English
All students must complete English composition through EN 102. Take your first English composition course in the fall of your first year.

English 6 – Placed by faculty in EN 102H (Honors)
English 4 – Self-placement in EN 101
English 3 – Self-placement in EN 101 Intensive
English 1 – Placed by exam review in English as a Second Language (EN 098)

Mathematics
All students must take one semester of quantitative reasoning.  Currently that means all students must take one math course. Students receive a placement of 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1.  Please check the Math Placement Test Information page find the math placement grid. This grid explains which course you should take based on your academic interests and placement score. It will also tell you which semester in which to take the course.  If you are still deciding about your major, either follow the information for arts and sciences undeclared students or choose the math course for the major towards which you are leaning.

Foreign Language
Some students need to take a course in a foreign language. See the requirement listed below for each school. Quinnipiac offers courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. Although you are not required to take the course during your first semester at college, it is a good idea to do so if you are planning to continue a language you studied in high school. Placement tests are offered in French, German, Italian and Spanish. For Arabic, Chinese and Japanese, take the 101-level class. Even if you are not required to take a language, you may find it advantageous for your future career to continue studying a language at Quinnipiac.

College of Arts and Sciences:
All students must complete a foreign language through the 102 level.

School of Business:
International business: Students must complete four semesters of a foreign language.
All other business majors: Foreign language not required.

School of Communications:
All students must complete two semesters of a foreign language.

School of Health Sciences:
Foreign language not required.

Foreign language placement results chart:
Spanish 6 – Placement in SP 301   Italian 6 – Placement in IT 301
Spanish 4 – Placement in SP 201   Italian 4 – Placement in IT 201
Spanish 2 – Placement in SP 102   Italian 2 – Placement in IT 102
Spanish 1 – Placement in SP 101   Italian 1 – Placement in IT 101

French 6 – Placement in FR 301   German 6 – Placement in GR 301
French 4 – Placement in FR 201   German 4 – Placement in GR 201
French 2 – Placement in FR 102   German 2 – Placement in GR 102
French 1 – Placement in FR 101   German 1 – Placement in GR 101

 Examples of Placement Test Results