Retro Credits Information

RETRO-CREDITS
The retro-credits program allows students with significant prior language experience to benefit in several ways. It is designed to reward deserving students who have already spent years learning languages in high school and to encourage those students to seek university-level courses to complete a Minor or Major. Students desiring credit for language proficiency acquired before coming to PSU should consult in the Department.

HOW TO APPLY
Students must sign up for the retro-credits program with Kathy Dyer, Departmental Secretary, during the first three weeks of the semester in which they take their first language course. That course determines their entry level and the maximum credits they can earn through retro-credits. Transfer students who took language courses at another university or college are not eligible. No exceptions or extensions will be granted. The Department encourages students to seek faculty advice to determine their best entry level.

HOW IT WORKS
The following summarizes how students can receive credits in lower-level courses by enrolling in and successfully completing higher-level courses. The maximum number of hours in which students receive retro-credits is 15, if they successfully complete the fourth semester coursework:


FRENCH
Enroll in and earn B or better in: MLL 128 French Lang. & Culture II (5 hour, 2nd semester course)	Get ungraded credit in: MLL 124 French Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 1st semester course) OR
MLL 222 French Conversation I (2 hour, 3rd semester course)	MLL 124 French Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 1st semester course)
AND	AND
MLL 224 French Grammar & Comp I (3 hour, 3rd semester course)	MLL 128 French Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 2nd semester course) OR
MLL 326 French Conversation II (2 hour, 4th semester course)	MLL 124 French Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 1st semester course)
AND	AND
MLL 328 French Readings in Lit & Civ I (3 hour, 4th semester course)	MLL 128 French Lang. & Culture II (5 hour, 2nd semester course)
	AND
	MLL 222 French Conversation I (2 hour, 3rd semester course)
	AND
	MLL 224 French Gramm & Comp I (3 hour, 3rd semester course)
A Minor or Major in French includes Conversation I and II, Grammar & Composition I, and Readings I. See the departmental program guide for other required courses.

KOREAN
Enroll in and earn B or better in: MLL 198 Korean Lang. & Culture II (5 hour, 2nd semester course)	Get ungraded credit in: MLL 194 Korean Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 1st semester course)


PORTUGUESE
Enroll in and earn B or better in: MLL 148 Portuguese Lang. & Culture II (5 hour, 2nd semester course)	Get ungraded credit in: MLL 144 Portuguese Lang. & Cult. I (5 hour, 1st semester course)


RUSSIAN
Enroll in and earn B or better in: MLL 188 Russian Lang. & Culture II (5 hour, 2nd semester course)	Get ungraded credit in: MLL 184 Russian Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 1st semester course) OR
MLL 282 Russian Conversation I (2 hour, 3rd semester course) AND	MLL 184 Russian Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 1st semester course) AND
MLL 284 Russian Grammar & Comp. I (3 hour, 3rd semester course)	MLL 188 Russian Lang. & Cult. II (5 hour, 2nd semester course)


SPANISH
Enroll in and earn B or better in: MLL 158 Spanish Language & Culture II (5 hour, 2nd semester course)	Get ungraded credit in: MLL 154 Spanish Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 1st semester course) OR
MLL 252 Spanish Conversation I (2 hour, 3rd semester course) AND	MLL 154 Spanish Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 1st semester course) AND
MLL 254 Spanish Grammar & Comp. I (3 hour, 3rd semester course)	MLL 158 Spanish Lang. & Cult. II (5 hour, 2nd semester course) OR
MLL 356 Spanish Conversation II (2 hour, 4th semester course) AND	MLL 154 Spanish Lang. & Culture I (5 hour, 1st semester course) AND
MLL 358 Readings in Hispanic Lit & Civ I (3 hour, 4th semester course)	MLL 158 Spanish Lang & Culture II (5 hour, 2nd semester course) AND
	MLL 252 Spanish Conversation I (2 hour, 3rd semester course) AND
	MLL 254 Spanish Gramm & Comp I (3 hour, 3rd semester course)
A Minor or Major in Spanish include Conversation I and II, Grammar and Composition I, and Readings I. See the departmental program guide for other required courses.

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