French, German, Russian or Spanish

 

Contact the Department of Languages, Philosophy & Speech

Communication, 435-797-1209 or go to Old Main 204 to make an appointment for the test.

 

•  After you complete the test and it indicates you can bypass Lower-Division classes, you can get a form from our office, Main 204,  that you take to Registration and pay $25-$100 for those credits. After you pay for the credits, then you must return the form and receipt to Main 204.   If you don't, the credits will not be posted on your transcript.    
• You will get either an A or B on your transcript depending upon your score on the test.  With this purchase you can get up to 16 credits of Lower-Division language credit that will be placed on your transcript as transfer credit.  These grades will count toward your cumulative GPA. 

Mandarin Chinese or Japanese

 

 

Take the Chinese or Japanese Test --

To make an appointment for the test, contact Department Office.  Call 435-797-1209.    After you take the test you must take either CHIN or JAPN 3010, 3020, 2020, 2010, 1020 depending upon how you placed with the test.   Once the class is completed and you have a grade, you can come to the Department Office, Main 204, and get the form to buy the lower division credits.

 Korean or Portuguese

 

Register for KOR 3010 or 3020 or for PORT 3040 --

Contact Dept. Office for help getting authorization to register for the class.  Call -- 435-797-1211 or 435-797-1209.   After you take the class and you have a grade, you can come to the Department Office, Main 204, and get the form to buy the lower division credits.

Sometimes a prerequisite block will prevent you from registering for one of these classes.   Please call our department office at 435-797-1209 or come to Old Main 204 and we can authorize you on-line for the class.

After you have taken the class and your grade is posted on your transcript, come to the Languages, Philosophy & Speech Communication office, Main 204 and get a form to buy the credits.  You must get at least an "A" or a "B" in the class in order to buy the Lower-Division classes.   You take the form to Registration and pay for the credits -- then you must return the form and receipt to Main 204.    If you don't, the credits will not be posted on your transcript. 

 

LANGUAGE	WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:	BUYING CREDITS	GRADES
MANDARIN CHINESE	Take the Chinese Test -- To make an appointment for the test, contact Department Office.  Call 435-797-1209.    After you take the test you must take either CHIN 3010, 3020, 2020, 2010, 1020 depending upon how you placed with the test.   Once the class is completed and you have a grade, you can come to the Department Office, Main 204, and get the form to buy the lower division credits.	5 credits each L.D. class - Max. 20 credits - $25/class	Must get A or B in class
JAPANESE	Take Japanese Test-- Contact Department Office to make an appointment for the test.  Call 435-797-1209.  After you take the test you must take either JAPN 3010, 3020, 2020, 2010, 1020 depending upon how you placed with the test.   Once the class is completed and you have a grade, you can come to the Department Office, Main 204, and get the form to buy the lower division credits.	5 credits each L.D. class - Max. 20 credits - $25/class	Must get A or B in class
KOREAN	Register for KOR 3010 or 3020 -- Contact Dept. Office for help getting authorization to register for the class.  Call -- 435-797-1211 or 435-797-1209.   After you take the class and you have a grade, you can come to the Department Office, Main 204, and get the form to buy the lower division credits.	5 credits each L.D. class - Max. 20 credits - $25/class	Must get A or B in class
PORTUGUESE	Register for PORT 3040 Contact Dept. Office for help getting authorization to register for the class.  Call -- 435-797-1211 or 435-797-1209.   After you take the class and you have a grade, you can come to the Department Office, Main 204, and get the form to buy the lower division credits.	4 credits each L.D. class - Max. 16 credits - $25/class	Must get A or B in class

L.D. -- Lower Division 

U.D. -- Upper Division

 

NOTE:   Chinese and Japanese program does require Non-Native speakers to take a test and take a class in order to buy the Lower Division classes.  Again, contact the department office at 435-797-1209.   Native speakers must take the test also in order to buy the Lower Division classes.

 

 

Afriikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Aymara,

Bulgarian, Cakechiquel, Cambodian, Cantonese,

Cebuano, Czech, Danish, Dutch, ESL, Estonian,

Farsi-Persian, Fijian, Finnish, Guarani, Modern

Greek, Guarani, Haitian Croele, Hmong, Hungarian,

Icelandic, Ilonggo/Hiligaynon, Indonesian,

Italian, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Maori-NZ,

Mongolian, Navajo, Norwegian, Polish, Quechua,

Rarotongan, Romanian, Samoan, Serbo-

Croatian, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Thai, Tongan,

Ukranian, Vietnamese, Welsh.

 

BYU offers the testing once during the summer and three times during the Fall and Spring Semesters at one of these different locations:  Provo - BYU, Rexburg, Idaho - BYUI or St. George, Utah - Dixie St. College.

 

FLATS TEST SCHEDULE FOR FALL SEMESTER 2009

 

October 24 ,2009 at BYU-Provo

October 31, 2009 at BYU-Idaho

November 7, 2009 at Dixie Collegea000 a000156

 

TO BUY LOWER DIVISION CREDITS AFTER TAKING THE BYU LANGUAGE TEST: 

• After you have taken the BYU FLATS Test and you have received your test results, come to the Languages, Philosophy & Speech Communication office, Main 204 and get a form to buy the credits.  (You must get at least 12 credits on the results of the test in order to buy the  16 credits of Lower-Division classes.)   You take the form to Registration and pay for the credits -- then you must return the form and receipt to Main 204.    If you don't, the credits will not be posted on your transcript. 

• You will get Pass credits on your transcript.  With this purchase you can get 16 Lower-Division language Pass credits that will be placed on your transcript as transfer credit.  
• NOTE:  12 Pass credits from BYU is equal to 16 Pass credits at USU.