Global Languages and Cultures, French or Spanish for the Professions Track, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon graduation, all students will be proficient in the following skills:

1. Written and Oral Communication in the Major

    Information and Digital Literacy in the Major  

• Effectively communicate in the target language both orally and in writing in the three areas of interpersonal communication, interpretative communication, and presentational communication.
• Demonstrate understanding of the spoken and written target language in a variety of registers and through different means of presentation.
  • Introduction: [LANG] 300, 301
  • Reinforcement / Mastery: [LANG] 300- or 400-level course

2. Reading and Listening: Culture, literature and linguistics

• Be familiar with major works, genres, theoretical concepts, and historical periods in the broad spectrum of linguistics, literatures and cultural production in the target language.
• Demonstrate the ability to closely read and critically analyze elements of cultures, achieved through the study of such topics as literature, linguistics, cinema, history, the arts, etc. in the target language.
• Demonstrate understanding of the spoken target language in a variety of registers and through different means of presentation.
• Distinguish among dialects, social contexts, and historical periods in countries where the target language is spoken.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of linguistic concepts of the target language.
  • Introduction: Culture/Literature: [LANG] 213 
  • Reinforcement / Mastery: Culture/Literature: any [LANG] civilization or literature course
  • Linguistics: Any [LANG] linguistics course 

3. Critical Thinking in the Major  

    Leadership and Collaboration in the Major 

• Have command of the appropriate research tools and techniques for critical analysis of cultures, achieved through the study of such topics as literature, linguistics, cinema, history, the arts, etc. in the target language.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply the target language in a participatory way that enables the student to use their skills in a collaborative way in a global society.
  • Introductory: [LANG] 301
  • Reinforcement / Mastery: Any [LANG] 300- or 400-level course

4. Integrative and Applied Learning

• Demonstrate the ability to apply the target language in a participatory way that enables the student to use their skills in a collaborative way in a global society via internships, volunteering, and/or study abroad in an immersion program.

General Education Requirements (30-40 Credits)

Prerequisite coursework may be required to satisfy certain General Education courses and will count as elective credit.

Total Credits Required to Complete Major: 33-37

Minimum Competence Requirement

A grade of C- or better is required for each of the following courses: all 300- and 400-level courses in fulfillment of the requirements for the major.

Department Writing Requirement

During their Junior year, students will write a 500- to 600-word essay in the target language under examination conditions. Students will have 2 hours to write on a topic provided at the time of the examination. Students may use bilingual dictionaries and/or dictionaries of the target language. Written proficiency must be at or above the Advanced Low Level of Proficiency as described in the Proficiency Guidelines of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. To take the exam, students must enroll in SPAN 401.  NOTE: The exam can only be attempted once per semester. 

Sample Course Map

Global Languages: Specialization in French or Spanish for the Professions

• First Year 
  • Fall - 16 Credit Hours
    • FREN or SPAN 101 or 102 or 213 or 301. Credit(s): 4.  Co-req. LANG 150 - Introduction to World Languages - Credit(s): 0
    • WRTG 105 - Writing Seminar: (subtitle) - Credit(s): 4
    • Natural Science with lab - Credit(s): 4 
    • Global Society: CGC - Credit(s): 3  (this could be met via 213)
  • Spring - 14 Credit Hours
    • FREN or SPAN 102  or 213 or 301 - Credit(s): 4
    • Global Society: CAI - Credit(s): 3 
    • Global Society: WCV - Credit(s): 4 (this could be met via one of our civ courses in non-Western)
    • Math or Quantitative Methods - Credit(s): 3
• Second Year 
  • Fall - 16 Credit Hours
    • FREN or SPAN 301 or  300-level - Credit(s): 4
    • Global Society: SST - Credit(s): 3 
    • Global Society: DPP - Credit(s): 3 
    • Elective - Credit(s): 3 
    • Elective - Credit(s): 3 
  • Spring - 15 Credit Hours
    • FREN or SPAN 300-level - Credit(s): 4
    • Electives - Credit(s): 11 
• Third Year 
  • Fall - 15 Credit Hours
    • FREN or SPAN 300-level  – Credit(s): 4
    • FREN or SPAN 300-level - Credit1(s): 4
    • Professional Specialization course - Credit(s): 3
    • Elective - Credit(s): 4 
  • Spring - 14 
    • Study Abroad - Credit(s): 16 OR
    • FREN or SPAN 300-level (* see above) - Credit(s): 4
    • FREN or SPAN 300-level - Credit(s): 4
    • Professional Specialization course - Credit(s): 3
    • Elective - Credit(s): 3
• Fourth Year 
  • Fall - 15 Credit Hours
    • FREN or SPAN 300-level - Credit(s): 4
    • Professional Specialization course course - Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 8 
  • Spring - 15 Credit Hours
    • Integrated & Applied Learning - Credit(s): 4
    • Professional Specialization course - Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 8 

KEY - Participation in a Global Society (PGS)

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