Foreign Language

Concentration Area for Elementary Education

For further information contact your advisor or the resource person listed below

Spanish Option - Dr. Douglas Barnette, NQ 138, ph: 285-1361
German Option - Dr. Lathrop Johnson, NQ 148, ph: 285-1368

French Option - Dr. Dorothy Stegman, NQ 147, ph: 285-1373 dlstegman@bsu.edu

Japanese Option - Dr. Sadatoshi Tomizawa, NQ 145, ph: 285-1382 stomizawa@bsu.edu

Classical Culture Option - Walter Moskalew, NQ G45, ph: 285-1369
Classic Language - Dr. Walter Moskalew, NQ G45, ph: 285-1369

Rationale for the Concentration Area

By choosing one of the options in this concentration area, the undergraduate student has the opportunity to focus his interest in a language, while at the same time earning a departmental minor in that language.

Chinese option
        Required Courses (15 Hours)
        CH 101, Beginning 1 (4)
        CH 102, Beginning 2 (4)
        CH 201, Intermed (4)
        HIST 495, Modern China (3)

Classical Culture option
        Required Courses (6 Hours)
        CC 301, Cl. Lit Trans (3)
        CC 305, Classic Myth (3)
        select 9 hours from:
        CC, GRK and LAT courses (9)

Classical Language option
        choose Latin or Greek
     Latin
        Required Courses (9 Hours)
        LAT 201, Intermed 1 (3)
        LAT 202, Intermed 2 (3)
        LAT 305, Composition (3-6) (3)

        select 6 hours from:
        300-400 level CC and LAT courses (6)

    Greek
        Required Courses (15 Hours)
        GRK 101, Beginning 1 (3)
        GRK 102, Beginning 2 (3)
        GRK 201, Intermed 1 (3)
        GRK 202, Intermed 2 (3)
        GRK 305, Homer (3)

French Option

Required Courses (12 hours)
FR 201, Intermed 1 (3)
FR 202, Intermed 2 (3)
FR 301, Conversation (3)
FR 302, Composition (3)

Select 3 or more hours from:
300-400 level FR courses (3)

German Option

Required Courses (12 hours)
GER 201, Intermed 1 (3)
GER 202, Intermed 2 (3)
GER 301, Conversation (3)
GER 302, Composition (3)

Select 3 hours from:
300-400 level GER courses (3)

Japanese Option

Required Courses (11 hours)
JAPAN 101, Beg jpn 1 (4)
JAPAN 102, Beg jpn 2 (4)
JAPAN 334 Japan Civ & Cul (3)

Choose one of the following:
JAPAN 201, Intermed 1 (4)
*JAPAN 498, Readings (4)
*Independent study, the contents depend on the student's interest or needs.

Spanish Option

Required Courses (12 hours)
SP 201, Intermed 1 (3)
SP 202, Intermed 2 (3)
SP 301, Conversation (3)
SP 302, Composition (3)

Select 3 hours from any 300-400 level SP course (3)