Languages and Cultures DAP

Welcome to the Languages and Cultures webpage. On this page you'll find the mission of the department, departmental student learning goals, a curricular map and assessment schedule, and progress made from the most recent Program Review Action Plan (2012-2013). If you have questions about the assessment findings or questions about the department, please contact Jason Schlude, Languages and Cultures Department Chair, at [email protected].

MISSION

The Languages and Cultures Department prepares students to be linguistically competent and culturally knowledgeable global citizens. Through in-depth and multidisciplinary studies of literature, history, art, and popular culture, students develop insights into complex human experience from many times and places.

STUDENT LEARNING GOALS

CURRICULAR MAP and ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE

Curricular map 211 level, CHIN, JAPN,
FREN, GERM		 211 level, LATN, GREK ESL, all courses EBS 210/211 300 level,
all courses		 JAPN 321A FREN 330 LATN 333 CHIN 321 GERM 212 GERM 324 GERM 349

CC Learning Goals:
Language Proficiency Assessed (X)

                        

Goal 1: Communicate basic needs
and ideas in the target language.

 2015-2016, 2016-2017,
reading focus		                      

Goal 2: Read ancient texts of
moderate difficulty in Latin or Greek.

   2015-2016, 2016-2017                    

Goal 3: Demonstrate awareness of
the cultural context where the target language is used.

 2016-2017, 2018-2019,
2020-2021		                      

Goal 4: Demonstrate advanced academic
English skills sufficient to complete college-level work.

     Every Year Every Year                

Additional departmental goals

 211 level, CHIN, JAPN,
FREN, GERM		 211 level, LATN, GREK ESL, all courses EBS 210/211 300 level,
all courses		 JAPN 321A FREN 330 LATN 333 CHIN 321 GERM 212 GERM 324 GERM 349

Goal 5: Follow the main ideas and some details in
texts of moderately high difficulty.

         2016-2017              

Goal 6: Converse and/or read and write analytically
about events and ideas from literature, history, and
other arenas beyond daily life functions.

         2017-2018              

Goal 7: Use the target language appropriately in
both informal and formal settings, demonstrating
sensitivity to linguistic and cultural standards.

         2018-2019              

Humanities (HM) goals

 211 level, CHIN, JAPN,
FREN, GERM		 211 level, LATN, GREK ESL, all courses EBS 210/211 300 level,
all courses		 JAPN 321A FREN 330 LATN 333 CHIN 321 GERM 212 GERM 324 GERM 349

Goal 1: Students will engage with texts using
the analytic, critical, sympathetic, and/or
speculative methods of one of the Humanities disciplines.

           2015-2016 2015-2016 2015-2016 2016-2017 2016-2017 2016-2017 2017-2018

Goal 2: Students will demonstrate critical 
thinking and effective communication through
writing about and discussion of the examined texts.

           2015-2016 2015-2016 2015-2016 2016-2017 2016-2017 2016-2017 2017-2018