French Translation - B.S. Program Requirements

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2010-2011 Roadmap.

Type Legend:DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	PREREQUISITE REQUIREMENTS (14 credits)*
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	FR	13201	Elementary French I	4
		13202	Elementary French II	4
		23201	Intermediate French I	3
		23202	Intermediate French II	3
III.	MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (79 credits)  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	ENG	20002 30063	Introduction to Technical Writing (3) or Business and Professional Writing (3)	3
	FR	33211	French Conversation	3
		33212	French Composition	3
		33215	French Phonetics and Diction	3
		33231	Translation Practice	1
		33240	Conversation for Business and Special Purposes: French	3
		33421	French Civilization	3
		43213 43216	French Composition Advanced (3) or Contemporary French Culture (3)	3
WIC		43230	Advanced Translation Practice: French**	3
		43240	Business and Special Texts: French	3
		33335	Introduction to French Theatre	3
		33336	Introduction to French Poetry	3
		33337	Introduction to French Novel	3
	MCLS	40420	Foreign Language and Culture Studies	3
	TRST	20009	Multilingual Information Lifecycle	3
		30230	Approaches to Translation	3
		30330	Cross-Language Mediation	3
	XXXX	Subject Area Specialty***		30
IV.	ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (36 credits)***
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			6
	Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory)****			6-7
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each)			9
	Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning			3-5
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)****			6
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

*Students majoring in French Translation are expected to have some proficiency in French through high-school study. All students with previous French study should take the French Placement Test and enroll in the correct course based on their score. Students who have completed three or four years of high school French should see a French Major Advisor for placement. Students lacking in sufficient major-level proficiency to take the first major courses (FR 33211 and FR 33212) can reach it by taking courses in the prerequisite sequence (FR 13201, 13202, 23201, 23202) based on their placement score and high school training. Students with sufficient French to place into higher semesters are not allowed in Elementary French I. Due to prerequisite requirements; summer study is required after the first year to complete the major within four years.

**A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

***The Subject Area Specialty is a departmentally approved coherent sequence of courses (30 credits) in one or more other disciplines (i.e., not in the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies). In order to be approved, the Subject Area Specialty must include courses in an area or areas that are currently marketable, such as business, legal studies, international relations, political science, computer science, chemistry, physics or other “hard” sciences. The Subject Area Specialty may include up to 17 credit hours of a different language in the sequence through composition/conversation. It may also optionally include MCLS 23217 The Francophone Experience. The recommended Kent Core courses (see Kent Core Summary) may be included within this area with advisor approval.

**** Recommended Courses
Kent Core Basic Sciences:
BSCI 10001 Human Biology (3)
CHEM 10050 Fundamentals of Chemistry (3)
GEOL 21062 Environmental Geology (3)

Kent Core Social Sciences:
ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
ECON 22061 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)