CHINESE
Students completing the Chinese minor will be able to:
- Demonstrate proficiency in Chinese at the Novice High proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL.
- analyze the products, practices, and perspectives of and diversity within Chinese-speaking cultures
CLASSICS
Students completing the Classics minor will be able to:
- Display an understanding of the basic elements of Greek or Latin grammar by reaching at least Novice High on the Latin Interpretive Reading Assessment (produced by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) or PLU’s Greek equivalent;
- Analyze the practices, history, and diversity within Greco-Roman culture.
FRENCH
Students completing the French and Francophone Studies major will be able to:
- Demonstrate French language proficiency at the Advanced-low proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL.
- Analyze diversity within French and Francophone cultures (in Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia) and of their products, practices, and perspectives.
- Develop an original hypothesis to analyze and evaluate texts (broadly understood) grounded in French language study, research, and critical theory.
Students completing the French and Francophone Studies minor will be able to:
- Demonstrate proficiency in French at the Intermediate-Mid proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL
- Analyze diversity within French and Francophone cultures (in Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia) and of their products, practices, and perspectives.
GERMAN
Students completing the German major will be able to:
- Demonstrate language proficiency in German at the Intermediate High proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL.
- analyze the products, practices, and perspectives of and diversity within German-speaking cultures.
- develop an original hypothesis to analyze and evaluate texts (broadly understood), grounded in language study, research, and critical theory.
Students completing the German minor will be able to:
- Demonstrate proficiency in German at the Intermediate Mid proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL.
- analyze the products, practices, and perspectives of and diversity within German-speaking cultures
HISPANIC STUDIES
Students completing the Hispanic Studies major will be able to:
- Demonstrate language proficiency in Spanish at the Advanced Low proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL.
- analyze the products, practices, and perspectives of and diversity within Spanish-speaking cultures.
- develop an original hypothesis to analyze and evaluate texts (broadly understood), grounded in language study, research, and critical theory.
Students completing the Hispanic Studies minor will be able to:
- Demonstrate proficiency in Spanish at the Intermediate Mid proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL.
- analyze the products, practices, and perspectives of and diversity within Spanish-speaking cultures
NORDIC STUDIES
Students completing the major in Nordic Studies will be able to:
- Demonstrate language proficiency in any Nordic language at the Intermediate Low proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL.
- analyze the products, practices, and perspectives of and diversity within Nordic cultures.
- develop an original hypothesis to analyze and evaluate texts (broadly understood), grounded in language study, research, and critical theory.
NORWEGIAN
Students completing the minor in Norwegian will be able to:
- Demonstrate proficiency in Norwegian at the Intermediate Low proficiency level, as defined by ACTFL.
- analyze the products, practices, and perspectives of and diversity within Norwegian cultures
Updated Date
*Updated December 2018