Col lege of ARTS and LET TERS - Spartan Archive

Stu dents in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters ex plore hu man ex pres -sion, hu man ex pe ri ence, and hu man val ues through a wide va ri -ety of dis ci plin ary sub jects, as well as through in ter dis ci plin arystudy. The Col lege of Arts and Letters hosts many ma jors and mi -nors in literatures, lan guages, global re li gions, philosophy, arts,and cul tures.

The col lege fac ulty and stu dent body rep re sent di verse back -grounds and cul tures and work to gether to chal lenge past as -sump tions and set fu ture di rec tions in the arts and hu man i ties.Rel a tively small classes and an open and re spon sive learn ing en -vi ron ment con tinue to at tract fac ulty, staff, and stu dents from richand var ied cul tural tra di tions into our ed u ca tional com mu nity.

Through its ac a demic units, the Col lege of Arts and Let ters pro -vides op por tu ni ties for stu dents to de velop the knowl edge, skills,and dis po si tions that will not only lead to a de gree, but will alsoserve grad u ates for a life time. Stu dents learn to think cre atively,crit i cally and in de pend ently while engaging in ac tive in quiry; theylearn to ask ques tions and to pur sue new ways of in te grat ing mul -ti ple kinds of knowl edge as they de ter mine the value of the artsand hu man i ties in a rap idly chang ing world. In the pro cess, theygain self-knowl edge and strengthen their un der stand ing of theirrole and responsibilities as cit i zens of a global com mu nity.

Stu dents in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters be come the kind ofcreative prob lem-solv ers, re search ers, and writ ers that pro fes -

sional schools and em ploy ers ac tively seek, be cause these grad -u ates have the ca pac ity to con tinue to learn and con trib ute crit i -cally and cre atively long af ter grad u a tion.

UN DER GRAD U ATE PRO GRAMS

The Col lege of Arts and Let ters of fers de part men tal and in ter de -part men tal ma jors that lead to ei ther Bach e lor of Arts (B.A.) orBach e lor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) de grees. Most de part men tal ma -jors, ex cept for cer tain pro grams in art, thea tre, and for eign lan -guages, con sist of be tween 30 and 40 cred its in courses iden ti fied by the de part ment as count ing to ward the ma jor. In gen eral, thede part men tal ma jor is ap pro pri ate for a stu dent who wishes to de -velop the hab its of mind and meth ods of study that are as so ci atedwith a sin gle schol arly dis ci pline or who wishes to pur sue grad u -ate study in the discipline. Spe cific course and credit re quire -ments for ma jors are ex plained in the sec tions of this cat a logde voted to in di vid ual ac a demic units within de part ments. In ad di -tion to com plet ing course work in the ma jor, stu dents have thefree dom to choose from among many fields of re lated in tel lec tualim por tance to ful fill cog nate re quire ments.

The in ter de part men tal ma jor is es pe cially ap pro pri ate for stu -dents who wish to com bine work in sev eral fields into a unique

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Col lege of ARTS andLET TERSChris to pher P. Long, DEAN

course of study. An in ter de part men tal ma jor con sists of be tween50 and 58 cred its in courses stip u lated by the col lege as count ingto ward the ma jor. Course and credit re quire ments are de scribedlater in this sec tion un der the head ing In ter de part men tal and In -ter dis ci plin ary Pro grams.

The col lege, de part ments or pro grams will pro vide ac a demicad vice and other as sis tance, but the fi nal re spon si bil ity for meet -ing the re quire ments remains with the stu dent.

Ad mis sion as a Fresh man

Stu dents meet ing the gen eral re quire ments for ad mis sion to theuniversity shown in the Un der grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of thiscat a log may en roll with a ma jor pref er ence in the Col lege of Artsand Let ters and be as signed an ac a demic ad vi sor from the Col -lege. Dur ing the fresh man year, stu dents are en rolled in the Un -der grad u ate Uni ver sity Di vi sion.

Ad mis sion to the Col lege of Arts and Let ters

1. Com ple tion of at least 28 cred its ac cept able to the col lege.2. An ac a demic re cord in all work ac cepted by the col lege which

meets the re quire ments of Ac a demic Stand ing of Un der -grad u ate Stu dents.

3. Ac cep tance as a ma jor by a de part ment or in ter de part men tal pro gram in the col lege.

Grad u a tion Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters

1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de -scribed in the Un der grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of the cat a -log.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for theBach e lor of Arts de gree that are listed be low:a. Courses used to sat isfy the Uni ver sity In te gra tive

Studies re quire ment can not be counted in the ful fill mentof any other re quire ment.

b. The spe cific re quire ments, in clud ing a cap stone ex pe ri -ence, of a ma jor lead ing to the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in the col lege.

c. Sec ond–year com pe tency in a for eign lan guage. Thisre quire ment may be sat is fied by plac ing into a 300–level for eign lan guage course based on a MSU place menttest.

d. Cog nate re quire ment:(1) Stu dents must com plete two cog nates of 12 cred its

each or an ap proved al ter na tive noted be low. Boththe cog nates and the re lated courses must be ap -proved by the de part ment of the stu dent’s ma jor.

(2) Each cog nate may be com pleted in side or out sidethe Col lege.

(3) The courses in each cog nate shall be in a sin gle dis -ci pline or the matic area. With de part men tal ap -proval, a sec ond ary or ad di tional ma jor or a mi normay serve as an ap proved sub sti tute for both cog -nates. Some ma jors have spe cific cog nate re quire -ments. Con sult Ac a demic Pro grams or thede part ment ad vi sor for cur rent re quire ments.

(4) For stu dents who are seek ing a teach ing cer tif i cate, an ap proved teach ing mi nor may be sub sti tuted forthe two cog nates with the ap proval of the stu dent’sac a demic ad vi sor.

(5) With de part ment ap proval a spe cial iza tion maysub sti tute for one cog nate. Twelve cred its used toful fill the re quire ments of the spe cial iza tion can notcount to ward the ma jor.

(6) One 300 or 400-level course of at least 3 cred itsmust be in cluded in one of the cog nates or al ter na -tives.

(7) Courses at the 300 or 400-level in the same lan -guage that was used to sat isfy the col lege’s for eignlan guage re quire ment, or courses at the 100 or200-level in an other for eign lan guage, may becounted to ward the cog nate re quire ment.

(8) The two cog nates are not re quired for the Bach e lorof Arts de gree in In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man i ties, theBach e lor of Arts de gree in Hu man i ties-Prelaw, theBach e lor of Arts de gree in Ex pe ri ence Architectureor for Bach e lor of Fine Arts ma jors.

e. Credit re quire ment.(1) For stu dents with a de part ment ma jor lead ing to

the Bach e lor of Arts de gree:(a) At least 30 cred its in courses at the 300 level

and above.(b) At least 30, but not more than 40, cred its in

courses in the ma jor that count to ward the de -gree with the fol low ing ex cep tions. For ex am -ple, a stu dent with a ma jor in Ger man mustearn at least 30, but not more than 40, cred itsin Ger man courses.(I) A stu dent with a ma jor in Thea tre may

earn a max i mum of 50 cred its in Thea treand Dance courses.

(ii) A stu dent with a ma jor in a for eign lan -guage may earn a max i mum of 40 cred itsin courses above the 100-level in that lan -guage.

(iii) A stu dent who com bines a ma jor inJapanese with a ma jor in an other field isre quired to earn a min i mum of 28 cred itsin Japanese courses.

(iv) A stu dent who com bines a ma jor in Chi -nese with a ma jor in an other field is re -quired to earn a min i mum of 30 cred its inChi nese courses.

(v) A stu dent who com bines a ma jor in Ger -man with a ma jor in an other field is re -quired to earn a min i mum of 28 cred its inGer man courses.

(vi) A stu dent who com bines a ma jor in Rus -sian with a ma jor in an other field is re -quired to earn a min i mum of 26 cred its inRus sian courses.

(c) A min i mum grade–point av er age of 2.00 incourses in the ma jor that count to ward the de -gree. For ex am ple, a stu dent with a ma jor inGer man must earn a min i mum grade–pointav er age of 2.00 in the Ger man courses thatcount to ward the de gree.

(2) For stu dents with an in ter de part men tal or in ter dis -ci plin ary ma jor lead ing to the Bach e lor of Arts de -gree:(a) At least 30 cred its in courses at the 300 level

and above. (b) At least 50, but not more than 68, cred its in

courses in the ma jor that count to ward the de -gree. For ex am ple, a stu dent with a ma jor in In -ter dis ci plin ary Humanities must earn at least50, but not more than 68, cred its in courses re -lated to In ter dis ci plin ary Humanities.

(c) A min i mum grade–point av er age of 2.00 incourses in the ma jor that count to ward the de -

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ARTS AND LET TERSUn der grad u ate Pro grams

gree. For ex am ple, a stu dent with a ma jor in In -ter dis ci plin ary Humanities must earn amin i mum grade–point av er age of 2.00 in thecourses re lated to In ter dis ci plin ary Humanities that count to ward the de gree.

Grad u a tion Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Fine ArtsDe gree in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters

1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de -scribed in the Un der grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of the cat a -log.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for theBach e lor of Fine Arts de gree that are listed be low:a. Courses used to sat isfy the Uni ver sity In te gra tive

Studies re quire ment can not be counted in the ful fill mentof any other re quire ment.

b. The spe cific re quire ments, in clud ing a cap stone ex pe ri -ence, of a ma jor lead ing to the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de -gree in the De part ments of Art, Art His tory, and De sign,and Theatre.

c. Credit re quire ment.(1) At least 30 cred its in courses at the 300 level and

above.d. A min i mum grade–point av er age of 2.00 in courses in

the ma jor that count to ward the de gree. For ex am ple, astu dent with a ma jor in Stu dio Art must earn a min i mumgrade–point av er age of 2.00 in the Stu dio Art coursesthat count to ward the de gree.

Honors Study

Many hon ors stu dents de velop dis tinc tive un der grad u ate pro -grams in Col lege of Arts and Let ters de part ments. A mem ber ofthe fac ulty is se lected to serve as ad vi sor to Honors Col lege stu -dents in each ma jor field; and it is the ad vi sor's re spon si bil ity tohelp the stu dent plan a rig or ous and bal anced pro gram which willre flect each stu dent's unique in ter ests and com pe ten cies.

The de part ments of the col lege of fer hon ors courses and sem i -nars at both in tro duc tory and ad vanced lev els, chiefly, but not ex -clu sively, for mem bers of the Honors Col lege. The col lege alsoof fers an op por tu nity for in de pend ent study for Honors Col legestu dents whose in ter ests reach be yond the top ics or di narily cov -ered by the col lege hon ors pro gram. This pro gram con sists of twocom po nents: 1. Courses taken within the de part ments and school of the col -

lege to sat isfy the Arts and Hu man ities com po nent of theuniversity's In te gra tive Studies re quire ment.

2. A Se nior Hon ors The sis/Pro ject com pleted un der the di rec -tion of a su per vis ing fac ulty mem ber within the de part ment or school of the stu dent's ma jor.

An Honors Op tion is pos si ble for many of the courses in the col -lege through prior ar range ment be tween stu dent and in struc tor.Such agree ments per mit the stu dent to earn Honors credit forspe cial ized study be yond the usual re quire ments of the course.

Preprofessional Pro grams

Since the ad mis sion re quire ments to pro fes sional pro grams suchas hu man and vet er i nar ian med i cine, busi ness, and law varyamong post-bac ca lau re ate pro fes sional schools, it is not fea si bleto es tab lish a sin gle pro gram for each pro fes sion that sat is fies thead mis sion re quire ments of all such schools. How ever, many ma -jors within the Col lege of Arts and Let ters pre pare stu dents for ap -pli ca tion to these grad u ate pro grams. In ad di tion, stu dents maycre ate a pro gram of study that meets the spe cific ad mis sion re -

quire ments of the pro fes sional col lege of their choice. Earlyad vis ing and care ful plan ning are crit i cal in these in stances.

The Col lege of Arts and Let ters does have, how ever, a sug -gested pro gram of study in Hu man i ties-Prelaw which will sat isfythe ad mis sion re quire ments of most pro fes sional law schools. It is the re spon si bil ity of the stu dent to de ter mine whether or not thepro posed pro gram meets the en trance re quire ments of a cho senpro fes sional col lege. For de tails, con sult the fol low ing sec tionsIn ter dis ci plin ary Hu man i ties, Hu man i ties-Prelaw Pro gram, andthe Col lege of Arts and Let ters 3 + 3 Op tion.

Mi nors

In ad di tion to un der grad u ate ma jor pro grams, the col lege of fersmany mi nors which may be com bined with the re quire ments of astu dent’s de gree pro gram. A com plete list of Col lege of Arts andLet ters mi nors is avai l able atwww.reg.msu.edu/AcademicPrograms/.

Stu dents in Arts and Let ters with an in ter est in med i cine or phi -los o phy may also com plete a Bioethics, Hu man i ties, and So ci etyMinor (see the Col lege of Hu man Med i cine sec tion of this cat a -log).

In ad di tion, students in Arts and Let ters may com plete a Minorin Doc u men tary Production (see the De part ment of Me dia andInformation sec tion of this cat a log).

IN TER DE PART MEN TAL ANDIN TER DIS CI PLIN ARY PRO GRAMS

These pro grams are in tended pri mar ily for stu dents whose prin ci -pal in ter est is in a broad lib eral ed u ca tion, as well as those whoare in ter ested in preprofessional prep a ra tion for ca reers in ar eassuch as busi ness or med i cine.

PRO GRAM IN IN TER DIS CI PLIN ARYHU MAN ITIES

The In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities ma jor is ideal for stu dents whoseek a broad lib eral ed u ca tion with an em pha sis on the dis ci -plines rep re sented by the de part ments and school of the Col legeof Arts and Let ters. It of fers study in sev eral fields of knowl edgewhich have a close in tel lec tual re la tion ship and il lu mi nate eachother.

The In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities pro gram is a good choice forstu dents plan ning to study the law or gen eral busi ness. Many stu -dents also use this ma jor to help pre pare for grad u ate study or hu -man ser vices and gov ern ment work. A stu dent ma jor ing inIn ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities can not ob tain a teach ing cer tif i catewith out tak ing ad di tional work be yond de gree re quire ments.

The In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities ma jor of fers un usual flex i bil ity in the choice of ar eas of con cen tra tion. The pro gram is most suit -able for self–dis ci plined stu dents with clearly de fined ac a demicob jec tives. The one ba sic cri te rion is that the stu dent's ed u ca tionshall have in tel lec tual co her ence. There are two ways of or ga niz -ing the ma jor. Both re quire the com ple tion of 6 cred its of coursework in quan ti ta tive rea son ing and a con cen tra tion of courses toform the ma jor:

The Triad Pro gram: The ma jor con sists of courses in threese lected de part ments. All of the de part ments may be within theCol lege of Arts and Let ters, or two may be from the Col lege of Arts and Let ters and one from an other col lege. With the flex i bil ity ofthis pro gram the stu dent may pur sue stud ies in re lated dis ci -plines. The re quire ments for the ma jor are sat is fied by a to tal of50 to 64 cred its from three des ig nated de part ments with a min i -mum of 15 cred its in each. The stu dent must also ful fill the 6 credit

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ARTS AND LET TERSIn ter de part men tal and In ter dis ci plin ary Programs

re quire ment in quan ti ta tive rea son ing ref er enced in item 3.b. be -low.

Area or Pe riod Studies: The ma jor con sists of courses in onede part ment in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters, with a min i mum of15 cred its at the 300 and 400 lev els. This con cen tra tion pro videsa core; the re main der of the ma jor may be se lected from re latedin ter de part men tal com bi na tions with a min i mum of 20 ad di tionalcred its in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters to bring the to tal to be -tween 50 and 64 cred its. The stu dent must also ful fill the 6 creditre quire ment in quan ti ta tive rea son ing ref er enced in item 3.b. be -low.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree inIn ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its, are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities ma joris met by com plet ing the Tier II writ ing re quire ment for one of the de part men tal ma jorsthat is as so ci ated with one of the em pha sis ar eas within the Col lege of Arts and Let tersthat the stu dent se lects to sat isfy the re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree witha ma jor in In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities. Re fer to the re quire ments ref er enced in items3. a. (2) (a) (I) and 3. a. (2) (b) (I) be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree,with the ex cep tion of the Col lege's cog nate re quire ment.

