Modern and Classica a guages Foreign l anguage learning provides an urgen tl y nee ded element i n our dome st ic a n d gl oba l comm u n i t y : the ability to com m u n icate effectively with and w i t h i n other cult ures . Th roug h the med i u m of la nguage, students increase their kn owledge of the contribu tio ns other peoples have made to civiliza tion , history, l i te ra t u re , and the arts and sc.ie nc es . The De partmen t o f Modern a nd dassical L a ng uages in coope ration w i th s ev e ral E u rope an uni ve rs it ies p rovides s pecific students wi th a n opport u n i t y t o s tud y abroad i n F rance, Spain, Ge rman y, Aus tria (Vienna), and Sca ndinavia. FACU LTY
Spangler, C!r a ; r; R. Brown, Carleton, faye, Payne, Predmore, Rasmussen, Reavis, Sudermann, R . Swenson, Toven, Webster; assisted by Pilgri m.
There a re n o depa r tm e n t a l p rerequisites for t h e study of fore ig n la nguages . Pote n t i a l m jors are, howeve r, encouraged to o b ta i n as m uch high sc hool p.epa ration as po ss ible . St udents
w i t h pre vi o u s experience may qualify for placement into i n termedia te or d v a nced courseďż˝. To determine t h e approp riate leve l s t u d e n t s are encou.age d to take t h e language p lace men t exa mination at the begi n n in g of th fall semes t e r or to con s u l t w it h a departmental ad vise r. Tho se qualifying for a d v a nced placem nt may also recei v e redit t oward the m aj or for ork co m pl e t ed in h igh s c hool, t h u s enabling them to pursue a second maj r . M a j o r and m i n o r p.ogTams a r e a va i lab l e in Classics, F.ench, Ge r m a n , Nor wegia n a nd p a n ish . De par tmen ta l cou rses a re a primary component in the I n terdiscip l i nary majors ffered i n C l a ssics a n d Scandinavian Area S t udies. Minors a re also offer d in Greek a nd La tin . BACHELOR OF A RTS: M ajor in F rench , Gem",n or S p a n i s h - Mi nim um of 3 2 semester hours beyond 1 0 1 - 1 02, including 201, 202, 3 2 1 , 3 5 1 , 352, p l u s u p pe r -d i v is ion electi ves, including at lea s t fo u r semester h o u r s o f literat ure. Spa n ish 3 2 2 may be subs t i t u t e d for Spanish 321 Maj or in Norwegian - M i n i m u m o f 32 s e m e . ter hour. , in l ud i n g J 01, 1 02, 201, 202, 351, 352, and a t I a s t one o f t h e 400-level lIterature cou r s e s from Sca ndina vi a n S t ud ies .
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