Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Global Languages and Cultures

Modern Languages, Bachelor of Arts


Academic Information

Available Emphasis Areas:

This degree provides proficiencies in the student’s choice of French, German, or Spanish. A study-abroad requirement ensures grounding and experience among native speakers.

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Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Global Languages and Cultures

Modern Languages, Bachelor of Arts


Careers

What Can I Do with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages?

If you want to gain a broad appreciation of language while specializing in the study of French or German, consider this degree. Global trade, the Internet, and improvements in transportation are accelerating rates of cultural and intellectual exchange. With this degree, you can help bridge the gaps between cultures and languages.

Prepare for the future by immersing yourself in diversity. With our linguistic, literary, and cultural approaches to language study, you will learn to think critically and develop skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. You will grow to understand and appreciate diverse cultures. In an international climate, second-language skills will open doors in many careers.

Career opportunities that might be pursued:
  • Media
  • Translating
  • Publishing
  • Exporting

With further education, one of these paths is possible:
  • Consultant
  • Intelligence specialist
  • International lawyer
  • International patent attorney

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Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Global Languages and Cultures

Modern Languages, Bachelor of Arts


University Requirements

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Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Global Languages and Cultures

Modern Languages, Bachelor of Arts


Overview

In addition to University Requirements:

Students may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement. Contact your advisor for details.

Minimum Units for Completion 120
Major GPA 2.0
Highest Mathematics Required MAT 114
Foreign Language Required
Study Abroad Required
University Honors Program Optional
AZ Transfer Students complete AGEC-A Recommended
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Emphasis Required

An emphasis is required for this major.

Purpose Statement

The Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages provides students with a socio-cultural and historical background as well as linguistic abilities to engage with French, German, Japanese, and Spanish speaking populations from around the world in a variety of social and cultural contexts. Through linguistic, literary and cultural approaches to the study of the French, German, Japanese, and Spanish language, our students develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills that allow them to understand and interact effectively with diverse cultures. Throughout this process the students develop cognitive skills in critical thinking and analysis and recognize the importance of being able to function in a global society. With their linguistic abilities in French, German, Japanese, and Spanish, they are better able to compete for career opportunities in the domestic and global job markets and are prepared to become productive, responsible members of the local, national and international communities in which they live and work.

Student Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes are Aligned with Standards for Language Learning created by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

Upon completing this degree, students will be able to:

Emphasis in French

 Emphasis in GermanEmphasis in JapaneseJapanese IGP Emphasis

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Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Global Languages and Cultures

Modern Languages, Bachelor of Arts


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Major Requirements
General Electives
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Academic Catalog - 2024-2025

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Global Languages and Cultures

Modern Languages, Bachelor of Arts


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