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Requirements
of the Major
To earn a bachelor of arts degree with a
major in International Languages and Cultures, a student must satisfy
the following minimum requirements:
For a Concentration
in French, German or Spanish
- General College
Requirements
- 48 semester-hours (minimum), as
follows
For
a Concentration in Chinese
- General College
Requirements
- 48 semester-hours (minimum), as
follows
For
a Concentration in Latin American Studies
- General College
Requirements
- 48 semester-hours (minimum), as
follows
1. General
College Requirements (see "Curriculum"
section of the college catalog), including the following requirements
to satisfy the major:
2.
a. Core Courses in French,
German, or Spanish. Eight courses
(32 semester-hours) chosen from a set of core courses in one of
the following languages of concentration:
French
Core Courses:
Six of the eight must be at the 300-level
or above and must include at least one culture and civilization
course (355 or 356) and at least one upper-division literature
course (362, 363 or 364).
ILCF 202:
Intermediate French II
ILCF 206:
Introduction to Literature in French
ILCF 355:
Culture and Civilization I: Metropolitan France
ILCF 356:
Culture and Civilization II: The Francophone World
ILCF 360:
Advanced Grammar and Translation
ILCF 362:
Topics in Literature I: From the Middle Ages to the French Revolution
(repeatable for core credit)
ILCF 363:
Topics in Literature II: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (repeatable
for core credit)
ILCF 364:
Topics in Francophone Literature (repeatable for core credit)
ILCF 440:
Special Topics in French or Francophone Studies in French (repeatable
for core credit)
ILCT 301:
Special Topics in French or Francophone Studies in Translation
(repeatable for elective credit)
Click here for a listing
of recent "Topics... in French" course titles.
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German
Core Courses:
Six of the eight must be at the 300-level
or above and must include ILCG 355 or 356 and ILCG 362 or 363.
ILCG 205:
Intermediate Conversation and Composition
ILCG 206:
Introduction to Literature in German
ILCG 355:
German Culture and Civilization: History and Everyday Life in
the 20th Century
ILCG 356:
German Culture and Civilization : Historical
ILCG 360:
Advanced Grammar and Translation
ILCG 362:
Topics in Literature in German I (repeatable for core credit)
ILCG 363:
Topics in Literature in German II (repeatable for core credit)
ILCT 302:
Special Topics in German Studies in Translation (repeatable for
elective credit)
Click here
for a listing of recent "Topics... in German" course
titles.
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Spanish
Core Courses:
Six of the eight must be at the 300-level
or above and must not include more than one course in translation
(ILAS 310, 340, 350, 370, or ILCT 303).
ILCS 202:
Intermediate Spanish II
ILCS 206:
Introduction to Literature in Spanish
ILCS 360:
Advanced Writing Workshop
ILCS 361:
Indigenous Cultures in Latin America (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 362:
African Diaspora Cultural Expressions in Latin America (repeatable
for core credit)
ILCS 363:
Cultural Perspectives on Gender (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 364:
Literature and Empire (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 365:
Creating for Social Change (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 368:
The Construction of Nationalism and Cultural Identity
ILCS 369:
The Problematic of Modernity
ILCS 370:
Postmodernism and Globalization
ILCS 372: Multicultural Characteristics
of Early Modern Spain
ILCS 440:
Special Topics in Hispanic Studies in Spanish (repeatable for core
credit)
ILCT 303:
Special Topics in Hispanic Studies in Translation (repeatable for
elective credit)
ILCT 370:
Guatemalan History
Click here for a listing
of recent "Special Topics... in Hispanic Studies" course
titles.
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2.
b. One Course in an Additional Language.
One course (4 semester-hours) taken in a language other than English
and other than the student's concentration in order to deepen the
student's understanding of linguistic structures and global perspectives.