3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor:CREDITS

a. The fol low ing courses re lated to In ter dis ci plin aryHu man ities: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 to 64(1) A cap stone ex pe ri ence of at least 3 cred its in an in tern ship,

se nior sem i nar, in de pend ent study, or over seas studycourse ap proved by the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor.

(2) The stu dent must com plete the re quire ments for ei ther theTriad Pro gram or the Area or Pe riod Studies Pro gram thatfol low. Both the pro gram and the re lated courses must beap proved by the stu dent's ad vi sor (47 to 61 cred its).(a) Triad Pro gram:

(I) One of the fol low ing groups of courses (45 cred its):At least 15 cred its in each of three em pha sisareas1, 2 within the Col lege of Arts and Let ters.At least 15 cred its in each of three em pha sis ar eas,1, 2 two within the Col lege of Arts andLet ters and one in an other Col lege.

(ii) Ad di tional cred its in courses re lated to In ter dis ci -plin ary Hu man ities as needed to meet the re -quire ment of at least 50, but not more than 64,cred its in courses in the ma jor (2 to 16 cred its).

(b) Area or Pe riod Studies Pro gram: Both of the fol low inggroups of courses:(I) At least one em pha sis area1, 2 within the Col lege of

Arts and Let ters with a min i mum of 15 or 16 cred -its at the 300–400 level.

(ii) Ad di tional cred its in courses re lated to In ter dis ci -plin ary Hu man ities, in clud ing a min i mum of 20cred its in courses in the Col lege of Arts andLetters1, 2 as needed to meet the re quire ment of atleast 50, but not more than 64, cred its in coursesin the ma jor (32 to 45 cred its).

(3) At least 20 cred its in 300–400 level courses in the stu–dent's em pha sis ar eas.

b. At least 6 cred its in courses that in volve quan ti ta tive rea son ing skills se lected from ar eas such as the fol low ing: math e mat ics,

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com putersci ence, eco nom ics, sta tis tics and prob a bil ity,

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logic, and re search

meth od ol ogy. Both the area and the re lated courses must be ap proved by the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1 An em pha sis area is as so ci ated with a de part men tal ma jor. The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re -quire ment for the In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities ma jor is met by com plet ing the Tier II writ ing re -quire ment for one of the de part men tal ma jors that is as so ci ated with one of the em pha sisar eas within the Col lege of Arts and Let ters that the stu dent se lects to sat isfy the re quire mentsfor the Bach e lor of Arts de gree with a ma jor in In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities ref er enced in items3. a. (2) (a) (I) and 3. a. (2) (b) (I). [EX AM PLE: A stu dent se lects philosophy as one of his or herem pha sis ar eas within the Col lege. The stu dent chooses to meet the Tier II Writ ing Re quire -ment for the In ter dis ci plin ary Hu man ities ma jor by com plet ing the Tier II Writ ing Re quire mentfor the Philosophy ma jor. For that stu dent, the Tier II writ ing re quire ment is met by com plet ingone of the fol low ing courses: Phi los o phy 492 or 499.]

2 If the stu dent se lects a for eign lan guage as an em pha sis area, the courses must be at the300–400 level or above.

3 For stu dents who are ad mit ted to Mich i gan State Uni ver sity as new fresh men and new trans ferstu dents be gin ning Fall 1993, courses in math e mat ics and in sta tis tics and prob a bil ity that may be used to sat isfy the Uni ver sity math e mat ics re quire ment may not be counted to ward this re -quire ment.

HU MAN ITIES—PRELAW PRO GRAM

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Humanities—Prelaw is de rivedfrom the triad ver sion of the Bach e lor of Arts de gree pro gram inin ter dis ci plin ary hu man i ties. In the prelaw pro gram, one em pha -sis area con sists of course work se lected from an ap proved list ofprelaw courses in a va ri ety of dis ci plines both within and out sidethe Col lege of Arts and Let ters. At least one of the other two em -pha sis ar eas must be a dis ci pline within the Col lege of Arts andLet ters. The re main ing em pha sis area may also be within theCol lege of Arts and Let ters; how ever, stu dents are en cour aged tose lect an area out side the college in or der to achieve the ac a -demic breadth ap pro pri ate for law and re lated fields.

Stu dents with ma jors in de part ments within the Col lege of Artsand Let ters may add a prelaw com po nent to their ed u ca tion bycom plet ing a cog nate com prised of course work from the ap -proved list of prelaw courses.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree inHu man ities—Prelaw1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Hu man ities—Prelaw.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Hu man ities—Prelaw ma jor is metby com plet ing the Tier II writ ing re quire ment for one of the de part men tal ma jors that isas so ci ated with one of the dis ci plines within the Col lege of Arts and Let ters that thestu dent se lects to sat isfy the re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree with a ma jorin Hu man ities—Prelaw. Re fer to the re quire ments ref er enced in items 3. a. (1) (a) and3. a. (1) (b) be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree,with the ex cep tion of the Col lege's cog nate re quire ment.

3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor:

CREDITSa. The fol low ing courses that are re lated to Hu man ities—Prelaw: 50 to 64

(1) All of the fol low ing 3 em pha sis ar eas; both the ar eas and the re lated courses must be ap proved by the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor (45 cred its):(a) At least 15 cred its in a dis ci pline within the Col lege of

Arts and Let ters.1, 2

(b) At least 15 ad di tional cred its in a dis ci pline within or out -side the Col lege of Arts and Let ters.1, 2

(c) At least 15 ad di tional cred its in ap proved pre–lawcourses se lected from the fol low ing:ACC 201 Prin ci ples of Fi nan cial Ac count ing . . . . . 3ACC 230 Sur vey of Ac count ing Con cepts . . . . . . . 3CJ 210 In tro duc tion to Fo ren sic Sci ence. . . . . . . 3CJ 220 Crim i nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CJ 421 Mi nor ities, Crime, and So cial Pol icy . . . . 3CJ 425 Women and Crim i nal Jus tice . . . . . . . . . 3CJ 471 Law of Cor rec tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CJ 474 Law and Crim i nal Jus tice Pol icy . . . . . . . 3EC 330 Money, Banking, and Fi nan cial Mar kets . 3EC 335 Taxes, Gov ern ment Spending, and

Pub lic Pol icy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3EC 340 Sur vey of In ter na tional Eco nom ics . . . . . 3EC 360 Pri vate En ter prise and Pub lic Pol icy . . . . 3EC 380 La bor Re la tions and La bor Mar ket Pol icy 3EC 425 Law and Eco nom ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3EC 435 Pub lic Ex pen di tures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3EC 436 Pub lic Rev e nues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GBL 323 In tro duc tion to Busi ness Law . . . . . . . . . 3HST 318A United States Con sti tu tional His tory

to 1890 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 318B United States Con sti tu tional His tory

from 1877 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 350 Con sti tu tional and Le gal His tory

of Me di eval Eng land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 351 Con sti tu tional and Le gal His tory

of Eng land since 1400. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 330 For mal Rea son ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 340 Eth ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 344 Eth i cal Is sues in Health Care . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 345 Busi ness Eth ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 350 In tro duc tion to So cial and Po lit i cal

Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 354 Phi los o phy of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 440 Cen tral Is sues in Eth ics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 450 Lib eral The ory and Its Critics . . . . . . . . . 3PLS 310 Pub lic Bu reau cracy in the

Pol icy Pro cess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PLS 320 The Amer i can Ju di cial Pro cess. . . . . . . . 3PLS 321 Amer i can Con sti tu tional Law. . . . . . . . . . 3

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ARTS AND LET TERSIn ter de part men tal and In ter dis ci plin ary Pro grams

PLS 322 Com par a tive Le gal Sys tems . . . . . . . . . . 3PLS 324 Amer i can Leg is la tive Pro cess . . . . . . . . . 3PLS 325 Amer i can Ex ec u tive Pro cess. . . . . . . . . . 3PLS 371 Clas si cal Po lit i cal Phi los o phy . . . . . . . . . 3PLS 372 Mod ern Po lit i cal Phi los o phy . . . . . . . . . . 3PLS 377 Amer i can Po lit i cal Thought . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSY 280 Ab nor mal Psy chol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 241 So cial Psy chol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 331 Po lit i cal So ci ol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 452 En vi ron ment and So ci ety . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 404 Women and the Law in the

United States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3(2) A cap stone ex pe ri ence of at least 3 cred its in an in tern ship,

se nior sem i nar, in de pend ent study, or over seas studycourse ap proved by the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor.

(3) Ad di tional cred its in courses re lated to Hu man ities—Prelawas needed to meet the re quire ment of at least 50, but notmore than 64, cred its in courses in the ma jor (2 to 16 cred its).

(4) At least 20 cred its in 300–400 level courses in the stu dent's 3em pha sis ar eas.

b. At least 6 cred its in courses that in volve quan ti ta tive rea son ing skills se lected from ar eas such as the fol low ing: math e mat ics,

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com puter sci ence, eco nom ics, sta tis tics and prob a bil ity,

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logic,

and re search meth od ol ogy. Both the area and the re lated courses must be ap proved by the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor.

1 A dis ci pline is as so ci ated with a de part men tal ma jor. The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire -ment for the Hu man ities—Prelaw ma jor is met by com plet ing the Tier II writ ing re quire ment forone of the de part men tal ma jors that is as so ci ated with one of the dis ci plines within the Col legeof Arts and Let ters that the stu dent se lects to sat isfy the re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Artsde gree with a ma jor in Hu man ities—Prelaw ref er enced in items 3. a. (1) (a) and 3. a. (1) (b).[EX AM PLE: A stu dent se lects phi los o phy as one of his or her dis ci plines within the Col lege.The stu dent chooses to meet the Tier II Writ ing Re quire ment for the Hu man ities—Prelaw ma -jor by com plet ing the Tier II Writ ing Re quire ment for the Philosophy ma jor. For that stu dent,the Tier II writ ing re quire ment is met by com plet ing one of the fol low ing courses: Phi los o phy492 or 499.]

2 If the stu dent se lects a for eign lan guage as a dis ci pline, the courses must be at the 300–400level or above.

3 For stu dents who are ad mit ted to Mich i gan State Uni ver sity as new fresh men and new trans ferstu dents be gin ning Fall 1993, courses in math e mat ics and in sta tis tics and prob a bil ity that may be used to sat isfy the Uni ver sity math e mat ics re quire ment may not be counted to ward this re -quire ment.

EX PE RI ENCE AR CHI TEC TURE

Bach e lor of Arts

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Ex pe ri ence Ar chi tec ture is a cut -ting-edge, in ter dis ci plin ary field of study and prac tice, al low ingstu dents to de velop the o ret i cal knowl edge and ad vanced skills inex pe ri ence ar chi tec ture with an em pha sis on user ex pe ri ence indig i tal en vi ron ments. Stu dents are pre pared for ca reers in userex pe ri ence, in ter ac tion de sign, de sign re search, us abil ity, in for -ma tion ar chi tec ture, pro ject man age ment, in ter face de vel op -ment, and web de vel op ment. Stu dents en rolled in this ma jor willcom plete a re search-based, team-fo cused cap stone ex pe ri enceto de velop an in for ma tion and in ter ac tions Ex pe ri ence Ar chi tec -ture of "XA" that trans forms, for the better, a so cial prac tice thestu dents have ob served.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree inEx pe ri ence Ar chi tec ture1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor’s de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its, are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Ex pe ri ence Ar chi tec ture.

The Uni ver sity’s Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Ex pe ri ence Ar chi tec ture ma jor ismet by com plet ing Arts and Let ters 333 ref er enced in item 3. below.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree, in -clud ing a two-year com pe tency in a for eign lan guage. The cog nate re quire ment is notre quired for the Ex pe ri ence Ar chi tec ture major.

CREDITS3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 to 63

a. All of the fol low ing courses (18 to 23 cred its):AL 150 Hu man i ties and Com put ing Pro jects I . . . . . . . . . . 1AL 151 Humanities and Computing Projects II . . . . . . . . . 1AL 242 Introduction to Experience Architecture . . . . . . . . 3AL 333 Researching Experience Architecture (W) . . . . . . 3AL 366 Managing Experience Architecture Projects . . . . . 3AL 444 Prototyping Experience Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 466 Experience Architecture Capstone. . . . . . . . . 3 to 6AL 482 Experience Architecture Internship . . . . . . . . 1 to 3

b. All of the fol low ing courses (11 cred its):

CSE 201 Fun da men tal of In for ma tion Tech nol ogy. . . . . . . . 3CSE 231 Introduction to Programming I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4CSE 232 Introduction to Programming II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

c. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):STA 303 De sign Think ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 260 Concepts of Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

d. All of the fol low ing courses (9 cred its):WRA 210 In tro duc tion to Web Authoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 260 Rhetoric, Persuasion and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 410 Advanced Web Authoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

e. The fol low ing course (3 cred its):PHL 130 Logic and Rea son ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

f. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):STA 468 In ter ac tive Web De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4WRA 482 Information and Interaction Design . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

g. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 or 7 cred its):STA 365 Ty pog ra phy I: Form and Mean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 467 Time and Motion Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4WRA 320 Technical Writing (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 415 Dig i tal Rhet o ric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

GLOBAL STUD IES IN THE ARTS AND HU MAN I TIES

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Global Stud ies in the Arts and Hu -man i ties pro vides stu dents with the tools to en coun ter and un der -stand the rep re sen ta tions, val ues, con cerns, and de bates thatshape hu man ex pe ri ence. It fo cuses on schol ar ship re lated to ex -pe ri ences at the cross roads of cul tures, the cir cu la tion of goodsand ser vices, and the ten sions within and across global spaces,his tor i cally and in the pres ent, as they are re flected upon throughlit er ary, philo soph i cal, lin guis tic, and ar tis tic prac tices. Stu dentswho se lect this ma jor will study the lo cal and global dy nam ics of sys tems, gov ern ments, and cul tures, and in ves ti gate the spe cificcon tri bu tions, per cep tions, and in ter ven tions of fered by hu man is -tic en gage ments with the is sues affecting the peoples of theworld.

The ma jor will as sist in the prep a ra tion of stu dents for po si tionsin gov ern ment, busi ness, or non-gov ern men tal or ga ni za tions en -gaged in global ac tiv i ties as well as for graduate studies.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in GlobalStud ies in the Arts and Hu man i ties1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor’s de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Global Stud ies in the Arts andHumanities.

The Uni ver sity’s Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Global Stud ies in the Arts and Hu -man i ties ma jor is met by com plet ing Global Stud ies in the Arts and Humanities 450. That course is ref er enced in items 3. a. below.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.

Pro fi ciency in a sec ond lan guage as cer ti fied by the as sess ment co or di na tor in theCen ter for Lan guage Teach ing-Ad vance ment or com ple tion of a ma jor or mi nor in alan guage other than Eng lish with a grade-point av er age of 3.0 in that language.

3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor:CRED ITS

a. Both of the fol low ing courses (20 cred its):GSAH 220 Global In ter ac tions and Iden ti ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GSAH 230 Values, Experience, and Difference in

Global Contexts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GSAH 310 Conflict and Justice in a Global Setting. . . . . . . . . . 3GSAH 311 Crossing Boundaries/Changing Worlds . . . . . . . . . 3GSAH 312 Media Mobility: Change, Access, Rep re sen ta tion. . 3GSAH 450 Global Con cepts and Theories Sem i nar (W) . . . . . 3GSAH 499 Se nior The sis in Global Stud ies in the Arts

and Hu man i ties (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2b. Com plete 12 to 16 cred its in courses se lected in ar eas such as

his tory of the arts, phi los o phy, lit er a ture and other cul tural me dia,gen der and eth nic ity stud ies, and re li gious stud ies, in con sul ta tion with the stu dent's ad vi sor from a list main tained by the pro gram.

c. Par tic i pate in an in ter na tional ex pe ri ence through study abroad,study away, or internship. This experience must be approved bythe stu dent’s ac a demic ad vi sor.

