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Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

BA in Foreign Languages

Coordinator: Jeannine Uzzi, 11 Granite Street, Portland

The minimum number of credits (exclusive of the University's Core curriculum) required for the self-designed major in foreign languages: 36 or 38, depending on the selection of languages. For grade requirements, please refer to the Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures section of this catalog.

For a major in foreign languages, students may choose any two of the following languages and take these courses in the languages of their choice:

French: FRE 301, 302, 330, 331; and 3 courses of their choice among the courses in civilization: (FRE 291, 292, 293, 294), language (FRE 303, 305) and literature (FRE 367, 369, 467, 469).

Latin: LAT 251, 252, and two semesters of LAT 470: CLA 292 or HTY 304; either CLA 283 or 384

Spanish: SPA 300, 304, 305, 332, 351, and 352H or 450

In addition, it is strongly recommended that students take CLA 171 or an Indo-European linguistics course.