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 of 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 “C” or better)

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 courses 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 “C”

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 at 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. Honors students must have 2 years of one language.

Freshmen Honors Students – must demonstrate foreign language speaking proficiency at the second year/sophomore level (can be met by assessment test 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 4th collegiate level of foreign language (can be met by 4 years of high school foreign language)
All other colleges – up to  the 3rd 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)