College of Liberal Arts

Curricula in French, German, Russian

French: 33 credits. The following courses are required:

Credit
  
6 hours at the 200- (intermediate) level:
3   FREN 201 Intermediate French I or FREN 221 Field Studies I
3   FREN 202 Intermediate French II or FREN 222 Field Studies II
     
Credit
  
18 hours at the 300-level (prerequisite for all courses: 202 or 222):
3   FREN 300 Composition
3   FREN 301 Culture and Civilization
3   FREN 306 Technical and Business French
3   FREN 311 Advanced Oral Expression
3   FREN 321 Survey of French Literature I
3   FREN 322 Survey of French Literature II
3   FREN 336 Contemporary France
     
Credit
  
9 hours of 300- and 400-level courses. At the 400-level choose from:
    FREN 410 Seminar in French Literature
    FREN 418 Seminar in French Civilization
    FREN 425 French Film
     

German: 33 credits. The following courses are required:

Credit
  
6 hours at the intermediate level:
3   GERM 201 Intermediate German I or GERM 221 Field Studies I
3   GERM 202 Intermediate German II or GERM 222 Field Studies II
     
Credit
  
3 hours at the 300-level:
3   GERM 310 Composition
     
Credit
  
9 hours at the 300- and 400-level:
3   GERM 305 German Literary Expression
3   GERM 311 Conversation
3   GERM 316 Advanced Business German
3   GERM 321 German Culture and Civilization I
3   GERM 322 German Culture and Civilization II
3   GERM 334 German Drama
3   GERM 362 The German Roaring ’20s
     
Credit
  
15 hours at the 300- and 400- level. At the 400-level choose from:
3   GERM 417 The Weimar Republic as Paradigm for European Modernity
3   GERM 430 Seminar in German Literature and Culture
3   GERM 431 German Author and Genre Studies
3   GERM 432 Music in German Culture
3   GERM 434 Martin Luther and the Reformation in Germany
3   GERM 435 German Film
3   GERM 436 German Fairy Tales
     
Credit
 
At least 3 hours at the 400-level
All German majors are required to study for one semester in a German-speaking country approved by the department.
NOTE: 1. A grade of C or higher is required for a course to be counted in the major field.
     

Russian: 33* credits. The following courses are required:

Credit
  
6 hours at the intermediate level:
3   RUSS 201 Intermediate Russian I or RUSS 221 Field Studies I
3   RUSS 202 Intermediate Russian II or RUSS 222 Field Studies II
     
Credit
  
6 hours at the 300-level:
3   RUSS 301 Advanced Grammar and Composition I
3   RUSS 302 Advanced Grammar and Composition II
     
Credit
  
3 hours at the 400-level:
3   RUSS 410 Seminar in Russian Studies
     
Credit
 
3 hours at the 400-level:
3   RUSS 441 The Russian Novel I
3   RUSS 442 The Russian Novel II
3   RUSS 443 Contemporary Russian Prose
     
Credit
 
3 hours at the 400-level:
3   RUSS 446 Russian Artistic Culture I
3   RUSS 447 Russian Artistic Culture II
     
Credit
 
9 hours at the 200-, 300- and 400-level.
 
   Select from Russian courses not used for credit previously. Up to 6 hours may be selected from EURO 441, EURO 442, EURO 443, EURO 444, EURO 446 and EURO 447.
 
* The following restriction applies: A maximum of 12 credits for courses at the 200-level.
     

Other Departmental Requirements. Language majors are required to complete 12 hours in supporting courses to be chosen from a list of recommended courses in consultation with the departmental advisor. 6 hours must be outside the EURO department, yet appropriate to the student’s major; 6 hours must be outside the student’s major language, yet within the EURO department.

Minor Field of Study. Instead of 12 hours in supporting courses, language majors may select a minor field of study from departments or divisions within or outside of the College of Liberal Arts or in a particular area of interest (as in the case of interdisciplinary minors or career opportunity minors). The minor will consist of a minimum of 15 hours of course work; 9 hours must be in advanced (300- or 400-level) courses. A minor in a language offered by the department consists of 18 hours of course work beyond the 100-level. Interdisciplinary minors such as women’s studies, classical studies, religious studies, comparative cultural studies, Hispanic studies, and business have specific requirements; students should consult the Undergraduate Student Services Office in the College of Liberal Arts for details. A second major may substitute for the minor. A grade of C or higher is required for a course to be counted in the minor field.

Minor in Italian: 18 hours required

Credit
  
6 take ITAL 201 and ITAL 202
3 take ITAL 303
9 at 300 and/or 400 level; choose from ITAL 300-302, 304-499
   

College and University Requirements. Other courses may qualify for the following categories. Students should consult the approved list of courses available in the Undergraduate Student Services Office in the College of Liberal Arts. The following lists incorporate University Core Curriculum requirements. No course can be counted in more than one category.

Credit
    
3   ENGL 104 Composition and Rhetoric.
3   Communication (3 hours): One course chosen from: ENGL 203, 210, 301, 235, 236 or 241; COMM 203 or 243.
6   Literature in English (6 hours): To be selected from ENGL 203 (unless 203 is used to satisfy communication requirement), 212, 221, 222, 227, 228, 231, 232, or courses for which one of these listed courses is a prerequisite.
6   Mathematics: At least 3 hours must be in MATH (excluding 102, 103, 104, 130, 150, 165, 365, 366). Three hours may be in logic.
8   Natural Sciences: Two or more courses; minimum of one course shall include a corresponding laboratory. One course must come from: BIOL 111; BIOL 101; CHEM 101, 103 /113; GEOL 101; PHYS 201, 218; BIOL 107. The other course must come from these courses or others approved for the University Core Curriculum. See the University Core Curriculum section of this catalog.
(9)   Humanities and Visual and Performing Arts: Departmental requirements fulfill 6 hours of humanities; students must take at least 3 hours of visual and performing arts.
6   Social and Behavioral Sciences: Selected from the approved list of courses in such areas as anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, journalism, linguistics, political science, psychology, speech communication, and sociology. See the University Core Curriculum section of the catalog.
6   Political Science: POLS 206 and 207.
6   U.S. History: Two courses in American history; no more than one may be in Texas history.
(6)   International and Cultural Diversity: To be selected from approved list. This course may also be used to satisfy any other requirement.
*2   Kinesiology: KINE 198 Health and Fitness Activity and KINE 199 Required Physical Activity.
7+   Free Electives (Additional hours in the major field may not be used as free electives.)
128
  
total hours
     

* See University Core Curriculum, item 7.

Required Foreign Language Placement Test. Incoming students who intend to enroll for the first time in a Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, or Latin course at Texas A&M University, who have previous knowledge, however acquired, of the language in which they plan to enroll, and who have no college credit in the language, must take a placement test to determine the appropriate course for their level of ability. The foreign language placement test also serves as a basis for credit by examination.

The foreign language placement test will be administered during freshman conferences along with other credit by exam tests. The test will also be offered during Fall and Spring semesters.

Students who take the Advanced Placement (AP) test or other acceptable tests which grant college-level credit in their foreign language of choice do not have to take the required foreign language placement test. In this case, the AP and Achievement test results may be used for placement.

International students whose native language is not English are exempted from satisfying the University foreign language requirement. These students are not allowed to register in those courses in their native language (101, 102) which are used to fulfill that requirement.