<div id="cs_control_539"> <div id="CS_Element_containerMain1" class="zoneContentContainer"> <div id="cs_control_639" class="cs_control CS_Element_Textblock"> <div class="CS_Textblock_Text"> <p>Students earning a BA degree in LAHS or COS must demonstrate intermediate-level proficiency in one foreign language.&nbsp; George Mason offers Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian and Spanish.&nbsp; Students can demonstrate proficiency in three ways:</p> <ol> <li>by completing one foreign language course at the 202 level or above; (Students with no prior experience with the language should register for 101 or 109. Students continuing a foreign language should take the <a href="http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/LAB/test.html">Foreign Language Placement Test</a>.)</li> <li>by achieving a satisfactory score on an approved proficiency test;</li> <li>by presenting for admission to George Mason University a score of 230 or above on the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and a 4.5 on the TOEFL essay for students whose native language is not English.</li> </ol> <p>For further information, see the <a href="http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/LAB/test.html">Foreign Language Placement Test website.</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> 3 2008-09-02T20:03:38Z 189 0607language 144 10 1 2008-09-02T20:03:38Z 2008-09-02