Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

World Languages: French, B.A.


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The B.A. in World Languages allows students to specialize in two languages. In the World Languages: French major, students choose French as the primary language and one secondary language specialization (Arabic, Chinese, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian or Spanish). Students must complete at least 26 credit hours of coursework beyond the first-year sequence in the French primary language and at least 16 credit hours in the secondary language specialization. The total number of credit hours depends on the languages studied.

SMU Degree Requirements

An SMU undergraduate degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours and must include completion of the , one major and a combination of electives and/or other majors or minors. Completion of certain majors requires more than 120 hours to finish the degree. The credit hours within this curriculum are distributed as follows:

Requirements for the Major


Secondary Language Specializations


One secondary language chosen from the following eight specializations:

Arabic


Chinese


German


Italian


Japanese


Latin


Russian


Spanish


Spanish has three tracks, for non-native, heritage and native speakers of Spanish. These categories refer to a student’s linguistic ability and are determined by the Spanish area adviser. As such, tracks and appropriate courses are selected in consultation with the Spanish area adviser.

Track for Native Speakers: Native speakers will start coursework at the 4000 level. In consultation with the Spanish area adviser, they should begin with  or , with one exception: native speakers who have not had formal academic training with written Spanish may begin coursework with .

Track for Heritage Speakers: Heritage speakers must take  and , instead of  and . From the second category below, they may select from , , or  only.

Track for Non-Native Speakers: Non-native speakers may take  before  and/or may take one of the following concurrently with : , , , or .

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