Modern Languages Major (B.A.)
Director: Peter Shoemaker
www.shu.edu/academics/ba-modern-languages
In a world that’s more tightly connected than ever before, a language major can enhance almost any career path and open up a number of unique opportunities. From government work to law, diplomacy or classroom teaching, graduates from our Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures find rewarding careers and numerous options. For the Modern Languages major, students combine the study of two languages and corresponding literatures and cultures leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. Course listings for each of the LLC languages are searchable in this course catalogue.
Students are required to take an online placement test through the Global Learning Center in order to register for classes in any language(s) that they have previously studied.
Link to College Core requirement.
Students majoring in Modern Languages will complete 21 credits in a major language and 18 in a secondary language, with 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 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
| 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 | |
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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:
| 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 | |
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Students may choose from courses in film, special topics, civilization, business or literature.
Language B
| 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:
| 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 | |
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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).
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