colleges up to the 3^rd collegiate level (can be met by 3 years of high school foreign language)

Western Illinois University

2 years of foreign language or 2 years of an elective that may include:  foreign language, music, art, theater, film, religion, philosophy, speech, or journalism

Selected majors bi-cultural-bi-lingual education, foreign language, and biology (can be met by 2 years of high school foreign language)