20 courses with the subject FLS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
FLS 1110Foreign Language Study Abroad I1-6
Credits: 1-6 hrs. This course allows a student to earn first year or elementary level credit for non-catalog courses in a foreign language taken through study abroad. Credit hours vary according to instructional or experiential contact hours. Course may be repeated under different subtitles.
Departmental approval. 1.000 to 6.000 Credit hours 1.000 to 6.000
FLS 1313World Language for False Beginners3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed for students with some knowledge of a foreign language who feel that they need to go back to the basics because of inadequate instruction, intermittent language study in high school, long years of absence since the last world language course, fear of learning a world language, perceived language skill inadequacies. It will focus on an intensive review of the first year of the language highlighting, practicing, revising and consolidating the essential skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. This course will also serve as a bridge to the intermediate level of the language (FLS 2311 Intermediate I). A satisfactory grade in this course (“C” or better) will earn the student credit for FLS 1312 while providing a pathway to the intermediate level. This course will be available in any of the languages taught in the Department of World Languages and Cultures.
Credits: 1-6 hrs. This course allows a student to earn second-year or intermediate-level credit for non-catalog courses in a foreign language taken through study abroad. Credit hours vary according to instructional or experiential contact hours. Course may be repeated under different subtitles.
Credits: 1-6 hr(s) This course is designed for students at the 2000 level or higher in any world language taught at the university. This course will be taken concurrently witha qualifying world language course. Focused on experiential learning and taken concurrently with a qualifying world language course, students will participate in a community learning experience that is academically integrated into the student’s concentration. Service may be in a local or international organization. The course instructor must approve the type of community service and number of hours required. This course may be repeated for a maximum of six (6) credit hours. It will be a pass/fail course.
Subject
FLS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
6
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Type
course
Repeatable
may be repeated for a maximum of six (6) credit hours.
Permission of department and concurrent enrollment in a world language course
FLS 2301World Language Films3
Credits: 3 hrs In FLS 2301, students will develop cross-cutltural awareness and increase their knowledge about world cultures by viewing films. Students will engage in lively discussions about the societies from which the films were produced, the characters’ conflicts and/or motivations, and global issues. These and other elements of the films will be researched and presented. The seminar will be taught in English and all films will be in English or have subtitles.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a study of selected literary works and related cultural products from India and South Asia. The thematic focus is broad, including works from the Ancient Hindu and Classical periods, early Buddhist tales, and medieval mystical poetry from a range of traditions. Though the texts are from before the eighteenth century, the course explores the persistent legacy and globalization of Indian ideas, as well as the diaspora of South Asias which echoes the past and spreads this legacy. Readings, viewings, lectures, and discussion are in English, and no prior knowledge of the region is required.
None. Area of Knowledge: Literature Curricular Theme: Globalization
FLS 2307World Languages for Survival Purposes3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is geared toward non-majors and the general public or any individual wishing to have a rudimentary knowledge of a foreign language for situational purposes when traveling to a foreign country. Essential phrases, words and expressions needed for common situations (travelling, transportation, airport, taking a taxi, driving, hotel lodging, food, eating, asking for directions, hiking, sightseeing, the beach, meeting people, health, safety, shopping, etc.) will be explored and practiced intensively within the classroom and online using contemporary communications technologies. Primary focus will be on oral communication; however, grammar essential to effective discourse will be introduced. Course can be taught in any language. Course will be offered during the summer session only.
FLS 2315Literature of the African Diaspora in the Americas3
Credits: 3 hrs Literature of the African Diaspora in the Americas is designed to introduce students to English translations of literary works originally composed in the languages offered in the Department of World Languages and Cultures. These texts will be studied within the framework of major literary and ideological movements that defined a Black aesthetics in the Americas. Principally, the course analyzes the concept of an African Diaspora and its impact on the literary expressions about the African presence and contributions in the Americas. The geographic scope of the course (from the Seward Pennisula to Patagonia) makes it amendable to different approaches and can be taught by any member of the faculty in the department.
Credits: 3 hrs This course introduces students to a variety of African traditional dances and music as a way of understanding major aspects of African cultures. The course underscores the importance of orality in African societies and requires students to locate and investigate how traditional music and dances have been used as vehicles and reservoirs of important cultural messages. The course examines selected traditional dances and music focusing on communities in sub Saharan Africa such as southern Africa, eastern Africa, central Africa and western Africa to better understand their role in the selected African communities. Students will have the opportunity to watch video clips and read about traditional performances and how they are used to convey important messages and mark important occasions in the lives of the selected cultures. Although the richness of these traditional performances will be discussed in class, students will be required to take this exercise beyond the classroom by searching, gathering, organizing, and sharing information with audience in acceptable formats.
