Academic Skills
Request for Foreign Language Substitution
Students who present appropriate documentation qualifying them for a foreign language accommodation may be allowed to substitute two courses to satisfy this requirement. (WC catalog Distribution Requirements: 2-D pg. 35).
Procedure
- The student should consult with the Director of the Office of Academic Skills and submit appropriate documentation which verifies a foreign-language or language-based learning disability.
- The Director will forward the request to the Office of the Provost and Dean.
- If the petition is honored, the student can choose (2) courses from the approved alternative course list in lieu of 2 semesters of a foreign language.
Examples
Below are some examples of combinations of foreign culture courses that meet the spirit of the foreign language substitution policy.
A student may choose two courses from among the following clusters (Please be aware that some courses may have prerequisites. It is the student's responsibility to verify s/he may take the course requested in consultation with her/his advisor. Special topics courses may be considered if deemed an appropriate substitution upon review of the Chair of the Foreign Language Department.
Germany
- ART 315: Northern Renaissance and Baroque Art
- HIS 360: Twentieth-Century Germany
- MUS 311: Mozart's Operas
Ancient Rome/Greece
- DRA 201: Theater and Drama: Ancient Greece and Rome
- HIS 350: The Ancient Near East and Greece
- HIS 351: Ancient Rome
- PHL 213: History of Philosophy: Ancient
Asia
- DRA 305: Theater and Drama: Traditional Japanese Theater
- HIS 381: History of Modern China
- HIS 383: History of Modern Japan
- POL 346: Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy
- POL 347: Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy
Eastern Europe
- HIS 391, 392: Russia and the Soviet Union
France and the Francophone World
- FRS/ILC 311: Contemporary France
- FRS/ILC 312: The Contemporary Francophone World
Middle East
- POL 354: Politics of the Middle East
- ILC courses (as offered and appropriate to the cluster)
Latin America
- MUS 313: Ethnomusicology in Latin America
- POL 381: Government and Politics in Latin America
- POL 382: U.S. - Latin American Relations
- ANT 235: Cultures of Latin America
- ILC courses (as offered and appropriate to the cluster)