Certain courses are inappropriate for students with native or near-native fluency in a particular language.  Native speakers of a foreign language (i.e. a language other than English) are welcome to take our courses at an appropriate skill level but they cannot be given credit for introductory courses in their native language (100/200 level), either by enrolling in the course or by taking an exam for credit.  Exceptions to this restriction, for example in the case of heritage speakers who need to take a lower level course to correct language deficiencies, must be approved by the relevant foreign language facultyin consultation with the chair. Other exceptions may apply, at the discretion of the coordinator and foreign language faculty in conjunction with the chair. 

Students must earn 30 of the last 36 hours, exclusive of student teaching, through EKU.

Students who transfer credits must earn no fewer than 15 upper-division hours in the major and 9 upper-division hours in the minor at EKU, the exact minimum to be determined by the department chair in consultation with the faculty in the major area.

Eastern Kentucky University students are required to obtain the department chair's written prior approval of any course work they plan to transfer back to EKU for application to the major or minor.

A grade of "C" or higher is required in each course to be applied toward the major, minor, or certificate.

Students in teaching programs must attain a minimum of 2.75 GPA in their teaching major to be recommended for student teaching.

French and Spanish majors must pass a departmental proficiency exam which covers spoken and written language, culture, and literature. Teaching majors must pass the proficiency exam to be recommended for student teaching. Students will ordinarily take the exam no later than in the first semester of their senior year.