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World Languages and Cultures B.A.

Bachelor of Arts - World Languages and Cultures

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 51-59

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2021-22

General Education Requirements

Information regarding these requirements can be found in the General Education Section of the catalog.

Summary

Lower-Division Language Requirement

12-20

Lower-Division Cultures Requirement

12

Upper-Division Electives

27

Total Hours

51-59


Lower-Division Language Requirement

Rule: Complete two years in a single language:  Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, or Russian. 

Code

Title

Hours

Complete one of the following sequences:

Arabic:

16

ARAB 101

Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I

ARAB 102

Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II

ARAB 201

Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I

ARAB 202

Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II

Chinese:

20

CHIN 101

Elementary Chinese I

CHIN 102

Elementary Chinese II

CHIN 201

Intermediate Chinese I

CHIN 202

Intermediate Chinese II

French:

16

FRCH 101

Elementary French I

FRCH 102

Elementary French II

FRCH 201

Intermediate French I

FRCH 202

Intermediate French II

Greek:

12

GRK 101

Elementary Greek I

GRK 102

Elementary Greek II

GRK 201

Intermediate Greek I

GRK 202

Intermediate Greek II

German:

16

GRMN 101

Elementary German I

GRMN 102

Elementary German II

GRMN 201

Intermediate German I

GRMN 202

Intermediate German II

Japanese:

20

JPNS 101

Elementary Japanese I

JPNS 102

Elementary Japanese II

JPNS 201

Intermediate Japanese I

JPNS 202

Intermediate Japanese II

Latin:

12

LATN 101

Elementary Latin I

LATN 102

Elementary Latin II

LATN 201

Intermediate Latin I

LATN 202

Intermediate Latin II

Russian:

16

RUSS 101

Elementary Russian I

RUSS 102

Elementary Russian II

RUSS 201

Intermediate Russian I

RUSS 202

Intermediate Russian II

Spanish:

16

SPNS 101

Elementary Spanish I

SPNS 102

Elementary Spanish II

SPNS 201

Intermediate Spanish I

SPNS 202

Intermediate Spanish II

Total Credits

12-20

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Lower-Division Cultures Requirement

Rule: Complete four courses from the following list of Languages and Culture Courses.

Code

Title

Hours

Complete four of the following courses:

12

ANTY 102H

Intro to South & S. East Asia

ANTY 103H

Intro to Latin American Studies

ANTY 133X

Food and Culture

ANTY 141H

The Silk Road

ANTY 220S

Culture & Society

ANTY 241H

Central Asian Culture and Civilization

CLAS 160L

Classical Mythology

CLAS 180H

Environment & Nature in the Classical World

CLAS 251L

The Epic

CLAS 252L

Greek Drama: Politics on Stage

GLBD 191

Special Topics

GRMN 106H

Introduction to German Culture and Civilization

JPNS 150H

Japanese Culture & Civilization

RUSS 105Y

Intro to Russian Culture

SSEA 202X

Introduction to India

SSEA 234X

Hindu Religious Traditions

Total Credits

12

Minimum Required Grade: C-


Upper-Division Electives

Code

Title

Hours

Complete 27 credits of the following courses:

27

ARAB 305

The Arab World

CHIN 301

Advanced Chinese I

CHIN 302

Advanced Chinese II

CHIN 313L

Chinese Poetry in Translation

CHIN 314L

Traditional Chinese Literature

CHIN 380

Chinese Folktales

CHIN 388

Readings in Classical Chinese

CLAS 320

Women in Antiquity

CLAS 360H

Ancient Greek Civ and Culture

CLAS 365E

The Roots of Western Ethics

FRCH 300

Intro to Literature in French

FRCH 301

Advanced French Grammar and Oral Expression

FRCH 302

Advanced French Grammar and Oral Expression II

FRCH 310

Fr. Lit. Cult. Mid. Age Renass

FRCH 311

Fr. Lit. Cult. 17th 18th Cent.

