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Latin
Major:
Fifteen semester hours of upper-division coursework in Latin, including Latin
324, and six semester hours of either Greek or classical civilization or a
combination of both.
Minor for Latin majors: Twelve semester hours, including at least six semester hours of upper-division coursework, unless exceptions are approved by the undergraduate adviser, in any one area related to the academic and professional interests of Latin majors. These include business administration, communication, education, fine arts, liberal arts, and natural sciences. Approval of the undergraduate adviser is required. Detailed information on special sequences (for prelaw students, premedical students, students who wish to emphasize New Testament - content courses, and several others) is available from the undergraduate adviser.
Latin American Studies
All
Latin American studies majors must take the following core courses: Latin
American Studies 301, Geography 319 or Economics 355, Government 328L, and
History 346K and 346L. Spanish 322K or Portuguese 341 may be substituted for
either History 346K or 346L, but not for both.
In addition, all Latin American studies majors must take twenty-one semester hours in a single discipline chosen from the following: anthropology, art history, business administration, economics, geography, government, history, Latin American literature and civilization, sociology, Portuguese, or Spanish. A concentration in another area may be organized with the approval of the Undergraduate Program Committee of the Language and Area Center for Latin American Studies. The twenty-one hours must include at least twelve hours of Latin American content coursework and at least twelve hours of upper-division coursework.
Students must complete the equivalent of at least two years in Spanish or Portuguese. Credit used to fulfill this requirement may also be used to fulfill the foreign language requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I.
Linguistics
Major:
Linguistics 306, 344K, 345, 372K, 372L, and six additional hours of
upper-division linguistics. Students should consult the undergraduate adviser
for information about counting other courses toward the major requirements.
Minor for linguistics majors: Twelve semester hours in one subject outside the student's major. If the minor is a foreign language other than that used to fulfill the Area A foreign language requirement, these twelve semester hours may be in lower-division coursework. In all other cases, at least six of the twelve semester hours must be in upper-division coursework. The student must choose one of the following to fulfill this requirement:
Minor for Middle Eastern cultures majors: Twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework with Middle Eastern content; these courses must be approved by the undergraduate adviser.
Middle Eastern Studies
Major:
A major in Middle Eastern studies requires twenty-four semester hours of
coursework selected from a group of courses approved by the Middle Eastern
Studies Committee. The twenty-four hours must include Middle Eastern Studies
301K and 301L, unless the student has done equivalent work and is permitted by
the undergraduate adviser to substitute other Middle Eastern content courses,
and at least eighteen hours of upper-division coursework.
In addition, students must complete the equivalent of at least two years of a Middle Eastern language (normally Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish). Credit used to fulfill this requirement may also be used to fulfill the foreign language requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I. No more than twelve hours of a Middle Eastern language may be counted toward the major, and only upper-division language courses may be counted. Students who wish to major in a Middle Eastern language may do so in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures.
Minor for Middle Eastern studies majors: Twelve semester hours, including at least six hours of upper-division coursework, in any one other department or program in the University.
Persian Language and Literature
Major:
Eighteen semester hours of upper-division coursework in Persian, including
Persian 329 (Topic 1: Ferdowsi's Shahnameh), 329 (Topic 2:
Sa'di's Golestan), and 329 (Topic 3: Hafez's Ghazals). Only
courses using texts in the original Persian may be counted toward the major. At
least one year of Arabic is also required.
Minor for Persian language and literature majors: Twelve semester hours of coursework in Middle Eastern languages and cultures, including Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures 312K and 312L.
Philosophy
Major:
Philosophy 313, 313K, 313Q, or 344K; 329K; 329L; 375M; and fifteen additional
semester hours in philosophy, including at least nine hours of upper-division
coursework.
Minor for philosophy majors: Twelve semester hours, including at least six hours of upper-division coursework, in any one department in the College of Business Administration or the College of Natural Sciences, or in any department or program in the College of Liberal Arts. Or, with the written approval of the undergraduate adviser in philosophy, twelve semester hours, including at least six hours of upper-division coursework, in the College of Communication, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, or the School of Social Work.
Portuguese
Major:
Portuguese 604 (or 406 and 407), 612 (or 312K and 312L), and at least
twenty-one semester hours of upper-division coursework in Portuguese, three
hours of which must have Luso-Brazilian content. The adviser's consent is
required.
Minor for Portuguese majors: (1) Nine semester hours of coursework beyond 507 or the equivalent in a second foreign language; or (2) twelve semester hours, including at least six hours of upper-division coursework, in any related subject offered in the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Natural Sciences, or the College of Fine Arts. Related subjects include anthropology, art history, classical civilization, design, economics, English, geography, government, history, linguistics, music, philosophy, psychology, sociology, studio art, theatre and dance, and visual art studies. Other subjects may be used, with the written approval of the undergraduate adviser.
