Languages after High School at UMD

American Sign Language, Chinese, French, German,
Italian, Ojibwe, Russian, Spanish

The following recommendations are provided by the
UMD Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures:

Text Box: French, German, Spanish 1 year high school (weak) 4Fr, Ger, Span 1101 Fall 1 year high school (strong) 4Fr, Ger, Span 1102 Spring French, German 2 years high school (weak) 4Fr, Ger 1102 Spring 2 years high school (strong) 4Fr, Ger 1201 Fall Spanish 2 years high school (weak/strong) 4Span 1102 Spring French, German, Spanish 3 years high school (weak/strong) 4Fr, Ger, Span 1201 Fall French, German, Spanish 4 years high school (weak/strong) 4Fr, Ger, Span 1201 Fall Spanish 5 years high school (weak/strong) 4Span 2301 Fall French, German 5 years high school (weak/strong) 4Fr, Ger 1201 or 2301 Fall (Please consult department) * (Weak course &/or grade in high school) (Strong course &/or grade in high school)

 

High school students with college course work:

Reference the Online Transfer Manuals to determine course equivalencies http://www.d.umn.edu/admissions/transfer.html. Based on this information, student should continue in the sequence. (Students enrolled in French or Spanish in the College in the Schools Program through UMD should enroll in Fr or Span 2301 at UMD. Students enrolled in other College in the Schools Programs should consult the Department for placement.)

College credits for lower division work:

Students who begin in 1202 or 2301 and receive an A or a B may receive credit for any courses skipped, starting with 1201. (There is a credit-by-exam fee.)  

For further information contact: Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures


457 Humanities, (218) 726-7951; flglt@d.umn.edu

Additional second languages offered at UMD

AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES (116 Cina Hall, 726-8771)
Check with the American Indian Studies Department for their language offerings.
AmIn 1103-1104 Beginning Ojibwe AmIn 2203-2204 Intermediate Ojibwe

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (221 Bohannon Hall, 726-7974)
American Sign Language serves as a second language. Students who wish to complete their entrance requirement in this fashion should check with the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders to see what courses are available.
CSD 2001 American Sign Language Studies I CSD 2002 American Sign Language Studies II
CSD 5003 American Sign Language Studies III CSD 5004 American Sign Language Studies IV

CHINESE
UMD offers Beginning Chinese I-IV and Intermediate Chinese I and II if there is enough interest. Contact the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures for more information.

RUSSIAN **
UMD offers Beginning Russian I and II. Intermediate Russian and more advanced courses are offered at St. Scholastica and are available through Cross-Registration. Students interested in pursuing a Russian minor should contact Professor Tom Morgan, 723-6442, at St. Scholastica.

UMD second language admission deficiency

UMD requires students to take at least two years of a single language in grades 8-12 in preparation for university work.

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures equates one year of high school foreign language with one semester of college. Therefore, a student who has not had the required two years must complete:

1 year deficiency: complete 1102 in Chinese, French, German, Ojibwe, Russian, Sign Language (CSD 2002), Spanish.

2 year deficiency: complete both 1101 and 1102 in Chinese, French, German, Ojibwe, Russian,Sign Language (CSD 2001/2002), Spanish

Students with language deficiencies should be advised to take the language of their choice, based on space availability.

Placement is based on the information provided above. So, for example, a student with one year of high school German who wants to remediate the deficiency in German, should wait until spring semester and enroll in German 1102. If the student is doubtful about the quality of his/her high school German, or if there has been a delay of a year or more since the language was last studied, it would be prudent to advise him/her to start over again in German 1101, fall semester, or to study a different language for two semesters (Fall & Spring).