Associate Professor Gerburg Garmann, Chair; Associate Professor Mary Beth Bagg, Associate Professor Daniel H. Briere, Instructor Sondra Hayes, Instructor Maribel Patterson.
The objective of the Department of Modern Languages is to teach communicative competency in modern foreign languages. Since learning a language is a dynamic and interactive process, the department emphasizes oral proficiency in the vast majority of its courses. In support of developing language proficiency, the department sponsors travel/study programs to countries in which one of the department's traditionally taught languages is spoken. The department also strives to introduce students to the peoples, cultures, and artistic and literary expressions of other countries. Basic texts are supplemented by audiovisual sources and printed media. Individual interests in nonstructured learning are encouraged through directed readings and independent study in the language of choice. Students in consultation with their advisors and modern language professors also may elect to spend a semester or year studying in an appropriate country to improve their skills in their language of choice.
The department offers majors and minors in French, German, and Spanish. A major in any language requires 24 semester hours above the 101 level. A minor in any language requires 18 hours above the 101 level.
The department also offers teaching majors in French, Spanish, and German. A teaching major requires 36 hours above the first six semester hours of the 100 level. Teaching minors are no longer offered in the state of Indiana.
Students may fulfill part or all of the modern language requirements of the general education core, the College of Arts and Sciences core, or the Bachelor of Arts degree by completing the Modern Language Placement and Proficiency Test, administered by the department, and testing out of the appropriate course(s).
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