Dr. Paul B. Crapo, Chair
427 Andy Holt Humanities Building
(901) 881-7420
pcrapo@utm.edu

Paul B. Crapo, Maria I. Malone, Stephen C. Mohler, Ingrid T. Padial, Robert D. Peckham, Goetz F.A. Seifert, Alicia G. Welden.

The mission of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages is as follows:

1. to provide undergraduate instruction in certain important world languages;
2. to improve the literacy and communication skills of the non-major (reading, writing, pronunciation, grammar, listening and vocabulary building);
3. to improve cross cultural understanding and international awareness;
4. to prepare advanced level students for careers or graduate study in which these skills, knowledge and awareness are valuable.

The department maintains a multi-purpose language laboratory which is supplied and equipped to provide for the following activities: listening to foreign language audio tapes, recording one's own pronunciation, drilling with computerized foreign language software, viewing foreign language television programs available via satellite transmission, reading foreign language periodicals, viewing foreign language videotapes, making homestudy copies of certain recorded materials. The department maintains or over sees the distribution of an extensive collection of printed and recorded materials for foreign language study including records, videotapes, audiotapes, computer software, and other kinds of visual aids. Most of these materials are an integral part of the instructional program.

The Muriel Tomlinson Scholarship Award is presented annually to an outstanding foreign language student who is finishing his or her junior year.

The department sponsors chapters of the national French and Spanish honoraries (Pi Delta Phi and Sigma Delta Pi) to recognize outstanding achievement in these disciplines. The German program sponsors a German club called the Kartoffelpuffer and the Spanis h program sponsors a Spanish Club.

A foreign language major can apply for participation in a Cooperative Education Program in his or her freshman year. If approved, this will permit an alternation between full time study and full time employment with an international agency. Advanced major s who plan to teach a foreign language can apply for department tutoring positions.

The department encourages students to take advantage of approved internships and study-abroad programs. The department has courses in French, German and Spanish which allow for credit for study abroad and will advise students in arranging study and intern ships in foreign countries. Check with the department chair for further information.

The department has staff trained to administer the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview in French and Spanish, through which a standardized oral proficiency rating can be assigned. Graduates with an oral proficiency rating of 3 or 4 and other appropriate prep aration will be competitive for bilingual positions in the following careers: civil service, consulates, customs officer, exporter or importer, foreign exchange officers, international banker, interpreter, librarian, missionary, foreign correspondent, res earcher, social worker, teacher translator, tourism, and many jobs with government and international agencies such as the United Nations, the Armed Services, the State Department, USIA, CIA, FBI, OAS, NATO, World Bank, Immigration and Naturalization, and many others. Foreign language proficiency can be a valuable auxiliary skill in virtually every profession.

B.A. Curriculum. A major in French or Spanish consists of at least twenty-one semester hours in courses numbered above 300, including 341 and 342, three hours of Culture and Civilization (French 321 or 461; Spanish 321 or 322), 451, and three hours of literature. Completion of 341 and 342 is prerequisite to all other courses above 300. Additional non-foreign language prerequisites to the major are History 121-122, 200, English 450, and Geography 381 (for French) or 384 (for Spanish).

An entrance deficiency in foreign languages can be removed by passing 111, the first semester of the elementary sequence of a foreign language.

The foreign language requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Science in the School of Arts and Sciences can be satisfied by passing a foreign language in one of the following ways: (1) completion of 211 in the same language as the one used to satisfy th e entrance requirement, (2) completion of 211 in the same language as the one used to remove an entrance deficiency, or (3) completion of 112 in any other foreign language.

Students who entered with two or more high school units of Spanish or French, and who wish to continue in the same language, will begin with 200 or take a placement test and be advised into an appropriate level based on their score on this test. Continuin g German students should start with 112. If students are advised to start at the beginning of an elementary sequence (111), they will receive elective credit for that course. If they are advised to register in 200, 211 or 212 and they get a passing grade, they will have the equivalent of all the preceding courses in the lower division sequence. They do not receive a grade or credit hours for the courses skipped, but skipping them opens space in their curriculum for additional elective hours.

Students who enter with proficiency in French, Spanish or German and who wish to receive credit hours for that proficiency may take a CLEP test, and will receive a grade of P (Pass) for up to 14 semester hours, depending on their score on this nationally normed test. CLEP guidelines will be followed in assigning credit. Students can also receive credit for Advanced Placement tests passed in French, German and Spanish. College Board guidelines are followed in assigning AP credit.

Freshman French or Spanish 200*-211 English 111-112 History 111-112 Comp Sc 201 General Studies Communication 230 Lower division elective B.A. General Deg Requirements Total

Hours 7 6 6 2 3 3 3 3 33

Sophomore French or Spanish 212 300 level French or Spanish Lab Sci sequence History 200 Music 111 or 112; Art 210 or 211 Mathematics 3 Lower division electives Courses in minor Total

Hours 3 3 8 3 6 0-6 0-6 32

Junior Advanced French or Spanish B.A. General Deg Requirements Geog 381 or 384 Courses in Minor Upper Division Electives Total

Hours 9-12 6 3 3-6 9-12 33

Senior Advanced French or Spanish B.A. General Deg Requirements Courses in minor Upper Division Electives Total Total Hours:

Hours 6 9 3-9 9-12 3 130

*200 is the beginning course for students who wish to continue studying the same language used for entrance credit. Start with 111 if you are starting a new language or removing an entrance deficiency.

Modern Foreign Languages Course Descriptions