Modern Languages Major (B.A.)

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The Modern Languages program of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures offers programs of study in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese Russian and Spanish, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Students are strongly encouraged to attend our Summer study abroad programs: For Italian, at the Italiaidea Language School in Rome, Italy; for French, at the Sorbonne, in Paris, France; and for Spanish at the University of Alicante, in Alicante, Spain. Semester and year-long programs can be arranged through the Office of International Programs.

Incoming freshmen will have the opportunity to take an online placement test in the foreign language they wish to study. Other students may take a similar test through the Language Resource Center for a language that they have previously studied.

Link to College Core requirement.

The department offers primary majors in French, Italian, Spanish, or in modern languages (a combination of two of the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish). Students in each of the majors are required to complete 36 credits in courses above the elementary level except Chinese and Japanese, which include the elementary level. Students beginning their major at a level higher than intermediate or advanced may waive three or six credits with the permission of the department. Those majoring in modern languages will complete 21 credits in a major language and 18 in a secondary language, all credits above the elementary level except Chinese and Japanese. Education majors whose concentration is French, Italian or Spanish are required to complete 36 credits above the elementary level; education majors concentrating in Italian need 36 credits above the elementary level. The department also offers secondary majors. Students who elect to have French, Italian or Spanish as a secondary major will complete 36 credits in courses above the elementary level. Students who elect modern languages as a secondary major have the same requirements as in a primary major, 21 credits in a major language and 18 credits in a secondary language.

The sequence of courses for a major in Modern Languages, a combination of any two of the following languages: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Russian, or Spanish, is as follows:

Language A

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Intermediate I-II (courses numbered 2001-2002)		6
Advanced I-II (courses numbered 3001-3002)		6
Language, culture, or literature electives above the advanced level *		9
Total Hours		21

*

Students may choose from courses in conversation, film, special topics, civilization, business or literature.

or

The sequence for Heritage learners of Spanish is as follows:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
SPAN 2103 & SPAN 2104	Interm. Span Hisp I and Interm Span Hispanics II	6
SPAN 3001 & SPAN 3002	Adv Spanish I and Adv Spanish II	6
Language, culture, or literature electives above the advanced level *		9
Total Hours		21

*

Students may choose from courses in film, special topics, civilization, business or literature.

Language B

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Intermediate I-II (courses numbered 2001-2002)		6
Advanced I-II (courses numbered 3001-3002)		6
Language, culture, or literature electives above the advanced level		6
Total Hours		18

*

Students may choose from courses in conversation, film, special topics, civilization, business or literature.

or

The sequence for Heritage learners of Spanish is as follows:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
SPAN 2103 & SPAN 2104	Interm. Span Hisp I and Interm Span Hispanics II	6
SPAN 3101 & SPAN 3102	and	6
Language, culture, or literature electives above the advanced level *		6
Total Hours		18

*

Students may choose from courses in, film, special topics, civilization, business or literature.

Total: 39

Note: It is possible, with special permission of the department and the Dean, to major in Modern Languages with 24 credits in French, German, Italian, Russian or Spanish, and 18 in languages taught in the Asian Studies Program (Chinese and Japanese), or the Classical Studies Program (Latin and Greek).