World Language and Cultures Majors, BA

Majors are available in French and Francophone Studies, German Cultural Studies, Hispanic Studies, and Italian.

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World Languages and Cultures Curriculum

	Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course	Fall Cr.	Spr. Cr.
First Year
MAJOR (GE) HUMN)	LANG 211–212 or 311–312 - Intermediate or Conversation/Composition	3	3
COGNATE	Second language or relevant electives³	3	3
GE WRTG	WRTG 107 - (FYW) Composition	3
GE QUANT	QUAN ELECT - Quantitative Reasoning Elective		3
GE C/IL	C/IL 102 - Computing and Information Literacy ⁵	3
GE SPCH	COMM 100 - (FYOC) Public Speaking ⁵	3
GE FSEM	First Year Seminar ⁴
GE PHIL	PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy		3
GE T/RS	T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible		3
		15	15
Second Year
MAJOR	LANG 311–312 - Adv. Conversation/ Comp¹	3	3
COGNATE	Second language or relevant electives³	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE NSCI	NSCI ELECT - Natural Science Electives	3	3
GE PHlL–T/RS	PHIL 210 - Ethics – T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3	3
		15	15
Third Year
MAJOR	LANG ELECT - Advanced Lang. Electives²	6	6
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Electives	3	6
GE PHIL or T/RS	PHIL ELECT - Philosophy or T/RS ELECT - T/RS Elective	3
GE S/BH	S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavioral Electives	3	3
		15	15
Fourth Year
MAJOR	LANG ELECT - Advanced Lang. Electives	6	6
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Cognate Electives	3	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	6	6
		15	15
	Total: 120 Credits

¹ Students who begin language at the Advanced (311) level will take 6 fewer credits in the major and 6 more credits in the cognate or free elective area in either the junior or senior year. In their second year, they will choose advanced language electives.

² French majors are required to take FREN 320 . Spanish majors will take SPAN 320 and SPAN 321 and three of the following four courses: SPAN 313 , SPAN 314 , SPAN 330 , or SPAN 331 .

³Recommended GE electives include a second language or history, political science, art history or other courses relevant to world area(s) of interest, such as HIST 125 /126 and PS 219 /323 for Latin America, HIST 132 -133 , PS 213 and ARTH 211 for Africa. Consult with your adviser.

⁴The selection of a First Year Seminar is likely to fulfill requirements both for the First Year Seminar and a General Education Requirement. Thus, the First Year Seminar will not add to the total credits for the semester. Talk with your advisor if you have any questions.

⁵An approved 3-credit EP Foundation Course may be substituted for COMM 100 and C/IL 102 .

Modern Languages

American Sign Language
Arabic
Chinese
French and Francophone Cultural Studies
German Cultural Studies
Hispanic Studies
Italian
Japanese
Portugese
Russian

World Language and Cultures Majors, BA

World Languages and Cultures Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 120 Credits

Modern Languages