Professors: Judy A. Berry-Bravo*,** Chairperson; Bert Patrick*
Associate Professor: Edme'e Ferna'ndez*
Assistant Professors: Myriam Krepps*, Julio Noriega
Instructors: Monte McFerron, Randi Polk
* Graduate Faculty
**University Professor
Room: 428 Grubbs
Telephone: 620-235-4709
Web site: http://www.pittstate.edu/flang
email: jberry-b@pittstate.edu
Undergraduate
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bachelor of Science in Education degree with majors in French and Spanish. Minors in these languages are also available. The department strongly supports the recommendation made in the report A Nation At Risk that high school students in a college-track program study a foreign language for two years at the high school level.
First and second year language courses offered by the department can be used by non-majors to fulfill the general education requirements in the languages and cultures or electives areas.
Study Abroad
The department strongly recommends that all Modern Languages and Literatures majors and minors participate in an accredited study abroad program. The department sponsors summer study abroad programs in Costa Rica, France and Spain. Information about those programs or about opportunities in other languages and countries can be obtained by contacting the department.
Retro-Credits Program
A departmental retro-credits program allows students with significant prior experience studying French, German, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Russian to benefit in several ways. It is designed to reward deserving students who have already spent years studying languages in high school and to encourage those students to seek university-level courses in order to complete a minor or major. Students desiring credit for language proficiency acquired before coming to Pittsburg State University should consult any member of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
Native Speakers
Native speakers are encouraged to take courses in French or Spanish. Students who graduated from high school in a French- or Spanish-speaking country may fulfill coursework for a major in French or Spanish by completing 15 hours of upper-division courses in literature and civilization. Native speakers of any language taught in the department are not allowed to enroll in lower-division courses in that language. Consult with the chairperson of the department.
Graduate Studies
Although the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers no master's degree, the department does offer, in cooperation with the College of Education, a 15-hour foreign language emphasis for the candidate for a Master of Science degree with a major in secondary teaching granted by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Students involved in this program should be jointly advised by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.
The Department also cooperates with the Department of Special Services and Leadership Studies to offer a Spanish or French emphasis through the Education Specialist degree program. The degree is granted by the Special Services and Leadership Studies Department. |
