The Bachelor of Arts degree requirements include the demonstration of intermediate proficiency in a foreign language. Students can satisfy this requirement through any of the following options:

•	by completing a capstone intermediate level course (202, 209, or 210)
•	by obtaining a satisfactory score on an approved proficiency test offered through the Modern and Classical Languages department (703-993-1220)
•	by earning appropriate test scores on the TOEFL exam:  (1) For the computer-based version, (a) a score of 230 or above with (b) a 4.5 or higher on the TOEFL exam is required.  (2) For the Internet-based iBT TOEFL, (a) a total score of 88 or higher is required with (b) minimum scores in each of the scored sections as follows:  Listening - 17; Reading - 18; Speaking - 22; Writing - 21.  Documentation of the test scores should be brought to our office in Enterprise Hall, Suite 316 for review.
•	by supplying substantive, third-party documentation (typically transcripts) to the Undergraduate Academic Affairs Office that they have completed four or more years of study in a foreign educational institution in which the primary language of instruction was other than English

The CHSS and COS degree requirements also include a mandatory three credit hours of coursework in non-Western culture beyond the university requirement of three hours in Global Understanding (for six total credits). As with foreign language waiver, students who can supply documentation that they have attended a native school in a non-Western country for four or more years may request a waiver of the CHSS or COS requirement. We do not review requests to waive the university’s three-credit Global Understanding requirement.

Please note: No credit is awarded for a waiver, and a waiver does not exempt the student from completing the necessary 120 credit hours of coursework; rather, students who receive a waiver may choose other courses to complete the total minimum credit requirement.