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- From: 6160lacya@vms.csd.mu.edu (Alan Lacy)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.slart-l
- Subject: Foreign Language Requirements
- Message-ID: <00966F21.66DA8800@vms.csd.mu.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 20:32:41 GMT
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- Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
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- The College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette U. is considering eliminating
- the present four semester foreign language requirement for students
- pursuing the Bachelor of Science degree.
-
- The purported rationale for doing this includes:
- 1) Students presently do not learn enough FL in four semesters to
- "enable them to do anything".
- 2) Graduate programs in natural sciences do not require FL study.
- 3) Requirements for the major in natural sciences have grown to the point
- that the students feel they cannot fulfill both these and the FL
- requirement, and graduate in four years.
-
- Does anyone have information on how natural science departments and
- professional organizations see the importance of foreign language study at
- the college level?
-
- Has anyone out there faced the same situation? If so, what convincing
- arguments did you advance?
-
- The (apparently) deciding committee meeting will take place next Thursday
- morning (Jan. 28).
- Alan F. Lacy
- Marquette University
- 6160lacya@vms.csd.mu.edu
-