Students Entered Prior to 2013

If you have any questions, contact the Center for Academic Advisement and Student Success, 3207 Boylan Hall, 718.951.5471.

Lower Tier

Select one course from each box (nine courses required).

Arts and Literatures Philosophical and Social Inquiry Scientific Inquiry
CORC 1110: Classical Cultures CORC 1210: Knowledge, Reality and Values CORC 1311: Thinking Mathematically
CORC 1312: Computing—Nature, Power and Limits
CORC 1120: Introduction to Art CORC 1220: Shaping of the Modern World CORC 1321: Biology for Today’s World
CORC 1322: Science In Modern Life—Chemistry
CORC 1130: Music – Its Language, History and Culture CORC 1230: People, Power and Politics CORC 1331: Physics—The Simple Laws That Govern the Universe
CORC 1332: Geology—The Science of Our World

Upper Tier

Select one course from two different boxes (two courses required).

Arts and Literatures: Exploring Arts Literature Philosophical and Social Inquiry: Exploring Global Connections Scientific Inquiry: Exploring Science
AFST 3247
CLAS 2104 / ENGL 2004
CLAS 2109
CLAS 2113
CLAS 2114
CLAS 2117
ENGL 2001
ENGL 2002
ENGL 2003
ENGL 2006
ENGL 2007
ENGL 2008
JUST 2545
MLAN 2012
MLAN 2015
PHIL 2501 (previously CORC 3101–3199)
AFST 3135
AFST 3349
ANTH 1105
ARTD 1035
CLAS 3209
JUST 3025
MUSC 3101
PRLS 3203
SPAN 2204 (previously CORC 3201–3299)
ANTH 2216
ANTH 1205 / CHEM 1037
CISC 1003
EESC 1050
EESC 1060
HNSC 3314
MATH 1801
PHYS 1040
PHYS 1070
PHYS 1080
PHYS 1085
PHYS 1090 (previously CORC 3301–3399)

Academic Foundations

English Composition Foreign Language Speech
English 1: English Composition I
English 2: English Composition II
Satisfaction of College Requirement Screening by the Speech Communication Arts and Sciences Department

Core Curriculum Foreign Language Requirement

The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures participates in the college’s Core Curriculum through the foreign language requirement.

The department shares responsibility for Core Studies 6 and 10 with other departments.

  • All baccalaureate students are required to complete one course in a foreign language at Level 3 (the third semester of study at the college level) or to demonstrate an equivalent proficiency by examination, except as modified as follows.
  • Admission to Level 3 presupposes two years of secondary-school language study. Students who offer only one year of foreign language study (or none at all) are required to take one or two semesters of college study (Levels 1 and/or 2) before they can take Level 3. A student who has studied a language in high school for at least two years, or who has completed Level 1 and 2 of a foreign language at the college level, and wants to study a different language at the college level may do so, but this student must complete a minimum of two terms of the new language at the college level to fulfill the requirement.
  • Students who have successfully completed three years of one language in high school and have passed the Regents Level 3 are exempted from the language requirement.
  • Students whose native language is not English may be exempted from this requirement by passing one of the proficiency examinations administered by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. A student can be exempted from the foreign language requirement by demonstrating proficiency (which includes the ability to read and write the language) in a natural language, ancient or modern. If the language presented is not taught at the college, external certified documentation may be required. The college does not accept proficiency in American Sign Language as sufficient for exemption from the language requirement. Students who offer Hebrew or Yiddish will be sent to the Department of Judaic Studies for proficiency testing.

Language Exemption

All baccalaureate students are required to complete one course in a foreign language at Level 3 (the third semester of study at the college level) or to demonstrate an equivalent proficiency by examination, except as modified as follows.

  • If a student provides proof of the high school Regents Exam with a diploma and transcript, an exemption from language will automatically be placed on his or her Brooklyn College transcript.
  • If a student has transfer credit from a college where the language spoken is other than English, an exemption from language will automatically be placed on his or her Brooklyn College transcript.
  • A student who has studied a language for at least two years in high school or two terms at another college and wants to study a different language at the college level may do so, but this student must complete a minimum of two terms of the new language at the college level to fulfill the Core Curriculum requirement.
  • If a student attended a yeshiva, exemption will be determined by the Department of Judaic Studies.
  • If a student has a General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCE—”A” Level or the “0” Level, or the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC)), the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will determine the equivalent credit.
  • If a student provides proof of three years of language, with a grade of C (70) or better, from a private New York high school or out-of-state (non-Regents) high school, an exemption will be given. If a student does not have proof of Regents, he or she has three options:
    • Make a greater effort to obtain the proof.
    • Take a placement exam in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
    • Register for Level 3 and complete language courses at Brooklyn College.
  • Students who attended high school in a foreign country should consult the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures about placement and/or exemption.
  • Credit or exemption is not given for sign language.
  • Credit is not given for an exemption exam.

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