Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages provides a broadly humanistic course of study in seven areas of concentration: American Sign Language, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. This course of study seeks to provide students with basic competence in both the relevant language and the literary and cultural heritage pertaining to that language. Moreover, students will be required to take at least two courses in cultural inquiry which are designed to sharpen their sense of cultural difference, to enhance their critical thinking skills, and to prepare them for citizenship in a global community of diverse cultural precepts and practices. In this respect, the Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages is intended to prepare students for a wide range of careers in the international arena as well as for the kinds of graduate programs that are an appropriate starting point for such careers.
All Modern Languages students are required to study abroad with a Clemson-approved program for at least one semester in the case of Japanese and Spanish or for at least two semesters in the case of French and German.
As a condition of graduation, students in the Modern Languages program will be required to pass a noncredit examination and to submit an electronic portfolio in the relevant language to assess their competence in that language. Students should see their advisor for details. Both assessments take place in the student’s last full semester of study.
Total Semester Hours: 120
1 Students who have had previous instruction in French may take an accelerated one-semester course that covers the material presented in the standard first-year sequence. They must then take four additional elective credit hours.
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5 Course not offered at Clemson; must be taken abroad
6 Three credit hours from or , three credit hours from or , and a minimum of nine credit hours of FR 3000-4000-level courses (except or ) is required, of which at least one course must be in literature at the 4000 level (select from , , , , , , , ). No more than one course taught in English may be taken.
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