Ad di tional Ma jor in Global Stud ies in the Arts andHu man i ties

This op por tu nity is de signed to en cour age stu dents to com bine ama jor in Global Stud ies in the Arts and Hu man i ties with a ma jor inan other field such as busi ness, eco nom ics, his tory, in ter na tional

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re la tions, po lit i cal sci ence, or an other for eign lan guage. Stu dents elect ing this op tion must meet the re quire ments of the Col lege ofArts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree and must com -plete the re quire ments 3. a., 3. b., and 3. c. in the Bach e lor of Artsde gree in Global Stud ies in the Arts and Hu man i ties above to ful fill the re quire ment of 32 to 36 se mes ter cred its. Stu dents will also be re quired to pass an oral pro fi ciency test ad min is tered by the as -sess ment co or di na tor for the Cen ter for the Support of LanguageTeaching.

MI NOR IN ARTS AND CUL TURAL MAN AGE MENT

The Mi nor in Arts and Cul tural Man age ment, which is ad min is -tered by the Col lege of Arts and Let ters, pro vides stu dents with athe o ret i cal and prac ti cal train ing plat form re lated to the man age -ment and ad vo cacy of arts and cul tural or ga ni za tions and to di -men sions of the in dus try known as ar tis tic and hu man is ticen tre pre neur ship. Stu dents will en gage with pro mo tion, lead er -ship, bud get ing and e-strat e gies through par tic i pa tion in coursework, ex pe ri en tial op por tu ni ties such as in tern ships and vol un teer po si tions, and other co-cur ric u lar ac tiv i ties that al low them to par -tic i pate in crit i cal anal y ses and pro duc tion of arts and cul turalman age ment pro jects.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver -sity. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege thatad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that areused to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire -ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred itscounted to wards the re quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must notbe used to ful fill the re quire ments for that student’s major.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate advisor in the Col lege of Artsand Let ters.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Arts and Cul turalMan age ment

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete a min i mum of 17 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing courses (12 cred its):

AL 271 In tro duc tion to Arts and Cul tural Man age ment . . . . . . . . 3AL 461 Strategies of Arts and Cultural Management . . . . . . . . . 3AL 462 Promotional and e-Commerce in Arts and

Cultural Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 463 Event Production and Planning for Arts and Culture. . . . 3

2. A min i mum of 2 cred its from the fol low ing courses as ap proved by theminor advisor:AL 492 Spe cial Top ics in Mu seum Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3AL 485 Foundations of Museum Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 498 Learning in Museums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3DAN 390 Special Topics in Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4DAN 455 Dance Studies: Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 110 Drawing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 491 Selected Topics in Studio Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3STA 492 Senior Seminar and Professional Practice (W). . . . . . . . 2STA 492A Exhibition Practicum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1THR 204 Topics in Acting/Directing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 304 Topics in Acting/Directing II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 404 Topics in Acting/Directing III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 316 Stage Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 390 Special Topics in Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4THR 492 Senior Seminar (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 870 Col lab o ra tive Studio in Theatre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 202 Introduction to Professional Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 453 Grant and Proposal Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 491 Special Topics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4Other man age ment-fo cused, arts and hu man i ties courses, in clud ingindependent study, as approved by the minor advisor.

3. The fol low ing course (3 cred its):AL 471 Arts and Cul tural Man age ment Sem i nar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

4. Com ple tion of a 40-hour vol un teer or paid ex pe ri en tial learn ing op por tu -nity. The goal of the ex pe ri en tial learn ing com po nent is to pro vide an en -vi ron ment for stu dents to ap ply their man age ment skills and to pro videthem prac ti cal field ex pe ri ence. This op por tu nity may in clude en gag ingin per form ing, vi sual and me dia arts in non profit and for-profit arts andcul tural or ga ni za tions or trans fer able man age ment ar eas in clud ing hos -pi tals, so cial ser vice agen cies, ed u ca tional in sti tu tions, ad ver tis ing andde sign firms, com mer cial arts in dus tries, and video and film com pa nies.

On cam pus op por tu ni ties are avail able at the Whar ton Cen ter for Per -form ing Arts, the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Mu seum, the Col lege of Artsand Let ters Cre ativ ity Ex plor atory, Lan guage Learn ing Cen ter, Writ ingin Dig i tal En vi ron ments (WIDE) Re search Cen ter, the MSU Mu seum,the Writ ing Cen ter, and the Vi sual Re sources Li brary.

MI NOR IN GLOBAL STUD IES IN THE ARTS ANDHU MAN I TIES

The Mi nor in Global Stud ies in the Arts and Hu man i ties, which isad min is tered by the Col lege of Arts and Let ters is de signed topro vide stu dents the op por tu nity to ac quire a core of ba sic knowl -edge of global stud ies in the arts and hu man i ties. The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Global Stud ies in theArts and Hu man i ties. With the ap proval of the de part ment andcol lege that ad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, thecourses that are used to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat -isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re quire ments for a stu dent’s mi normust not be used to ful fill re quire ments for that stu dent’s major.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments of the mi norshould con sult the un der grad u ate ad vi sor in the pro gram forglobal stud ies in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Global Stud ies in the Artsand Hu man i ties

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete at least 18 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing courses (15 cred its):

GSAH 220 Global In ter ac tions and Iden ti ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GSAH 230 Values, Experience, and Difference in Global Con texts . 3GSAH 310 Con flict and Jus tice in a Global Set ting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GSAH 311 Crossing Boundaries/Changing Worlds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GSAH 312 Media Mobility: Change, Access, Representation. . . . . . 3

2. Com plete 3 to 4 cred its in courses se lected from ar eas such as his tory of the arts, phi los o phy, lit er a ture and other cul tural me dia, gen der and eth -nic ity stud ies and re li gious stud ies, in con sul ta tion with the stu dent's ad -vi sor from a list main tained by the pro gram.

MI NOR IN AMER I CAN IN DIAN STUD IES

The Amer i can In dian Stud ies Mi nor is an in ter dis ci plin ary pro -gram that co or di nates ac a demic study, re search, and out reach.The mi nor fo cuses on Amer i can In dian cul tural stud ies with anem pha sis on na tive Amer i can peo ples of the Mid west.

Stu dents who elect this mi nor will broaden their un der stand ingof na tive cul tures, his tory, and cur rent is sues im por tant to NorthAmer i can In di ans. They will ap ply such un der stand ing to theircho sen field of study. The mi nor is open to all in ter ested un der -grad u ates. The mi nor is ad min is tered by the Col lege of Arts andLet ters.

Aug ment ing the ac a demic courses stu dents will be tak ing inna tive Amer i can stud ies, is an in tern ship that re quires stu dents to visit, re search, and par tic i pate in lo cal Na tive Amer i can com mu -ni ties for one se mes ter. Stu dents will en roll in AL 493A Arts andLet ters In tern ship with Amer i can In dian Stud ies af fil i ated fac ultywho will fa cil i tate work ing re la tion ships be tween stu dent in ternsand lo cal Na tive Amer i can com mu ni ties and di rect the in terns de -vel op ment of a re quired re search pa per.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the Mi norin Amer i can In dian Stud ies must con tact the ad vi sor for the Amer -i can In dian Stud ies Pro gram. Cer tain courses will only count to -wards the re quire ments for the mi nor when the course hasap pro pri ate con tent fo cus ing on Amer i can In di ans. The ad vi sormust ap prove each stu dent’s pro gram of study in ad vance of en -roll ment and in writ ing.

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Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Amer i can In dian Stud ies

The stu dent must com plete 20 to 24 cred its as spec i fied be low:CRED ITS

1. Gen eral Core Courses (Bezhig):Com plete 12 cred its in courses listed be low from at least two dif fer ent ar eas of study.Two of these courses must be at the 300 level or above.ANP 411 North Amer i can In dian Eth nog ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 452 Na tive Amer i can Archaeology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 354 Read ings in Na tive Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 378 Na tive Amer i cans in North Amer i can His tory to 1830 . . . 3HST 379 Na tive Amer i cans in North Amer i can His tory from 1830. 3IAH 211C Area Stud ies and Multi cul tural Civ i li za tions:

The Amer i cas (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4REL 306 Na tive Amer i can Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 110 Writ ing: Sci ence and Tech nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4WRA 125 Writ ing: The Amer i can Eth nic and Ra cial Ex pe ri ence. . . 4WRA 150 Writ ing: The Evo lu tion of Amer i can Thought . . . . . . . . . 4WRA 110, 125, and 150 have vari able con tent and must be ap proved inad vance by the stu dent's ad vi sor.

2. Elec tives (Niizh):Com plete 6 ad di tional cred its from courses with sig nif i cant fo cus on na tive Amer i cansub ject mat ter as ap proved by the ad vi sor for the Amer i can In dian Stud ies Pro gram.

3. Internship (Niswi):Com plete 2 to 6 cred its of Arts and Let ters 493A. This is a one-se mes ter in tern ship.Stu dents will work on a pro ject at a Mich i gan In dian res er va tion, or in a lo cal na tiveAmer i can com mu nity or en gage in an ap proved re search ac tiv ity in con sort with a su -per vis ing fac ulty mem ber. This in tern ship may be ar ranged for sum mer or for a fall orspring semester.

MI NOR IN AFRICAN AMER I CAN AND AFRICANSTUD IES

The Mi nor in Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri can Stud ies, ad min is teredby the Col lege of Arts and Let ters pro vides stu dents with an in ter -dis ci plin ary study of the his tor i cal and con tem po rary lived ex pe ri -ences of Af ri can de scen dants in the United States and else wherein the north ern hemi spheric Af ri can Di as pora, as well as con ti nen -tal Af ri can na tions and peo ples. Stu dents in the mi nor will se lect acon cen tra tion in ei ther Pol i tics and Society or Humanities andCulture.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver -sity. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege thatad min is ter the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, 6 of the 18 cred its incourses that are used to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat -isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. The 12 credit core cur ric u lum re quire ment com prised of AAAS100, 300, 390, and495 are unique cred its that may not be used to sat isfy the re quire -ments for the stu dent’s bach e lor’s de gree pro gram.

Re quire ments for the Minor in African Amer i can andAf ri can Studies

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete 18 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing core courses (12 cred its):

AAAS 100 Race and Com mu nity in Lo cal to Global Per spec tive . . . 3AAAS 300 Survey in Africana Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AAAS 390 Special Topics in Black/Africana Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AAAS 495 Advanced Research in African American and

Af ri can Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. Com plete a min i mum of 6 cred its in courses from one of the fol low ing

con cen tra tions:Pol i tics and So ci etyANP 330 Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Anthropological Ap proaches

to Col lec tive Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3EC 414 Economic Analysis of Sub-Saharan Africa (W). . . . . . . . 3HST 312 African American Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 360 African History to 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 361 African History since 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 480 Seminar in American History (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MC 324B Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in

Sub Saharan Af rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 372 Comparative Black Political Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 377 Culture, Politics, and Post-Colonialism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 383 African American Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 350 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy . . . . . . . . 3PLS 304 Minority Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PLS 351 African Politics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PLS 377 American Political Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 215 Race and Ethnicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

SOC 330 Social Stratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 375 Urban Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3His tory 480 must have a sig nif i cant fo cus on Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri -can Stud ies sub ject mat ter and have prior ap proval by the Di rec tor of the Mi nor prior to enrollment.Hu man i ties and Cul tureENG 350 Readings in African, African-American, or

Af ri can Diaspora Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 353 Readings in Women Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 360 African History to 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 420 Language and Culture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 310 African American History to 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 311 African American History since 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 360 African History to 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 361 African History since 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 383 The Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 480 Seminar in American History (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3IAH 211C Area Studies and Multicultural Civ i li za tions:

The Americas (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4IAH 231B Themes and Issues: Moral Issues and the Arts

and Humanities (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4IAH 241A Creative Arts and Humanities: Music and So ci ety

in the Modern World (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 395 Cultural Dimensions of Public Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MUS 426 Music of Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MUS 491 Special Topics in Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4PHL 350 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy . . . . . . . . 3WRA 125 Writing: The American Ethnic and Racial Experience. . . 4His tory 480 must have a sig nif i cant fo cus on Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri -can Stud ies sub ject mat ter and have prior ap proval by the Di rec tor of the Mi nor prior to en roll ment.

MI NOR IN DIG I TAL HU MAN I TIES

The Mi nor in Dig i tal Hu man i ties is ad min is tered by the Col lege ofArts and Let ters and is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents whoare en rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan StateUniversity.

The mi nor pro vides stu dents an op por tu nity to en gage withtech nol ogy in class rooms and in pro fes sional en vi ron ments while fo cus ing on how tech nol ogy has and is chang ing hu man istthought and work. Stu dents will en gage with digital humanitiesthrough par tic i pa tion in course work, ex pe ri en tial op por tu ni tiessuch as in tern ships and vol un teer po si tions, and other co-cur ric u -lar ac tiv i ties.

The mi nor com ple ments the experiences of undergraduatestudents and enable them to draw on intellectual, practical, andtechnical skills to engage in critical analysis and production ofrich, multimedia and digital work. Students in ter ro gate, analyze,critique, and also create, produce, and share digital mediaproducts. The required capstone engages students inprofessional practice in technology work and explore relatedtechnological and workplace issues such as deadlines, tasknegotiation, project management, and collaboration.

Stu dents in ter ested in com plet ing the re quire ments for the Mi -nor in Dig i tal Hu man i ties must con sult with the mi nor ad vi sor, andmay also wish to con tact their ac a demic ad vi sor in their pri maryma jor.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Dig i tal Humanities

The stu dent must com plete a min i mum of 15 cred its from the fol low ing:CRED ITS

1. The fol low ing core courses (6 cred its):AL 285 In tro duc tion to Dig i tal Hu man i ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 340 Dig i tal Hu man i ties Sem i nar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Com plete a min i mum of 6 cred its in dig i tal hu man i ties courses se lectedfrom the Col lege of Arts and Let ters or Col lege of So cial Sci ence of fer -ings ap proved in ad vance by the Dig i tal Hu man i ties undergraduate ad -vi sor.

3. A cap stone course or ex pe ri en tial activity (3 cred its):AL 491 Spe cial Top ics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 493D Dig i tal Hu man i ties In tern ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3An in tern ship or port fo lio sem i nar for the ma jor with a sig nif i cant dig i talcom po nent or doc u mented con fig u ra tion of ex pe ri en tial ac tiv i ties suchas vol un teer ing, par tic i pat ing in work shops, at tend ing sem i nars may beused to ful fill this re quire ment if ap proved in ad vance by the Dig i tal Hu -man i ties un der grad u ate ad vi sor.

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MI NOR IN JEW ISH STUDIES

The Mi nor in Jew ish Studies, which is ad min is tered by the Col lege of Arts and Let ters, is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who areen rolled in bach e lor's de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver -sity. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min -is ter the stu dent's de gree pro gram, the courses that are used tosat isfy the re quire ments for the mi nor may also be used to sat isfythe re quire ments for the bach e lor's de gree.

The Mi nor in Jew ish Studies in tro duces stu dents to the his tory,re li gion, cul ture, and civ i li za tion of the Jew ish peo ple from bib li caltimes to the pres ent. The mi nor fo cuses on Jew ish peo ple in theMid dle East, Eu rope, and Amer ica.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the Mi norin Jew ish Studies should con sult the un der grad u ate ad vi sor forJew ish stud ies in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Jew ish Studies

The stu dent must com plete a min i mum of 20 cred its from the fol low ing. Eight ormore cred its may be in He brew 201 and 202 or higher. Stu dents en rolled in studyabroad Is raeli in sti tu tions may use ap pro pri ate courses to wards the mi nor if ap -proved in ad vance by the Jew ish Stud ies ad vi sor.