FLS 2320An Introduction to Contemporary African Literature3
Credits: 3 hrs This course introduces students to the social, cultural, political, and economic aspects of African people as represented by 21st century contemporary African writers in their literary works. Through close reading and critical analysis of novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and film, students will explore topics such as the aftermath of colonial encounter, the conflict between tradition and modernity, the negotiation of African identities, post-independence disillusionment, gender issues, and the impact of globalization on the modem African society. The discussion of the selected works of fiction will foster a comparative approach that enables students to discover the similarities and the differences apparent in the cultures and historical contexts where these literatures emerge. At the end of the course students will have an improved appreciation of literary works made possible through the linguistic richness of African writing and a better understanding of the African people and their ways of life.
FLS 2323Introduction to African Cultures through Music and Dance3
Credits: 3 hrs This course introduces students to a variety of African traditional dances and music as a way of understanding major aspects of African cultures. The course underscores the importance of orality in African societies and requires students to locate and investigate how traditional music and dances have been used as vehicles and reservoirs of important cultural messages. The course examines selected traditional dances and music focusing on communities in sub Saharan Africa such as southern Africa, eastern Africa, central Africa and western Africa to better understand their role in the selected African communities. Students will have the opportunity to watch video clips and read about traditional performances and how they are used to convey important messages and mark important occasions in the lives of the selected cultures. Although the richness of these traditional performances will be discussed in class, students will be required to take this exercise beyond the classroom by searching, gathering, organizing, and sharing information with audience in acceptable formats.
None. Student Learning Outcome: Critical Reading Area of Knowledge: Literature Curricular Theme: Globalization
FLS 3110Foreign Language Study Abroad III1-6
Credits: 1-6 hrs. This course allows a student to earn third-year or advanced-level credit for non-catalog courses in a foreign language taken through study abroad. Credit hours vary according to instructional or experiential contact hours. Course may be repeated under different subtitles.
FLS 3311Yoruba Culture and Civilization in the Americas3
Credits: 3 hrs This course acquaints students with the Yoruba people, their history, traditional and contemporary arts, social organization, religion, and technology. It introduces students to the presence and influence of the Yoruba people and of the Yoruba culture in the Americas, including the United States of America.
FLS 2301 - World Language Films or permission of Instructor Student Learning Outcome: Critical Reading Area of Knowledge: Foreign Language & Culture Curricular Theme: Globalization
FLS 3330Topics on East Asia Languages and Cultures in Contact3
Credits: 3 hrs This course will examine the language and culture connections among China, Korea, and Japan through the lens of social justice. This course presents an in-depth analysis of the Chinese language in contact with other two Asian languages in the world, accompanied by information on geography, history, culture, etc. Students will learn how language-related social justice issues, such as human migration, politics, and globalization.
FLS 2000 level courses, CHI 2315 - Contemporary China Youth Cultures or permission of the department Student Learning Outcome: Critical Reading Area of Knowledge: Foreign Language and Culture Curricular Theme: Globalization Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: April 21, 2022
FLS 3401Foreign Language Studies I1-6
Credits: 1-6 hrs This is the first of a two-course elementary language proficiency instruction sequence designed to help students develop language skills in all areas- listening, speaking, reading and writing -as well as other content as appropriate. The course is intended for world languages not previously or regularly taught on campus, coures offered through distance learning or languages offered at other institutions.
Permission of the department. Area of Knowledge: Literature Curricular Theme: Globalization
FLS 3402Foreign Language Studies II1-6
Credits: 1-6 hrs This course continues Foreign Language Studies I and is a proficiency-oriented course designed to help students develop language skills in all areas - listening, speaking, reading and writing - as well as other content as appropriate. The course is intended for continuing study of world languages not previously or regularly taught on campus, courses offered through distance learning, or languages offered at other institutions.
Permission of the department. Area of Knowledge: Literature Curricular Theme: Globalization
FLS 4110Foreign Language Study Abroad IV1-6
Credits: 1-6 hrs This course allows a student to earn fourth-year or advanced-level credit for non-catalog courses in a foreign language taken through study abroad. Credit hours vary according to instructional or experiential contact hours. Course may be repeated under different subtitles.
FLS 4320Independent Study in Foreign Language Studies1
Credits: 1 to 6 hrs The independent study in Foreign Language Studies (FLS) is individualized study under the direction, and supervision of a faculty member within the department, and undertaken by a student without regular classroom instruction. The student is required to plan with the faculty member an individualized schedule of reading, research, study or other academic activities which results in specified graded deliverables within the semester culminating in a grade at the end of the course.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed for the advanced major, minor or skilled student who needs to refine, review and to galvanize written Spanish expression to the professional level. It involves intensive and extensive written discourse in Spanish and develops advanced critical reading and writting skills through the in depth study of the major expository modes: description, narration, analysis and argumentation. An intensive review of grammar will be infused. In addition, a final extensive research capstone project involving scholarly bibiographic investigation will be required.
