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Liberal Arts Building (LAB), 305
118 College Drive, Box #5038
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601.266.4964
Fax: 601.266.4853
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Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages and Literatures
A Major in Foreign Languages
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers three options for a Bachelor of Arts:
(1) Foreign Languages: Spanish concentration
(2) Foreign Languages: French concentration
(3) Foreign Languages: Two-Language concentration.
Each option requires 30 hours above the 100 levels.
The program aims to provide students with sufficient language skills and cultural insights to give them sound foundations for a wide range of careers. It is designed to meet the following objectives:
(1) prepare students (in combination with other disciplines) for industrial, commercial and government employment in which knowledge of a foreign language and culture is a distinct advantage;
(2) prepare students to teach foreign languages in secondary schools;
(3) prepare students for graduate study in languages, literatures, cultural studies, and related fields.
The department offers curricula from the beginning through the advanced levels in French, Spanish, and German. The department also regularly offers Latin through the intermediate levels.
A Minor in Foreign Languages
A minor is 18 hours including 100 level courses. A Classics minor is available for 21 hours.
CLEP Examinations, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate credit in Foreign Languages
Students with previous language study or background may earn up to a total of 12 hours of college credit in Spanish, French or German by taking a CLEP examination. Students may take the CLEP examination on campus in the Walker Science Building at any time during their course of study. Students are also given credit for Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) high school degree programs. For complete details regarding how to take the CLEP examination in foreign languages as well as AP and IB course credit, consult the "B.A. and the Foreign Language Requirement" link on our website or speak to the chair in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures or an Admissions officer.
Departmental News
In the fall of 2012 we will be offering courses in Russian, Chinese, and Italian. Sign up now!
Dr. Joanne Burnett's article "Two case studies of secondary language teaching: A critical look at the intersection of management and the local and social realities which shape our classrooms" is currently in print in the Modern Language Journal.
Dr. Carmen Carracelas-Juncal presented "A Pebble in the Pond: The Impact of a Graduate Online Service-Learning Course on the Practices of Spanish Language Teachers, Their Students and Their Communities" with MATL graduates Tiffany Robayna and Michelle Leland and MATL students Elvira Deyamport and Jessica Thomas at the Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Through Higher Education in March.
Dr. Laurel Abreu had her article "Subject Pronoun Expression and Priming Effects among Bilingual Speakers of Puerto Rican Spanish" published in the Selected Proceedings of the 14th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium.
Instructor Keltoum Rowland has been named the Honorary Consul of France to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She recently hosted a ceremony at the Thad Cochran Center for three World War II Veterans who received the Legion of Honor for their service to France and the United States.
Kaycie Hall, a recent graduate of the department's French program, is currently doing a master's degree with New York University in Paris.
Congratulations to Jarred Hayes who received a Gilman Scholarship to suppport his studies in Jaén, Spain.
MATL graduate Verniece Goode has been inducted into the Mississippi Hall of Master Teachers.
MATL graduate Ryan Ruckel has been named PRCC Humanities Teacher of the Year.
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