Axl_sued_me Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I'm looking at a local High School course catalog and there is a section that talks about D1 requirements for the NCAA. It says there are 16 core courses needed. It says 4 years of additional courses. That means 4 years of foreign language. That's crazy. I don't know any non athlete that took that many foreign language classes let alone athletes. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 I think you are looking at it wrong. Here is a link that I found on the interweb. https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/2011-12_Quick_Reference_Sheet.pdf The last section of 4 years of additional courses could be from: any area above (English, Math, Natural Science, English/Math, Social Science), foreign language, or religion/philosophy. I read that it doesn't need to be any foreign language. He just has to pass an additional 4 years of the above subjects. It could be 1 year of math, 1 more of science, 2 years of social sciences. The way I see entrance requirements from the NCAA, you have to be pretty dumb not to be eligible. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 You obviously don't go to my kids school then. They all have four years of Spanish. Which...BTW....is totally worthless. Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I was in HS in the mid 90s in central Nebraska. The vast majority of kids I was friends with took 4 years of foreign language. Quote Link to comment
jsneb83 Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I only took two years of foreign language because that was all that required for the College of Engineering at UNL Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I'm looking at a local High School course catalog and there is a section that talks about D1 requirements for the NCAA. It says there are 16 core courses needed. It says 4 years of additional courses. That means 4 years of foreign language. That's crazy. I don't know any non athlete that took that many foreign language classes let alone athletes. Most high school kids take 4 years of foreign language. It makes it so you don't have to take any in college. That's how it is in Nebraska, anyhow. I learned the hard way by only taking 3. Quote Link to comment
TITANIC VS LUSITANIA Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 You obviously don't go to my kids school then. They all have four years of Spanish. Which...BTW....is totally worthless. Try working construction. You will see how useful these things are. Quote Link to comment
Red Five Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 I'm looking at a local High School course catalog and there is a section that talks about D1 requirements for the NCAA. It says there are 16 core courses needed. It says 4 years of additional courses. That means 4 years of foreign language. That's crazy. I don't know any non athlete that took that many foreign language classes let alone athletes. Most high school kids take 4 years of foreign language. It makes it so you don't have to take any in college. That's how it is in Nebraska, anyhow. I learned the hard way by only taking 3. Exactly. 4 years of HS foreign language made me not have to take a class at UNL (I was in CBA), which by all accounts sucks. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 You obviously don't go to my kids school then. They all have four years of Spanish. Which...BTW....is totally worthless. Try working construction. You will see how useful these things are. sí. Quote Link to comment
Savage Husker Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Is four years of foreign language the same as four semesters? I only took foreign language junior/senior year of high school and that was sufficient enough to bypass any college foreign language courses. Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Is four years of foreign language the same as four semesters? I only took foreign language junior/senior year of high school and that was sufficient enough to bypass any college foreign language courses. 4-years would be 8 semesters. College foreign language courses would depend on the individual college and major that you choose. The OP was way off thinking that their child would need to complete 4 years of foreign language to be eligible under NCAA requirements. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Make a meeting with your kids high school counselor. They will take care of your questions and make sure your kid on the correct track. Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 You obviously don't go to my kids school then. They all have four years of Spanish. Which...BTW....is totally worthless. Try working construction. You will see how useful these things are. sí. they habla ingles. they just choose to act like they dont. Quote Link to comment
jsneb83 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Is four years of foreign language the same as four semesters? I only took foreign language junior/senior year of high school and that was sufficient enough to bypass any college foreign language courses.Depends on the high school's schedule. If they have 8-9 classes a day for 40-50 minutes each, one year is the whole school year. If they have a block schedule (4 classes for 90 minutes each) one semester counts as one year. Quote Link to comment
Savage Husker Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Is four years of foreign language the same as four semesters? I only took foreign language junior/senior year of high school and that was sufficient enough to bypass any college foreign language courses.Depends on the high school's schedule. If they have 8-9 classes a day for 40-50 minutes each, one year is the whole school year. If they have a block schedule (4 classes for 90 minutes each) one semester counts as one year.We had 54 minute classes 5 days a week. Just took my two to graduate HS, no major at my university required more foreign language, unless you were getting some degree in it. Quote Link to comment
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