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Classical Languages
Classics offers basic and advanced courses in both Latin and Greek. The student is given progressively more challenging material that not only sharpens skills in the respective language but also opens up in a special way the whole history and literature of the classical period, the wellspring of our 20th-century culture. |
Modern Languages
For majors, the program provides a thorough background in foreign literature, linguistics and culture in preparation for advanced study and the fluency necessary to find a position where bilingualism is required.
For nonmajors, the program introduces a foreign language and culture. It will fulfill the language requirement in the University’s core curriculum, and it prepares the student for the language proficiency needed for graduate study.
In practice, the department aims in its courses to establish a balance between the oral, aural, reading and writing skills in the chosen language.
First- and second-year courses are closed to native speakers.
Once students have completed the first two years of a language or their equivalent and acquired fluency, the upper-division courses (3000 and 4000 levels) are open to students in no predetermined order. Counseling by the department is required, however.
Major in Modern Languages: Majors are offered in French, Spanish and Romance Languages (French and Spanish). Refer to the sections on individual languages for requirements.
Minor in Modern Languages: Refer to the sections on individual languages for requirements.
Native speakers of languages other than English may fulfill their foreign language requirement by one of the following options offered by the department:
- Two of the department’s 1000-2000 level courses in any one language other than their native language.
- Two 3000-4000 level courses in the native language.
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