The Modern and Classical Languages department offers work leading to the B.A. degree with majors and minors in French, German, and Spanish. A minor is offered in Classical Civilizations, Chinese, Latin and Japanese. The M.A. is available in Spanish. Courses are also offered in literature, linguistics and translation. All candidates for the B.A. and B.S. degree in the College of Arts and Sciences who matriculated before Fall 2015 are required to complete the equivalent of 8 semester hours of work in a single modern or classical language. Students with prior exposure to the language may be granted college credit after taking an online examination administered by the department, students must take this examination before completing registration for a language course (for regulations governing credit by examination, refer to Credit Available to Undergraduate Students in this bulletin). An advanced placement, AP, examination in the language with a score of 4 or higher satisfies the language requirement in most languages, as do CLEP and IB scores (see section on Credit by Examination on the department website).