World Competencies Certificate

Overview
Requirements

The Certificate in World Competencies will encourage students to be more informed about regions around the world. It will also hone their analytic, as well linguistic skills.

Post-Secondary Certificate - World Competencies

College of Humanities & Sciences

Degree Specific Credits: 21-26, depending on the choice of language

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0

Catalog Year: 2019-20

Note: A programmatic international experience, for example, study abroad, can be applied to these requirements.

Summary

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Language Requirement		16-20
Cultural Studies Requirement		3
Global/Regional Issues Requirement		3
Activities Requirement ^{see requirement below}		0
Total Hours		22-26

Language Requirement

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Complete four semesters of one of the following languages:		16-20
Arabic
ARAB 101	Elementary Modern Standard Arabic I
ARAB 102	Elementary Modern Standard Arabic II
ARAB 201	Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I
ARAB 202	Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II
Chinese
CHIN 101	Elementary Chinese I
CHIN 102	Elementary Chinese II
CHIN 201	Intermediate Chinese I
CHIN 202	Intermediate Chinese II
French
FRCH 101	Elementary French I
FRCH 102	Elementary French II
FRCH 201	Intermediate French I
FRCH 202	Intermediate French II
German
GRMN 101	Elementary German I
GRMN 102	Elementary German II
GRMN 201	Intermediate German I
GRMN 202	Intermediate German II
Japanese
JPNS 101	Elementary Japanese I
JPNS 102	Elementary Japanese II
JPNS 201	Intermediate Japanese I
JPNS 202	Intermediate Japanese II
Latin
LATN 101	Elementary Latin I
LATN 102	Elementary Latin II
LATN 201	Intermediate Latin I
LATN 202	Intermediate Latin II
Russian
RUSS 101	Elementary Russian I
RUSS 102	Elementary Russian II
RUSS 201	Intermediate Russian I
RUSS 202	Intermediate Russian II
Spanish
SPNS 101	Elementary Spanish I
SPNS 102	Elementary Spanish II
SPNS 201	Intermediate Spanish I
SPNS 202	Intermediate Spanish II
Total Hours		16-20

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Cultural Studies Requirement

Note: The course meeting this requirement should be in the language or the area of expertise, taught either in English or the target language.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
Arabic Studies
ARAB 305	The Arab World
Chinese Studies
CHIN 313L	Chinese Poetry in Translation
CHIN 380	Chinese Folktales
French Studies
FRCH 300	Intro to Literature in French
FRCH 310	Fr. Lit. Cult. Mid. Age Renass
FRCH 311	Fr. Lit. Cult. 17th 18th Cent.
FRCH 312	Fr. Lit. Cult. Long 19th Cent.
FRCH 313	Literature and Culture III: French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures of the 20th Century
FRCH 338	The French Cinema
FRCH 339	Surv African Cinema
FRCH 420	Studies in French Prose
FRCH 430	Studies in French Drama
FRCH 440	Studies in French Poetry
German Studies
GRMN 106H	Introduction to German Culture and Civilization
GRMN 311	Introduction to German Literature
GRMN 312	Introduction to German Literature: Drama/Poetry
GRMN 317L	Introduction to Multicultural Literature in Contemporary Germany
GRMN 322L	Survey of German Cinema
GRMN 340L	Nature and the Environment in German Literature and Film
GRMN 350	German Culture & Civilization
GRMN 351H	German Culture: Beginnings to Romanticism
GRMN 352H	Germ Culture: Romanticism to the Present
GRMN 431	German Literature 1760-1832
GRMN 441	19th Century German Literature
GRMN 451	20th Century German Literature to 1945
GRMN 452	20th Century German Literature Since 1945
GRMN 453	German Literature Since Unification
Japanese Studies
JPNS 301	Advanced Japanese
JPNS 302	Advanced Japanese
JPNS 311	Jpns Clasc Lit Engl Trans
JPNS 312	Jpns Lit Medieval to Mod
JPNS 371	Japanese Film and Anime
JPNS 411	Mod Jpns Wrtrs/Thinkers
JPNS 412	Intro Classical Japanese
JPNS 415	Adv Jpns for Professionals
JPNS 431	Post-War Japanese Lit
Latin/Classical Studies
CLAS 160L	Classical Mythology
CLAS 251L	The Epic
CLAS 252L	Greek Drama: Politics on Stage
HSTR 302H	Ancient Greece
HSTR 304H	Ancient Rome
Russian Studies
FILM 308	Russian Cinema and Culture
HSTR 357	Russia to 1881
HSTR 358	Russia Since 1881
RUSS 105H	Intro to Russian Culture
RUSS 306L	Evil and the Supernatural in Russian Literature
RUSS 307L	Beauty, Power and Pride in Russian Literature
RUSS 411	19th-Century Russian Authors
RUSS 412	20th-Century Russian Authors
RUSS 424	Russian Short Story
RUSS 440	Russian Poetry
Spanish/Latin American Studies
MCLG 315	Major Hispanic Authors
SPNS 301	Spanish: Oral and Written Expr
SPNS 326	Contemporary Spanish Lit
SPNS 331	Cultures and Societies of Latin America
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Global/Regional Issues Requirement