If the student has studied the language before, the course will
be at the level where the student places by exam
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2.
a. Core Courses
in Chinese. Seven courses (28 semester-hours) from the
following list. At least three must be at the 300-level or above,
and must include at least one culture course (ILCC 355 or 356) and
one literature course (ILCC 362 or 363):
ILCC 101: Elementary Chinese
I
ILCC 102: Elementary Chinese II
ILCC 201: Intermediate
Chinese I
ILCC 202: Intermediate Chinese II
ILCC 355: Chinese Culture I: Contemporary China (repeat
able for core credit)
ILCC 356: Chinese Culture II: China's Self-criticism (repeat
able for core credit)
ILCC 362: Chinese Literature I: Contemporary Literature
(repeatable for core credit)
ILCC 363: Chinese Literature II: Pre-Communist 20th Century
Literature (repeatable for core credit)
IDIS 495: Fudan Credits
2.
b. Elective Courses for the Chinese concentration.
Three courses (12 semester-hours), chosen in consultation with and
approved by a Chinese-area adviser, that constitute an integral
elective field of focus that broadens, deepens, gives historical
relevance to, or conceptualizes the student's understanding of the
area of concentration, including: (1) Discipline or cross-disciplinary
courses (Asian
Studies) (2) Upper-division courses taken in Fudan
and at St. Mary's
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2.
a. Core Courses
for the Latin American Studies concentration. A minimum
of 40 semester-hours of Latin American Studies courses, distributed
as follows:
(1)
Core Spanish-language courses. No more than four courses (16 semester-hours)
from the following list:
ILCS
101: Elementary Spanish I
ILCS 102: Elementary Spanish II
ILCS 110: Accelerated Elementary Spanish
ILCS 201: Intermediate Spanish I
ILCS 202: Intermediate Spanish II
ILCS 206: Introduction to Literature in Spanish
Students
who, upon entering St. Mary's, are exempted from any of the beginning
Spanish language courses (ILCS 101, 102, 110, 201, 202), may substitute
these with French or Portuguese language courses.
(2)
Elective Spanish-language courses. A minimum of two courses (8
semester-hours) from the following list:
ILCS 355:
Hispanic Culture and Civilization II: The Rise and Demise of Pre-Columbian
Mesoamerican Cultures
ILCS 356:
Hispanic Culture and Civilization III: Nationalism and Textual
Politics
ILCS 361:
Indigenous Literature (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 362:
Literature of the African Diaspora (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 363:
Women's Literature (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 364:
Literature and Empire (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 365:
Literature of Social Change (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 366:
Literature and the Problematic of Modernity (repeatable for core
credit)
ILCS 367:
Literature and Post- Modern Culture (repeatable for core credit)
ILCS 440:
Special Topics in Hispanic Studies in Spanish (repeatable for
core credit)
(3)
General Electives. Any number of courses from the following list,
which, together with (1) and (2) above, make up a minimum of 36
semester-hours:
AADS
214: Africa and the African Diaspora
ARTH 350: Advanced Topics in Art History (valid
when the course focuses on Latin America)
BIOL 316: Tropical Marine Biology
ECON 372: Economics of Developing Countries
HIST 362: Topics in History (valid when the course focuses
on Latin America)
HIST 400: Comparative Slave Systems in the Americas
HIST 455: Topics in Asian, African or Latin American
History (valid when the course focuses on Latin America)
ILAS 106: Latin
American Literature in Translation
ILAS 300: Democracy
in Latin America
ILAS 310: The Latino/a
Experience in the United States
ILAS 340: Social
Change and Musical Expression in Latin America
ILAS 350: Latin
American Cinema
ILAS 370: Guatemalan
History
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2.
c. ILCT 293. Introduction to Cultural Studies (2S).
This course introduces students to recent scholarship in the area
of cultural studies theory. Students will be exposed to a variety
of approaches to textual anaylsis, be it the text of books found
within an established literary tradition, the text of expressions
within popular culture, or the text of a given social experience
in its broadest senese. Students will learn how to use the insights
generated by the discipline of cultural studies to better understand
and comment about the cultures that they study within the curriculum
in the Chinese, French, German, Latin American Studies and Spanish
concentrations. By comparison and contrast, students will also come
to a better understanding of how U.S. society fits within a globalized
cultural context. This course must be taken as a pre- or co-requisite
to the first 300-level course in ILCC/ILCF/ILCG/ILCS by those students
planning to major in International Langugaes and Cultures; students
planning to fulfill the requireemnts for a minor in one of the languages,
or to take upper-division courses in one of the langage concentrations,
should consult with a faculty adviser in International Languages
and Cultures to determine whether and when it would be appropriate
to take theis course.
