Students with Advanced AP Scores in German
Whether you have satisfied the WCAS Language Proficiency Requirement in German depends on your year of entry to Northwestern University. Please follow the guidelines below.
- Students who began their studies in the Fall of 2017: If you had an AP score of 4 or 5 in your AP German Exam, you have satisfied the WCAS Language Proficiency Requirement in German. Congratulations!
- Students who began their studies in the Fall of 2018 and 2019: If you had an AP score of 5 in your AP German Exam, you have satisfied the WCAS Language Proficiency Requirement in German. All others will have to take the online German Placement Test to be placed in an appropriate class.
- Students beginning their studies in the Fall of 2020: You will need to take the online German Placement Test regardless of your AP score to be placed in an appropriate class. Students with an AP of 4 or 5
will need, most likely, only one more class (either 102-3 Intermediate German taught in the Spring, 205 Focus Writing, or 221-3 Introduction to German Literature) to satisfy the WCAS Language Proficiency Requirement in German but check your placement exam results to find out.
AP Scores and Course Credits
An AP score of 4 will give you one language course credit (on the 100-level). An AP score of 5 will give you one additional language course credit (on the 200-level) which can be used towards a German Major or Minor.
If you have questions, please schedule a zoom meeting with the Director of Undergraduate Studies Franziska Lys here.
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