7 courses with the subject INT, 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.
INT 101Introduction to Indo-European Languages3
Fall/Spring This course is a comparative and historical approach to the development of Indo-European languages and the cultures associated with them. The course will enable students to gain greater insight into the evolution of English and many of the world’s most important languages such as Latin, Greek, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Hindi, and Farsi. Understanding language evolution, key components of language, writing systems, and the development of the world’s largest language family and its influence in the world of yesterday, today, and tomorrow are primary course objectives. 3 credit hours
INT 110Cultural Perspectives on Contemporary Issues3
Fall/Spring Students in this course will examine topics of importance in the global community from a variety of perspectives. Emphasis will be placed on perspectives on these topics in the French-, German-, and Spanish-speaking worlds. Examples include such topics as immigration, health issues, sustainability, bilingual education, organic food, and higher education. Students will prepare a project designed to raise awareness of a global issue with a wider audience beyond the classroom. No foreign language proficiency is required to enroll in this course. 3 credit hours
Fall/Spring This course offers the opportunity to apply French, German, or Spanish to a subject area of interest that is outside of the French, German, or Spanish program. Students will select and read texts in French, German, or Spanish pertaining to a course of their choice taught in English that they are taking concurrently with INT 151. Texts will be selected in consultation with the professor in both INT 151 and the relevant concurrent course, and will reflect the student’s degree of French, German, or Spanish proficiency. Using skills of linguistic and cultural analysis, students will enlarge their understanding of that concurrent course to include viewpoints beyond the English-language sources being used for that course. Activities will include readings, discussions, oral presentations, short translations with and without AI, and a roundtable discussion. No prior French, German, or Spanish is required for enrollment in this course. 3 credit hours
This course is an examination of the nature and origins of language, the main language groupings of the world, and the development of writing systems. Language groups from Europe and Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and Polynesia, the Pacific, and Australia, as well as the Americas will be studied. Attention will be paid to the role of languages in the 20th and 21st centuries and the future of languages. The goal is to prepare students to become positive citizens in our complex world by applying in their respective careers the knowledge of language and its role in history and today’s society. 3 credit hours
Fall/Spring This course offers the opportunity to apply French, German, or Spanish to a subject area of interest that is outside of the French, German, or Spanish program. Students will select and read texts in French, German, or Spanish pertaining to a course of their choice taught in English that they are taking concurrently with INT 151 . Texts will be selected in consultation with the professor in both INT 151
Fall/Spring Themes of this course include verbal and nonverbal communication in a variety of cross-cultural professional settings. We will discuss the effects that culture and language have on our ability to negotiate meaning with clients and colleagues, and strategies for bridging cultural gaps. This discussion-based course will include role plays and oral presentations pertaining to regions and countries throughout the world. In questioning the values and assumptions of other cultures, we will glean new insights into our own. 3 credit hours
