World Languages, AA

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CODE: WRLANG-AA | TOTAL CREDITS: 60 | FINANCIAL AID ELIGIBILITY: Eligible

SCHOOL: School of Arts and Letters

DEPARTMENT: Department of World Languages

DESCRIPTION

The World Languages program assists students with becoming proficient in a foreign language in an effort to prepare them for transfer to a four-year institution. The World Languages program offers an associate of arts degree that can be customized with courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Students fluent in a foreign language can seek employment as educators or translators as well as possible careers in international business.

ACADEMIC MAPS AND TRANSFER OPTIONS

Explore the link below for transfer pathways to various institutions.

Academic Maps: AA World Languages

Student Learning Outcomes

Interact on a variety of familiar everyday topics in the language of concentration.
Present a variety of familiar, everyday topics in the language of concentration.
Interpret ideas in common contexts in the language of concentration.
Relate cultural concepts and contexts in the language of concentration to one’s own cultural concepts and contexts.

General Education Requirements

TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS: 34

300-level and above courses cannot be used to satisfy GE requirements.
Courses with a B suffix (i.e. 100B) cannot be used to satisfy general education or degree requirements for Associate of Arts, Associate of Business, and Associate of Science degrees. B suffix courses may not be transferable within NSHE.

Mathematics (3 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level MATH course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

English Composition (6-8 Credits)

^{NOTE: Your first college-level ENG course MUST be completed before reaching 30 total college-level credits.}

Literature (3 Credits)

Recommended: ENG 231 or 232.

ENG 223 - Themes of Literature or above

Analytical Reasoning (3 Credits)

PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning

Natural Science (7 Credits)

Seven credits of coursework to include at least one laboratory experience.

ANTH 102 - Introduction to Biological Anthropology
or ANTH 110L - Biological Anthropology Lab
or any AST prefix course
or BIOL 101 - Biology for Non-Majors
or CHEM 105 - Chemistry, Man and Society
or any EGG prefix course
or any ENV prefix course
or GEOG 103 - Physical Geography
or GEOG 104 - Physical Geography Laboratory
or GEOG 117 - Meteorology/Climatology
or any GEOL prefix course
or HHP 123 - Introduction to the Human Body
or any PHYS prefix course

Humanities (3 Credits)

COM 101 - Public Speaking

Social Science (3 Credits)

any ANTH prefix course (except ANTH 102 and ANTH 110L)
or CRJ 104 - Introduction to Administration of Justice
or any ECON prefix course
or HHP 150 - Living Healthy and Well
or HHP 201 - Stress Management
or HHP 213 - Healthy Aging
or PHIL 244 - Bioethics
or PHIL 245 - Contemporary Moral Issues
or PHIL 246 - Philosophy of Law
or PHIL 249 - Environmental Ethics
or PHIL 135 - Introduction to Ethics
or PHIL 205 - Science and Religion
or PHIL 207 - Social and Political Philosophy
or PHIL 216 - Philosophy of Human Nature
or any PSC prefix course
or any PSY prefix course (except PSY 270)
or any SOC prefix course
or WMST 113 - Gender, Race, and Class

U.S. and Nevada Constitutions (6 Credits)

Values and Diversity

All students MUST fulfill this requirement. Course chosen may also be used to fulfill the corresponding general education or special program requirements.

See AA/AB/AS General Education Requirements for list of choices.

Major Requirements

TOTAL MAJOR REQUIREMENTS CREDITS: 26

Core Requirements (14 Credits)

Required completion in a single World Language (ARA; CHI; FREN; GER; ITAL; JPN; KOR; PORT; RUS; and SPAN) of 111; 112; 211 (or 226 for SPAN only); 212 (or 227 for SPAN only); or departmentally approved equivalent course.

World Languages 111 or above

Fine Arts (3 Credits)

any ART prefix course
or DAN 101 - Dance Appreciation
or any MUS prefix course (except MUS 100)
or PHO 101 - Beginning Photography
or any THTR prefix course (except THTR 275)

Electives (9 Credits)

Choose 9 transferable credits in consultation with your academic advisor/counselor. Choose from Humanities, Social Science, and World Languages.