Fulfilling the Language Requirement in French

The language requirement may be fulfilled in French in one of four ways:

• By presenting a score of 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement French Language or French Literature Exams.
• By presenting a score of a 7, 6, 5, or 4 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Exam in French.
• By presenting a score of 650 or above on the SAT II in French or a comparable score on a written departmental test. Students with an SAT II score between 600-640 are eligible to take an oral test during the first week of the semester; if they pass the oral test, they are exempt from the language requirement.
• By successfully completing French 140 or 134 during the summer at Penn or Penn in Tours.

If you begin the language sequence at Penn with French 110, 120 or 130, you must complete the sequence by passing French 140 at Penn in order to fulfill the language requirement.

Once the language sequence is begun at Penn, it cannot be fulfilled by taking course work at another institution without the written permission of the Director of the French Language Program.