When you enroll at Susquehanna, you’ll be paired with an advisor and application tool to guide you in your course planning and scheduling. The following is an excerpt from the complete course catalog. Enrolled students follow the requirements of the course catalog for the academic year in which they declare each major and/or minor, consult with their advisor(s) and the Academic Planning Tool.
Language Fellows
A special feature of language study at Susquehanna is the opportunity for students to interact with visiting instructors from other countries. The fellows teach introductory language classes, act as teaching assistants in upper-level courses, and join students in weekly language tables and club activities.
Language, Literature & Culture Studies
Learning Goals
- 学生将在目标语言中表现出高水平的交际能力. This proficiency encompasses interpretive, presentational, and interpersonal modes.
- 学生将能够以多种方式(书面)解读目标语言文本, spoken, and visual) and in a variety of genres (narrative, poetry, nonfiction, etc.).
- Students will be able to present orally and in writing about a range of cultural and literary topics and issues related to the target language for a variety of purposes (e.g., to inform, explain, persuade, etc.).
- Students will be able to interact and negotiate meaning in spoken and written conversations for a variety of purposes.
- Students will thus use their language proficiency to develop critical insight into the cultures in which their language of study is widely spoken.
Language, Literatures and Cultures Majors
24-28法语研究、德语研究或西班牙语研究的所有专业都完成以下内容:
*24-28 SH at the 200, 300, and 400 levels
*a related history course
*a capstone
*a semester of study abroad in a country where the language of study is spoken
Note: Independent Study (542) may also be counted toward the major and minor
Students must earn at least a C- in all major courses and have a minimum GPA of 2.00 in the major.
Major in Spanish Studies
24-28 All majors in Spanish Studies must complete the following:
*28 SH above the 201 level, including SPAN-202, SPAN-300 or SPAN-301, and SPAN-302; students placed at the 300 level complete 24 SH at the 300- and 400-levels
*a semester of study abroad in a Spanish-speaking country
*a course in Latin American history
*the completion of one course in each of the three geographical areas where Spanish is most widely spoken: Spain, Spanish America, and the United States
*a capstone, which is comprised of
(1)在国外完成一个学期后，需要学习400级的西班牙语课程
(2) a language proficiency evaluation (SPAN-599) evaluated on a satisfactory/ unsatisfactory basis that must be passed
Students must earn at least a C- in all major courses and have a minimum GPA of 2.00 in the major.
Teaching Certification
Susquehanna offers teaching certification in French, German, and Spanish, and students preparing for such certification must maintain a minimum 3.00 GPA in the major. Coursework required by the state of Pennsylvania for admission to the teacher certification program includes successful completion of ENGL-100 Writing and Thinking or equivalent course, at least 3 semester hours in British or American literature, at least 6 semester hours of mathematics coursework (or other courses which satisfy the Central Curriculum Analytical Thought requirement), and at least one 40-hour externship.
Education course requirements for secondary education are EDUC-101 Introduction to Education and Society, EDUC-250 Educational Psychology, EDUC-260 Introduction to Special Education, EDUC-270 Instruction of Exceptional Students, EDUC-330 Technology in Education, EDUC-350 English Language Learners, EDUC-380 Instructional Design, EDUC-422 Methods of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Teaching Foreign Languages, EDUC-479 Principles of Learning and Teaching in Secondary Education, 中等教育差别化教学与课堂管理, and the EDUC-500 Student Teaching package (EDUC-501, EDUC-502, EDUC-503, and EDUC-600). In addition, students pursuing certification in French, German or Spanish satisfy all of the usual requirements for those majors.
Departmental Honors
The departmental honors option recognizes outstanding work in language, literary, and cultural studies. To graduate with honors, majoring students must do the following:
- Receive an invitation to enter the program in the senior year,
- Maintain a GPA of 3.50 in the department and 3.30 overall,
- Declare an honors advisor by the end of the first week of the fall/spring semester of the senior year,
- 在4月15日之前开发并提交荣誉质量的高级研究(通常作为研讨会的一部分), research or independent study course), and
- Present their papers for discussion with faculty or at Senior Scholars Day.
不符合院系荣誉标准的工作，可以申请到正规专业.
Placement
Please see the Academic Policies section of this catalog for information regarding language placement.
German 102 and Spanish 102
Students who do not complete the course in which they were placed within two years must retake the online language placement exam to determine their appropriate placement after the lapsed time. Contact the Academic Assistant in Bogar Hall.
Applied Language Credit
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures encourages students who exempt the World Languages Central Curriculum requirement to continue their language study by enrolling in the course into which they have been placed at the 201 level or above. Upon successful completion of that course with a grade of B- or above, such students will earn a total of eight semester hours of credit: four semester hours for the upper-level course and four semester hours of (ungraded) advanced study credit in recognition of their advanced achievement. This option is not available to students who are transferring equivalent language coursework from another college. 高级学习学分不能用于满足主修或辅修课程的要求.
