Certainly.
When I was in graduate school, the "language requirement" was solely a reading requirement. In my field they felt that it was important to be able to read scientific papers published in certain important languages. The Modern Languages department actually offered a course in "French for Reading Knowledge," and I had to pass an exam solely in reading French to completely my degree.
(I took the course, crammed for the exam, just barely passed it, and promptly forgot everything)