Is it possible for me to take my prerequisites while in high school?

Is taking a course in university/college that you've taken before in high school illegal /cheating?

• So I took French all throughout high school from grades 8- 10. I took regular French, so I'm not really fluent like immersion or anything. Anyway, I'm about to go into my second year of university and my GPA has really been suffering from taking hard courses that I hate, and want to take an easier /fun course I'd enjoy to boost/ help my GPA a little, and that won't require too much work / frustration (something a little easier). So I thought I could take beginners French, for people who have never taken French before, so from scratch and it will be a little easier for me, is that possible? Or would the school like kick me out or something? Or record on my transcript that was illegal? In which case it wouldn't count and would be a waste of time and money on my part? Thanks a lot! * Also I just wanted to add that I did find French hard throughout high school, I wasn't like an A* student or anything. I got about B's to A- 's. *Another thing to add is that this is the VERY first French course at my university that requires no prerequisites and has 2 parts- "Beginning French 1" and "Beginning French 2". The next French after that is "University Prep French 1 and 2" for people who haven't done grade 12 French yet, or got lower that a C- I got like 82% in French 12 so a B, so should I maybe do that one, or is that cheating too? The next one after that is "First Year University French" which is for people who've done grade 12 French (and above C), but I have a feeling I shouldn't because it will only continue to bring my GPA down.

• Answer:

  See if your university offers a placement test. I was in the same situation with Spanish. I took the placement test and placed in the very beginning course. My counselor told me that if I had taken the Spanish in the last two years that I should take the accelerated course, but if it had been more than two years to take the beginning course. They would only not count your credit if you received college credit for your high school French. I would say take the easiest course, but just to be safe it couldn't hurt to make an appointment with an advisor in the foreign language department.