"Se La Vie" in World Languages
New langauge courses in Spring 2007
Amanda Rutherford
Issue date: 11/21/06 Section: Features
The World Languages and Hispanic Literatures Department is now offering Arabic 201A and advanced courses in French 311, German 312 and 350 as of the Spring 2007 semester. Students can still meet the language requirement with Arabic 201A or continue with a minor in French or German. These new courses add to the expansion of the language program here at California State University San Marcos. CSUSM now offers five languages instead of four, and lends the potential for greater learning of these languages. The five classes currently offered are Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Arabic.
CSUSM offers these classes because the University is committed to the multicultural aspects of our global society and "this commitment to diversity is also represented by the multicultural composition of our faculty," (http://www.csusm.edu/languages/). Any information desired on these courses such as when or where they can be taken can be looked up on the school website: http://www.csusm.edu/languages. Here, students can find detailed information on clubs related to the courses or detailed information on the cultural aspects of the courses associated with the language. Students can also find campus job opportunities on the site relating to specific language course interest.
Many professors are excited for the new upper and lower division classes and what they will offer to students. This will increase the breadth of many of the language majors and minors and increase the level of understanding of the languages and the cultures behind them. In these courses, teachers get to watch students grow and develop specific language skills, perhaps utilizing their skills later on to travel the world. Through the Study Abroad Program on campus too, CSUSM students have the opportunity to enter language programs and travel to places like Japan and live there while continuing their study in school, furthering their grasp of the foreign language.
For those students who are not interested in pursuing a degree or minoring in one of the offered languages, it is still beneficial to all students to be aware that many of the lower-level language classes can be used to fulfill the language requirement that is necessary to graduate. Students must complete a course or a test for the course in a language other than English to graduate. Every language major and minor has different professors. Each is also split up by last name so that someone with the last name beginning with 'A' will not have the same advisor as someone with the last name of 'Z.' Lucy Higuera, the Foreign Language Proficiency Assessor, is available to students who need more information about wanting to test out of the language requirement. More information on this and the language course completions can be found at http://lynx.csusm.edu/llc/graduation_requirement.asp.
Additionally, students do not have to major or minor in a language to take the advanced classes, as so any student wishing to enjoy a language course is free to do so; of course there maybe pre-requisite classes needed. For those students currently taking these classes just because the class is required, remember there are tutors for those who need help with the different languages. The tutors and times of availability can be found on the same website that the course completion information is on. Take advantage of the new and old language programs here at CSUSM. If anyone is interested in learning a new language jump into the programs as it may continuing growing and offer more languages in the future.
CSUSM offers these classes because the University is committed to the multicultural aspects of our global society and "this commitment to diversity is also represented by the multicultural composition of our faculty," (http://www.csusm.edu/languages/). Any information desired on these courses such as when or where they can be taken can be looked up on the school website: http://www.csusm.edu/languages. Here, students can find detailed information on clubs related to the courses or detailed information on the cultural aspects of the courses associated with the language. Students can also find campus job opportunities on the site relating to specific language course interest.
Many professors are excited for the new upper and lower division classes and what they will offer to students. This will increase the breadth of many of the language majors and minors and increase the level of understanding of the languages and the cultures behind them. In these courses, teachers get to watch students grow and develop specific language skills, perhaps utilizing their skills later on to travel the world. Through the Study Abroad Program on campus too, CSUSM students have the opportunity to enter language programs and travel to places like Japan and live there while continuing their study in school, furthering their grasp of the foreign language.
For those students who are not interested in pursuing a degree or minoring in one of the offered languages, it is still beneficial to all students to be aware that many of the lower-level language classes can be used to fulfill the language requirement that is necessary to graduate. Students must complete a course or a test for the course in a language other than English to graduate. Every language major and minor has different professors. Each is also split up by last name so that someone with the last name beginning with 'A' will not have the same advisor as someone with the last name of 'Z.' Lucy Higuera, the Foreign Language Proficiency Assessor, is available to students who need more information about wanting to test out of the language requirement. More information on this and the language course completions can be found at http://lynx.csusm.edu/llc/graduation_requirement.asp.
Additionally, students do not have to major or minor in a language to take the advanced classes, as so any student wishing to enjoy a language course is free to do so; of course there maybe pre-requisite classes needed. For those students currently taking these classes just because the class is required, remember there are tutors for those who need help with the different languages. The tutors and times of availability can be found on the same website that the course completion information is on. Take advantage of the new and old language programs here at CSUSM. If anyone is interested in learning a new language jump into the programs as it may continuing growing and offer more languages in the future.
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my name
posted 4/11/08 @ 4:26 PM PST
The World Languages and Hispanic Literatures Department is now offering Arabic 201A and advanced courses in French 311, German 312 and 350 as of the Spring 2007 semester. (Continued…)
Bill Ehler
posted 7/31/08 @ 1:23 PM PST
I am trying to find out what language the phrase "se la vie" is I contend it is Spanish, but friends argue it is French
Mary
posted 9/05/08 @ 9:18 AM PST
uh...Its "C'est la vie"
and its French.
Who let this typo slip by!!?
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