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 General Education Curriculum: Communication.
  • Completion of General Education Curriculum: Mathematics and Statistics.
  • Completion of General Education Curriculum: Second Language.

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

  • MLNG 1110.
  • 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: American Sign Language (ASL) or Navajo (200-level or above), 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: Other: American Sign Language (ASL) or Navajo (200-level or above), 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: American Sign Language (ASL) or Navajo (200-level or above), subject to approval for the Languages minor 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

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