Department Policy

Enrollment in Language Courses

It is the policy of the Department of Modern Languages to exclude from its elementary- and intermediate-level courses any student who the Department deems to have significant knowledge of the target language. The departmental policy will be determined by examination of the student's transcript and/or administration of a placement test. Students who demonstrate native or near-native proficiency in the target language may apply for a waiver from the foreign language distribution area. Such students are encouraged to enroll in advanced (300-level and above) language, culture, and literature courses.

Meeting General Education Requirements

For students who matriculated with fewer than 30 credits in Fall, 2000 or Spring, 2001, and for all students matriculating in Fall, 2001 and thereafter (i.e. all students under Curriculum "B"), courses with a "G" prefix meet the Critical Analysis requirement. G100-level courses are designated "First Year Seminars"; G200-level courses are "Intermediate Seminars."

If students who matriculated prior to Fall, 2000 with fewer than 30 credits (those under Curriculum "A"), have not yet completed their 2-course Core requirement, they must do so by completing one course at the G200 level (Intermediate Seminar) during academic year 2001-2002.

Courses in Modern Languages

Please note: Starting in fall, 2001, courses designated "C" are no longer being taught, as the University continues development of its new general education curriculum.

Some of these courses will be revised and will continue to be offered without the "C" designation. The material from others will be taught in course offerings that were being planned as this publication was going to press. For current information, please contact the department office.