UMA Undergraduate Guide 2019-2020 Schools and Colleges College of Humanities and Fine Arts College Requirements for the B.A.
College Requirements for the B.A.All students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts are subject to college requirements in addition to the University’s requirements and the requirements of the major. These requirements do not apply to the Bachelor of Music degree or to the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree or to the Bachelor of Science degree. Foreign LanguageAll students must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language at the Intermediate II level, by one of the following methods:
Students who have not satisfied the Foreign Language requirement on admission to the college must select a foreign language course each term in residence until the requirement has been satisfied. The University offers sequences that satisfy this requirement in the following languages: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, Russian (also available through the Five Colleges), Spanish, and Swedish. Students who have not yet completed the Foreign Language requirement may not apply their Pass/Fail option to foreign language courses numbered below 240. Students with a documented language acquisition challenge or hearing impairment may petition a Consumer Manager at Disability Services for support of a foreign language modification. Final decisions on petitions for foreign language modification will be made by the Academic Deans in the Humanities and Fine Arts Advising and Career Center. To initiate such a petition, contact Disability Services, 161 Whitmore Administration Building, tel. (413) 545-0892. Modification courses may include proficiency in American Sign Language at the Intermediate II level, or completion of four courses (12-16 cr.) taught in English on the history, culture, or literature of non-English speaking countries or regions. These courses must be completed in addition to courses used to fulfill the General Education and major requirements, and may not be graded on a Pass/Fail basis. A list of courses that may be used in this manner is available from the Humanities and Fine Arts Advising and Career Center. |