Languages

Undergraduate Program

Jason Wilby, Ortega Hall 311
jwilby@unm.edu

College of Arts and Sciences and Languages Major Undergraduate Admission Requirements

A minimum of 26 credit hours; 23 credit hours must be in courses acceptable toward graduation.

A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00 on all work.

Transfer students must have a 2.00 transfer GPA.
Continuing UNM students must have a 2.00 institutional GPA.

Demonstrated academic achievement by satisfying the following:

Completion of the University Writing and Speaking Core.
Completion of the University Mathematics Core.
Completion of the University Foreign Language Core.

Completion of Languages program admission coursework with a grade of "C" or better:

MLNG 101.
6 credit hours of introductory (100-level) language study from one of these languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Greek, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish.

Degree Offered

Bachelor of Arts in Languages (B.A.)

Major Study Requirements

This interdisciplinary major offered through the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in conjunction with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese can be taken through one of two options.

Option A requires 42 credit hours of coursework; students electing to take Option A do not need a minor or a second major. Option B requires 27 credit hours of coursework; students electing to take Option B are required to complete a minor or a second major.

		Credit Hours
	Option A
	Requirements: 42 credit hours of coursework, to be distributed as follows:
1.	15 credit hours of intermediate and advanced coursework in each of two languages chosen from: • Arabic (200-level or above) • Chinese (200-level or above) • French (300-level or above) • German (300-level or above) • Greek (300-level or above) • Italian (300-level or above) • Japanese (200-level or above) • Latin (300-level or above) • Portuguese (300-level or above) • Russian (300-level or above) • Spanish (300-level or above) • Other: another language taught at UNM in which it is possible to take 15 credit hours above the 300-level (for example, Navajo or Signed Language). These courses are subject to approval for the Languages major by the FLL advisor. Note: all courses must be conducted in their target language (except Greek, Italian, Latin, and Russian). One language of study must be offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.	30
2.	MLNG 459	3
3.	9 additional credit hours of coursework selected from any of these three areas: • LING 301, 331, 367, and/or; • additional upper-division coursework in one or both of the languages chosen under Option A, Section 1, and/or; • upper-division Topics courses offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in translation.	9
	Total	42
	Option B
	Requirements: 27 credit hours of coursework, to be distributed as follows:
1.	12 credit hours of intermediate and advanced coursework in each of two languages chosen from: • Arabic (200-level or above) • Chinese (200-level or above) • French (300-level or above) • German (300-level or above) • Greek (300-level or above) • Italian (300-level or above) • Japanese (200-level or above) • Latin (300-level or above) • Portuguese (300-level or above) • Russian (300-level or above) • Spanish (300-level or above) • Other: another language taught at UNM in which it is possible to take 12 credit hours above the 300-level (for example, Navajo or Signed Language). These courses are subject to approval for the Languages major by the FLL advisor. Note: all courses must be conducted in their target language (except Greek, Italian, Latin, and Russian). One language of study must be offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.	24
2.	MLNG 459	3
	Total	27

Minor Study Requirements

		Credit Hours
	Minor in Languages
	Requirements: 18 credit hours of coursework, to be distributed as follows:
1.	9 credit hours of intermediate and advanced coursework in each of two languages chosen from: • Arabic (200-level or above) • Chinese (200-level or above) • French (300-level or above) • German (300-level or above) • Greek (300-level or above) • Italian (300-level or above) • Japanese (200-level or above) • Latin (300-level or above) • Portuguese (300-level or above) • Russian (300-level or above) • Spanish (300-level or above) • Other: another language taught at UNM in which it is possible to take 12 credit hours above the 300-level (for example, Navajo or Signed Language). These courses are subject to approval for the Languages major by the FLL advisor. Note: all courses must be conducted in their target language (except Greek, Italian, Latin, and Russian). One language of study must be offered by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.	18
	Total	18

Keys and Symbols Reference

Foreign Languages and Literatures