FRCH 312

Fr. Lit. Cult. Long 19th Cent.

FRCH 313

Literature and Culture III: French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures of the 20th Century

FRCH 338

The French Cinema

FRCH 339

Surv African Cinema

FRCH 350

French Civ & Culture

FRCH 420

Studies in French Prose

FRCH 430

Studies in French Drama

FRCH 440

Studies in French Poetry

GRK 300

Major Greek Writers

GRMN 301

Studies in German Language, Media, and Culture I

GRMN 302

Studies in German Language, Media, and Culture II

GRMN 305

Practicum in German Language

GRMN 311

Introduction to German Literature

GRMN 312

Introduction to German Literature: Drama/Poetry

GRMN 317L

Introduction to Multicultural Literature in Contemporary Germany

GRMN 322L

Survey of German Cinema

GRMN 340L

Nature and the Environment in German Literature and Film

GRMN 350

German Culture & Civilization

GRMN 351H

German Culture: Beginnings to Romanticism

GRMN 352H

Germ Culture: Romanticism to the Present

GRMN 431

German Literature 1760-1832

GRMN 441

19th Century German Literature

GRMN 451

20th and 21st Century German Literature

GRMN 494

Seminar in German Studies

HSTR 302H

Ancient Greece

HSTR 304H

Ancient Rome

IRSH 345L

Literature in the Irish Language

IRSH 350

The Literature of Pre-Norman Ireland

IRSH 355

The Politics of Culture: Irish America, the Gaelic Revival, and the Easter Rising

IRSH 360

Irish/N Irish Literature

IRSH 365

Ireland and America in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution

IRSH 370

The Irish Conflict: 1968-1998

IRSH 375

The Irish and their Language

IRSH 380

Topics in Irish Studies

IRSH 381

Contemporary Irish Women's Writing

IRSH 382

Rockin' Rebels: Popular Irish Music from Traditional to Punk

JPNS 301

Advanced Japanese I

JPNS 302

Advanced Japanese II

JPNS 306

Japanese for Business/Tour

JPNS 312

Jpns Lit Medieval to Mod

JPNS 371

Japanese Film and Anime

JPNS 411

Mod Jpns Wrtrs/Thinkers

JPNS 415

Adv Jpns for Professionals

JPNS 431

Post-War Japanese Lit

LATN 311

Major Latin Authors

MCLG 300

Language in the Real World: Introduction to Applied Linguistics

MCLG 315

Major Hispanic Authors

MCLG 410

Methods Teaching Foreign Language

RUSS 301

Russian: Oral & Written Expr I

RUSS 302

Russian: Oral and Writen Expr II

RUSS 306L

Evil and the Supernatural in Russian Literature

RUSS 307L

Beauty, Power and Pride in Russian Literature

RUSS 411

19th-Century Russian Authors

RUSS 412

20th-Century Russian Authors

RUSS 424

Russian Short Story

RUSS 440

Russian Poetry

RUSS 494

Seminar in Russian Studies

SSEA 342

 Topics Comparative Lit & Rel

SSEA 368

Contemporary Buddhism in SSEA

SPNS 301

Spanish: Oral and Written Expr

SPNS 302

Spanish in Oral and Written Expression II

SPNS 305

Spanish Phonetics

SPNS 306

Commercial Spanish

SPNS 308

Intensive Spanish Abroad

SPNS 321

Advanced Conversations

SPNS 326

Contemporary Spanish Lit.

SPNS 331

Cultures and Societies of Latin America

SPNS 355

Topics in Spanish Lit/Culture

SPNS 400

Introduction to Spanish Linguistics

SPNS 408

Spanish: Adv Comp & Conversat

SPNS 432

Latin American Literature

SPNS 465

Spanish Lit:Renaiss/Goldn Age

SPNS 466

Spanish Lit:Modern & Contemp

Total Credits

27

Minimum Required Grade: C-