CREDITSEng lishENG 356 Read ings in Jew ish Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3He brewHEB 201 Sec ond-Year He brew I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HEB 202 Sec ond-Year He brew II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HEB 290 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 8HEB 490 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 8His toryHST 201 His tor i cal Meth ods and Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 317 Amer i can Jew ish His tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 392 His tory of the Ho lo caust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 490 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4HST 499H Se nior Hon ors The sis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3To be counted to ward the re quire ments for the mi nor, the con tent of HST 201, 490, and 499H must have suf fi cient Jew ish stud ies con tent and be ap provedby the Jew ish Stud ies ad vi sor.In te gra tive Stud ies in Arts and Hu man i tiesIAH 211C Area Stud ies and Multi cul tural Civ i li za tions:

The Amer i cas (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4IAH 211D Area Stud ies and Multi cul tural Civ i li za tions:

The Mid dle East (D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4IAH 221A Great Ages: The An cient World (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4IAH 241F Cre ative Arts and Hu man i ties: Tra di tions in World Art (I) . . . 4In te gra tive Stud ies in the So cial Sci encesISS 315 Global Diversity and Interdependence (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ISS 330B Asia: Social Science Perspectives (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4To be counted toward the requirements for the minor, the content of these courses must have sufficient Jewish studies content and be approved by theJewish Studies advisor. The courses may be used to satisfy the requirements for the mi nor and Uni ver sity re quire ments.James Mad i son Col legeMC 220 In ter na tional Re la tions I: World Pol i tics and In ter na tional

Se cu rity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 281 Im mi grants and Mi nor i ties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 290 Spe cial Top ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 324A Re gional Pol i tics, Co op er a tion, and Con flict

in the Mid dle East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 325 State and So ci ety in Com par a tive Per spec tive. . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 335 Is raeli Pol i tics, Cul tures and So ci ety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 387 Jews and Anti–Sem i tism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 390 Ad vanced Top ics in Pub lic Af fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 391 Se lected Top ics in Pub lic Af fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 395 Cul tural Di men sions of Pub lic Af fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 399 Ad vanced In de pend ent Study. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4MC 490H Hon ors In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4MC 492 Se nior Sem i nar in In ter na tional Re la tions (W) . . . . . . . . . . . 5MC 498 Se nior Sem i nar in So cial Re la tions (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5To be counted to ward the re quire ments for the mi nor, the con tent of MC 220,281, 290, 324A, 325, 390, 391, 395, 399, 490H, 492, and 498 must have suf fi cient Jew ish stud ies con tent and be ap proved by the Jew ish Stud ies ad vi sor.Jew ish Stud iesJS 390 Spe cial Top ics in Jew ish Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4JS 399 In de pend ent Study (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4JS 400 Study Abroad in Jew ish Stud ies (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 4JS 490H Hon ors In de pend ent Study (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 4JS 495 Sem i nar in Jew ish Stud ies (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4Po lit i cal Sci encePLS 323 Re li gion and Pol i tics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4To be counted to ward the re quire ments for the mi nor, the con tent of PLS 323must have suf fi cient Jew ish stud ies con tent and be ap proved by the Jew ish Stud ies ad vi sor.Re li gious Stud iesREL 301 Meth ods and The o ries in the Study of Re li gion . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 310 Ju da ism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

REL 412 Jew ish Mys ti cism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 413 Jew ish Phi los o phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3To be counted to ward the re quire ments for the mi nor, the con tent of REL 301 must have suf fi cient Jew ish stud ies con tent and be ap proved by the Jew ish Stud ies ad vi sor.Res i den tial Col lege of Arts and Hu man i tiesRCAH 391 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4RCAH 395 Spe cial Top ics in Arts and Hu man i ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3To be counted to ward the re quire ments for the mi nor, the con tent of RCAH 391and 395 must have suf fi cient Jew ish stud ies con tent and be ap proved by the Jew ish Stud ies ad vi sor.Women’s Stud iesWS 302 Jewish Women’s Experiences and Writings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 490 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4To be counted toward the requirements for the minor, the content of WS 490must have sufficient Jewish studies content and be approved by the Jew ish Stud ies ad vi sor.

MI NOR IN MU SEUM STUD IES

The Minor in Mu seum Stud ies, an in ter dis ci plin ary and in ter col le -giate pro gram is ad min is tered by the Col lege of Arts and Let tersand is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en rolled inbach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity. Theminor pro vides an op por tu nity for study fo cused on the de vel op -ment, in ter pre ta tion, man age ment, pres er va tion, and ac cess ofcol lec tions of art, cul tural his tory, and nat u ral his tory. This minorcom ple ments a num ber of ma jor fields of study: art his tory, an -thro pol ogy, ap parel, tex tile and de sign, bot any, busi ness, his tory,park, rec re ation and tour ism re sources, stu dio art, and zo ol ogy.Stu dents who plan grad u ate study or who wish to pur sue ca reersin mu se ums, other ed u ca tional in sti tu tions, or cor po rate col lec -tions may find this mi nor par tic u larly ap peal ing.

With the ap proval of the de part ment and the col lege that ad -min is ter the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are usedto sat isfy the re quire ments for the mi nor may also be used to sat -isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree.

The Mi nor in Mu seum Stud ies in cludes course work and an in -tern ship ex pe ri ence. Courses are planned to pro vide a broadover view of mu seum his tory as well as knowl edge of mu seumthe ory, meth od ol ogy and prac tice con sis tent with con tem po raryna tional and in ter na tional stan dards. Multi cul tur al ism, cul turaland de mo graphic change, schol arly di rec tions, and var ied typesof col lec tions are stud ied. Cam pus and re gional mu se ums, col -lec tions, and ex hi bi tions pro vide ac tive learn ing ex pe ri ences. The Broad Art Mu seum, the Mich i gan State Uni ver sity Mu seum,Beal-Dar ling ton Her bar ium, Mich i gan State Uni ver sity Li brarySpe cial Col lec tions, MSU Ar chives, An thro pol ogy, Ap parel, Tex -tile and De sign are among the rel e vant cam pus sites.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult the MSU un der grad u ate ad vi sor in the De part -ment of Art, Art His tory, and Design.

Re quire ments for the Minor in Mu seum Stud ies

CRED ITS1. The stu dent must com plete the fol low ing (15 cred its):

a. Both of the fol low ing courses:AL 485 Foun da tions of Mu seum Stud ies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 496 Mu seum Stud ies In tern ship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

b. At least three of the fol low ing courses:AL 488 Mu seum Curatorial Prac tices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 492 Spe cial Top ics in Mu seum Stud ies . . . . . . . . 1 to 3AL 494 Mu seum Ex hi bi tions: The ory and De vel op ment . . 3AL 498 Learn ing in Mu se ums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

With ap proval of the un der grad u ate ad vi sor for Mu seum Stud ies,a course se lected from a wide range of dis ci plines may becounted to ward the re quire ments for the Minor in Mu seum Stud -ies, in clud ing AL 271 and rel e vant CSUS courses.

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MI NOR IN RUS SIAN AND EURASIAN STUD IES

The Minor in Rus sian and Eurasian Studies, which is ad min is -tered by the Col lege of Arts and Let ters, is avail able as an elec tiveto stu dents who are en rolled in bach e lor's de gree pro grams atMich i gan State Uni ver sity. With the ap proval of the de part mentand col lege that ad min is ter the stu dent's de gree pro gram, thecourses that are used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the minormay also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor'sde gree.

The Minor in Rus sian and Eurasian Studies is de signed to en -hance the stu dent's un der stand ing of and ap pre ci a tion for the re -gions of the for mer So viet Un ion and East ern Europe. The minorof fers an in ter dis ci plin ary, as well as a com par a tive andcross–cul tural, ap proach to the study of the for mer So viet Un ionand East ern Europe.

Re quire ments for the Minor in Rus sianand Eurasian Studies

The stu dent must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low:CREDITS

1. For eign Lan guage Pro fi ciencyThe stu dent must dem on strate pro fi ciency in Rus sian or in a rel e vantEur asian lan guage at a level equiv a lent to the com ple tion of four se mes -ters of study at the uni ver sity level. Pro fi ciency may be dem on strated ei -ther by com plet ing the ap pro pri ate courses or by pass ing a proficiencyexamination.

2. Com ple tion of a min i mum of 15 cred its of course work which in cludescourses from at least three of the fol low ing ar eas listed below:EconomicsEC 306 Com par a tive Eco nomic Sys tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3EC 406 Economic Analysis of Russia and the Commonwealth

of In de pend ent States (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Ge og ra phyGEO 336 Geography of Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3History of ArtHA 410 Se lected Top ics in Me di eval Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4His toryHST 342 Modern East-Central Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 343 Russia from Peter the Great to Lenin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 344 Russia in the Twentieth Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 483 Seminar in Modern European History (W) . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 490 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4James Madison CollegeMC 321 The Cold War: Culture, Politics, and Foreign Policy . . . . 4MC 324E Regional Politics, Cooperation, and Conflict in Europe. . 4MC 325 State and Society in Comparative Perspective . . . . . . . . 4MC 328 Russian Foreign Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 329 European Security: Challenges and Strategies . . . . . . . 4MC 386 Women and Power in Comparative Perspective. . . . . . . 4MC 492 Se nior Sem i nar in In ter na tional Re la tions (W) . . . . . . . . 5Phi los o phyPHL 357 Phi los o phy of Karl Marx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 416 Hegel Seminar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 421 Topics in European and Continental Philosophy . . . . . . 3Political SciencePLS 358 Pol i tics of the U.S.S.R. and Its Suc ces sor States . . . . . . 3Rus sianLL 250D Topics in National Cinemas: Russian and Soviet Cinema 3RUS 231 19th-Century Russian Literature in Translation . . . . . . . . 3RUS 232 20th-Century Russian Literature in Translation . . . . . . . . 3RUS 242 Russian and Eastern European Science Fiction. . . . . . . 3RUS 311 Advanced Russian: Oral Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 341 Russian Life and Culture of the 20th Century . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 420 Russian Life and Culture Before World War I . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 421 Russian Life and Culture in the 20th Century. . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 440 Contemporary Russian Life and Culture (W) . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 441 Russian Literature (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 491 Special Topics in Russian Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 6RUS 493 Overseas Internship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 12SociologySOC 490 Special Topics in Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

In or der for EC 306, HST 482, HST 490, MC 386, MC 492, PHL 421, or SOC 490 to becounted to ward the re quire ments for the Mi nor in Rus sian and Eur asian Stud ies, thetopic of the course must be spe cif i cally re lated to the re gions of the for mer So viet Un ion or East ern Eu rope and be ap proved by the Di rec tor of the Cen ter for Eu ro pean, Rus -sian and Eur asian Stud ies or the Dean of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters. Stu dents areen cour aged to take in de pend ent study courses that may be help ful to stu dents who are plan ning to study in the re gions of the for mer So viet Un ion or in the East Eu ro peancoun tries.

TEACHER CER TIF I CA TION OP TIONS

The fol low ing dis ci plin ary ma jors lead ing to bach e lor's de grees inthe Col lege of Arts and Let ters are avail able for teacher cer tif i ca -tion: Arabic, art ed u ca tion, Chi nese, Eng lish, French, Ger man,Jap a nese, Rus sian, and Span ish.

The fol low ing dis ci plin ary mi nors in the Col lege of Arts and Let -ters are also avail able for teacher cer tif i ca tion: Arabic, Chi nese,Eng lish, French, Ger man, Ital ian, Jap a nese, Latin, Rus sian,Span ish, and teach ing Eng lish to speak ers of other lan guages.

Stu dents who elect the art ed u ca tion dis ci plin ary ma jor mustcon tact the De part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign.

Stu dents who elect the Eng lish dis ci plin ary ma jor or the Eng lish dis ci plin ary mi nor must con tact the De part ment of Eng lish.

Stu dents who elect the Chinese, Ger man, Jap a nese, or Rus -sian dis ci plin ary ma jor, or the Chi nese, Ger man, Jap a nese, Rus -sian, or teach ing Eng lish to speak ers of other lan guages(TESOL) dis ci plin ary mi nor, must con tact the De part ment of Lin -guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages.

Stu dents who elect the French or Span ish dis ci plin ary ma jor, or the French, Ital ian, Latin, or Span ish dis ci plin ary mi nor, must con -tact ei ther the De part ment of Ro mance and Clas si cal Studies.

For ad di tional in for ma tion, re fer to the state ments on the dis ci -plin ary ma jors ref er enced above and to the state ment onTEACHER CER TIF I CA TION in the De part ment of Teacher Ed u -ca tion sec tion of this cat a log.

COL LEGE OF ARTS AND LET TERS 3 + 3 OP TION

The Col lege of Arts and Let ters, in col lab o ra tion with the Mich i gan State Uni ver sity - Col lege of Law, of fers an op por tu nity for se -lected Col lege of Arts and Let ters stu dents to earn a bac ca lau re -ate de gree af ter sat is fac tory com ple tion of a min i mum of 91cred its at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity and a min i mum of 29 cred itsthrough sub se quent en roll ment at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity - Col lege of Law. This plan of fers stu dents the op por tu nity to earn abach e lor’s de gree and a Juris Doc tor de gree based on ap prox i -mately six years of full-time study. Stu dents who wish to pur suethis op tion must ma tric u late as first-year stu dents in the Col legeof Arts and Let ters and must ma jor in one of the fol low ing ar eas:East Asian lan guages and lit er a tures, Eng lish, Ger man, his tory of art, hu man i ties pre-law, lin guis tics, phi los o phy, Rus sian, orwomen’s stud ies. Stu dents in ter ested in this op tion should con -sult with the di rec tor of ac a demic ad vis ing in the Col lege of Artsand Let ters upon en try to the university.

Ad mis sion to this pro gram is lim ited to a small num ber of stu -dents who com plete spec i fied university and college re quire -ments and who earn a grade-point av er age and a score on TheLaw School Ad mis sion Test (LSAT) that is ac cept able for ad mis -sion to Mich i gan State Uni ver sity - Col lege of Law.

All stu dents in this pro gram will com plete a min i mum of 91 cred -its at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity, at least 41 of which (in clud ing In -te gra tive Studies in Arts and Hu man ities and Amer i can Thoughtand Lan guage) will be Col lege of Arts and Let ters cred its. Re -quire ments for the pro gram are:1. Com ple tion of the university re quire ments for the bach e lor’s

de gree.2. Com ple tion of all Col lege of Arts and Let ters re quire ments

for the bach e lor’s de gree, in clud ing the for eign lan guage re -quire ment. Stu dents may have the first year at Mich i ganState Uni ver sity - Col lege of Law ful fill their cog nate re quire -ments, but un der no cir cum stances may a stu dent grad u atewith out com plet ing all other Col lege of Arts and Let ters re -quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree.

3. Com ple tion of a spe cific ma jor, as in di cated above, in theCol lege of Arts and Let ters.

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4. Com ple tion of a min i mum of 29 cred its at Mich i gan State Uni -ver sity - Col lege of Law.

Upon com ple tion of the spec i fied Mich i gan State Uni ver sity -Col lege of Law cred its, stu dents in this pro gram will be awardedthe Bach e lor of Arts de gree.

GRAD U ATE STUDY

The Col lege of Arts and Let ters of fers a wide va ri ety of dis ci plin ary and in ter dis ci plin ary pro grams lead ing to the Mas ter of Arts, Mas -ter of Fine Arts, and Doc tor of Phi los o phy de grees as well as grad -u ate cer tif i ca tion pro grams that en hance pro fes sionalop por tu ni ties. Grad u ate pro grams are de signed to re spond tocur rent pro fes sional and so cial needs and to stu dents' ex pec ta -tions and goals. The pro grams com bine course work; teach ingand out reach ex pe ri ences; and pro duc tion, per for mance, or re -search pro jects to pre pare stu dents for ca reers in higher ed u ca -tion, com mu ni ca tions and pub lic and pri vate sec tor po si tionswhere ad vanced knowl edge, skills, and prob lem-solv ing abil ityare required.

