2006-2007 Academic Year - Trinity University

MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
CARLOS X. ARDAVÍN, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Spanish
ALAN M. ASTRO, Ph.D., Professor, French
ROSANA BLANCO-CANO, Ph.D.*, Professor, Spanish
SARAH P. BURKE, Ph.D., Professor, Russian
NINA C. EKSTEIN, Ph.D., Professor, French
STEPHEN L. FIELD, Ph.D., Professor, Chinese; Chair
BRUCE T. HOLL, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Russian
NANETTE LE COAT, Ph.D., Associate Professor, French
ARTURO MADRID, Ph.D., Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the
Humanities, Spanish
PABLO A. MARTINEZ, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Spanish
DEBRA OCHOA, Ph.D.*, Assistant Professor, Spanish
BLADIMIR RUIZ, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Spanish
THOMAS SEBASTIAN, Ph.D., Associate Professor, German
MATTHEW D. STROUD, Ph.D., Professor, Spanish
HEATHER I. SULLIVAN, Ph.D., Associate Professor, German
RITA E. URQUIJO-RUIZ, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Spanish
MICHAEL T. WARD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Italian and Spanish
WEN XING, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chinese
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers courses leading to the degree
of Bachelor of Arts with a major in Chinese, French, German, Russian, or Spanish. Programs
are also available in French, German, and Spanish as teaching fields under the
interdepartmental major for teachers in secondary schools. Italian is offered on the
elementary and intermediate levels. Courses in Greek and Latin are the responsibility of the
Department of Classical Studies.
THE MAJOR
In order to be granted full acceptance for admission to a major in Chinese, French, German,
Russian, or Spanish, a student must have completed the 3301 course in that language with
a grade of C or better.
CHINESE
The requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in Chinese are as follows:
I. The common curriculum
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II.
Departmental requirements:
A. Completion of 21 semester hours, of which no more than 3 may be lower division
(2302). Upper division will include CHIN 4351.
B. Completion of one of the following additional requirements:
1. Nine additional semester hours of upper division courses in Chinese.
Students have the option of substituting up to 9 semester hours from the
following: CHIN 2311, HIST 3371, ML&L 3301, 3302, PHIL 3328, and RELI
3333.
2. The lower division courses, or the equivalent, and at least 3 semester hours
of upper division courses in a second foreign language.
C. The Senior Experience requirement can be satisfied by completing GNED 4300
Senior Interdisciplinary Seminar, GNED 4301 Senior Synthesis, or CHIN 4001
Senior Experience. The first two options will be in addition to the 30 (or 21) hours
required for the Chinese major, while the third will not.
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