Modern Languages

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Majors are offered in French, German, Spanish and Romance Languages (a combination of French and Spanish). Minors are offered in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. Language courses are offered for the major and minor in Asian Studies and Russian Studies and for the minors in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, European Studies and International Business. Transfer students are not accepted as majors until they have completed at least one course at the 200 level or above at DePauw. Courses taken for a major or minor may not be taken pass/fail. The department encourages all majors and minors to spend at least one semester in an approved off-campus program in a country that speaks the target language. Students may apply credit from these programs to their major or minor as follows: two courses per semester may count toward the major, but only one course taken off-campus may count toward a minor. The International Center may assist students in locating an appropriate off- campus study program. See descriptions of programs in Section V, Off-campus Studies. Placement beyond the two-semester elementary level fulfills Group 5 of DePauw's graduation requirements. Group 5 may also be fulfilled with the two semesters of the elementary sequence in any language. Students who entered prior to Fall 2005 may fulfill one-half Group 5 with the first-semester elementary level class. In French and Spanish, successful completion of the "Review of Elementary" course (FREN 110, SPAN 140) fulfills all of Group 5 in a single semester. International students who are native speakers of any language other than English and who are degree candidates will be judged to have already satisfied the Group 5 requirement. Many of the 300-400 level courses in the department are offered in alternate years. The choice of appropriate courses should be determined in consultation with the major or minor adviser.