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Languages Across the Curriculum (LAC)
What is Language across the Curriculum?
Languages across the Curriculum challenges students to develop their language proficiency through a series of one-hour courses in a variety of disciplines. Trinity University faculty have created one-hour courses in French, Spanish, Chinese, German, and Russian in such disciplines as Anthropology, Communication, Economics, Business, Religion, and History. Qualified students may register for these one-hour courses, some of which are coordinated with upper-division courses taught in English. Other Languages across the Curriculum courses will be taught independently.
What are the benefits?
Languages across the Curriculum provides an avenue for students to develop their language skills in fields not normally covered in American university curricula. Students will learn in the target language the vocabulary, terminology, and concepts used in academic or professional disciplines and will read from scholarly or professional works published in that language. This exposure will prepare students for graduate study in academic fields for which English is not the primary language, as well as for professional work in non English-speaking countries or communities.
Who may participate?
Students who have completed 2302 in their chosen language, or the equivalent, are eligible for the Languages across the Curriculum program. In addition, some languages across the Curriculum courses have additional prerequisites in the disciplines in which they are taught. Students returning from Study Abroad are especially encouraged to enroll.
What courses are offered?
Chinese
Shangye Zhongwen (The Practice of Business in China) INTL 3112.
Zhongguo Gudai Sixiang (Classical Chinese Thought) INTL 3114.
French
Les Paroles de la Révolution française (The French Revolution) INTL 3113, offered in conjunction with HIST 3356.
German
Deutschland und die Europäische Union: Fakten, Hoffnungen und Ängste (Germany and the European Union: FActs, Hopes and Fears) INTL 3115, offered in conjunction with PLSI 3331, Political Economy of the U.S., Europe, and Japan.
Russian
Narody Rossii (The Peoples of Russia) INTL 3111, offered in conjunction with MLIT 3342.
Teorrii i iskusstvo russkogo avangarda (Theories and Art of the Russian Avant-Garde) INTL 3117, offered in conjunction with ARTH 3362, Russian Avant-Garde Art.
Spanish
La economía mexicana (The Mexican Economy) INTL 3101/Econ 3141).
La mœsica popular latinoamericana (Latin American Popular Music) INTL 3110.
La experiencia latina en los Estados Unidos (The U.S. Latino Experience),Ê
INTL 3104), offered in conjunction with GNED 3325.
La telenovela en América Latina (The Latin American Soapo Opera) INTL 3107.
Bartolomé de las Casas y La destrucción de la Indias (The Latin American Cultural Tradition) INTL 3108, to be offered in conjunction with HIST 1380.
Relaciones Fronterizas México-EE.UU. (Mexico-United States Border Relations) INTL 3109/SOCI 3109.
Grupos indígenas y Destucción Ambiental en América Latina (Indigeneous Peoples and Ecological Destruction in Latin America), INTL 3118.
La historia cultural del baile latinoamericano (The Cultural History of Latin American Dance), INTL 3120.
Las matem‡ticas en las ciencias sociales (Mathematics in the social Science), INTL 3121.
How do I Register?
Look for languages across the Curriculum under International Studies in the Class Schedule. For more information, please contact Alida Metcalf (History) 999-7627, Nanette Le Coat (Modern Languages and Literatures) 999-7550, or the faculty teaching the Languages across the Curriculum courses.
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