MLLI Minor in FREN/GERM/RUSS/SPAN

A minor in Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication (MLLI) allows students to develop proficiency in a foreign language, to learn about the nature of language and to become familiar with the societies in which different languages are spoken. A minor in MLLI will assist students in developing communication skills and in understanding the complexities of an increasingly interdependent, multilingual and multicultural world. It will enrich students’ learning experience and enhance their career potential.

The MLLI minor in FREN/GERM/RUSS/SPAN requires a minimum of 22 credits:

3 credits:

one MLL core course

MLL 190 - The World of Language: Structural and Biological Aspects (3.00)
MLL 191 - The World of Language: Cultural and Social Aspects (3.00)
MLL 230 - World Language Communities (3.00)
Note: MLL/LING 230 must be taken at UMBC.
MLL 301 - Textual Analysis: Words, Images, Music (3.00)
Note: MLL 301 must be taken at UMBC.

10 credits from one language area:

FREN/GERM/RUSS/SPAN 202
FREN/GERM/RUSS/SPAN 301
FREN/GERM/RUSS/SPAN 302

9 credits in electives from one language area:

FREN/RUSS/SPAN at the 300 or 400 level; GERM: 9 credits in elective courses from either the cultural studies track or the advanced language studies track at the 300 and 400 level.

Note:

All students desiring to complete a minor in the MLLI Department must have a designated minor advisor and select courses with the approval of that advisor. All courses submitted by a student in fulfillment of the requirement for the minor must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher.