World Language and Cultures Majors, BA

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

For more information about the World Languages and Cultures department, visit its website.

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 102/102L - (FYDT) 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 102/102L .

Modern Languages

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

*Important Note: Applications are not currently being accepted for this major.

World Language and Cultures Majors, BA

World Languages and Cultures Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 120 Credits

Modern Languages