Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language at Thomas Edison State University

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BA in Foreign Language

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree program in Foreign Language prepares adults for career change, advancement or graduate education, while providing personal enrichment. The program focuses on linguistic skills, literary appreciation, and understanding people and their culture. Students are required to select a specific language (such as French, German, Spanish, Italian, etc.) and develop a broad general knowledge of the traditional liberal arts disciplines while developing a greater depth of knowledge in the language they select.

Subject Category	Credits
I. General Education Requirements	60
A. Intellectual and Practical Skills	15
Written Communication	(6)
Oral Communication	(3)
Quantitative Literacy	(3)
Information Literacy SOS-110: Critical Information Literacy	(3)
B. Civic and Global Learning	9
Diversity	(3)
Ethics	(3)
Civic Engagement	(3)
C. Knowledge of Human Cultures	12
D. Understanding the Physical and Natural World	4-7
E. General Education Electives	17-20
II. Area of Study: Foreign Language	33
A. Required Courses	21
Language skills through the advanced level	(12)
EXAMPLES:
Intermediate Language I and II	(6)
AND
Advanced Language I and II	(6)
Note: Elementary/beginning-level language CANNOT be applied toward the area of study requirement
History of Civilization	(3)
Major Writers/Masterpieces of Literature	(6)
B. Capstone	3
LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone	(3)
C. Foreign Language Electives*	9
FRENCH Advanced Syntax Consecutive & Simultaneous Interpreting Contemporary French Drama Dada and Surrealism French Civilization: l9th Century and 20th Century French Film French Novel to l900 French Novel of the 20th Century French Poetry French Renaissance Music in French Revolution Napoleonic Wars: Fact and Fiction Phonology 17th Century (or l8th C. or l9th C. or 20th C.) Literature l7th Century (or l8th C. or l9th C. or 20th C.) Theater Translation Women in French Literature
SPANISH Cervantes Comparative Grammar: Spanish - English Contemporary Latin-American Theater Evolution of Spanish Language Hispanic Culture in New Jersey Hispanic Mainland Literature Literature of Puerto Rico and/or Cuba Masterpieces of Spanish American Literature Middle Ages in Spain Phonology Spanish-American Cultural History Spanish-American Novel Spanish Literature of l9th Century Spanish Novel of the 20th Century Theater of the Golden Age 20th Century Poetry 20th Century Spanish Prose Literature
GERMAN Age of Schiller Applied Linguistics Drama of l9th Century and 20th Century German Novel of the 20th Century Goethe History and Development of German Language l9th Century German Realism Phonology Poetry Prose Fiction l6th Century - l8th Century Literature Translation
ITALIAN Dante Italian-American Novel Italian Cinema Italian Humanism and Renaissance Italian Novel of the 20th Century Italian Opera Literature of the Renaissance Literature of l3th & l4th Century (or l8th C. or l9th C. or 20th C.) Phonology
D. Requirements
Courses transferred to Thomas Edison State University are equated to the following levels: 100, 200, 300 or 400. A minimum of 18 credits equating to 300 or 400 are required.
III. Electives	27
Total Credits	120

Subject Category

Credits

I. General Education Requirements

A. Intellectual and Practical Skills

Written Communication

(6)

Oral Communication

(3)

Quantitative Literacy

(3)

Information Literacy
SOS-110: Critical Information Literacy

(3)

B. Civic and Global Learning

Diversity

(3)

Ethics

(3)

Civic Engagement

(3)

C. Knowledge of Human Cultures

D. Understanding the Physical and Natural World

4-7

E. General Education Electives

17-20

II. Area of Study: Foreign Language

A. Required Courses

Language skills through the advanced level

(12)

EXAMPLES:

Intermediate Language I and II

(6)

AND

Advanced Language I and II

(6)

Note: Elementary/beginning-level language CANNOT be applied toward the area of study requirement

History of Civilization

(3)

Major Writers/Masterpieces of Literature

(6)

B. Capstone

LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone

(3)

C. Foreign Language Electives*

FRENCH

Advanced Syntax
Consecutive & Simultaneous Interpreting
Contemporary French Drama
Dada and Surrealism
French Civilization: l9th Century and 20th Century
French Film
French Novel to l900
French Novel of the 20th Century
French Poetry
French Renaissance
Music in French Revolution
Napoleonic Wars: Fact and Fiction
Phonology
17th Century (or l8th C. or l9th C. or 20th C.) Literature
l7th Century (or l8th C. or l9th C. or 20th C.) Theater
Translation
Women in French Literature

SPANISH

Cervantes
Comparative Grammar: Spanish - English
Contemporary Latin-American Theater
Evolution of Spanish Language
Hispanic Culture in New Jersey
Hispanic Mainland Literature
Literature of Puerto Rico and/or Cuba
Masterpieces of Spanish American
Literature
Middle Ages in Spain
Phonology
Spanish-American Cultural History
Spanish-American Novel
Spanish Literature of l9th Century
Spanish Novel of the 20th Century
Theater of the Golden Age
20th Century Poetry
20th Century Spanish Prose Literature

GERMAN

Age of Schiller
Applied Linguistics
Drama of l9th Century and 20th Century
German Novel of the 20th Century
Goethe
History and Development of German Language
l9th Century German Realism
Phonology
Poetry
Prose Fiction
l6th Century - l8th Century Literature
Translation

ITALIAN

Dante
Italian-American Novel
Italian Cinema
Italian Humanism and Renaissance
Italian Novel of the 20th Century
Italian Opera
Literature of the Renaissance
Literature of l3th & l4th Century (or l8th C. or l9th C. or 20th C.)
Phonology

D. Requirements

Courses transferred to Thomas Edison State University are equated to the following levels: 100, 200, 300 or 400. A minimum of 18 credits equating to 300 or 400 are required.

III. Electives

Total Credits

120

BA in Foreign Language

Learning Outcomes

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