Foreign Language Requirement

Individual departments specify the conditions and policies for meeting foreign language requirements. Consult the departmental graduate adviser for this information.

Any one of the following may satisfy the general requirement of the University for proficiency in a foreign language:

  1. Recent completion of the second college year of an approved language with an average of 3.0 grade minimum.
  2. Demonstration of reading knowledge by an examination administered by the student's major department, with the examination over selected literature in the student's major field.
  3. Presentation of a certificate of completion of a similar foreign language examination for another graduate school.
  4. Presentation of satisfactory scores on the Graduate Foreign Language Test of the Educational Testing Service.

The foreign language requirement must be satisfied prior to admission to candidacy. International students may request that his/her native language be accepted, but it must be one that is needed for research at TCU. They must demonstrate ability to translate this language into English and, if no examiner is available in the foreign languages department, pay any required fee for employment of an approved interpreter. The substitution must have the approval of the chairman of the major department and the dean of the school/college.





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