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The Department also offers courses in elementary and intermediate Arabic, Chinese, and Italian. In all these programs, the department strives to develop academic excellence in our students within a context of strong ethical and moral foundations based on faith, while providing opportunities for students to assume positions of leadership and service to the human community through the power instilled by competence in a second language and culture.
Most students come to Marquette having taken many years of a language in both junior and senior high school, experienced immersion in a foreign culture, or both. Many students wish to continue pursuing their passions for foreign cultures and literatures, and we encourage them to do so. The goal of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is to place incoming students in the most appropriate level of foreign language study based on their previous exposure to the language.
Students in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, College of Communication, international business majors in the College of Business Administration, and speech pathology and audiology majors in the College of Health Sciences, must satisfy a foreign language requirement for graduation. This may be accomplished by placement, course work, or both.
College |
Majors
With Requirement |
Requirement |
| Arts & Sciences | All | B.A.: 0-14 cr. hrs./ 0-4 courses B.S.: 0-8 cr. hrs./ 0-2 courses |
| Business Administration | International Business | 0-6 courses (courses 1-182) |
| Communication | All | 0-8 cr. hrs./0-2 courses; New for 2009: 6-8 cr. hrs./2 courses Foreign Language or 6 cr. hrs/2 courses UCCS Diverse Cultures |
| Education | All | 0-6 cr. hrs. |
| Engineering | None | 0 cr. hrs. |
| Health Sciences | Audiology & Speech Pathology | 0-8 cr. hrs./0-2 courses |
| Nursing | None | 0 cr. hrs. |
| Professional Studies | None | 0 cr. hrs. |
College of Communication Foreign Language Requirement
Students must complete either two semesters of foreign language or two University Core of Common Studies (UCCS) Diverse Culture courses. The number of credits may vary from 6-8 credits. Students who have never studied a foreign language or who wish to pursue a new language must take elementary levels 1001 and 1002 to complete this requirement. Students who wish to continue studying the same language begun in high school must complete the Foreign Language Placement Exam. On the basis of this exam, students will be placed in the appropriate language course. These courses are in addition to the University Core of Common Studies requirements and cannot also be used to fulfill any UCCS requirements.
Klingler College of Arts and Sciences Foreign Language Requirement
All students must demonstrate competency in a foreign language. The number of credit hours to be completed may vary from 0-14, depending on the students' proficiency and whether they are enrolled in a B.A. or a B.S. degree program. Students coming to Marquette University directly from high school are advised to begin language study in their freshman year and are required to begin it no later than the first term of the sophomore year.
B.A. Degree Programs:
The Foreign Language requirement for students in B.A. degree programs may be completed with 0-4 courses in the language. The number of credit hours to be completed may vary from 0-14, depending on the student's proficiency and level of placement.
- Students who wish to study French, German, or Spanish as a new language, and have not studied, or had previous experience with or exposure to the language, may complete the requirement in three to four terms of the same language. Students who earn an AB or better in Elementary Language 1002 may elect to complete the requirement with Intensive Intermediate Language 2003 in place of Intermediate Language 2001 and 2002.
- Students who are placed at the Intensive Elementary 1003 level in Spanish, the language requirement may be completed by taking SPAN 1003, SPAN 2001 and SPAN 2002, or SPAN 1003 and SPAN 2003 (if the student has earned an AB or better in 1003).
- Students who wish to study Arabic, Chinese, Classical Greek, Italian, or Latin as a new language, and have not studied, or had previous experience with or exposure to the language, only the four-course sequence (Language 1001, 1002, 2001 and 2002) is available.
B.S. Degree Programs
The Foreign Language requirement for students enrolled in B.S. degree programs may be completed with 0-2 courses in the language. The number of credit hours to be completed may vary from 0-8, depending on the student's proficiency and level of placement.
- Students who wish to study Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Classical Greek, Italian, Latin, or Spanish as a new language, and have not studied, or had previous experience with or exposure to the language, may complete the requirement with two courses of the same language (Elementary Language 1001 and 1002).
- Students may complete the Foreign Language Placement Exam in French , German and Spanish. On the basis of their achieved score and high school language background, they will be placed in the appropriate language course. Students who are placed at the Spanish Intensive Elementary level (SPAN 1003) may complete the requirement with one course (SPAN 1003). Students who are placed at the intermediate language level (2001 or 2003), or at a higher level, are exempt from the foreign language requirement.
Foreign
Languages and Literatures Department
Lalumiere Language Hall, 254
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
Phone: (414) 288-7063 * Fax: (414) 288-7653
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