Earn College Credit at 草榴视频 with the State Seal of Biliteracy or FLATS world language exams.
Students receive 草榴视频 credit for beginning and intermediate world-language courses either based on testing completed prior to enrollment, or through achievement testing here on campus.
You can use these credits towards your total (120) credits required for graduation, as elective credits toward a Spanish major or minor, or for other programs with world language requirements.
According to the MA Department of Education, 鈥淭he State Seal of Biliteracy is an award provided by state approved districts that recognizes high school graduates who attain high functional and academic levels of proficiency in English and a world language in recognition of having studied and attained proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation.鈥 . 草榴视频 also accepts seals from other states provided students have the correct documentation.
All languages are accepted. At present, Westfield State will be able to offer further language instruction in Spanish.
Please send documentation to hispanicstudies@westfield.ma.edu regarding the completion of the seal. Documentation must specify the foreign language and whether it is regular or with distinction. Documentation could include:
First Year students should wait until they have completed their high school requirements to send documentation.
Students will receive either 12 or 15 credits based on the language-level earned.
Students should see credit appear on their degree evaluation in MyWestfield as quickly as possible. If for whatever reason the documentation provided does not clearly state the level and language, it may take longer to receive credit.
Foreign Language Achievement Testing Services (FLATS) offered by the Brigham Young University consist of language ability tests that are developed by a team of language and testing experts in partnership with professors of each language, when available. Each test contains three sections (listening, grammar, and reading), and each section comprises approximately 50 items. The tests are scored based on the number of correct responses, and each student is recommended for pass or fail credit in first-semester, second semester, and third-semester courses.
FLATS exams are available for 草榴视频 credit in 50+ languages. At present, Westfield State will be able to offer further language instruction in Spanish.
Languages: Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Cantonese-Simplified, Cantonese-Traditional, Cebuano, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Fijian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek (Modern), Haitian-Creole, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilonggo-Hiligaynon, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Malay, Mandarin-Simplified, Mandarin-Traditional, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian-Farsi, Polish, Portuguese-Brazilian, Portuguese-Continental, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Thai, Tongan, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
Students must take the FLATS exam in-person, proctored at Westfield State in order for credits to be applied.
Students are able to earn 4, 8, or 12 credits per language via FLATS exams, with a maximum cap of 16 credits total for students who take multiple exams in different languages.
Once we have received the students' test scores, which can take up to one week from the time of test completion, credit should appear on their degree evaluation in MyWestfield as quickly as possible.
