1991-1993 Catalog - Catalogs - West Virginia University

Linguistics/TESL: Lingu. 202, 283, 284, plus one upper-division linguistics course andtwo upper-division language courses approved by the advisor.FLIT: Four upper-division FLIT courses and two upper-division language coursesapproved by the advisor.Students electing the French, German, Spanish, Russian, classics, or linguistics/TESL options may not use FLIT courses to fulfill the major requirements but may usethem for the minor requirement.Special OpportunitiesPrograms AbroadThe Department of Foreign Languages regularly offers language courses abroad.Courses in German have been offered in Germany and Austria during the summer, inSpanish in Spain, Colombia, and Mexico during the summer, in France during the fall,spring, and summer, and in Canada in the summer. Students participating in asummer program normally register for six to fifteen credit hours. Students participatingin a fall or spring semester abroad enroll for 15-1 8 credit hours.Language Residence HallStudents who have successfully completed the elementary sequence of French orSpanish have the opportunity to live in the Foreign Language Residence Hall Program.The program allows students to live on specially-designated floors of a Universityresidence hall where all communication is carried on in the target language, and wherespecial foreign language programs and events are offered on a regular basis. Satellitehook-ups for live foreign language broadcasts are a special feature of the program.Credit is available for participants. For details, contact the Department of ForeignLanguages.Dual Degrees in Business and Foreign LanguageThe coordinated dual degrees in business and foreign languages provide globalopportunities to students seeking both a Bachelor of Arts with a major in foreignlanguages and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. For details, contactthe Department of Foreign Languages.MinorStudents in the College of Arts and Sciences may complete an academicminor in foreign languages. The minor consists of 15 hours of coursework and isavailable in seven options (classics, foreign literature in translation, French, German,linguistics, Russian, and Spanish.) Students must achieve at least a 2.0 grade-pointaverage in courses for the minor.Requirements for a minor in French, German, Russian and Spanish include 103and 104 or 109 and 110 and nine additional upper division hours in the same language;Lingu. 1 1 1 may be counted among the nine hours.The linguistics minor requires Linguistics 111, 202, 283, and six additionalapproved upper division hours in foriegn languages.The classics minor requires nine upper division hours in classics (six in Class. 109and 110) and six additional approved upper division hours in foriegn languages.The foreign literature in translation minor requires 15 upper division hours in FLIT,including courses in at least two different national literatures.NOTE: These courses do not count toward the minor: any 1 91 -level teaching orlanguage dorm practicum, EFL 191, and Lang. 221. FLIT courses count toward theminor in foreign literature in translation.Additional Points of Information1. Foreign language courses are divided into elementary, intermediate, and112 College of Arts and Sciences