2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 08, 2024  
2023-24 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Modern Languages Department


Codruta Temple, chair
Old Main, Room 228
607-753-4303
Fax: 607-753-5965
Email: mdl@cortland.edu
cortland.edu/modern-languages

School of Arts and Sciences

Modern languages professor talking to a student

Faculty

Myriam Benincore, Danielle Bouchard-Bihr, Nancy Crane, Giovanni Maria Dettori, Hongli Fan, Christopher Gascón, Timothy Gerhard, Odalis Hidalgo, Colleen Kattau, Patricia Martínez de la Vega Mansilla, Suzanne McCutcheon, Paulo Quaglio, Shena Salvato, Codruta Temple, Wesley Weaver, Donna West

Degrees and Minors

Bachelor of Arts in Adolescence Education: French (7-12)
Bachelor of Arts in Adolescence Education: Spanish (7-12)
Bachelor of Arts in Adolescence Education: French and Spanish (7-12)
Bachelor of Arts in French
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish
Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language (K-12)
    - Certification
    - Non-certification
Minor in French
Minor in Spanish
Minor in Teaching English as a Second Language

Description

The Modern Languages Department offers opportunities for the study of foreign languages, foreign literatures and foreign cultures. Students develop multilingual communicative skills for a wide range of purposes. Liberal arts majors and minors in French, Spanish and Teaching English as a Second Language are available.

Students who incorporate professional education courses in their programs may qualify for initial certification in adolescence education (French, Spanish and French-Spanish) and Teaching English as a Second Language (grades K-12). In addition, adolescence education majors (French, Spanish and French-Spanish) may be eligible for a K-6 extension. Courses in American Sign Language, Chinese, German, and Italian are also offered.

The Modern Languages Department also offers academic support to all international students, undergraduate and graduate, in the areas of academic writing, academic grammar and vocabulary, and academic listening and speaking.

The department participates in interdisciplinary programs leading to majors in international studies  and the minor in Latino and Latin American studies .

Special Features

  • Study abroad
    See International and Study Abroad programs for more information.
  • Honor Societies: National Honor Societies in French (Pi Delta Phi) and Spanish (Sigma Delta Pi)
  • Internship opportunities
  • Language clubs
  • Practicum in undergraduate teaching (French)
  • FLES methods course for K-6 certification extension (French and/or Spanish)

Requirements

  1. Degree requirements  listed in this catalog apply to the majors offered by this department.
  2. Liberal Arts Requirements: 90 credit hours

Programs

    MajorMinor

    Courses

      Adolescence EducationAmerican Sign LanguageChineseEnglish as a Second LanguageForeign Literature in English TranslationFrenchGermanItalianModern LanguagesSpanishPage: 1 | 2