Psychology
Major:
Twenty-eight semester hours of psychology, including Psychology 301 and 418 and
at least eighteen semester hours of upper-division coursework. Also included in
these twenty-eight semester hours must be at least two three-semester-hour
courses in area I, biological/human experimental psychology, and at least two
three-semester-hour courses in area II, social/personality psychology; a list
of the courses in each area is available in the Department of Psychology
Undergraduate Office.
Psychology majors must earn a grade of at least C in Psychology 418 to register for upper-division psychology courses.
Minor for psychology majors: Twelve semester hours in any one other department or program in the University. At least nine of the twelve hours must be upper-division. No more than three of the twelve may also be counted toward any area requirement for the degree.
Minor for Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies majors: Twelve
semester hours, including at least six hours of upper-division coursework, in
any one of the following: anthropology, art, business administration,
communication, computer sciences, economics, education, geography, government,
history, journalism, linguistics, music, natural sciences, philosophy, or
sociology; or, with the consent of the undergraduate adviser, a minor proposed
by the student.
Minor for Scandinavian majors: Twelve semester hours, including at least
six hours of upper-division coursework, in any one of the following:
anthropology, art, business administration, computer sciences, economics,
education, European studies, folklore, geography, German, government, history,
journalism, linguistics, music, natural sciences, philosophy,
radio-television-film, social work, or sociology; or, with the consent of the
undergraduate adviser, a minor proposed by the student that is consistent with
these general guidelines.
Minor for sociology majors: Twelve semester hours, including at least
six hours of upper-division coursework, in any department or program in the
College of Liberal Arts, in any department or program in the College of Natural
Sciences, or in the School of Social Work; or, with the consent of the
undergraduate adviser, twelve semester hours, of which at least nine must be
upper-division, in a subject not listed above.
Minor for Turkish language and literature majors: Twelve semester hours
of upper-division coursework with Middle Eastern content; these courses must be
approved by the undergraduate adviser.
The Plan II Honors Program includes the basic work required of Plan I students,
but much of this work is done in special sections that are generally smaller in
size than Plan I required courses and to which departments assign some of their
best teachers. Additional required courses stress the humanities and the social
sciences and provide considerable opportunity for individual research and
writing. The remainder of the student's program is made up of approved
electives.
The academic programs of most Plan II students include thirty-six semester
hours or more of elective coursework. Subject to the condition that all
electives must be approved by the director, students normally concentrate a
substantial portion of their electives in one department or subject area and
thereby achieve the equivalent of a major, in addition to their official
interdisciplinary major of "Plan II Honors." Such an equivalent is sufficient
for admission to most graduate or professional schools, and Plan II students
who intend to undertake advanced study are advised to concentrate some of their
electives in a specific department or subject area. Those who do so are also
encouraged to seek special honors in the department of concentration, and they
may substitute the department's honors course (or courses) for Tutorial Course
660H, which is taken by those seeking special honors in Plan II.
Qualified students who are accepted into both the Plan II Honors Program and
the Engineering Honors Program may pursue a curriculum leading to both the
Bachelor of Arts, Plan II, and a bachelor's degree in engineering. Students
interested in this dual degree program must apply both to Plan II and to the
Engineering Honors Program. Further information is available from the director
of Plan II and from the Office of Student Affairs of the College of
Engineering.
Qualified students who are accepted into both the Plan II Honors Program and
the Business Honors Program may pursue a curriculum leading to both the
Bachelor of Arts, Plan II, and the Bachelor of Business Administration.
Students interested in this dual degree program must apply both to Plan II and
to the Business Honors Program. Further information is available from the
director of Plan II and from the College of Business Administration.
A dual degree program is also available that leads to the degrees of Bachelor
of Arts, Plan II, and Bachelor of Architecture. Students must apply both to
Plan II and to the School of Architecture. Additional information is available
from the director of Plan II and from the School of Architecture.
In addition to the following requirements, the student must fulfill the
University requirements for graduation given in chapter 1 and the requirements
of the College of Liberal Arts given in this chapter.
Russian
Major:
Each student must complete one of the following concentrations.
Minor for Russian majors: (1) Nine semester hours of
courses beyond 507 or the equivalent in a second foreign language; or (2)
twelve semester hours, including at least six hours of upper-division
coursework, in any related subject offered in the College of Liberal Arts.
Related subjects include economics, English, geography, government, history,
linguistics, and philosophy. Other subjects (for example, in the College of
Business Administration, the College of Fine Arts, or the College of Natural
Sciences) may be used, with the written approval of the undergraduate
adviser.
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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Major:
Twenty-four semester hours, including at least eighteen hours of upper-division
coursework, chosen from a list of courses approved by the Advisory Committee of
the Program for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. The coursework
must include
At least one of these
courses must focus on an area other than European Russia, such as Central Asia,
Siberia, Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, or the Caucasus. In addition,
students must complete the equivalent of at least two years in a Slavic,
Central Asian, or east European language, normally Russian, Czech, Polish, or
Serbo-Croatian. Credit used to fulfill this requirement may also be used to
fulfill the foreign language requirement for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan I.
Scandinavian
Major:
Twenty-one semester hours of Scandinavian, including (1) no more than three
semester hours of lower-division coursework chosen from Scandinavian 301 and
308; (2) no more than nine semester hours of coursework in language and
literature chosen from Scandinavian 323, 358, 369, and 373; (3) no more than
nine semester hours of coursework in culture chosen from topics of Scandinavian
327; and (4) no more than six semester hours of coursework in society chosen
from topics of Scandinavian 335. In addition, the student must complete at
least two years of Danish, Norwegian, or Swedish.
Sociology
Major:
At least twenty-four semester hours of sociology, including Sociology 302, 317L
and 317M or the equivalent, and 379M. At least twelve hours must be in
upper-division courses.
Spanish
Major:
Each student must complete one of the following concentrations.
Minor for
Spanish majors: (1) Nine semester hours of coursework in Portuguese beyond
407 or 604; or (2) nine semester hours of courses beyond 507 or the equivalent
in another foreign language; or (3) twelve semester hours, including at least
six hours of upper-division coursework, in any related subject offered in the
College of Liberal Arts, the College of Natural Sciences, or the College of
Fine Arts. Related subjects include anthropology, art history, classical
civilization, design, economics, English, geography, government, history,
linguistics, music, philosophy, psychology, sociology, studio art, theatre and
dance, and visual art studies. Other subjects may be used with the written
approval of the undergraduate adviser.
Turkish Language and Literature
Major:
Eighteen semester hours in upper-division coursework in Turkish. Only courses
conducted primarily in Turkish may be counted toward the major.
Bachelor
of Arts, Plan II
The Plan II Honors Program is designed to provide a broad, liberal, and
challenging education for a limited number of students whose high school class
standing and admission test scores indicate strong academic potential and
motivation. The enrollment in Plan II is limited; application to the program is
separate from and in addition to application to the University. Application
materials and information about deadlines are available from the Plan II office
in Will C. Hogg 4.104. Transfer students may apply for admission, but an
overall grade point average of at least 3.40 is required, and it is the policy
of the Plan II office not to consider applicants who will have earned more than
thirty semester hours of college credit at the time of proposed entry into the
program.
Special
Requirements
Students who fail to maintain a University grade point average of at least 3.00
will usually be academically dismissed from Plan II. However, under special
circumstances and at the discretion of the director, a student may be allowed
to continue in the Plan II program on academic probation. A student who is
academically dismissed from the Plan II program is eligible to continue to
enroll in the College of Liberal Arts in another academic program if the
student fulfills the minimum scholastic requirements for the Bachelor of Arts,
Plan I, and the scholastic standards for continuance in the
University given in General Information. Students in scholastic
difficulty should discuss their problems with the Plan II academic adviser.
Plan II students may use credit by examination to fulfill certain program requirements. For more information on testing policies and credit by examination, contact the Plan II academic adviser.
The following tutorial courses are required: Tutorial Course 301, two semesters of 357, and 359T or 660H. Other distribution requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, Plan II, are outlined on the following pages. All courses offered in the Plan II Honors Program are subject to approval by the Plan II Committee; in some areas the committee will prescribe certain courses for all students in the program. Current information on these matters is available in the Plan II office.
Writing: In addition to English 603 or Tutorial Course 603, each student must complete two courses certified as having a substantial writing component. One of these courses must be upper-division. Courses used to fulfill the writing requirement may be used simultaneously to fulfill other area requirements or major requirements, unless otherwise specified. Courses with a substantial writing component are identified in the Course Schedule.
Foreign language: Students must complete four semesters in a single foreign language. Students who enter the University with fewer than two high school units in a single foreign language must take the first two semesters in a language without degree credit to remove their language deficiency, then complete the equivalent of two semesters beyond those courses in the same language to fulfill their foreign language requirement.
The foreign language requirement is the attainment of a certain proficiency, as well as the completion of a specified number of courses; however, the courses taken to gain this proficiency are not electives and may not be taken on the pass/fail basis. Any part of the requirement may be fulfilled by credit by examination. Students may accelerate their progress at any point in the sequence by means of credit by examination.
To achieve proficiency in a foreign language as rapidly as possible, qualified students are encouraged to take advantage of the intensive foreign language study program. Information about this program is available from the appropriate language department. Courses used to fulfill the foreign language requirement must be language courses; literature-in-translation courses, for example, may not be counted.
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