School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs (Student Learning Outcomes)

Majors

• African American Studies BA

  After completing our program, students will:

  • demonstrate disciplinary knowledge of African American studies.
  • demonstrate competence in African American studies research design and methodology.
  • practice critical inquiry and analysis of the political, social, and historical perspectives of African American life and culture.

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• Archaeology BA

  After completing our program, students will:

  • demonstrate a knowledge of the underlying theoretical assumption in archaeology by describing how archaeology began and how the discipline has grown.
  • demonstrate experience with modern data collection procedures in archaeology.
  • demonstrate research skills through their experience with understanding of information processing methods such as artifact cleaning, classification, and data entry.

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• Classics AB/BA

  After completing our program, students will:

  • demonstrate a working knowledge of the foundational resources for research in the field and assess how they would apply to a particular question.
  • conduct a clear and cogent, research project utilizing relevant secondary literature and developing a rational argument.
  • present and defend a research topic in an oral presentation, which clearly explains a thesis and employs supporting argumentation in a logical sequence.

  AB students take additional credit hours of Greek or Latin.

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• Foreign Language Education Cognate BS

  After completing our program, students will:

  • prove their understanding of language acquisition theories and instructional practices for students at the pre-kindergarten through 12th grade levels.
  • demonstrate the ability to integrate the National and State student standards into lesson plans for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.
  • demonstrate the ability to create and implement assessments of their students' language skills and cultural awareness at the pre-kindergarten through 12th grade levels.

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• French and Francophone BA

  After completing our program, students will:

  • demonstrate their ability to speak French at the Intermediate-High level or higher on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) speaking proficiency scale.
  • demonstrate their ability to write in French. They will be able to narrate and describe with detail in all major time frames with good control of aspect. They will be rated at the Advanced-Mid level or higher on the ACTFL scale for proficiency in writing.
  • demonstrate knowledge of literacy and cultural texts from France and Francophone countries.

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• German Studies BA

  After completing our program, students will:

  • demonstrate writing proficiency at the B1 level, as defined by the Common European Framework for Foreign Language Proficiency.
  • demonstrate speaking proficiency at the B1 level, as defined by the Common European Framework for Foreign Language Proficiency.
  • demonstrate understanding of texts on literary and cultural themes as well as interdisciplinary topics.

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• International Studies BA

  After completing our program, students will:

  • demonstrate global awareness, that is, the ability to identify and describe differences and similarities within and between societies and cultures.
  • describe and/or apply a theoretical approach or paradigm germane to international studies.
  • demonstrate the ability to access existing knowledge by retrieving, assembling, and organizing information on particular topics and issues in international studies and its related disciplines and fields.

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• Jewish Studies BA

  After completing our program, students will:

  • retrieve, identify, explain, compare, contrast, and summarize information pertaining to Jewish history, thought, religion, and culture.
  • write well-organized and persuasive research papers in which they analyze a topic that is relevant to Jewish history, culture, tradition, politics, or religion
  • illustrate and interpret key issues pertaining to their research topic concerning Jewish culture, traditiona, history, and politics.

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• Latin American and the Caribbean Studies BA

  After completing our program, students will:

  • demonstrate an understanding of the diversity and complexity of the Latin American and/or Caribbean experience.
  • apply an integrative multidisciplinary approach to an anlysis of current issues in Latin American and/or the Caribbean.
  • demonstrate an appreciation for and understanding of the value of Latin American and Caribbean studies and its interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and comparative approaches.

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• Spanish BA

  After completing our program, students will:

  • speak at the Intermediate-high level or higher on the ACTFL scale.
  • recognize the main periods, movements, authors and genres of Hispanic Literature, and interpret literature.
  • write at the Advanced-low level on the ACTFL scale.
  • identify and explain linguistic characteristics of Spanish, as well as demonstrate knowledge and apply the main concepts of phonology, morphology, semantics and syntax.

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