Second Language Proficiency

All applicants who graduated from high school or earned a GED in 1997, or any year after, in the state of Oregon, must demonstrate proficiency in a second language. Demonstrate proficiency in one of the following ways:

• Pass with a C- or better, two years of the same high school-level second language
• Pass with a C- or better the third year of a high school-level second language
• Pass with a C- or better, two quarters or two semesters of the same college-level second language
• Pass a proficiency exam

Students must provide official high school or college transcripts to indicate the Second Language Proficiency has been met.

Fore more information, visit the Admissions section of the Oregon University System (OUS) web site for a copy of the OUS Second Language Policy. For a complete list of proficiency exams available for meeting the Second Language Requirement (including American Sign Language) please contact the Office of Admissions, Registration and Records.