Office of Admissions

Second Language Proficiency

If you graduated from high school in spring 1997 or later, or if you took the GED in June 1997 or later, you must demonstrate second-language proficiency to be admitted to the UO.

You can fulfill the second language admission requirement in the following ways:

1. Completing high school or college credit with a grade of C- or better

  • Two years of the same high school-level second language, or
  • The third year of high school-level second language, or
  • Two quarters or semesters of a college-level second language

2. Proficiency-based assessment options

  • Pass the Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency (STAMP) test with a score of at least novice-high, or
  • OUS/PASS second language proficiency assessment (Benchmark IV on COFLT Oral Assessment), or
  • Demonstrated proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL) (Benchmark III), or
  • ACTFL oral proficiency interview, or
  • Satisfactory performance (grade of C- or higher at 101 and 102 course level) on a Brigham Young Foreign Language Assessment, or
  • Score of 530 or higher (500 if taken prior to May 1995) on the SAT Subject Test, or
  • Score of 2 or higher on an Advanced Placement Foreign Language Test, or
  • Score of 4 or higher on an International Baccalaureate High Level Foreign Language Exam, or
  • Score of 40 or higher on a CLEP Foreign Language Exam, or
  • Satisfactory performance on a college second language departmental challenge exam, or
  • Education satisfactorily completed through seventh grade in school or country where English is not the language of instruction

If you are admitted as an exception to the second-language requirement, you will be required to complete two college terms of the same second language before graduating from the University of Oregon.

More information is available by contacting the Office of Admissions.