Language Placement <p>Engineering and computer science students are not required to take a foreign language course.&nbsp; However, many students want to.&nbsp; If you do want to take foreign language courses, there is a good chance they could satisfy one or two General Education requirements.</p> <p>You will have opportunities before the New Student Orientation, and again at the New Student Orientation to take a Modern Language Placement exam.&nbsp; If you have taken a foreign language, and if you think there is any chance you might want to take a class at Pacific in this same language, you should go ahead and take this exam.</p>