World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures with Concentrations in American Sign Language, French, German Studies, and Spanish

Student Learning Outcomes (all Concentrations)

1. Students will demonstrate the required level of competency in their chosen language of study.
2. Distinguish language as a human phenomenon: how it is used in social contexts, how the mind processes language, how language (first and second) is acquired, how it is compared to non-human forms of communication.
3. Describe culture as a context for communication by defining culture and identities within that culture, by understanding face-to-face and mediated communication, and by understanding culture’s influence on perspective.
4. List cultural values: the dimensions of culture, dominant U.S. cultural patterns, comparative cultural patterns, culture and gender, contact between cultures.
5. Discover the basic theoretical and cultural concepts underlying historical and contemporary approaches to literature and of the major differences between them.
6. Generate and articulate personal responses to literary and critical texts, and to explain the premises and assumptions underlying such personal responses.

Concentrations

American Sign Language (ASL), French, German Studies, Spanish, L2Ed: English as a Second Language with Teacher Licensure (K-12), and L2Ed: French and Spanish with Teacher Licensure (K-12)

The major consists of courses in four (4) tiers.

1. Foundation courses (9 hours): An introduction into the relevant fields of their major plus American Sign Language Internship Requirement (linguistics, intercultural communication, literature, and film studies).

2. Language, literature, and culture courses above the 100-level taught in the target language (21 hours): These courses will be taken by students of a specific concentration.

3. Comparative courses (9 hours): These courses will be taken by students of all concentrations.

4. Capstone (3 hours): A senior seminar focusing on the exploration, research, development, and presentation of a major research and analytical essay on a subject appropriate to the major (Fall semester, senior year). The essay will be presented at a conference in the following Spring semester.

American Sign Language students are required to take 2 internships 6 hrs.

A student’s program of study is made in consultation with the faculty advisor.

Total Credit Hours: 42

Additional Requirements for Transfer Majors

None.