The Literature Department language requirement has two parts:

1. Reading proficiency in a second language. 

Students must present evidence of one of the following: 

One year (three quarters or equivalent) of college-level study of a non-English language (e.g. completion of Spanish 3 at UCSC)

or

Demonstrated reading ability at this level 

• Literature reading proficiency tests are available in the following languages:
  
  

  Language proficiency exams offered by the Literature Department

  Chinese	Hindi	Polish	Tagalog
  French	Italian	Portuguese	Ukrainian
  German	Japanese	Punjabi	Urdu
  Greek (Ancient)	Korean	Russian	Vietnamese
  Hebrew	Latin	Spanish

  UCSC also offers instruction in many of these languages.
• All students who would like to take a language proficiency test are encouraged to do so. Please contact the Literature Department at litdept@ucsc.edu for more information and to schedule a language proficiency test.

2.  Completion of LIT 102 Translation Theory; or one upper-division course in a non-English literature studied in the original language.

In order to be able to enroll in LIT 102, Translation Theory, during their junior year, we recommend that students complete the language proficiency requirement by the end of sophomore year.

Students proposing to take an upper-division course in a non-English language literature must have speaking, reading, and writing proficiency in the appropriate language, except in ancient languages (Greek, Latin) where only reading knowledge is required.