2.
d. ILCT 393. St. Mary's Project Workshop (2S).
The St. Mary's Project Workshop prepares students for their St.
mary's Project in international languages and cultures by teaching
them how to frame a project and by stimulating independent and creative
activity. Students will learn to relate their scholarly and creative
interests to major issues in their fields and to the lingusitic
and cultural tradiitons represented in the department. Students
will have an popportunity to explore the possibilities for St. mary's
Projets within the major: literary analysis, cultural analysis,
pedagogical application, linguistic study, translation, creative
writing. They will also be guided to write a proposal for their
St. mary's Projects. Visitors from inside and outside the College
will discuss their critical and/or artistic work with the seminar
participants and serve as models. Prerequisitie: Advanced knowledge
of a foreign language and junior standing or consent of the instructor.
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2. e. ILCF,
ILCG, ILCS 493. St. Mary's Project in International Languages and
Cultures (8E). A student-initiated
and student-executed project of eight semester-hours in the language
of concentration. The project may be a research project in literary
or cultural studies, a creative-expressive project involving the
arts, or a pedagogical project involving teaching applications.
Also, depending on the focus of the student's course work and interests,
the project can be single or multi-disciplinary based. Whatever
the nature of the project, students must demonstrate in it: 1) linguistic
competence equal to the task, 2) a method appropriate to the task,
3) adequate knowledge of the particular area of research or endeavor,
and 4) an ability to analyze and reflect upon this knowledge in
order to integrate it with knowledge in other areas of inquiry or
performance. They also must critically discuss and share publicly
the results of the project. The course is repeatable for up to a
total of eight semester-hours. NOTE: Students whose projects are
to be based on material collected "in the field" while
studying abroad during their junior year or while engaged in off-campus
apprenticeships or internships should discuss their plans with a
faculty adviser as early as the second semester of their sophomore
year. Prerequisites: the Junior Seminar; approval of a faculty project
mentor; approval of the department chair100 executed project of
eight semester- hours in the language of concentration. The project
may be a research project in literary or cultural studies, a creative-expressive
project involving the arts, or a pedagogical project involving teaching
applications. Also, depending on the focus of the student’s course
work and interests, the project can be single or multi-disciplinary
based. Whatever the nature of the project, students must demonstrate
in it: 1) linguistic competence equal to the task; 2) a method appropriate
to the task; 3) adequate knowledge of the particular area of research
or endeavor; and 4) an ability to analyze and reflect upon this
knowledge in order to integrate it with knowledge in other areas
of inquiry or performance. They also must critically discuss and
share publicly the results of the project. The course is repeatable
for up to a total of eight semester-hours. NOTE: Students whose
projects are to be based on material collected “in the field” while
studying abroad during their junior year or while engaged in off-campus
apprenticeships or internships should discuss their plans with a
faculty adviser as early as the second semester of their sophomore
year. Prerequisites: the Junior Seminar; approval of a faculty project
mentor; approval of the department chair(s) of the student’s major(s).
ILCC 493/494. St. Mary's Project
in International Languages and Cultures (8E). (See description
under the same title above. The St. Mary's Project in Chinese may
be written in English but must incorporate a significant Chinese-language
component.)
ILAS 493/494. St. Mary's Project
in International Languages and Cultures (8E). (See description
under the same title above. The St. Mary's Project in Latin American
Studies may be written in English but must incorporate a significant
Spanish-language component.)
For recent St. Mary's Projects completed
by International Languages and Cultures majors, see the individual
concentration web pages.
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Requirements
of the Minor
Students
may receive a minor in any of the language areas of the department
(Chinese, French, German, Spanish) by completing a minimum of 18
credits of course work in the target languagee, with a minimum of
12 credits of upper-division course work (300 or 400 level) and
a GPA of 2.0 in the relevant courses.
Students
may receive a minor in Latin American Studies by completing 24 credits
as follows: (a) a maximum of 12 credits in language courses, and
(b) 12 credits minimum of general electives in Latin American Studies
(at least 8 of these credits must be 300-level and above). Students
who do not take 12 credits of language courses because they began
the language sequence above beginner level may use unused language
credits for additional Latin American Studies electives.
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