Curriculum

The Department of Modern Foreign Languages, as a service area offers language courses in French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, and Russian. These courses are designed to help students from departments across campus fulfill their language requirements, and also to provide opportunities for students to expand their knowledge of foreign languages.

Students also have the opportunity to participate in exchange programs to further develop their communicative skills. Students enrolled in critical languages may only need to take 4 semesters of the language, or complete the intermediate level. Contact the office for more information.

Students majoring in Spanish can choose from four different tracks: Literature, Language, Business and Medical. In order to complete their requirements, all students must take the experiential learning course as well as the Senior Capstone Seminar/Case Studies and defend their research. Students who declare Spanish as a minor must take 18 hours at 200 - 400 levels.

All language courses focus on the acquisition of the target culture and the development of all aspects of communication skills which include: gesturing, speaking, writing, listening, electronic, and other communication skills.