Albertson College of Idaho

Modern Foreign Languages

Modern Languages Major in Spanish

Consists of 32 credits:

Business, Language & Culture Major

This major combines the strengths of two departments - Modern Foreign Languages and Business. The foreign language sequences develop the communication skills and cross-cultural understanding expected of world citizens. The business program enables Albertson students to extend excellence in the liberal arts into a range of business careers. By melding these two sets of goals through their coursework, students in Business, Language, and Culture prepare competencies in foreign language and American business practices that allow them to apply their analytical and organization skills in multi-national and multi-cultural environments.

Through focus on French, German, or Spanish, and the cultures that use these languages, students will become trained observers able to adjust to highly diverse cultural situations. They will also reach competency levels in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing their chosen language, which will enable them to communicate directly with counterparts or clients in the target culture. Spanish, the second European language choice worldwide after English, is spoken throughout the Americas as well as in Spain. French is one of the three basic languages of Africa, as well as being an official language of France, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg and Switzerland. German, spoken in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland, is the lingua-franca of the Central European and Baltic states, and is widely used in Turkey.

Students of language and culture create a wide field of application for their major by studying economics, accounting and business. By extending their linguistic and cultural expertise into fields beyond more traditional literature and civilization studies, they become cultural ambassadors in the workplace. Business, Language and Culture majors who enter an international administration or an international commercial enterprise--or an American one with international connections--will understand how language and custom shape both the way we think and the way we conduct everyday affairs.

Business, Language, and Culture students will fulfill the following business requirements, and they will meet the modern foreign language proficiency equivalent in French, German, or Spanish as set out below. They will complete upper-division Literature & Society or Topics courses in the same language on campus or abroad.

The Capstone Experience for Business, Language, and Culture fuses students' competencies and theoretical skills from both fields. They may elect either an international internship or an immersion experience project as a demonstration of their abilities in their combined discipline.

Modern Foreign Language Requirement (French, German, or Spanish). Minimum of twenty credits:
  1. Language proficiency equivalent of:
  2. Any combination of the following to equal six credits:
  3. MFL/BUS-497 International Internship/Immersion Experience Project - two credits
Business Requirements. Minimum of 22 credits:
  1. Core Courses
  2. At least two courses chosen from the following:
  3. One of the following, unless three courses are selected from #2 above (0-3 credits):
Modern Languages Minor in French, German, or Spanish

Consists of:

Latin American Studies Minor

For a description of this interdisciplinary minor, see the Latin American Studies section of the catalog.

Bilingual Education Minor

Consists of:

Teaching English as a Second Language Minor

Consists of:

Teaching Certification in a Modern Foreign Language

Consists of: