<p>You need to look this up for the details, but Yale’s language requirement is essentially that you have to take a language up to a particular level. If you are starting a new language to meet the requirement, I believe you have to take at least three semesters. For a language you have previously studied, you take a placement test, and depending on how well you do, you have to take one, two, or three semesters. (You can’t place out of it entirely.)</p>