Gen eral Re quire ments for Con sid er ation for Ad mis sion to Mas ter's and Doc toral De gree Pro grams in theCol lege of Arts and Let ters

Each ap pli cant must sub mit di rectly to the ac a demic unit that ad -min is ters the pro gram to which ad mis sion is sought a let ter giv ingthe ap pli cant's ac a demic back ground and rea sons for pur su ingad vanced study.

In ter na tional ap pli cants must ful fill the university's Eng lish lan -guage pro fi ciency re quire ment as de scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u -ca tion sec tion of this cat a log.

Ac a demic units that ad min is ter mas ter's and doc toral de greepro grams may spec ify ad di tional re quire ments for con sid er ationfor ad mis sion such as a sam ple of an ap pli cant's art work, a port -fo lio, or an au di tion.

Courses Used to Sat isfy a For eign Lan guageRe quire ment in a Mas ter's or Doc toral De gree Pro gram inthe Col lege of Arts and Let ters

If a for eign lan guage re quire ment is in cluded in a stu dent's de gree pro gram, it is highly rec om mended that the stu dent en roll incourses that are to be used to sat isfy that re quire ment un der theCredit–No Credit (CR–NC) sys tem.

Ac a demic Stan dards for Grad u ate As sis tants in theCol lege of Arts and Let ters

A grad u ate as sis tant in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters must:1. Main tain a cu mu la tive grade–point av er age of at least 3.25.2. Not ac cu mu late de ferred grades (iden ti fied by the DF–De -

ferred marker) in more than 8 cred its in courses (ex clud ingcourses num bered 899 and 999).

If at the end of a se mes ter a grad u ate as sis tant fails tomeet one or both of the re quire ments spec i fied above, thegrad u ate as sis tant shall re ceive a warn ing and be al lowed tohold the grad u ate assistantship for one ad di tional se mes ter.If at the end of the ad di tional se mes ter the grad u ate as sis tant has failed to meet one or both of the re quire ments spec i fiedabove, the grad u ate assistantship shall be with drawn.

Mas ter of Arts

Mas ter of Arts de gree pro grams are of fered in the fol low ing ar eas: Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri can stud ies, Amer i can stud ies, arts and

cul tural man age ment, com par a tive lit er a ture, crit i cal stud ies inlit er acy and pedagogy, Eng lish, French, Ger man, His panic lit er a -tures, his tory of art, lin guis tics, phi los o phy, and Rus sian.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university as de -scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log, stu -dents must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

Ap pli cants must meet the gen eral re quire ments for con sid er ationfor ad mis sion to mas ter's and doc toral de gree pro grams in theCol lege of Arts and Let ters ref er enced above.

To be ad mit ted to a Mas ter of Arts de gree pro gram in the Col -lege of Arts and Let ters on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant must have:1. A bac ca lau re ate de gree from a rec og nized ed u ca tional in sti -

tu tion.2. A cu mu la tive grade–point av er age of at least 3.00 in the ju -

nior and se nior years of the bac ca lau re ate de gree pro gram.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree

The stu dent plans a pro gram of study in con sul ta tion with a grad u -ate ad vi sor sub ject to the rules of the de part ment or school, theCol lege, and the Uni ver sity. Two pat terns are in gen eral use: PlanA (with the sis) and Plan B (with out the sis).

Ac a demic Stan dards

A stu dent may ac cu mu late no more than 6 cred its with a grade be -low 3.0 in courses that are to be counted to ward the de gree.

Trans fer Credits

Trans fer cred its must have been com pleted within the time limitfor the de gree.

Mas ter of Fine Arts

Re fer to the state ments on the De part ment of Art, Art His tory, andDe sign and De part ment of Thea tre.

Doc tor of Phi los o phy

Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree pro grams are of fered in the fol low ing ar eas: Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri can stud ies, Amer i can stud ies,Eng lish, French, Ger man, lin guis tics, phi los o phy, sec ond lan -guage stud ies, and Span ish.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the Uni ver sity as de -scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log, stu -dents must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

Ap pli cants must meet the gen eral re quire ments for con sid er ationfor ad mis sion to mas ter’s and doc toral de gree pro grams in theCol lege of Arts and Let ters ref er enced above.

To be ad mit ted to a Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree pro gram in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant musthave:1. a re cord of high ac a demic achieve ment and dem on strate

po ten tial as a re search scholar ac cept able to the de part -ment, pro gram or school. Some de gree pro grams will re quire com ple tion of a mas ter’s de gree or equiv a lent in a rel e vantfield.

2. a cu mu la tive grade-point av er age of 3.0 in any pre vi ousgrad u ate course work.

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ARTS AND LET TERSIn ter de part men tal and In ter dis ci plin ary Programs

Ad mis sion on pro vi sional sta tus may be of fered if the ap pli -cant’s re cord is in com plete or con tains mi nor de fi cien cies in prep -a ra tion.

IN TER DIS CI PLIN ARY PRO GRAMS

AF RICAN AMER ICAN AND AF RICAN STUDIES

Mas ter of Arts

The Mas ter of Arts in Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri can Stud ies is anin ter dis ci plin ary pro gram of study de voted to ad vanced ex plo ra -tion and anal y sis of the so cial, cul tural, and po lit i cal-eco nomic ex -pe ri ences of Af ri can Amer i cans, Af ri cans in the Con ti nent andAf ri can-de scen dent peo ples in other parts of the AfricanDiaspora.

The pro gram pre pares stu dents for a range of ac a demic andpro fes sional ca reer op por tu ni ties and con sists of two plans, aPlan A (with the sis) op tion that pre pares grad u ate stu dents fordoc toral study and a Plan B (with out the sis) op tion that equipsgrad u ate stu dents with in ter dis ci plin ary Black Stud ies pro fes -sional skills that may be used in a va ri ety of pro fes sional ca reers.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion, an ap pli cant must:1. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen -

eral Test for warded to the Col lege.2. Sub mit a re sume or cur ric u lum vi tae (CV).3. Sub mit a per sonal state ment and an ac a demic pur pose stat -

ing per sonal and pro fes sional goals, disciplinary interests inAfricana studies and desire to pursue a Plan A or Plan B pro -gram of study.

4. Sub mit a writ ing sam ple, usu ally a re cent re search pa per.5. Sub mit two cop ies of of fi cial tran scripts dem on strat ing an

earned Bach e lor’s de gree in an area of study ap pro pri ate forad vanced work in Africana stud ies and a grade-point av er -age of 3.0.

6. Sub mit three let ters of rec om men da tion from fac ulty ac -quainted with your course work using the Uni ver sity’s Let terof Rec om men da tion Form for Ad mis sion.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university and the Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire mentsspec i fied be low.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree in Af ri canAmer i can and Af ri can Studies

The pro gram is avail able un der Plan A (with the sis) and Plan B (with out the sis). A to -tal of 30 cred its is re quired for Plan A and 32 cred its for Plan B. With the ap proval ofthe stu dent’s ad vi sor, the stu dent must choose an area of con cen tra tion. The stu -dent must:

CREDITS1. Com plete all of the fol low ing courses (14 cred its):

AAAS 829 In tro duc tion to Af ri can Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AAAS 830 In tro duc tion to Af ri can Amer i can Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AAAS 831 In tro duc tion to African Di as pora Stud ies. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AAAS 832 Multi cul tural Ped a gogy in Af ri can Amer i can

and Af ri can Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AAAS 893A Do mes tic In tern ship in Af ri can Amer i can

and Af ri can Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22. Com plete 3 cred its of course work at the 400-level or above in Africana

lan guage as approved by the student’s academic advisor. The followingcourses may be used to ful fill this re quire ment:AAAS 891 Spe cial Top ics in Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri can Stud ies 3AFR 450A Ad vanced Swa hili . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 881 The Struc ture of a Non-Eu ro pean Lan guage . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Com plete 9 to 12 cred its in Af ri can Amer i can, Af ri can, or Af ri can Di as -pora courses in a sub-dis ci plin ary con cen tra tion ap proved by the stu -dent’s academic advisor.

Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan ACom plete 4 cred its of AAAS 899 Mas ter's The sis Re search.

Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan BCom plete 3 cred its of AAAS 898 Mas ter's Re search.Com ple tion of a fi nal ex am i na tion or eval u a tion.


The Doc tor of Phi los o phy in Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri canStudies is an in ter dis ci plin ary pro gram of study de voted to ad -vanced ex plo ra tion and anal y sis of the so cial, cul tural, and po lit i -cal ex pe ri ences of Af ri can de scen dant peo ples in the UnitedStates, in other parts of the Af ri can Di as pora and of peo ples andcom mu ni ties in the di verse con ti nent of Africa. The ob jec tive ofthe pro gram is to de velop schol ars com mit ted to ac a demic ex cel -lence and so cial re spon si bil ity in the Black world and the broadercom mu nity. Com par a tive, in te gra tive, and ap plied ap proaches tothe ac qui si tion and use of knowl edge are given em pha sis.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy in Af -ri can Amer i can and Af ri can Studies, an ap pli cant must:1. Have a 3.0 grade-point av er age in their last 30 cred its of

course work.2. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen -

eral Test for warded to the Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri canStud ies Pro gram in the Col lege of Arts and Letters.

3. Sub mit a writ ing sam ple, usu ally a re cent re search pa per, tothe Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri can Stud ies Pro gram in theCol lege of Arts and Let ters.

To be ad mit ted, the ap pli cant must have a mas ter’s de gree inan ap pro pri ate field or have com pleted at least 30 cred its of ap -proved course work be yond the bach e lor’s de gree.

Guid ance Com mit tee

Three of the four guid ance com mit tee mem bers must be se lected from the core fac ulty of the Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri can Studiespro gram. One mem ber must be from the stu dent’s concentrationarea.

Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De gree inAf ri can Amer i can and Af ri can Studies

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the Uni ver sity and the Col lege of Arts andLet ters, stu dents must com plete 24 cred its of doc toral dis ser ta tion re search, andthe re quire ments spec i fied be low:

CREDITS1. Com plete 30 cred its of course work in clud ing:

a. All of the fol low ing courses:AAAS 829 In tro duc tion to Af ri can Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AAAS 830 In tro duc tion to Af ri can Amer i can Stud ies . . . . . . . . 3AAAS 831 In tro duc tion to Af ri can Di as pora Stud ies. . . . . . . . . 3AAAS 832 Multi cul tural Pedagogy in Af ri can Amer i can and

Af ri can Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3b. Both of the fol low ing courses for a to tal of 3 cred its as ap proved by

the guid ance com mit tee:AAAS 893A Do mes tic In tern ship in Af ri can Amer i can

and Af ri can Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 or 2AAAS 893A must be per formed in an Af ri can Amer i can com mu nity.AAAS 893C In ter na tional In tern ship in Af ri can Amer i can

and Af ri can Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 or 2AAAS 893C must be per formed in an Af ri can or Af ri can Di as poracom mu nity out side of the United States.

c. A min i mum of 3 cred its in re search meth ods in the area ofconcentration.

d. An ad di tional 12 cred its of course work in an area of con cen tra tion se lected from an ap proved course list and ap proved by the guid -ance com mit tee. The con cen tra tion is de ter mined in con sul ta tionwith the stu dent's guid ance committee.

2. Choose ei ther an Af ri can or Af ri can-related lan guage to ful fill the lan -guage re quire ment. Stu dents se lect ing an Af ri can lan guage must at tainspo ken and writ ten sec ond-year pro fi ciency in at least one lan guage

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ARTS AND LET TERSIn ter dis ci plin ary Programs

from the fol low ing list: Yoruba, Hausa, Zulu, Shona, or Swa hili. Sec -ond-year pro fi ciency will be mea sured by com ple tion of two years of uni -ver sity-level course work in the lan guage or by pass ing oral and writ tenex am i na tions equiv a lent to those given at the end of sec ond-year course work. For Af ri can-related lan guages (Span ish, Por tu guese, French, orother lan guages ap proved by the guid ance com mit tee) there must bedem on strated ad vanced read ing pro fi ciency rel e vant to the stu dent’sarea of con cen tra tion.

3. Pass two com pre hen sive ex am i na tions: a gen eral ex am i na tion in Af ri -can Amer i can and Af ri can Stud ies and an ex am i na tion in the area ofcon cen tra tion. An oral ex am i na tion will be sched uled within one monthof the com pre hen sive ex am i na tions.

4. As sist fac ulty in one of fer ing of AAAS 495 Ad vanced Re search in Af ri can Amer i can and Af ri can Studies.

5. Sub mit a dis ser ta tion pro posal to the guid ance com mit tee and pass anoral ex am i na tion in de fense of the pro posal. This ex am i na tion must bepassed be fore the stu dent may be gin dis ser ta tion re search.

6. Pre pare and suc cess fully de fend the doc toral dis ser ta tion.

AMER ICAN STUDIES

Mas ter of Arts

The Mas ter of Arts de gree pro gram with a ma jor in Amer i canStudies is de signed for stu dents who wish to study the cul ture, his -tory, and civ i li za tion of the United States from an inter– andmultidisciplinary per spec tive. Stu dents may pur sue the pro gramin prep a ra tion for an in ter dis ci plin ary doc toral de gree pro gram, oras prep a ra tion for a dis ci plin ary doc toral de gree pro gram in a fieldsuch as Eng lish, his tory, phi los o phy, re li gious stud ies, or his toryof art.

Stu dents who are en rolled in the pro gram ex plore the tech -niques, ma te ri als, and per spec tives of Amer i can stud ies, Amer i -can his tory, and Amer i can lit er a ture, as well as one other re lateddis ci pline or the matic unit. Care fully co or di nated, yet flex i ble,plans of study are avail able.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university and ofthe Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire -ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro -gram with a ma jor in Amer i can Studies, an ap pli cant must:1. Have at least two fac ulty who are able to as sess the ap pli -

cant's abil ity to pur sue grad u ate study for ward let ters of rec -om men da tion to the Col lege.

2. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion (GRE)Gen eral Test for warded to the college.

3. In clude in the let ter re quired by the college a 400–700 wordstate ment giv ing the ap pli cant's back ground and rea sons forpur su ing ad vanced study.

4. Sub mit to the college a re cent sam ple of ac a demic and/orpro fes sional writ ing.

To be ad mit ted to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro gram in Amer i -can stud ies on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant must have a bach e -lor's de gree in Amer i can stud ies or a re lated field.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree inAmer i can Studies

The pro gram is avail able un der both Plan A (with the sis) and PlanB (with out the sis). A to tal of 30 cred its is re quired for the de greeun der ei ther Plan A or Plan B. The stu dent's pro gram of studymust be ap proved by the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor. The stu -dent must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low:

Re quire ments for Plan A and Plan B

1. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):AMS 881 Amer i can Stud ies The ory, Meth ods and Bib li og ra phy . . 3AMS 891 Spe cial Top ics in Amer i can Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):

AMS 849 Com par a tive Eth nic Stud ies (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AMS 851 Pop u lar Cul ture Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. At least one course in Amer i can his tory.4. At least one course in Amer i can literature.

Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan A

1. At least one course in an other dis ci pline or the matic unit.1

2. Four to 6 cred its of AL 899 Mas ter's The sis Re search.3. Pass an oral ex am i na tion in de fense of the the sis.

Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan B

1. At least three courses in an other dis ci pline or the matic unit.1

2. Pass a fi nal cer ti fy ing ex am i na tion.

1 Ex am ples:

Dis ci plines: an thro pol ogy, his tory of art, jour nal ism, po lit i cal sci ence, phi los o phy, so ci ol ogy.

Themes traced across dis ci plines: Af ri can–Amer i can cul ture, pop u lar cul ture, women's stud -ies, Na tive Amer i can cul ture, sci ence and tech nol ogy stud ies.

Vo ca tional de signs in volv ing man age ment skills per ti nent to hu man is tic stud ies: ma te rial cul -ture, his toric pres er va tion, mu seum stud ies.


The Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree pro gram in Amer i can Studies isde signed for stu dents who wish to un der stand the Amer i can ex -pe ri ence by study ing it from an in ter dis ci plin ary per spec tive. Theed u ca tional ob jec tives of the pro gram are to pro mote the in ter dis -ci plin ary study of Amer i can cul ture, past and pres ent, its ideasand in sti tu tions. Stu dents who com plete the pro gram shouldhave ac quired a gen eral knowl edge of Amer i can cul ture from thevan tage of sev eral dis ci plines and area stud ies, and a spe cificknowl edge of one area of Amer i can cul ture.


Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de -gree pro gram in Amer i can stud ies, an ap pli cant must:1. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen -

eral Test for warded to the college.2. Sub mit to the college a re cent sam ple of ac a demic and/or

pro fes sional writ ing.3. In clude in the let ter re quired by the college a 500–1000 word

state ment giv ing the ap pli cant's goals in pur su ing a doc toralde gree.

To be ad mit ted to the doc toral pro gram in Amer i can stud -ies on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant must have a mas ter's de -gree in Amer i can stud ies or 30 cred its of ap proved coursework.


One fac ulty mem ber from each of the three fields on which thestu dent's com pre hen sive ex am i na tions are based shall serve onthe stu dent's guid ance com mit tee.

Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De greein Amer i can Studies

The stu dent must:1. Com plete a min i mum of 21 cred its from the fol low ing:

a. All of the fol low ing courses (9 cred its): AMS 860 Writ ing and Pub lish ing Amer i can

Stud ies Schol ar ship 3AMS 881 Amer i can Stud ies The ory,

Meth ods, and Bibiolography 3AMS 891 Spe cial Top ics in Amer i can

Stud ies 3

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b. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):AMS 849 Com par a tive Eth nic Stud ies (D) 3AMS 851 Pop u lar Cul ture Stud ies 3

An 800-level meth ods course in an other dis -ci pline may be used to wards this re quire mentwith ap proval fo the di rec tor of the Pro gram inAmer i can Stud ies.

c. Com plete an ad di tional 9 cred its in courses atthe 400-level or above out side of the Pro gramin Amer i can Stud ies, usu ally con cen trated in asin gle field or dis ci pline. The stu dent's guid -ance com mit tee may re quire ad di tional course work and an ad di tional dis ci pline or area ofstudy.

2. Pass writ ten com pre hen sive ex am i na tions over three fieldsand an oral com pre hen sive ex am i na tion that cov ers all threeof those fields.

A stu dent who fails a writ ten com pre hen sive ex am i na tionhas one op por tu nity to re take that same ex am i na tion. Theex am i na tion must be re taken be fore the end of the se mes terfol low ing the one in which the ex am i na tion was failed.

Within two weeks of pass ing the third writ ten com pre hen -sive ex am i na tion, the stu dent must take an oral com pre hen -sive ex am i na tion.

All of the com pre hen sive ex am i na tions must be com pleted within one cal en dar year from the date that the first writ tencom pre hen sive ex am i na tion was taken.

3. Dem on strate com pe tence in one for eign lan guage ap provedby the stu dent's guid ance com mit tee and the Di rec tor ofAmer i can Studies.

Stu dents whose fo cus of study in volves cross–cul tural re -search re lated to coun tries or groups of peo ple in which a lan -guage other than Eng lish is es sen tial must dem on stratecom pe tence in that lan guage.

Stu dents whose fo cus of study does not in volve cross–cul -tural re search may, with the ap proval of their guid ance com -mit tees, com plete ad di tional course work in an area of studyrel e vant to their re search in lieu of dem on strat ing com pe -tence in a for eign lan guage.

4. Sub mit a dis ser ta tion pro spec tus or ab stract no lon ger than10 pages to the guid ance com mit tee no later than the end ofthe se mes ter fol low ing the one in which the stu dent passedall of the com pre hen sive ex am i na tions. Ap proval of the pro -spec tus or ab stract is re quired be fore the stu dent may con -tinue work on the dis ser ta tion.

5. Pass the oral ex am i na tion in de fense of the dis ser ta tion.

ARTS AND CUL TURAL MAN AGE MENT

The Mas ter of Arts de gree in Arts and Cul tural Man age ment is amultidisciplinary de gree ad min is tered by the Col lege of Arts andLet ters that pre pares stu dents for lead er ship po si tions re lated tothe man age ment and ad vo cacy of arts and cul tural or ga ni za tionsor in dus try di men sions of an ar tis tic and hu man is tic en tre pre neur -ial ca reer. Stu dents will choose from a con cen tra tion within thepro gram for deeper ex po sure to ar tis tic and cul tural man age mentde pend ing on their area of in ter est.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the uni ver sity and the Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire mentsspec i fied be low.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree in Arts andCul tural Man age ment

The Mas ter of Arts de gree in Arts and Cul tural Man age ment isavail able only un der Plan B (non-thesis). A total of 30 credits are

required for the degree. At least 15 credits must be at the800-level.

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete 30 cred its from the fol low ing courses:1. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):

AL 801 In tro duc tion to Arts and Cul tural Man age ment . . . . . . . . 3AL 892 Sem i nar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. One of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):AL 871 In tern ship in Arts and Cul tural Man age ment. . . . . . . . . . 6AL 893 Mu seum In tern ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3. Three of the fol low ing courses (9 cred its):AL 461 Strat e gies of Arts and Cul tural Man age ment . . . . . . . . . 3AL 462 Pro mo tion and e-Com merce in Arts and

Cul tural Man age ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 463 Event Pro duc tion and Plan ning for Arts and Cul ture. . . . 3AL 868 Law and Pol icy for Arts and Cul tural Man age ment . . . . . 3

4. One of the fol low ing con cen tra tions (9 cred its):

Mu seum Stud ies1. The fol low ing course (3 cred its):

AL 485 Foun da tions of Mu seum Stud ies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):

ACR 873 Cul ture, Com mu ni ties and Tour ism. . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 494 Mu seum Ex hi bi tions: The ory and De vel op ment . . 3AL 498 Learn ing in Mu se ums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 887 Mu se ums and Tech nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 888 Curatorial Prac tices in Mu se ums and Cul tural

Or ga ni za tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 895 Spe cial Top ics in Mu seum Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PRR 451 In ter pre ta tion and Vis i tor In for ma tion Sys tems . . . 3

Man age ment Stud ies1. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):

AL 464 Ed u ca tion and Out reach for Arts and Cul tural Man age ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

AL 465 Lead er ship and In no va tion for Arts and Cul turalMan age ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

AL 891 Spe cial Top ics in Arts and Hu man i ties . . . . . . . . . 32. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):

AL 461 Strat e gies of Arts and Cul tural Man age ment . . . . 3AL 462 Pro mo tion and e-Com merce in Arts and

Cul tural Man age ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 463 Event Pro duc tion and Plan ning for Arts

and Cul ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 868 Law and Pol icy for Arts and Cul tural

Man age ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3This re quire ment can only be met by choos ing the course notused to ful fill re quire ment 3. above.

Op er a tional Stud ies1. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):

AL 467 De vel op ment and Pub lic Re la tions forArts and Cul tural Man age ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

AL 468 Fa cil i ties and Op er a tions for Arts andCul tural Man age ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

AL 891 Spe cial Top ics in Arts and Hu man i ties . . . . . . . . . 32. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):

AL 461 Strat e gies of Arts and Cul tural Man age ment . . . . 3AL 462 Pro mo tion and e-Com merce in Arts and

Cul tural Man age ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 463 Event Pro duc tion and Plan ning for Arts

and Cul ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 868 Law and Pol icy for Arts and Cul tural

Man age ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3This re quire ment can only be met by choos ing the course notused to ful fill re quire ment 3. above.

Other man age ment-fo cused, arts and hu man i ties courses, in clud ing in -de pend ent study, as ap pli ca ble, may be sub sti tuted with the ap proval ofthe ac a demic ad vi sor.

5. Com ple tion of a fi nal oral ex am i na tion or eval u a tion.

GRAD U ATE CER TIF I CATE IN DIG I TAL HU MAN I TIES

The Grad u ate Cer tif i cate in Dig i tal Hu man i ties en gages stu dentsin course work and a schol arly com mu nity that val ues the use ofnew tech nol o gies for teach ing, learn ing and re search in the artsand hu man i ties. Stu dents work in ar eas such as pro gram ming, vi -su al iza tion, data min ing, sim u la tions and mod el ing, map ping, in -ter face de sign and other cur rent top ics af fect ing arts andhu man i ties to day. Stu dents ex am ine both the ory and prac tice,en gag ing in crit i cal dis cus sion as well as pro duc tion. The pro -gram al lows flex i bil ity for stu dents to fol low in ter ests re lat ing totheir spe cific work, while also pro vid ing a broad knowl edge of thepos si bil i ties in volved in dig i tal hu man i ties. De signed to com ple -ment and ex tend their de gree pro grams. This pro gram al lows stu -dents to en gage in ex pe ri en tial op por tu ni ties, teach ing andwork shop at ten dance and development , and othercomplementary co-curricular activities.

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Ad mis sion

Ad mis sion to the cer tif i cate pro gram re quires an ap pli ca tion andap proval by the As so ci ate Dean for Grad u ate Stud ies.

Re quire ments for the Grad u ate Cer tif i cate inDig i tal Hu man i ties

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete all of the fol low ing courses (9 cred its):AL 861 Dig i tal Hu man i ties Ped a gogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 863 Digital Humanities Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 865 Dig i tal Hu man i ties Meth ods Sem i nar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

FOR EIGN LAN GUAGE TEACH ING

Mas ter of Arts

The Mas ter of Arts de gree in For eign Lan guage Teach ing pro -vides the as pir ing for eign lan guage teacher with the fun da men talback ground and prac ti cal ex pe ri ence to teach a spe cific tar getlan guage, while also of fer ing cur rent for eign lan guage teach ersop por tu ni ties to con tinue and en hance their ed u ca tion. With its fo -cus on solid foun da tions in sec ond lan guage ac qui si tion (SLA)and the in ter sec tion of SLA with the prac tice of for eign lan guageteach ing, this pro gram pre pares stu dents to de sign les son plans,courses, and cur ric ula that sup port teach ing for high lev els of lan -guage pro fi ciency. Stu dents will be pre pared to in te grate tech nol -ogy ef fec tively into the teach ing of lan guage and cul ture and workwith fac ulty men tors to cre ate a praxis-ori ented ex pe ri en tial mod -ule that is de signed to en hance the stu dent’s plan of study andcontribute substantially to preparation for career placement.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the Uni ver sity and ofthe Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire -ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Arts de gree inFor eign Lan guage Teach ing, an ap pli cant must:1. have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion (GRE)

Gen eral Test for warded to the Col lege if the ap pli cant is a na -tive speaker of Eng lish.

2. com plete the on line ap pli ca tion which in cludes an ac a demicand per sonal state ment.

3. sub mit three let ters of rec om men da tion, com pleted by in -struc tors or su per vi sors fa mil iar with the ap pli cants work.Let ters of rec om men da tion must be sub mit ted on of fi cial sta -tion ary with an orig i nal sig na ture.

4. take one of the tests of Eng lish lan guage pro fi ciency de -scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log ifthe ap pli cants na tive lan guage is not Eng lish.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have a bac ca lau re ate de gree or its equiv a lent from a rec og -nized ed u ca tional in sti tu tion.

In ad di tion, stu dents who are non-na tive speak ers of Eng lishare re quired to have ful filled the uni ver sity’s Eng lish lan guagepro fi ciency re quire ment as de scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u ca tionsec tion of this cat a log by achiev ing a min i mum score on the Testof Eng l ish as a For eign Lan guage (TOEFL) of 100(Internet-based), 250 (com puter ver sion), or 600 (pa per ver sion)or an In ter na tional Eng lish Lan guage Test ing Sys tem (IELTS)score of 7.5 or higher.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree in For eignLan guage Teach ing

The Mas ter of Arts de gree in For eign Lan guage Teach ing is avail able only on lineand only un der Plan B (non-the sis). A to tal of 30 cred its is re quired for the de gree.The stu dent’s pro gram of study must be ap proved by the pro gram di rec tor. The stu -dent must meet the re quire ments specified below:

CRED ITS1. All of the fol low ing courses:

FLT 807 Foreign Lan guage Teach ing Meth ods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLT 808 As sess ment for Lan guage Teach ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLT 845 Lan guage Con cepts for For eign Lan guage Teach ing. . . 3FLT 815 Teach ing Cul ture in For eign Lan guage Courses . . . . . . 3FLT 817 For eign Lan guage Pro gram De vel op ment and

Ad min is tra tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLT 881 Teach ing For eign Lan guage with Tech nol ogy . . . . . . . . 3FLT 885 Ex pe ri en tial Mod ule in For eign Lan guage Teach ing. . . . 5FLT 860 Sec ond Lan guage Ac qui si tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):FLT 841 Top ics in For eign Lan guage Teach ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLT 842 Teach ing Read ing in a For eign Lan guage . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Com plete the fol low ing course:FLT 898 Mas ter's Re search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

4. Suc cess fully com plete a fi nal ex am i na tion or eval u a tion which is ful filledby com ple tion of a port fo lio de vel oped dur ing the FLT 898 course andmust be sub mit ted to the pro gram director af ter com ple tion of the corecourses and ex pe ri en tial mod ule(s). The pur pose of the port fo lio as acer ti fy ing ex am i na tion is (1) to dem on strate an un der stand ing of sec ondlan guage ac qui si tion the o ries and their ap pli ca tion to stu dent lean ingand to the prac tice of teach ing the tar get lan guage, (2) to dem on stratean un der stand ing of the o ries of cul ture and their ap pli ca tion to the prac -tice of teach ing the tar get cul ture in the tar get lan guage class room, and(3) to en able the stu dent to ar tic u late the in te gra tion of learn ing from theex pe ri en tial mod ules into the program of study and career objectives.The portfolio must include the ar ti facts that are out lined in the com pre -hen sive lan guage teach ing port fo lio ex am i na tion hand book, which isgiven out each year by the pro gram di rec tor and is avail able on the pro -gram's Web site.


Stu dents must main tain a cu mu la tive grade-point av er age of atleast 3.5. A stu dent may ac cu mu late no more than 6 cred its with agrade be low 3.0 in courses taken for the pur pose of sat is fy ing thede gree requirements.

MU SEUM STUD IES

Grad u ate Cer tif i cate

The Grad u ate Cer tif i cate in Mu seum Stud ies pro vides stu dentswith the o ret i cal and prac ti cal ex pe ri ence in mu se ums and fo -cuses on ob ject-based col lec tions. The cer tif i cate en hances amas ter’s or doc toral pro gram in a spe cific field of study throughcon sid er ation of var i ous museological ar eas such as curation,ed u ca tion, tech nol ogy, exhibition, and administration.

Re quire ments for the Grad u ate Cer tif i cate in Mu seumStud ies

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete 15 cred its from the fol low ing:1. Both of the following courses (6 credits):

AL 485 Foun da tions of Mu seum Stud ies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 893 Museum Internship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. A min i mum of three of the fol low ing courses of which two must be at the800-level, as approved by the Museum Studies advisor:AL 488 Mu seum Curatorial Prac tices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 492 Special Topics in Museum Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 494 Museum Exhibitions: Theory and De vel op ment . . . . . . . 3AL 498 Learning in Museums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 887 Museums and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 888 Curatorial Practices in Museums and Cul tural

Or ga ni za tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AL 895 Special Topics in Museum Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CSUS 873 Cul ture, Com mu ni ties and Tour ism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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ARTS AND LET TERSIn ter dis ci plin ary Pro grams

SEC OND LAN GUAGE STUD IES


The Doc tor of Phi los o phy in Sec ond Lan guage Stud ies seeks topro vide stu dents with a deep un der stand ing of how sec ond andfor eign lan guages are learned and ways of think ing about the ap -pli ca tion of this knowl edge in a ped a gog i cal con text. The pro gram is de signed to pre pare stu dents for uni ver sity-level fac ulty and ad -min is tra tive po si tions in the fields of lan guage learn ing and/orteach ing. Stu dents will be pre pared to con duct re search and con -trib ute to the future development of these fields.

