Program Overview

The program currently offers the following languages: American Sign Language, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. The faculty of the program mentor students as they gain functional competence in a language other than English, develop cultural understanding, and become responsible global citizens. Students prepare to study or live abroad, enhance professional development, and/or pursue personal interests while working alongside the faculty and, in most courses, native speakers who lead conversationally focused sessions.

 Minor in German Language and Culture

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Courses in the chosen language, LANG 001 and above		12
Select six hours from the following areas: Art, Economics, English, History, Marketing, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Political Science, Study of Culture and Society, and World Languages and Cultures. 1		6
ART 110	ART SINCE 1945
HIST 090	HERITAGE AND HOLOCAUST
HIST 099	EUROPEAN WOMEN'S HISTORY
HIST 133	EUROPE 19TH CENTURY
HIST 152	EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT
HIST 176	NATIONALISM IN MODERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
PHIL 106	MODERN PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 107	CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY
POLS 144	MODERN EUROPEAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS
WLC 148	INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Total Hours		18

Students may earn up to six credits and apply them as electives to the minor requirements through AP, CLEP, or IB taken while in high school. More specifically, students earn:

• 3 credits for an AP placement of 4 on the language exam
• 6 credits for an AP placement of 5 on the language exam
• 6 credits for an AP placement of 4 or 5 on the literature exam
• 3 credits for a CLEP placement over 50 for the Level One exam
• 6 credits for a CLEP placement over 50 on the Level Two exam
• 6 credits for having completed an IB program and successfully passed the exam