Students pursuing the B.A. in Modern Languages & Linguistics (MLL) are required to select an Advanced Language Concentration (18 s.h.) for the program. The following language options are available for the Advanced Language Concentration, all of which can be completed at Rowan: American Sign Language (ASL), Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. The Advanced Language Concentration for MLL should be declared with the Academic Advisor, Cindy Finer (finer@rowan.edu).
Prior to beginning the program, students with existing proficiency in Spanish should contact Prof. Esther Mas (mas@rowan.edu) for information regarding the STAMP 4S Spanish Placement Exam. It is possible for students to earn credits for the courses that they skip via the Authorization for Credit by Examination process, and these credits are counted in fulfillment of program requirements. Credits may also be accepted via study abroad, through an Advanced Placement Examination, or via a CLEP Exam. Rowan University’s Testing Center (testingservices@rowan.edu), located in the Academic Success Center, Savitz Hall, Suite 304, offers the CLEP Exam in Spanish, French and German; depending on their scores, students may earn up to a maximum of 9 s.h. in each of these languages through the CLEP Exam. Students planning to study abroad must meet with the Program Mentor in order to determine course equivalents. As a graduation requirement, students with the Concentration in Advanced Spanish are required to take Avant Assessment’s STAMP 4S exam in Spanish as a final measure of language proficiency; the cost for this is covered by the Department of World Languages.
In addition to the requirements for the B.A. in Modern Languages & Linguistics, students with the Concentration in Advanced Spanish must take the following courses, all of which must be passed with a letter grade of “C-” or better, and no courses may be taken as P/NC.