Be cause teach ing and re search are in te gral to this pro gram,ev ery ef fort will be made to pro vide stu dents with re search andteach ing ex pe ri ence in the form of grad u ate assistantships.Teach ing ex pe ri ence may in clude class room teach ing or re latedac tiv i ties, such as pro gram and curriculum development.

In addition to meeting the requirements of the University and ofthe College of Arts and Letters, students must meet therequirements specified below.

Ad mis sion

Pref er ence for ad mis sion will be given to those with a Mas ter ofArts de gree in a re lated field. All ad mis sion de ci sions will be madeby the Ad vi sory Com mit tee in con sul ta tion with other rel e vantfaculty.

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de -gree in Sec ond Lan guage Stud ies, an ap pli cant must sub mit thefol low ing along with an application.1. The re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen eral

Test .2. A state ment of re search in ter ests.3. A writ ing sam ple, pref er a bly an es say or other prod uct that

re flects the de gree of the ap pli cant’s fa mil iar ity with ap pliedlinguistics.

4. Three ac a demic ref er ences from fac ulty who are able to ad -dress the ap pli cant’s ac a demic back ground and/or pro fes -sional ex pe ri ences.

5. The re sults of the Test of Eng lish as a For eign Lan guage(TOEFL) for non-na tive speak ers of Eng lish with a to tal score of 600 (pa per ver sion) or 250 (com puter ver sion), with nosubscore be low 58 (pa per ver sion) or 23 (com puter ver sion)or 100 (iBT Internet-based Test).


The Pro gram Di rec tor will serve as the ini tial ad vi sor. By the end of the first se mes ter, two ad vi sors will be as signed to each stu dent,with in put from the stu dent. By the end of the first year of study, the stu dent will se lect a guid ance com mit tee. This com mit tee will becom prised of four mem bers, in clud ing two core sec ond lan guagestudies faculty members.

Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De gree inSec ond Lan guage Studies

Complete 24 to 44 cred its of course work. The stu dent’s pro gram of study must bede vel oped in co op er a tion with and ap proved by the stu dent’s guid ance com mit teeand must in clude the requirements specified below.

CRED ITS1. Com plete the fol low ing courses (27 cred its):

LLT 807 Lan guage Teach ing Meth ods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 808 Assessment for Language Teaching and Research . . . . 3LLT 860 Second Language Acquisition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 872 Research Methods for Language Teaching and

For eign/Second Language Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 873 Quantitative Research in Second Language Studies . . . 3LLT 874 Qualitative Research in Second Language Studies . . . . 3LLT 861 Advanced Topics in Second Language Acquisition . . . . 3

LLT 862 Advanced Research in Second Language Acquisition . . 3LLT 864 Second Language Psycholinguistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Com plete five courses se lected from the fol low ing, with not more thantwo from CEP:CEP 920 Con struc tion of Psychoeducational In stru ments . . . . . . . 3CEP 921 Psychometric Theory I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CEP 922 Psychometric Theory II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CEP 923 Item Response Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CEP 934 Multivariate Data Analysis I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4CEP 935 Advanced Topics in Multivariate Data Analysis II . . . . . . 4LIN 824 Phonological Theory I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 825 Phonological Theory II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 834 Syntactic Theory I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 835 Syntactic Theory II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 837 Advanced Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics . . . . . . 3LIN 850 Advanced Studies in Child Language Acquisition. . . . . . 3LIN 855 Advanced Studies in Neurolinguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 871 Advanced Studies in Sociolinguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 875 Advanced Studies in Computational Linguistics . . . . . . . 3LLT 992 Sem i nar in Eng lish as a Sec ond Lan guage . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Within one year of com ple tion of the course work, stu dents must write two qual i fy ingre search pa pers in two sep a rate ar eas. One of those pa pers must be pre sented pub -licly in an ap pro pri ate venue ap proved by the stu dent’s guid ance com mit tee. The sec -ond pa per must be de fended to the stu dent’s guid ance com mit tee.

4. Write and suc cess fully de fend a dis ser ta tion pro posal in clud ing a de scrip tion of thedis ser ta tion, a ten ta tive out line, meth od ol ogy, where ap pro pri ate, and a ten ta tive bib li -og ra phy.

5. Pass a fi nal oral ex am i na tion in de fense of the dis ser ta tion.


In or der for the stu dent to be con sid ered in good stand ing, the stu -dent must:1. Main tain a cu mu la tive grade-point av er age of 3.5 in all

courses.2. Re ceive a grade of at least 3.0 in courses to be con sid ered

as sat is fy ing any requirement.Any re quired ex am i na tion, pre-dis ser ta tion or dis ser ta tion de -

fenses, can be re peated only once and must be com pleted the se -mes ter fol low ing ini tial fail ure.

In ter dis ci plin ary Doc toral Em pha ses

A doc toral stu dent who is in ter ested in in ter dis ci plin ary stud iesshould con sult the de part ment rep re sent ing his or her ma jor in ter -est.

CEN TER for IN TE GRA TIVESTUD IES in ARTSand HU MAN I TIES

Kirk S. Kidwell, Di rec tor

In te gra tive Stud ies is Mich i gan State Uni ver sity’s unique ap -proach to lib eral gen eral ed u ca tion, of fer ing a core cur ric u lum that com ple ments spe cial ized work by stu dents in their ma jors. In te gra tive Stud ies courses in te grate mul ti ple ways of know ingand modes of in quiry and in tro duce stu dents to im por tant ways ofthink ing in the three core knowl edge ar eas: the Arts and Hu man i -ties, the Bi o log i cal and Phys i cal Sci ences, and the So cial, Be -hav ioral, and Eco nomic Sci ences. They as sist stu dents earlydur ing their study to de velop as more crit i cal think ers. They alsoen cour age ap pre ci a tion of our hu man ity and cre ativ ity, hu mancul tural di ver sity, the power of knowl edge, and our re spon si bil i ties for our selves and for our world.

The Cen ter for In te gra tive Stud ies in the Arts and Hu man i ties(CISAH) has pri mary re spon si bil ity for the Arts and Hu man i tiesarea of In te gra tive Stud ies at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity, work ingco op er a tively with fac ulty and de part ments in the Col lege of Artsand Let ters, the Col lege of So cial Sci ence (De part ment of His -

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ARTS AND LET TERSCen ter for In te gra tive Stud ies in Arts and Humanities

tory), and the Col lege of Mu sic. The mis sion of CISAH is to pro -vide ex cel lence in arts and hu man i ties gen eral ed u ca tion forstu dents by in tro duc ing them to mul ti ple ways of knowl edge in anin te gra tive ap proach; to sup port in ter dis ci plin ary arts and hu man -i ties teach ing and re search that en gages with the com mu nity in -side and out side Mich i gan State Uni ver sity; to in te gratein struc tional tech nol ogy and ac tive ser vice learn ing in teach ing inthe arts and hu man i ties; and to fa cil i tate cross-dis ci plin ary in tel -lec tual and schol arly in ter ac tion.

CISAH courses seek to as sist stu dents to be come more fa mil -iar with ways of know ing in the arts and hu man i ties and to be more knowl edge able and ca pa ble in a range of in tel lec tual and ex pres -sive abil i ties; to en gage crit i cally with their own so ci ety, his tory,and cul ture(s); to learn more about the his tory and cul ture of otherso ci et ies; to fo cus on key ideas and is sues in hu man ex pe ri ence;to ap pre ci ate the roles of knowl edge and val ues in shap ing andun der stand ing hu man be hav ior; to un der stand the re spon si bil i -ties and op por tu ni ties of dem o cratic cit i zen ship; to value the cre -ative arts of lit er a ture, the ater, mu sic, and arts; and to ap ply theirlearn ing to im por tant is sues that oc cur among peo ples in an in -creas ingly in ter con nected, in ter de pen dent world.

DE PART MENT of ART, ARTHIS TORY, and DE SIGN

Chris to pher W. Corneal, Chair per son

The De part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign is ded i cated to thecre ation and his tor i cal study of the vi sual arts through its un der -grad u ate and grad u ate de gree pro grams in stu dio art, art ed u ca -tion, art his tory, and ap parel and tex tile design.

Stu dents are en cour aged to de velop aes thetic and con cep tualaware ness, per cep tual and cre ative prob lem–solv ing skills, andin formed judg ment in a learn ing en vi ron ment that val ues the de -vel op ment of per sonal vi sion, crit i cal in quiry, and philo soph i calreflection.

In stu dio art stu dents ex plore and cre ate us ing the lan guage oftwo– and three–di men sional form, space, and time in various me -dia and tech nol o gies in clud ing ce ram ics, draw ing, elec tronic artand intermedia, graphic de sign, paint ing, pho tog ra phy,printmaking and sculpture. In art his tory and vi sual culture, stu -dents study the his tory of con tem po rary and tra di tional art formsacross a range of cultures. In art ed u ca tion, stu dents pre pare tobe come vi sual–arts teach ers by en gag ing in stu dio pro duc tionand study ing aes thet ics, theory, and art his tory. The ap parel andtex tile de sign pro gram fo cuses cre ative de sign that re flects an in -no va tive and ho lis tic ap proach to anal y sis and in te gra tion ofknowl edge.

The De part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign spon sors ro tat -ing stu dent ex hi bi tions in Gal lery 101 and Gal lery 114, a di versegroup of vis it ing art ist and scholar lec tures, and art events dur ingthe fall and spring se mes ters. An nu ally, the de part ment fea turesstu dent re search in un der grad u ate art ex hi bi tions, an Art His torySym po sium, and a fash ion show high light ing the de signs of Ap -parel and Tex tile De sign stu dents. The Mas ter of Fine Arts Ex hi bi -tion is also held an nu ally in the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Mu seum.All stu dents are wel come to view ex hi bi tions, at tend lec ture se -ries, par tic i pate in nu mer ous stu dent clubs, and join in art ac tiv i -ties of fered by the de part ment. For ad di tional in for ma tion call1-517-355-7610, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.art.msu.edu.

Pol icy on Re ten tion of Stu dents' Art Work

All stu dents en rolled in stu dio art, and ap parel and tex tile de signcourses must as sume re spon si bil ity for the re trieval of their se -mes ter's work [piece(s), port fo lio, pro ject(s), etc.] dur ing the fi nalex am i na tion pe riod. Nei ther the de part ment nor the in struc tor will as sume re spon si bil ity for the re ten tion or stor age of such work af -ter that time.


The De part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign of fers six un der -grad u ate de gree pro grams, and a mi nor:

Bach e lor of ArtsAp parel and TextilesArt His tory and Vi sual CultureStu dio Art

Bach e lor of Fine ArtsAp parel and Tex tile DesignArt Ed u ca tionStu dio Art

Mi norArt His tory and Vi sual Cul tureGraphic Design

Trans fer Stu dents. A max i mum of 22 cred its in ap parel and tex -tile de sign, art his tory, or stu dio art courses may be ap plied to there spec tive de gree program. All De part ment of Art, Art His tory,and De sign ma jors in clud ing those chang ing from other pro grams in this university must com ply with the re quire ments listed be low.

Stu dents who are en rolled in bach e lor's de gree pro grams in the Col lege of Arts and Let ters may elect a Spe cial iza tion in De sign.For ad di tional in for ma tion, re fer to the Spe cial iza tion in De signstate ment in the Col lege of Com mu ni ca tion Arts and Sci encessec tion of this cat a log or con tact the De part ment of Art, Art His -tory, and De sign or the Col lege of Com mu ni ca tion Arts and Sci -ences.

Stu dents who are en rolled in the Bach e lor of Arts or Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree pro grams with a ma jor in stu dio art may elect aMi nor in Game De sign and De vel op ment. For ad di tional in for ma -tion, re fer to the Mi nor in Game De sign and De vel op ment state -ment in the De part ment of Me dia and In for ma tion sec tion of thiscat a log.

AP PAREL AND TEX TILES

Bach e lor of Arts

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree pro gram in Ap parel and Tex tiles pro -vides stu dents with a foun da tion in art; art his tory and vi sual cul -ture; de sign tech nol ogy; tex tile ma te ri als; the his tor i cal andcul tural as pects of dress and tex tiles; and their con text within theglobal econ omy.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Ap pareland Tex tiles1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor’s de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log, 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Ap parel and Tex tiles.

The Uni ver sity’s Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Ap parel and Tex tiles ma jor is metby com plet ing Apparel and Tex tile De sign 439.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.The com ple tion of re quire ment 3. a. be low sat is fies one of the cog nate re quire ments

for the Col lege of Arts and Let ters.3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor:

CRED ITSa. All of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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ARTS AND LET TERSCen ter for In te gra tive Stud ies in Arts and Hu man i ties

STA 110 Draw ing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 112 Art and De sign: Con cepts and Practices . . . . . . . 3STA 113 Color and Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 114 Three-Di men sional Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

b. All of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19ATD 111 Ba sic Ap parel Struc tur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1ATD 121 Ex plo ra tions in Ap parel and Tex tile De sign . . . . . 3ATD 222 Struc tur ing, Cou ture and Tai lored Gar ments . . . . 4ATD 231 Textile Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 323 Ap parel Pat tern De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 439 Portfolio Development and Ex hi bi tion (W) . . . . . . 3

c. Ap parel and Tex tile De sign elec tives: Ad di tional cred itsin Apparel and Textile Design courses as needed to meetthe requirement of at least 36, but not more than 40, cred itsin the major. Electives may be chosen from the fol low ing: . . . . . . 8 to 12ATD 325 Design by Draping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 332 Tex tile De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 335 De sign De vel op ment and Pre sen ta tion. . . . . . . . . 4ATD 423 De sign Meth ods and Ap proaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 424 Spe cial ized De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 427 Knitwear Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 428 De sign Stu dio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 490 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 6ATD 491A Special Topics in Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3ATD 491T Special Topics in Textiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3ATD 493 In tern ship in Ap parel and Tex tiles . . . . . . . . . 1 to 6

d. Art His tory and Vi sual Cul tureCom plete three courses from the fol low ing (9 cred its):(1) The fol low ing course (3 cred its):

ATD 426 His tory of Dress and Tex tiles . . . . . . . . . . . . 3(2) One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):

ATD 430 Dress, Cul ture and Hu man Be hav ior. . . . . . . 3ATD 431 Global Con text for Sus tain able De sign . . . . . 3

(3) One His tory of Art course at the 100-200 level.

AP PAREL AND TEX TILE DESIGN

Bach e lor of Fine Arts

The Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree pro gram in Ap parel and Tex tileDe sign pro vides pro fes sional prep a ra tion in ap parel and tex tilede sign. The core of the pro gram em pha sizes aes thet ics and cre -ativ ity; two- and three-di men sional de sign skills; de sign tech nol -ogy; tex tile ma te ri als; the his tor i cal and cul tural as pects ofap parel; and the role of apparel and textiles in a global context.

Ap parel and Tex tile De sign stu dents are el i gi ble to ap ply for aone-year vis it ing stu dent pro gram at the Fash ion In sti tute ofTech nol ogy (FIT) in New York in their ju nior year, if they choose.Stu dents who com plete a year at FIT re ceive an as so ci ate de gree from FIT as well as the bac ca lau re ate de gree from Mich i gan State University.

Ad mis sion

Stu dents en rolled at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity are el i gi ble to ap -ply for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree in Ap parel and Tex tile De -sign if they:1. have com pleted or are cur rently en rolled in Ap parel and Tex -

tile De sign 222 or 323;2. are in their sec ond se mes ter or later at Mich i gan State

University or equiv a lent and have not earned more than 23cred its in ap parel and tex tile design.

To ap ply, stu dents must sub mit an ap pli ca tion con sis tent withthe pro cess out lined by the de part ment. Ap pli ca tions will in clude a port fo lio of art and de sign work pro duced in stu dio courses takento date at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity. Ex cep tions will be con sid -ered for trans fer stu dents. Ap pli ca tions are due by the end of theeighth week of the spring se mes ter and de ci sions will be made intime for an nual en roll ment. Fall se mes ter ap pli ca tions will be re -viewed as war ranted. Oral in ter views may be re quested. Stu -dents de nied ad mis sion may re ap ply one ad di tional time. Forfur ther in for ma tion, visit www.art.msu.edu.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts De gree inAp parel and Tex tile Design1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor’s de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log, 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree in Ap parel and Tex tile Design.

