For Advisers
Curriculum, course numbering, class meeting patterns, contact hours, placement procedures, and registration processes vary by language. Before exploring the resources below, please read the For New Undergraduate Students page to learn how language placement and course enrollment work. The resources below provide additional information about language placement and language study at Northwestern.
Updated 9/5/26
Quick Reference
- Language Requirements: Links to undergraduate schools language requirements and related policies. Under Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, you can find information on:
- Language Study Flowchart: Step-by-step protocols based on student's background and interests.
- Language Pathway: Course sequences and descriptions in language programs by level.
- Contact Hours: Class meetings frequency and annual course offerings schedules.
- Language Placement Test Information: Placement procedures vary by language. Placement results may expire, and the length of validity also varies by language. Please review this page carefully.
- AP and IB Language Credits: AP or IB scores may be used in lieu of a placement test depending on the language.
- Language Placement Results: Advisers do not have access to placement test results; however, students can check their placement results in this page.
- Language Program Contacts: List of placements coordinators by language and link to individual language department websites.
- New Transfer and First-Year Students' Registration: Shows whether new students need a permission number to register for a language class.
- Study of Languages not Offered at Northwestern: Students may be able to study a language not offered at Northwestern through BTAA CourseShare. Please read all notes carefully.
- Language Programs Directory: Placement Coordinators, Program Directors (under "Course Offerings"), DUS, and DGS.
Advisers can find additional resources on language study at Northwestern on the Office for Undergraduate Studies and Advising (OUSA) Commons (below - NetID required).