Category VI Breadth Requirement Policy

Category VI Breadth Requirement Policy *

UCI's Language Other Than English (Category VI) breadth requirement states that students must demonstrate competency in a language other than English by completing one of the following options:

A.	College-level course work equivalent to UCI's third quarter of study in a language other than English. UCI courses approved to satisfy this requirement are: Arabic 1C Chinese 1C, S1BC French 1C, S1BC German 1C, S1BC Greek 1C, S1BC Hebrew 1C, S1BC Italian 1C Japanese 1C, S1BC Korean 1C, S1BC Latin 1C, S1BC Portuguese 1C Russian 1C Spanish 1C, S1BC Tagalog 1C Vietnamese 1C,S1BC
B.	Credit for three years of high school study or its equivalent in a single language other than English with a C average or better in the third year.
C.	A score of 3, 4 or 5 on a College Board Advanced Placement Examination in a language other than English.
D.	A score of 570 or better on a College Board SAT examination in a language other than English, with the exception of the test in Modern Hebrew for which a score of 500 or better is required.
E.	Completion of an approved course of study through the Education Abroad Program (EAP). Careful planning is required to ensure that this requirement is fulfilled. Check with an EAP counselor at the Center for International Education to determine the programs in countries that fulfill this requirement.
F.	The equivalent as determined by an appropriate and available means of evaluation. For Information on availability of such examinations and testing schedules, consult the Academic Testing Center, 3040 Anteater Instruction and Resource Building, (949) 824-6207. If an appropriate means of evaluating competence in a non-English language of instruction does not exist, satisfactory completion, with a C average or better, of two years of formal schooling at the sixth grade level or higher in an institution where the language of instruction is not English will meet the requirement. Appropriate documentation must be presented to substantiate that the course work was completed.
*	UPDATE: The Category VI breadth requirement was reduced to the 1C level effective fall 2004, while the Category VII breadth requirement has increased by 1 course (with a 2A language course becoming one of the options for that course). Due to a recent policy decision, current students who will be enrolled as full-time students in the fall of 2004 may elect to adopt these breadth requirement changes without changing their original "catalogue year" requirements. Check with an academic counselor in your school for more information.