Hi David, Old Dominion University in Virginia has a foreign language requirement for the Ecology Ph.D. program. It is similar to as you described - student picks language, committee selects a paper, and the student has to either translate it and/or answer questions regarding the information.
Cory > On Feb 2, 2015, at 3:37 PM, David Inouye <ino...@umd.edu> wrote: > > I know Univ. of NC still had a requirement in mid-1970s as I had to take an > exam then, and my son had to take one at Duke in the 1990s. Are there still > any Ph.D. programs that require students take a language exam? Typically > students had to read a paper in the chosen language, and then answer > questions about it posed by a faculty member or committee to confirm > comprehension. So just a reading requirement, not spoken. > > David Inouye
