World Languages and Literatures, (B.A.)

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Program objectives for a B.A. in World Languages and Literatures are: (a) have functional control of the appropriate fundamental language skills for the principal language of the major. For modern languages, these include speaking, listening, reading, and writing. For ancient languages, these include reading, reciting in a standard scholarly reconstructed pronunciation, and the ability to analyze grammatical structures in detail; (b) be able to describe and critically evaluate the cultural assumptions and points of view of the targeted culture(s) of their principal language of concentration; (c) Be able to describe and appreciate the interplay of literature, language, history, and culture in the principal language of concentration.

University General Education Program (41 hours)

See Graduation from the University for the University General Education Program requirements.

College and Degree (B.A.) Requirements (6-9 hours)

The College and Bachelor of Arts requirements are in addition to the University General Education Program requirements and are listed above.

The Major (24-33 hours)

Successful completion of one of the following concentrations:

A single-language concentration in French, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, or *Spanish: 24 upper division semester hours.
A two-language concentration chosen from Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish: 27 upper division semester hours with a minimum of 9 semester hours in each language.
A three-language concentration chosen from Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish: All three language concentrations require prior consultation with the approval of the department chair. Plans will normally include at least 33 upper division semester hours to include at least 12 semester hours in each of two languages plus approved course work in a third language.

* Students with a single-language concentration in Spanish must take

SPAN 4410 - Spanish Lit and Civilization Credit Hours: (3)
SPAN 4510 - Spanish Amer Lit/Civilization Credit Hours: (3)
SPAN 4563 - Hispanic Literature Genres Credit Hours: (3)

Electives

Electives may be chosen to bring the total number of hours to 120.

Typical 4-Year French Concentration Sequence

Freshman Year

ENGL 1010 - English Composition** Credit Hours: (3)
MATH (3-4) *
Social/Behavioral Science (3) *
Elective (3)
FREN 2010 - Intermediate French I Credit Hours: (3)
ENGL 1020 - English Comp/Analysis** Credit Hours: (3)
Elective (3)
Social/Behavioral Science (3) *
Humanities (3) *
FREN 2020 - Intermediate French II Credit Hours: (3)

Semester Totals 30-31 hrs

Sophomore Year

COMM 2381 - Oral Communication ** Credit Hours: (3)
Elective (3)
Natural Science (4) *
ENGL 2201 - Literary Heritage ** Credit Hours: (3)
or
ENGL 2202 - Lit Heritage: African-American ** Credit Hours: (3)
UD FREN (3)
UD FREN (3)
UD FREN (3)
Natural Science (4) *
Elective (3)
Elective (3)

Semester Totals 32 hrs

Junior Year

History (3) *
Fine Arts (3) *
Elective (3)
UD FREN (3)
UD Elective (3)
History (3) *
Elective (3)
UD FREN (3)
UD Elective (3)
Elective (3)

Semester Totals 30 hrs

Senior Year

UD FREN (3)
UD FREN (3)
Elective (3)
UD elective (3)
UD elective (3)
UD FREN (3)
UD elective (3)
UD elective (3)
Elective (4)

Semester Totals 28 hrs

Total Hours: 120-121

Total Hours Required for Graduation: 120

*Must satisfy University General Education Program Requirement

Typical 4-Year Spanish Concentration Sequence