Foreign Language Skills
Requirements: Optional. Requirements Vary Upon Desired Placement Site
- Students interested in serving in Spanish-speaking countries must apply with strong intermediate proficiency, which is usually demonstrated by completing at least two 2000-level courses.
- Students interested in serving in French-speaking countries must apply with intermediate proficiency in any Romance Language, which is usually demonstrated by completing at least one 2000-level course in any Romance Language.
- For students interested in applying anywhere else, no explicit language requirements are necessary for most other countries. However, you will still likely learn and utilize another language during service. It is helpful to have taken at least one foreign language class.
- If you are a strong native speaker of Spanish or French and want to serve in a country that speaks your native language, you are exempt from the language requirement.
