Majors: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish Minors: Arabic, Chinese, Classical Studies, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish Two and Three Year Programs: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers undergraduate major programs in Chinese, Classical Languages, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish; minor programs in Arabic & Turkish; and instruction in the above languages, as well as in Danish, Finnish, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Persian (Farsi), Portuguese, Swahili, Swedish, and Turkish. Other languages may be offered from time to time.
Admission Requirements Students majoring in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish are required to demonstrate proficiency at a level determined by the individual language program before being admitted to 400-level courses.
Credit by Examination Credit by exam may be granted for first-year and second-year language sequences only. A student may be awarded credit by exam for a maximum of one language sequence (12-15 credits). Credit by exam is awarded only for those languages taught by the department. Credit received by examination is graded P/NP only.
Students of French, German, or Spanish may receive credit for first- or second-year by taking a CLEP exam (administered by Testing Services). The amount of credit awarded will depend on the score received. Students of Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Finn-ish, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Persian (Farsi), Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Swedish, or Turkish should contact the department for individual testing.
Restrictions The language sequences 101, 102, 103 (or 150, 151) and 201, 202, 203 must be taken in order. Students who have received credit for any one of these may not subsequently receive credit for any of the lower numbered courses. This restriction also applies to transfer credits and credits earned by examination.
Native speakers (defined as students whose formal secondary education was completed in the foreign language) may not register for first-through fourth-year language courses, nor may they receive credit by exam for their native language.
Overseas and Intensive Programs Students of foreign languages are encouraged to improve their language skills by participating in one of the many study-abroad and overseas internship opportunities offered through Portland State and the Oregon State System of Higher Education. Programs ranging from one term to a full academic year are available in several foreign counties, including China, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Russia, and Spain. The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the University's Office of International Education Services will counsel and assist students in integrating their overseas experience with their courses of academic study. In German, Portland State offers intensive summer work in its nationally famous Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik.
Advisor-approved electives
Linguistics (FL 390, LING 390, or linguistics course in the major language)
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Note: Candidates for a major in a foreign language must schedule their program with an advisor.
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Minor Requirements for FL : printable pdf Major/Minor Requirements for FL : advising request form A printable worksheet for the Spanish Minor
Minor Requirements for Classical Studies An undergraduate minor in classical studies consists of 36 credits of Latin and Ancient Greek (two years of Latin and one of Greek or two years of Greek and one of Latin) and 12 credits of area classes selected from the list below.
Area Classes: ArH 452 Ancient Art: Aegean and Greek ArH 452 Ancient Art: Etruscan and Roman Eng 317 Greek Mythology Grk 330 Ancient Greek Literature in Translation Grk 331 Plato as Literature Grk 333 Women in Ancient Greece Grk 334 Greek Ethical Thought Grk 335 Sophocles and Euripides Hst 315 Greek History Hst 316 Roman History Lat 330 Roman Culture Lat 341 Roman Literature in Translation Phl 414 Plato Phl 415 Aristotle TA 471 Ancient Greek Theater and Drama
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