FOREIGN LANGUAGES
French
German
Spanish
Faculty. Carlos de Onis, Roland Durette, Leilani Garcia-Turull, Jian Guo,
Peter Hoff. Elaine Johnson, Regis Lecoanet, Karl H. Merz, Manuel Ossers,
Helga Rothweiler, Louis Uehling.
Courses in foreign languages are intended to provide the basic skills of
listening, speaking, reading and writing as well as an introduction to the
literature and the culture of the countries in question. The study of a
foreign language may lead to a career in teaching or it may provide the
student with a valuable supporting skill in many fields, such as business,
public service, librarianship, social work, law, journalism, or the health
professions. A reading knowledge of foreign language is a requirement for
many graduate degrees.
Placement Exam
Students with no previous university-level foreign language coursework who
wish to continue with a language acquired previously must take the
appropriate foreign language placement exam and will be placed accordingly.
Credit for Previous Language Study
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures grants up to 16 credits
in French, German or Spanish for previous language study or other language
experience provided the student earns at least a "B" in a follow-up
course. Students may enroll in any course except phonetics and the 390
conversation course to receive credits for previous language study. (See
previous section: Placement Exam). The B grade must be earned in the
initial attempt of the first course taken at this University.
A placement test is given to help the student select the proper course.
The placement test is advisory only. Departmental advising is recommended.
GENERAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE
681-141 BEGINNING CHINESE - GH - 4 cr
This course begins comprehensive training in elementary "common speech"
(Mandarin) Chinese. It adopts pinyin (Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) as
standard phonetic system and covers one hundred and fifty characters,
commonly used sentence patterns, and the basic grammar in both spoken and
written Chinese. This course also introduces students to the social and
cultural context in which the language is shaped and used.
681-142 BEGINNING CHINESE - GH - 4 cr
This course continues comprehensive training in elementary "common speech"
(Mandarin) Chinese. It adopts pinyin (Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) as
standard phonetic system and covers five hundred characters, commonly used
sentence patterns, and the basic grammar in both spoken and written
Chinese. This course also introduces students to the social and cultural
context in which the language is shaped and used.
Prereq: 681-141 or equivalent.
681-496 SPECIAL STUDIES - 1-4 cr
Repeatable.
Prereq: Consent of instructor.
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