Language

The Language ULR requires you to be able to communicate with culturally appropriate manners at an intermediate level in a world language other than English. Further, you must demonstrate a basic knowledge of cultural products, practices and perspectives of the target culture.  Courses currently approved to fulfill this ULR are listed below.  Links to placement, the ULR's outcomes, assessement and an archived list of courses no longer satisfying the ULR can be found below or in the navigation column.

Freshmen and Transfer Students With Fewer Than 56 Units
Freshmen and students transferring to CSU Monterey Bay with fewer than 56 units must acquire language proficiency through the fourth level (101, 102, 201 and 202) unless declaring and graduating in one of the following majors:

  • Biology
  • Business Administration
  • Environmental Sciences, Technology & Policy
  • Computer Science and Information Technology
  • Liberal Studies Multiple Subject Integrated Program
  • Mathematics

each of which requires proficiency only through third level (101, 102 and 201). These high-unit majors--in contrast to other majors which can be completed with 120 units--require in excess of 120 units or would exceed 120 units if a fourth-level of language were required. Therefore, the required language proficiency is through third level rather than fourth level.

Freshmen with Qualifying Advancement Placement Test Scores
Students entering CSUMB who have passed the Chinese Language and Culture, French Language, German Language, Italian Language (~2009), Japanese Language and Culture or Spanish Language Advanced Placement exam with a score of 3 or above are awarded six credits.

Students who score a 4 or 5 on the AP Exam have satisfied the Language ULR. Students who score a 3 on the AP Exam in Japanese Language and Culture or Spanish Language should take a placement exam or confer with  Language ULR chair Earl Brown to determine appropriate placement at CSUMB.

Transfer Students with 56 or More Units
Transfer students with 56 or more transferable units must acquire language proficiency through third level (levels 101, 102 and 201).

Placement for Language Proficiency in a Non-English Language
Students with proficiency in a language other than English are encouraged to work with faculty to determine their proficiency and be placed into language courses at the appropriate level.

Assessment Sections
Students may be able to meet the language requirement through assessment of prior learning in the following languages: Arabic (ARAB), American Sign Language (ASL), Cantonese (CANT), Farsi (FRSI), French (FREN), German (GERM), Hebrew (HEBR), Italian (ITAL), Japanese (JAPN), Korean (KOREAN), Mandarin (MAND), Polish (POL), Portuguese (PORT), Russian (RUS), Spanish (SPAN), Tagalog (TAG), Thai (THAI), Turkish (TURK) and Vietnamese (VIET). Students may enroll in the sections of language levels 101, 102, 201 or 202), whose course titles include the assessment abbreviation "ASMT."

Courses currently approved to fulfill this ULR are listed below. Courses no longer satisfying the ULR can be viewed in Archived Courses in the navigation column.  Also use the navigation column or click the following links to learn about the learning outcomes and assessment options for this requirement.

Approved Courses

  • Language 1

  • ASL 101: Beg American Sign Lang I (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • CHIN 101: Intro Chinese Lang & Culture (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1995

  • ITAL 101: Beginning Italian I (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • JAPN 101: Beginning Japanese I (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1995

  • KOR 101: Beginning Korean I ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1996

  • SPAN 101: Beginning Spanish I (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1995

  • VIET 101: Begin Vietnamese I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • Language 2

  • ASL 102: Beg American Sign Lang II (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • CHIN 102: Beg Chinese II (Mandarin) (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1996

  • ITAL 102: Beginning Italian II (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1997

  • JAPN 102: Beginning Japanese II (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1996

  • KOR 102: Beginning Korean II ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • PORT 102: Begin Portuguese II: ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2000

  • SPAN 102: Beginning Spanish II (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1996

  • Language 3

  • ARAB 201: Interm Arabic I: ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • ASL 201: Intermediate ASL I (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • CANT 201: Interm Cantonese I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • CHIN 201: Intrm Chinese I(Mandarin) (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • FREN 201: Interm French I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • FRSI 201: Interm Farsi I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • GERM 201: Interm German I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • HEBR 201: Interm Hebrew I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • ITAL 201: Intermediate Italian I (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • JAPN 201: Intermediate Japanese I (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • KOR 201: Interm Korean I ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • MAND 201: Interm Mandarin I ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • POL 201: Interm Polish I: ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • PORT 201: Interm Portuguese I: ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • RUS 201: Interm Russian I: ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • SPAN 201: Intermediate Spanish I (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1995

  • TAG 201: Interm Tagalog I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • THAI 201: Interm Thai I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • TURK 201: Interm Turkish I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • VIET 201: Interm Vietnamese I Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • Language 4

  • ARAB 202: Interm Arabic II: ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • ASL 202: Intermed ASL II (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1998

  • CANT 202: Interm Cantonese II Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • CHIN 202: Intermediate Chinese II (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1997

  • FREN 202: Interm French II Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • FRSI 202: Interm Farsi II Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • GERM 202: Interm German II Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • HEBR 202: Interm Hebrew II Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • ITAL 202: Intermed Italian II (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1998

  • JAPN 202: Intermediate Japanese II (4 to 6 units)
    Approved from Spring 1997

  • JAPN 301: Advanced Japn I (4 to 6 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • JAPN 302: Adv Japn II: History of Japan (4 to 6 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • JAPN 303: Business Japanese (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • JAPN 304: Technical Japanese (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • JAPN 380: Japan: Land & People (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2003

  • JAPN 401: Advanced Japanese III (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • JAPN 402: Advanced Japanese IV (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • KOR 202: Interm Korean II ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • MAND 202: Interm Mandarin II ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • POL 202: Interm Polish II: ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • PORT 202: Interm Portuguese II: ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • RUS 202: Interm Russian II: ASMT (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • SPAN 202: Intermediate Spanish II (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1996

  • SPAN 212: Span For Span Speakers I (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • SPAN 301: Comp/Oral Practice (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • SPAN 302: Hist/Phonetic Struct Span Lang (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1998

  • SPAN 303: Adv Spanish Grammar (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1997

  • SPAN 304: Intro To Hispanic Literat (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1998

  • SPAN 306: Cultur/Civ Span Ltn Amer (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • SPAN 310: Hispanic Child Lit (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • SPAN 321: Masterpieces of Hispanic Lit (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 2001

  • SPAN 425: La Literatura Mexicana (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1996

  • SPAN 426: Narativa Hispanoamericana (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1996

  • SPAN 427: Latin Amer Women Writers (4 units)
    Approved from Spring 1997

  • SPAN 428: La Literatura Afrolatina (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 1997

  • TAG 202: Interm Tagalog II Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • THAI 202: Interm Thai II Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • TURK 202: Interm Turkish II Assessment (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

  • VIET 202: Interm Vietnamese II Assessmnt (4 units)
    Approved from Fall 2005

Contact ULR Chair

Earl Brown

eabrown [at] csumb [dot] edu