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| 1. Courses used to satisfy the requirements for a major cannot be used to satisfy the distribution requirement. Foreign language majors should refer to the major departments for specific distribution requirements. Correlative requirements fo r the major may be credited to the distribution requirement | 2. No more than 2 courses per department or program may be applied to satisfy the distribution requirement. Exceptions to this are ENGL 120, which is required of all students, and the foreign language requirement. |
| 3. A course may be applied to satisfy only 1 category of the distribution requirement. | 4. Students who have demonstrated mastery of lower-level course material, to the satisfaction of the chair of the department involved or his/her designate, will be permitted to apply more advanced courses to fulfill the distribution requirem ent. |
(at least 1 course required) |
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ENGL 120 or EQUIVALENT: All students require to take ENGL 120 (or its equivalent) must do so no later than 2nd semester of Attendance at Hunter, or no later after completing the required remedial course(s) in writing, or, in the case of part-time students, after accumulating no more than 24 credits at Hunter. Transfer students required to take remedial courses must also do so no later than 2nd semester of attendance at Hunter, or after accumulating no more than 24 credits at Hunter.
Chinese (CHN) |
Greek (GRK) | Latin (LAT) |
Russian (RUSS) |
Ukrainian(UKR) |
French (FREN) | Hebrew (HEBR) | Polish (POL) |
Spanish (SPAN) |
Yoruba (YOR) |
German (GERMN) |
Italian (ITAL) | Portuguese (PORT) |
Swahili (SWA) |
In each language, a required course sequence (12 credits) is offered: Elementary I and II (2 three credit courses or 1 six credit course) and Intermediate I and II (2 three credit courses or 1 six credit intensive course). The 4 three credit courses are usually numbered 101-102 and 201- 202.* The two intensive six-credit courses are usually numbered 103 and 203.** The first semester of a four-course sequence will not be credited without completion of the second semester.
Placement and Exemption:
1. Students may be exempted from part or all of the foreign language requirement by virtue of successful completion of high school courses. Each year of language study completed in high school is equivalent to one semester (3cr) of the same language in college. The requirement of four semester of language courses or an equivalent combination of college and high school courses is fulfilled only if all 4 semesters are completed in the same language. Students who have completed 4 years of one foreign language in high school should apply for an exemption with the Coordinator of Academic Appeals (Room 1119E); an official high school transcript is required. (Students who have passed a language Advanced Placement Test of the College Board with a grade of 5, 4, or 3 should contact the Office of Admissions.)
2. Students may also be exempted from part or all the foreign language requirement by virtue of courses taken at other colleges.
3. Competency demonstrated through a proficiency examination fulfills part or all of the requirement; contact the appropriate department office to arrange for an examination. Students who want to be exempted from the language requirement on the basis of competency in a language not taught at Hunter college should contact the Dean of Humanities & Arts.
4. Note that exemption from the language requirement does not yield any credit unless the exemption is based on the satisfactory completion of the college courses. In general, the following guidelines apply:
a. Students have satisfied the foreign language requirement if they can certify satisfactory completion of 4 years of study of one language in high school,
OR satisfactory completion of a college course equivalent to at least the 4th level of a Hunter foreign language sequence,
OR competency demonstrated through a proficiency examination.
b. Students who have satisfactory completed 3 years of study one language in high school or have completed the college equivalent of the 3rd level in a foreign language sequence should take the 4th course in the required sequence.
c. Students who have satisfactory completed 2 years of study of one language in high school or have completed the college equivalent of the 2nd level in a foreign language sequence should take the 3rd and the 4th courses in the required sequence.
d. Students who have satisfactory completed 1 year of study of a language in high school or have completed the college equivalent of the 1 level in a foreign language sequence should take the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th courses in the required sequence.
e. Students who begin a foreign language should take the required course sequence (12cr).
*The Spanish for Native Speakers sequenced is numbered SPAN 205-206, 207-208. Intermediate Greek is GRK 110 and GRK 202 or 203; Intermediate Latin is LAT 110 and LAT 201, 202, 203, or 204.
** Intensive courses are not offered in all languages. Exceptions to the usual numbering are CHIN 107, 207; GRK 107; LAT 107.
1. Three credits in literature written in the English language:ENGLISH - ENGL 220 OR
BLACK and PUERTO RICAN STUDIES - BLPR 235 OR BLPR 236 OR BLPR 237 |
2. Three additional credits in literature from one of the following categories:a. Literature originally written in English, OR b. Literature presented in English translation, OR c. Literature written in a foreign language and studied in that language |
| Notes: 1) ENGL 250 level literature courses require ENGL 220 as a prerequisite course. 2) BLPR 235,236,237 may be used for both parts of this category. |
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Group 1: (A maximum of 6 credits may be taken from this group)ART- ARTH 111 FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES - FILM 101 DANCE - DAN 102, 232 MUSIC - MUSHL 101, 107, MUSTH 101 THEATRE - THEA 101 HUMANITIES INTERDISCIPLINARY - HUM 201 |
Group 3: ( A maximum of 3 credits may be taken from this group)BLACK AND PUERTO RICAN STUDIES - BLPR 220, 222, 141, 243 CHINESE - CHIN 111, 112 CLASSICS - CLA 101, 110, 201, 203, 220, 225, 226, 227 FRENCH - FREN 241, 242 GERMAN - GERMN 240 HEBREW - 259, 288, 290, 292, 295 RUSSIAN - RUSS 155, 156, 157, 255 SPANISH - SPAN 241 |
Group 2: (A maximum of 6 credits may be taken from this group)FILM and MEDIA STUDIES - MEDIA 180 PHILOSOPHY - PHILO 101, 104, 106, 170, 201, 203, 204
RELIGION - REL 110, 111, 204, 205, 207, 251, 252, 254
HUMANITIES INTERDISCIPLINARY - HUM 110
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ANTHROPOLOGY - ANTHC 101, 126, 151BLACK & PUERTO RICAN STUDIES - BLPR 100, 101, 201, 203, 204 or 1 course chosen from 241, 242, 244ECONOMICS - ECO 100, 200, 201HISTORY - HIST 111, 112, 121, 122, 151, 152, 201, 210, 277, 278, 288, 289HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - GEOG 101, 221, 226; also 251 or 260, but not both |
POLITICAL SCIENCE - POLSC 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116PSYCHOLOGY - PSYCH 100; an additional course may be selected from PSYCH 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 195SOCIOLOGY - SOC 101; an additional course may be selected from SOC 217,219, 253, 257URBAN AFFAIRS - URBS 101, 102, 201 |
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