Note: Other courses may fulfill this requirement at the discretion of the certificate advisor.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following courses:		3
ANTY 102H	Intro to South & S. East Asia
ANTY 141H	The Silk Road
ANTY 241H	Central Asian Culture and Civ
ANTY 250S	Intro to Archaeology
ANTY 251H	Foundations of Civilization
ANTY 254H	Arch Wonders of the World
ANTY 330X	Peoples and Cultures of World
ARTH 200H	Art of World Civilization I
ARTH 201H	Art of World Civilization II
BGEN 360	International Business
ENST 230H	Nature and Society
GPHY 121S	Human Geography
GPHY 141S	Geography of World Regions
GPHY 245X	The Middle East
GPHY 347	Regional Geography (Multiple Regions)
GBLD 194	Seminar
GBLD 294	Seminar
HSTR 101H	Western Civilization I
HSTR 102H	Western Civilization II
HSTR 103H	Honors Western Civilization I
HSTR 104H	Honors Western Civilization II
HSTR 230H	Colonial Latin America
HSTR 231H	Modern Latin America
HSTR 240H	East Asian Civilizations
HSTR 241H	Central Asian Cult & Civ
HSTR 262H	Islamic Civil: Classical Age
HSTR 264H	Islamic Civ: Modrn Era
HSTR 272E	Terrorism:Viol Mod Wrld
HSTR 334	Latin America: Reform & Revolution
HSTR 345H	Modern China
HSTR 368	Iran Between Two Revolutions
HSTR 386	Nationalism Modern Middle East
IRSH 249	The Irish
IRSH 345L	Literature in the Irish Lang
IRSH 360	Irish/N Irish Literature
LIT 349L	Medieval Lit
LIT 350L	Chaucer
LIT 353L	Milton
LIT 355	British Romanticism
PSCI 220S	Intro to Comparative Government
PSCI 230X	Intro to International Relations
PSCI 311	Rev & Reform Modern China
PSCI 322	Politics of Europe
PSCI 324	Climate Policies: China & U.S.
PSCI 325	Politics of Latin America
PSCI 326	Politics of Africa
PSCI 327	Politics of Mexico
PSCI 328	Politics of China
PSCI 334	International Security
PSCI 336	European Union
PSCI 337	Model United Nations
PSCI 381	State Formation
SOCI 212S	Social Issues Southeast Asia
SOCI 325	Social Stratification
SOCI 355	Population and Society
Total Hours		3

Minimum Required Grade: C-

Activities Requirement

Note: Students are required to retain documentation tracking participation/attendance of such activities, which will be signed by the MCLL chair.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Participation in eight (8) campus activities with an international focus (these activities are not for credit). Examples of such activities could include participating club events; attending campus lectures that have an international focus; volunteering for Foreign Language Day; or going to cultural events (art exhibit, theater performance) that have an international theme.