Modern Languages and Second Language Education Bachelor

The Modern Languages and Second-Language Education program provides an opportunity to learn a new language and explore the culture(s) associated with it as well as to develop an understanding of the actual process of language acquisition and learning to teach a language. First year students will take one core intensive language training course in each semester of the first year. Students without prior knowledge of the language chosen will be placed at the beginning level; those with prior knowledge/study of the language will be placed at the appropriate level. Core courses in later years include second-language acquisition theory, a methodology course and a teaching practicum. Core courses in linguistics, literature and culture complement the language sequence in each language.