College of Fine Arts and Humanities
Department of
MODERN LANGUAGES
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- Anita Hart, Chair
- Professors: Hart, Pearson
Associate Professors: Craig, Fox, Kropp, York
Assistant Professor: Snider
Senior Lecturer: S. Schuyler
- Lecturers: Chavez
Department Objectives:
- To prepare students to become successful teachers of foreign languages at elementary and
secondary levels;
- To develop a language proficiency of value in business, industry and travel;
- To give students a better understanding of the peoples of our narrowing world scene;
- To provide students with the basic language requirements needed for research in later
graduate and professional degrees;
- To provide training in the specialized area of translation-interpretation.
- The Department of Modern Languages will allow credit via a "confirming" course
for French/German/Spanish subject to the following conditions:
- a) The confirming course must be the first university-level course completed in the
language and must be taken at UNK;
- b) Confirming course numbers are 201 or a 300-400 level course (excluding phonetics) in
FREN, GERM or SPAN at UNK;
- c) The student must receive a letter grade of "C" or better in the confirming
course and may not repeat the course for the purpose of requesting credits under this
policy;
- d) A maximum of 6 credits may be granted in any one language for previous high school or
non-college level work at a level lower than the confirming course.
| Confirming Course |
Retroactive Credits |
| Intermediate Language II (201) |
3 |
| Any Advanced Course Except Phonetics |
6 |
After the successful completion of the confirming course students must report to the
Chair of the Department of Modern Languages (Thomas Hall, Room 215) in the first four
weeks of the following semester.
FRENCH MAJOR
Three options are available in this major:
- French Option - Bachelor of Arts Degree
- French Translation and Interpretation Option - Bachelor of
Arts Degree
- French Teaching Subject Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Education
GERMAN MAJOR
Three options are available in this major:
- German Option - Bachelor of Arts Degree
- German Translation and Interpretation Option - Bachelor of
Arts Degree
- German Teaching Subject Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts
Degree in Education
SPANISH MAJOR
Three options are available in this major:
- Spanish Option - Bachelor of Arts Degree
- Spanish Translation and Interpretation Option - Bachelor of
Arts Degree
- Spanish Teaching Subject Endorsement Option - Bachelor of
Arts Degree in Education
Minors in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish as well as French Translation, German Translation
and Spanish Translation are available for students pursuing
majors in other disciplines.
The department offers a specialized major and Certificate in Translation and
Interpretation.
Courses with the prefixes CHIN, FORL,
FREN, GERM, JAPN
and SPAN are offered by the department.
16 May 2005
