Foreign Languages Minors
French Language and Society Minor
Maria Bobroff, Department of Foreign Languages
This minor provides access to French and Francophone cultures as well as insights into our own. The program focuses on language-learning as a living, functioning and fun activity, and combines the development of language skills with the discovery of new ways to see and think about different cultures. It fosters international understanding and provides knowledge and skills that are increasingly essential in our evolving global society.
The minor in French language and society is not available to French majors.
French Language and Society Minor Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses) at the 200 level or above, all taught in French.
- FREN 220 Introduction to Literary and Cultural Analysis – 4 credits
- One course from: 4 credits
- FREN 310 Contemporary France
- FREN 311 The Francophone World
- FREN 315 French and Francophone Cinema
- Any French course at the 200 level or above taught in French in a French-speaking country
- Two French courses at the 200 level or above – 8 credits
- FREN 260, 290, 360, 390, 460 with departmental permission
Total credit hours required for French Language and Society Minor – 16 credits
German Language and Society Minor
David J. Limburg, Department of Foreign Languages
This minor provides access to German culture as well as insights into our own culture. The program focuses on language-learning as a living, functioning and fun activity, and combines the development of language skills with the discovery of new ways to see and think about different cultures. It fosters international understanding and provides knowledge and skills that are becoming increasingly essential in our evolving global society.
The minor in German language and society is not available to German majors.
German Language and Society Minor Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses) at the 200 level or above, all taught in German.
- GERM 202 Intermediate German II – 4 credits
- One course from: 4 credits
- GERM 310 Contemporary German Culture
- GERM 311 German Youth Culture
- GERM 320 Culture and Society: The Weimar Republic
- or any GERM course at the 200-level or above taught in German in a German-speaking country
- Two German courses at the 200-level or above; GERM 260, 290, 360, 390, 460 with department permission – 8 credits
Total credit hours required for German Language and Society Minor – 16 credits
Japanese Language and Society Minor
Hiroko Hirakawa, Department of Foreign Languages
This minor provides access to Japanese culture as well as insights into our own culture. The program focuses on language learning as a living, functioning and fun activity, and combines the development of language skills with the discovery of new ways to see and think about different cultures. It fosters international understanding and provides knowledge and skills that are becoming increasingly essential in our evolving global society.
Japanese Language and Society Minor Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 20 credit hours (five courses).
- Four Japanese (JAPN) courses – 16 credits
- One course from: 4 credits
- HIST 385 Medieval Japan
- HIST 386 Japan: The Road to War
- JAPN 220 Women in Modern Japan
- JAPN 221 Contemporary Japanese Society
- JAPN 310 Media, Gender, and Nation in Japan
Total credit hours required for Japanese Language and Society Minor – 20 credits
Spanish for the Workplace Minor
Sylvia Trelles, Department of Foreign Languages
As the Spanish-speaking population in the United States continues to grow and business becomes more global, the ability to communicate in Spanish will remain a necessity for many individuals, and at least a large advantage for others, in their work environment. Those working in social services, the court system and law enforcement, health services, and education encounter the need to communicate in Spanish practically on a daily basis, while people in the manufacturing and agricultural businesses will find it advantageous to be able to communicate with workers in the native language of the employees, and those working with companies that deal in international business will find it to their advantage to be able to communicate in another one of the most spoken languages in the world.
The Spanish for the workplace minor should be particularly appealing to students in the business management, justice and policy studies, education studies, psychology and health sciences programs at Guilford. This minor might also interest students in sociology and anthropology and economics.
In a set of four sequenced courses, students pursuing the Spanish for the Workplace minor and certificate program learn the Spanish language with an emphasis on business vocabulary and cultural practices that they will encounter in a Hispanic environment. These are not business courses but rather language courses where students learn the four skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, emphasizing vocabulary of various work situations and using relevant cultural material while learning Spanish grammar.
Spanish for the Workplace Minor Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses).
Prerequisites: SPAN 111 or 101 and SPAN 112 or 102, or placement by exam. Students will take, in sequence, the following courses:
- SPAN 211 Intermediate Spanish for Business I – 4 credits
- SPAN 212 Intermediate Spanish for Business II – 4 credits
- SPAN 221 Advanced Spanish for Business – 4 credits
- SPAN 310 Contemporary Latin America or SPAN 311 Contemporary Spain – 4 credits
Total credit hours required for Spanish for the Workplace Minor – 16 credits
Spanish Language and Society Minor
Sylvia Trelles, Department of Foreign Languages
This minor provides access to Spanish-speaking cultures as well as insights into our own culture. The program focuses on language-learning as a living, functioning and fun activity and combines the development of language skills with the discovery of new ways to see and think about different cultures. It fosters international understanding and provides knowledge and skills that are becoming increasingly essential in our evolving global society.
The minor in Spanish language and society is not available to Spanish majors.
Spanish Language and Society Minor Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses).
- SPAN 301 Advanced Grammar and Phonetics – 4 credits
- One course from: 4 credits
- SPAN 310 Contemporary Latin America
- SPAN 311 Contemporary Spain
- SPAN 340 Film, Life and Literature of Latin America
- Any SPAN course at the 200-level or above taught in Spanish in a Spanish-speaking country.
- Two SPAN courses at the 200-level or above excluding SPAN 260, 290, 360, 390, 460 – 8 credits
- SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish
- SPAN 202 Inter Conversation and Composition
- SPAN 211 Intermediate Spanish for Business I
- SPAN 212 Intermediate Spanish for Business II
- SPAN 221 Advanced Spanish for Business
- SPAN 310 Contemporary Latin America
- SPAN 311 Contemporary Spain
- SPAN 320 Culture and Society: Mexico, Central America and Caribbean
- SPAN 321 Culture and Society: Golden Age of Spain
- SPAN 322 Culture and Society: South America
- SPAN 323 Culture and Society: Beginnings of a Nation
- SPAN 340 Film, Life and Literature of Latin America
- SPAN 342 Latino Culture in the United States
- SPAN 402 Senior Seminar: Latin America
- SPAN 403 Senior Seminar: Spain
- SPAN 250, 350, 450 Special Topics
Total credit hours required for Spanish Language and Society Minor – 16 credits
