The language requirements for EAS Majors and Specialists can be fulfilled in a few different ways: coursework, a placement test, or a combination of the two.
Students may successfully complete coursework at the appropriate level (200-level for Majors and 300-level for Specialists). Students with prior background may be able to place in a 200- or 300-level language class or meet the language requirement without taking courses by taking a waiver test. Students who pass the waiver placement tests for EAS Majors or Specialists, or who are placed in higher-level language courses, must replace those credits with Society-Culture courses at any level or courses in one of the other languages offered.
For Japanese and Korean, please register for the course placement interview/test process.
Upcoming Chinese Waiver Tests
Waiver tests for Major and Specialists will take place in August 2023.
Please submit a Chinese Waiver Test Form by 5pm on Thursday, August 17.
Please write an essay of 250 characters in Chinese. The title of your essay is “My Favourite City/Town.” Submit your essay in WORD format and email it as an attachment to Professor Hsiao-wei Rupprecht at hsiaowei.rupprecht@utoronto.ca by 5pm on Thursday, August 24. Make sure that, at the top of your essay, you include your student ID number, your names in English and Chinese, and indicate major or specialist.
You will have an interview on Zoom with Professor Rupprecht on Thursday, August 31, 10am – 2pm. You will receive the Zoom information later. Please note: no other interview time will be possible.
Please submit a Chinese Waiver Test Form by 5pm on Thursday, August 17.
Please write an essay of 300 characters in Chinese. The title of your essay is “My Favourite City/Town.” Submit your essay in WORD format and email it as an attachment to Professor Hsiao-wei Rupprecht at hsiaowei.rupprecht@utoronto.ca by 5pm on Thursday, August 24. Make sure that, at the top of your essay, you include your student ID number, your names in English and Chinese, and indicate major or specialist.
You will have an interview on Zoom with Professor Rupprecht on Thursday, August 31,10am – 2pm. You will receive the Zoom information later. Please note: no other interview time will be possible.
If you pass the waiver test, your language requirement on Degree Explorer will be waived. If you have any questions about this, please email the Program Administrator.