Advanced Placement Courses & Credits

In collaboration with the Office of Admissions and the Office of the Registrar, the School has established a process of awarding advanced placement credits for prior knowledge of a foreign language.

For example, students who place in a higher level course such as Japanese 203 in their first course at WSU, and receive a grade of B or better, can earn credits for Japanese 101 and Japanese 102 if not already earned by previous AP or transfer credit.

Credits earned through AP and/or CLEP are subject to the lower division credit limitations (e.g., a maximum of 8 credits).

Earning Departmental Advanced Placement Credits

Students may earn up to 8 Advanced Placement Credits by placing into their first foreign language course at WSU above 101 and getting a “B” or better. The initial course must be the first course taken in that language at WSU.

Students cannot not earn duplicate credit for courses already earned by transfer or College Board Advanced Placement exams,

Advanced placement courses earned through the School are not assigned a letter grade. Instead, they are assigned an “S” grade for satisfactory, and do not configure into the student’s GPA.

FOR EXAMPLE:

• Take FREN 102 (Second Semester French) & get a B or better
  • Earn 4 AP credits for FREN 101
    
  • TOTAL AP credits earned = 4
• Take GER 203 (Third Semester German) & get a B or better
  • Earn 4 AP credits for GER 102 and 4 AP credits for German 101
    TOTAL AP credits earned = 8 credits
• Take CHIN 204 (Fourth Semester Chinese) & get a B or better
  • Earn 4 AP credits for CHIN 203 and 4 AP credits for CHIN 102
    TOTAL AP credits earned = 8 credits
• Take SPAN 306, 307 or 308 (Intermediate Language) & get a B or better
  • Earn 4 AP credits for SPAN 204 and 4 AP credits for SPAN 203
    TOTAL AP credits earned = 8 credits

Do you need to take the Language Placement Exam?

If you have not yet taken a language course at WSU and have prior experience in a language, you may need to take the language placement exam.  The placement exam evaluates your progress with the language, and places you in the appropriate language level course at WSU.  Click here for more information on the Language Placement Exam.