General Catalog 2024-2025

Modern Language (BA)

The Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages has as its main purpose to train students with the skills necessary to perform successfully in international communication.

The Metropolitan Campus is authorized to offer this program.

Program Goal

Train students so that they can apply language skills and knowledge when working as translators, educators, interpreters or professionals in international companies or institutions.

Program Objectives

  1. Train professionals trained to maintain effective communication in two modern languages. Promote events and international relations between foreign institutions and companies.
  2. Promote knowledge highlighting sensitivity and respect for learning modern languages with an interdisciplinary approach to different cultures.
  3. Encourage ethical behavior in professional practice and with knowledge of the discipline from a comprehensive vision of the discipline.

Competencies Profile of Graduate's competencies

The Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages is designed to develop the competencies that allow the student to:

Knowledge

  1. Know the history and culture of the countries of the languages studied.
  2. Identify the main literary currents and the linguistic aspects of the languages studied.

Skills

  1. Express oneself in modern languages orally and in writing fluently, properly and correctly, in both formal and informal situations.
  2. Produce different texts written in two modern languages.

Attitudes

  1. Show appreciation and respect for other cultures.
  1. Show appreciation for diversity and intercultural dialogue.

Requirements for the BA in Modern Languages

General Education Requirements 48 credits
Major Requirements 54 credits
Related Requirements 3 credits
Elective Courses 15 credits
Total 120 credits

General Education Requirements - 48 credits

Forty and eight (48) credits are required as explained in the section “General Education Requirements for Bachelors’ Degrees”.  

Major Requirements - 54 credits

The student must select two different languages (Italian, German, French, Portuguese) from the following options and complete the list of courses on each language:

ITAL 1011Italian I

3

ITAL 1012Italian II

3

ITAL 2021Italian III

3

ITAL 2022Italian IV

3

ITAL 3010Diction and Phonetics

3

ITAL 3020Advanced Writing

3

ITAL 3021Italian Literature I

3

ITAL 3022Italian Literature II

3

ITAL 4010Italian Culture and History

3

 

GERM 1011German I

3

GERM 1012German II

3

GERM 2021German III

3

GERM 2022German IV

3

GERM 3010Diction and Phonetics

3

GERM 3020Advanced Writing

3

GERM 3201German Literature I

3

GERM 3022German Literature II

3

GERM 4010German Culture and History

3

 

FREN 1011French I

3

FREN 1012French II

3

FREN 2021French III

3

FREN 2022French IV

3

FREN 3010Diction and Phonetics

3

FREN 3020Advanced Writing

3

FREN 3021French Literature I

3

FREN 3022French Literature II

3

FREN 4010French Culture and History

3

 

PORT 1011Portuguese I

3

PORT 1012Portuguese II

3

PORT 2021Portuguese III

3

PORT 2022Portuguese IV

3

PORT 3010Diction and Phonetics

3

PORT 3020Advanced Writing

3

PORT 3021Portuguese Literature

3

PORT 3022Portuguese Literature

3

PORT 4010Portuguese Culture and History

3

Related Requirements - 3 credits

HUMA 4010European Cinema

3

Elective Courses - 15 credits