Courses at the 200-level

Through contextualized activities, idiomatic spoken French and the more important structures required for written communication are studied. Various media provide information about modern France. Language laboratory is required.
4 credit hours

• or equivalent
• Or a score of 600 or above on the CEEB Achievement Test in French
• Or consent of department chair

Writing skills, style, and content are developed. Various media provide the basis for discussion of current issues in France and the Francophone world. Language laboratory is required.
4 credit hours

• FREN 201
• or consent of department chair

Students develop correct pronunciation through practice in the language laboratory and elementary work in phonetics. Emphasis is on the use of correct spoken Portuguese on an advanced level.
4 credit hours

• or equivalent
• or consent of the department chair

Writing skills in Portuguese are developed through grammatical exercises, controlled composition, original themes, and the stylistic analysis of literary texts. Discussions in Portuguese of the written materials provide oral practice.
4 credit hours

• or equivalent
• or consent of the department chair

For students who are aurally/orally proficient but who have little formal knowledge of grammar. Emphasis is on writing and reading. Written assignments progress from short compositions to more complex essays.
4 credit hours

• Consent of instructor

The use of correct spoken Spanish on an advanced level is emphasized. Attention is given to the correction of pronunciation through practice in the language laboratory and elementary work in phonetics.
4 credit hours

• SPAN 114 or equivalent
• or a score of 600 or above on the CEEB Achievement Test in Spanish
• or consent of the department chair

Writing skills in Spanish are developed through grammatical exercises, controlled composition, original themes, and the stylistic analysis of literary texts. Discussions in Spanish of the written materials provide oral practice.
4 credit hours

• or equivalent
• or consent of the department chair