Foreign Languages and Literatures

344 David M. French Hall

Professional Advisor

Kim Laux

Spanish Faculty Advisor

Dr. Dolores Pons-Hervás

Faculty
Full-time Lecturers Mohamed Daassa, Jing Fu; Part-time Lecturers Theresa Knoll, Jeanine Lemieuxm, Daniel O’Connell
Professors Emeriti  Juan E. Mestas, Paul E. O’Donnell; Associate Professors Emeriti Jamile Lawand, Douglas E. Miller

Foreign Languages and Literatures programs provide a sequence of courses that leads to familiarity with a particular foreign language and the experience associated with that language. Students may select language programs necessary to their development as educated and aware individuals, and to their pursuit of a career goal. These programs aid students in acquiring fluency in a language, acquiring a thorough understanding of a foreign culture, and experiencing a variety of linguistic approaches to the world.

Foreign language programs aim at mastery of the language, an understanding of its literature and culture, and a knowledge of the linguistic processes which make up a native speaker’s competence. Such knowledge is needed for teaching, for graduate work, and for other careers requiring specialized linguistic knowledge and skill. All courses, however, are open to any student who has satisfied the prerequisites.

Mission and Assessment
The goal of the Foreign Languages programs is to provide students with an opportunity to become conversant with the languages and cultures of other nations. This mission is consistent with institutional purposes and College core curriculum goals. The programs foster the development of proficient oral and written communication skills in various foreign languages. Also, as an integral part of a liberal arts curriculum, the programs offer instruction that is necessary to the development of educated and aware individuals who are capable of adapting to a changing and increasingly diverse world. The Foreign Languages programs offer opportunities for study that promote the understanding and value of human, cultural, and ethnic diversity. The programs participate in the University-wide effort to assess its academic programs. Information on assessment plans, including goals, methods and outcomes is available at http://www.umflint.edu/assessment.

Programs

• French Minor
• German Minor (Currently on Moratorium)
• Mandarin Chinese Minor (Currently on Moratorium)
• Spanish and International Studies Program (BA) (Currently in Moratorium)
• Spanish and Linguistics Program (BA) (Currently in Moratorium)
• Spanish General Program (BA) (Currently in Moratorium)
• Spanish Minor