ENVS 460 INDEPENDENT STUDY Independent research under faculty supervision by students either in the policy track or in the science track. Prerequisites: senior status or permission of instructor; permission of program director. Three to four semester hours. ENVS 470 AND 471 INTERNSHIP I AND II Work experience related to the student’s major, jointly supervised by the program director and a professional in the field. Although the usual internship will carry either three or six hours credit, a student may elect to arrange an internship carrying between two and six hours credit with the permission of the department. Each hour of credit will require forty hours at the internship site. Prerequisites: junior or senior status, permission of program director, and completion of coursework appropriate to the field work. Two to six semester hours. Pass-Fail only. ENVS 490 AND 491 HONORS THESIS I AND II Independent research in a special topic for honors. Prerequisites: senior status, GPA of 3.5 in the major and 3.3 overall, and permission of all members of the department. Three semester hours.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES Professors Xiangyun Zhang, Chair Alma Ramírez-Trujillo Sandra S. Martin
Tracks Language and Literature (B.A.) Language and Culture Studies (B.A.) Language and International Commerce (B.A.) Language - Teacher Preparation (B.A.)
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (B.A.) Objectives: To train students in the language and to acquaint them with the literature and general culture of a foreign country or region; to prepare students for careers in public service, diplomacy, or translating/interpreting; to prepare students for advanced study in graduate or professional school. Requirements: This track may be completed in French or Spanish. Required courses in French are 101, 102, 201, 202, 203, 300, and 402. Required courses in Spanish are 101, 102, 201, 202, 203, 306 or 307, and 351. Additional requirements are three literature courses at the 300 or 400 level. French 450 is the senior project in French; Spanish 450 is the senior project in Spanish. The mathematics requirement is met by Mathematics 121 or another 100-level mathematics or statistics course. LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES (B.A.) Objectives: To link language training with an in-depth understanding of the culture associated with the target language; to offer students an experience of immersion in a foreign culture, and fluency in the language of a place, as a means of direct involvement and engagement with the people and customs of French- or Spanish-speaking societies. Requirements: This track may be completed in French or Spanish. Required courses in French are 101, 102, 201, 202, 205, 300, 402, one literature course at the 300 level, and six semester hours completed with an approved study abroad program in a French-speaking country. Required courses in Spanish are 101, 102, 201, 202, 203, 306 or 307, 351, one literature course, and six semester hours completed with an approved study abroad program in a Spanishspeaking country. French 450 is the senior project in French; Spanish 450 is the senior project in Spanish. The senior project will be designed to increased students’ knowledge of a French- or Spanish-speaking country or region, in their particular field of interest. The mathematics requirement is met by Mathematics 121 or another 100-level mathematics or statistics course. LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE (B.A.) Objectives: To train students in foreign language and acquaint them with the cultures, and fundamental business and economic concepts in order to prepare them for careers in management and leadership in organizations that operate globally. Requirements: This major may be completed in French or Spanish. Required courses in French are: 101, 102, 201, 203, 300, 305 and six semester hours completed with an approved study abroad program in a French-speaking
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