<p>I agree that the higher your GPA, the more motivated you are to complete Latin Honors. But even if you have a low GPA, your completion of Latin Honors requirements is noted on your transcript, even if you don’t receives a cum laude, summa cum laude, or magna cum laude on your diploma. </p>
<p>MWFN- Yes, if you are placed in an upper level course, you enroll in one-semester long courses and get credit at the end of each semester. You also usually only have class two days a week. It is only if you are taking a brand-new language and starting out in the intro course that you are required to do an entire year in order to get credit for either semester (so if you’re in year-long intro spanish, and you drop the class at the end of fall semester, you don’t get credit for the one semester’s worth of work you did. But if you stay for the whole year, you get two semester’s worth of credit). </p>
<p>Also, intro courses meet quite a bit, either five days a week or three days a week for an hour and a half or more. So if you’re starting a new language it can be a little daunting and make it difficult for you to take many other courses. I dropped French for Arabic and it was a major time problem for me. First year of Arabic I had intro three days a week for two hours plus per class plus homework. Second year it was three days a week for one hour and ten minutes, but the homework was even more intense. Languages are great, but they’re not easy on your time.</p>