The Uni ver sity’s Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Ap parel and Tex tile Design ma joris met by com plet ing Apparel and Tex tile De sign 439.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de -gree.


a. All of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12STA 110 Draw ing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 112 Art and De sign: Con cepts and Practices . . . . . . . 3STA 113 Color and De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 114 Three-Di men sional Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

b. One of the fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 300 In ter me di ate Draw ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 391 Spe cial Top ics in Draw ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

c. Com plete three ad di tional Stu dio Art courses. Courses used inful fill ment of item 3. a. and 3. b. may not be used to ful fill thisre quire ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 to 11

d. All of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19ATD 111 Ba sic Ap parel Struc tur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1ATD 121 Ex plo ra tions in Ap parel and Tex tile De sign . . . . . 3ATD 222 Struc tur ing, Cou ture and Tai lored Garmets . . . . . 4ATD 231 Tex tile Ma te ri als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 323 Ap parel Pat tern De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 439 Port fo lio De vel op ment and Exhibition (W) . . . . . . 3

e. Com plete five of the fol low ing courses in clud ing one con cur renten roll ment in a cor re spond ing ATD Se nior Pro ject course or anap proved in tern ship for at least 3 cred its (15 to 22 cred its):ATD 325 De sign by Drap ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 332 Tex tile De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 335 De sign De vel op ment and Pre sen ta tion. . . . . . . . 4ATD 423 De sign Meth ods and Ap proaches . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 424 Spe cial ized De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 427 Knit wear De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 428 De sign Stu dio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ATD 491A Spe cial Top ics in Ap parel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ATD 491T Spe cial Top ics in Tex tiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ATD Se nior Pro ject courses:ATD 423S Se nior Pro ject in De sign Meth ods and

Ap proaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ATD 424S Se nior Pro ject in Spe cial ized De sign . . . . . . . . . 3ATD 427S Se nior Pro ject in Knit wear De sign. . . . . . . . . . . . 3ATD 428S Se nior Pro ject in De sign Stu dio . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ATD 491AS Se nior Pro jects in Spe cial Top ics: Ap parel . . . . . 3ATD 491TS Se nior Pro ject in Spe cial Top ics: Tex tiles . . . . . . 3ATD In tern ship course:ATD 493 In tern ship in Ap parel and Tex tiles . . . . . . . . 1 to 6

f. Ap parel and Tex tile De sign, or Stu dio Art elec tives:Ad di tional credits in Apparel and Textile Design, orStudio Art courses as needed to meet the re quire mentof at least 65, but not more than 68, cred its in the ma jor.Courses in item 3. g. may not be used in ful fill ment of thisre quire ment.

g. Art His tory and Vi sual Cul ture (a min i mum of 12 cred its)

Com plete four courses from the fol low ing:(1) The fol low ing course (3 cred its):

ATD 426 His tory of Dress and Tex tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3(2) One or both of the fol low ing courses (3 or 6 cred its)::

ATD 430 Dress, Cul ture and Hu man Be hav ior. . . . . . . 3ATD 431 Global Con text for Sus tain able De sign . . . . . 3

(3) One or two His tory of Art courses as ap proved by the stu -dent's ac a demic ad vi sor (3 to 8 cred its).

STU DIO ART

Bach e lor of Arts

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree pro gram with a ma jor in Stu dio Art isa lib eral arts pro gram. Em pha sis is on breadth of study, and thenum ber of re quired Stu dio Art courses is lim ited so that stu dentsmay com plete college and university re quire ments and elec tives.

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of Art, Art His tory, and Design

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree inStu dio Art1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its, are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Stu dio Art.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Stu dio Art ma jor is met by com plet -ing Stu dio Art 492. That course is ref er enced in item 3. a. (1) be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.The com ple tion of re quire ment 3. b. ref er enced be low sat is fies one of the cog nates

that the Col lege re quires. The sec ond cog nate must be in a field out side the stu dent'smajor.


a. The fol low ing Stu dio Art courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 to 48(1) All of the fol low ing courses: Stu dio Art 110, 112, 113,

114, 492 (14 cred its).The com ple tion of Stu dio Art 492 sat is fies the cap stonecourse re quire ment for the Stu dio Art ma jor.

(2) Four of the fol low ing courses in clud ing at least one coursefrom each of the fol low ing three ar eas (12 cred its):Two-Di men sional AreaPaint ing: Stu dio Art 320Printmaking: Stu dio Art 330, 335Three-Di men sional AreaCe ram ics: Stu dio Art 340, 345Sculp ture: Stu dio Art 350, 351, 354, 355Elec tronic Art and Intermedia and Pho tog ra phy AreaPho tog ra phy: Stu dio Art 370Elec tronic Art and Intermedia: Stu dio Art 380Graphic De sign: Stu dio Art 360, 365

(3) A con cen tra tion of at least 3 courses, in clud ing at leastone 400–level course, in one of the fol low ing subdisciplines(8 to 12 cred its): Ce ramics: Stu dio Art 340, 345, 440, 491C.Elec tronic Art and Intermedia: Stu dio Art 380, 384, 385, 480, 491I.Graphic De sign: Stu dio Art 360, 365, 460, 462, 465, 466, 467,

468, 491E, 494.Paint ing: Stu dio Art 320, 325, 420, 491A.Pho tog ra phy: Stu dio Art 370, 375, 472, 474, 475,

491F.Printmaking: Stu dio Art 330, 335, 439, 491B.Sculp ture: Stu dio Art 350, 351, 354, 355, 450, 491D.

(4) Stu dio Art elec tives: Ad di tional cred its in 300–400 levelStu dio Art courses as needed to meet the re quire ment ofat least 42, but not more than 48, cred its in courses inthe ma jor.

A course that is listed in re quire ments 3. a. (2) and (3) may becounted to ward both of those re quire ments.

b. Art His tory and Vi sual Cul ture Cog nate: Four courses in clud ingthe fol low ing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 to 14(1) His tory of Art 101 and 102 (6 cred its).(2) At least one course that in cludes the post World War II pe -

riod. His tory of Art 240, 252, 261, 450, 452, 474 or other ap -pli ca ble His tory of Art courses ap proved by the ad vi sor (3 or 4 cred its).

(3) One ad di tional course in His tory of Art at the 200 or 400-level(3 or 4 cred its).

ART HIS TORY AND VI SUAL CULTURE

Bach e lor of Arts

Stu dents of art his tory and vi sual cul ture seek to in ves ti gate thepro duc tion, form, and re cep tion of im ages and ob jects, past andpres ent, from a multi cul tural per spec tive, in cor po rat ing paint ing,sculp ture, and ar chi tec ture as con ven tion ally de fined by art his -tory but ex tend ing be yond these bound aries to ma te rial cul tureand a wider range of me dia. Art his tory and vi sual cul ture posesques tions re gard ing the so cial, eco nomic, re li gious, philo soph i cal and psy cho log i cal in flu ences af fect ing those who con sume aswell as those who pro duce im ages and ob jects thus broadly de -fined, ask ing how val ues and be liefs are given ma te rial form andhow these forms them selves can be in ter preted. Cog nate studypro vides ad di tional op por tu ni ties to explore visual culture fromthe perspectives of a wide range of fields.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Art His tory and Vi sual Culture1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Art His tory and Vi sual Culture.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Art His tory and Vi sual Culture ma -jor is met by com plet ing His tory of Art 499. That course is ref er enced in item 3. a. (6)be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.The com ple tion of re quire ment 3.b. ref er enced be low sat is fies the Col lege's for eign

lan guage re quire ment.The com ple tion of re quire ment 3.c. ref er enced be low sat is fies one of the cog nates

re quired by the Col lege. The sec ond cog nate must be in a field out side the stu dent'smajor.

3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor:

CREDITSa. The fol low ing courses re lated to His tory of Art:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

(1) Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):HA 101 West ern Art from the Paleolithic to Medievel

Era. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 102 West ern Art from the Re nais sance to

Con tem po rary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3(2) The fol low ing courses (6 cred its):

HA 260 Asian Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3or

HA 261 Mod ern Asian Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 271 Af ri can Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

(3) One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):HA 209 An cient Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 210 Me di eval Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 230 Re nais sance and Ba roque Art . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 240 Mod ern Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 250 Amer i can Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 252 Introduction to Con tem po rary Art . . . . . . . . . 4HA 291 Top ics in Art His tory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4

(4) The fol low ing course (4 cred its):HA 389 Methods in and Ap proaches to Art History . . 4

(5) At least three art his tory courses se lected from the fol low ing(12 cred its):HA 401 Greek Art and Ar chae ol ogy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 402 Roman Art and Archaeology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 410 Se lected Top ics in Me di eval Art . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 420 Se lected Top ics in Re nais sance Art . . . . . . . 4HA 430 Se lected Top ics in Ba roque Art. . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 446 Impressionism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 450 Se lected Top ics in Mod ern Art . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 451 American Art through 1875 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 452 Se lected Top ics in Con tem po rary Art . . . . . . 4HA 453 American Art, 1875-1940 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 461 Se lected Top ics in Mod ern Asian Art . . . . . . 4HA 462 The Arts of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 463 Jap a nese Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 471 Se lected Top ics in Af ri can Art . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 491 Spe cial Top ics in His tory of Art . . . . . . . 1 to 4

(6) A cap stone ex pe ri ence. Com plete 3 cred its of His tory of Art499 Se nior Re search and Pro fes sional Development Sem i -nar with con cur rent en roll ment in 1 credit of HA 499S Se niorRe search Pro ject in His tory of Art (4 cred its).

(7) An ex pe ri ence in volv ing an in tern ship, field study, or over -seas study ap proved by the stu dent's ac a demic advisor.

(8) Ad di tional cred its in His tory of Art courses as needed to meet the re quire ment of at least 38 cred its, but not more than 40cred its, in courses in the ma jor.

b. Sec ond-year com pe tency in a for eign lan guage per ti nent to thestu dent’s over all plan of study in con sul ta tion with the His tory ofArt ad vi sor. This re quire ment may be sat is fied by plac ing into a300-level for eign lan guage course on a MSU place ment test.

c. A cog nate of 12 cred its from out side the stu dent's major se lectedfrom ar eas such as mu seum stud ies, lit er a ture, a sec ond lan -guage, ma te rial cul ture, or film stud ies. The cog nate must be ap -proved by the his tory of art ad vi sor.

d. A cog nate of 12 cred its from out side the stu dent's ma jor.Both the cog nate and the re lated courses must be ap provedby the His tory of Art advisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

STU DIO ART


The Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree pro gram with a ma jor in StudioArt is a pro fes sional stu dio art pro gram. Its em pha sis is for stu -dents an tic i pat ing ca reers in the prac tice of art or de sign, or forstu dents plan ning on grad u ate study in ei ther field.

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign

Ad mis sion

Stu dents en rolled at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity are el i gi ble to ap -ply for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree in Stu dio Art if they:1. have com pleted or are cur rently en rolled in all of their dis tri -

bu tion re quire ments and;2. are in their sec ond se mes ter or later at Mich i gan State Uni -

ver sity or equiv a lent stand ing at an other university, and have not yet earned their 30th credit in stu dio art.

To ap ply, stu dents must sub mit an ap pli ca tion con sis tent withthe pro cess out lined by the de part ment. Ap pli ca tions will in clude a port fo lio of art work pro duced in stu dio art course work taken todate at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity. Ex cep tions will be con sid eredfor trans fer stu dents. Ap pli ca tions are due by the end of the eighth week of the spring se mes ter and de ci sions will be made in time for an nual en roll ment. Fall se mes ter ap pli ca tions will be re viewed aswar ranted. Oral in ter views may be re quested. Stu dents deniedadmission may reapply one additional time.

For fur ther in for ma tion, visit www.art.msu.edu.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts De gree in Stu dio Art1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its, are re quired for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree in Stu dio Art.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Stu dio Art ma jor is met by com plet -ing Stu dio Art 492. That course is ref er enced in item 3. a. (1) be low.



a. The fol low ing Stu dio Art courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 to 68(1) All of the fol low ing courses: Stu dio Art 110, 112, 113,

114, 300, 391, 492, and 492A (18 cred its).The com ple tion of Stu dio Art 492 sat is fies the cap stonecourse re quire ment for the Stu dio Art ma jor.

(2) Four of the fol low ing courses in clud ing at least one coursefrom each of the fol low ing three ar eas (12 cred its):Two-Di men sional AreaPaint ing: Stu dio Art 320Printmaking: Stu dio Art 330, 335Three-Di men sional AreaCe ram ics: Stu dio Art 340, 345Sculp ture: Stu dio Art 350, 351, 354, 355Elec tronic Art and Intermedia and Pho tog ra phy AreaPho tog ra phy: Stu dio Art 370Elec tronic Art and Intermedia: Stu dio Art 380

(3) A first con cen tra tion of at least 6 courses (in clud ingreenrollments) in one of the fol low ing subdisciplines in clud -ing one con cur rent en roll ment in a cor re spond ing Stu dio ArtSe nior Pro ject course or an ap proved in tern ship for at least 3cred its (18 to 22 cred its): Ce ramics: Stu dio Art 340, 345, 440, 491C.Elec tronic Art and Intermedia: Stu dio Art 380, 384, 385, 480,

491I.Paint ing: Stu dio Art 320, 325, 420, 491A.Pho tog ra phy: Stu dio Art 370, 375,472, 474, 475, 491F.Printmaking: Stu dio Art 330, 335, 439, 491B.Sculp ture: Stu dio Art 350, 351, 354, 355, 450, 491D.Stu dio Art Se nior Pro ject courses and In tern ships:Ce ram ics: Stu dio Art 440S.Elec tronic Art and Intermedia: Stu dio Art 480S.Paint ing: Stu dio Art 420S.Pho tog ra phy: Stu dio Art 472S, 474S, 475S.Printmaking: Stu dio Art 439S.Sculp ture: Stu dio Art 450S.Stu dio Art: Stu dio Art 491S, 493A.

(4) A sec ond con cen tra tion of two Stu dio Art courses in onesubdiscipline other than the one that was used to sat isfy re -quire ment 3. a. (3) above (6 to 8 cred its).

(5) Stu dio Art elec tives: Ad di tional cred its in Stu dio Artcourses at the 300–400 level as needed to meet there quire ment of at least 65, but not more than 68, cred itsin courses in the ma jor.

b. Art His tory and Vi sual Cul ture: Four courses in clud ingthe fol low ing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 to 14(1) His tory of Art 101 and 102 (6 cred its):(2) At least one course that in cludes the post World War II pe -

riod. His tory of Art 240, 252, 261, 450, 452, 474 or other ap -pli ca ble His tory of Art courses ap proved by the ad vi sor (3 or 4 cred its).

(3) One ad di tional course in His tory of Art at the 200 or 400-level(3 or 4 cred its).

A course that is listed in re quire ments 3.a.(2) and (3) may be counted to -ward both of those re quire ments.

ART ED U CA TION


The Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree pro gram with a ma jor in art ed u -ca tion leads to art teacher cer tif i ca tion by the State of Mich i gan ingrades K-12. In or der for Mich i gan State Uni ver sity to rec om mend a per son for teacher cer tif i ca tion, that per son must meet De part -ment of Teacher Ed u ca tion ad mis sion re quire ments for the In -tern ship Year Stud ies Pro gram, and com plete all coursere quire ments and ad di tional stan dards or tests set forth by theDe part ment of Teacher Ed u ca tion and the Mich i gan De part mentof Ed u ca tion. See the sec tion Teacher Cer tif i ca tion in the De part -ment of Teacher Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log.

The art ed u ca tion pro gram is de signed to:1. de velop highly spe cial ized mul ti ple and tech ni cal skills and

to ad dress con cep tual con tent in the dis ci plines of stu dio artand art his tory.

2. in clude ped a gogy–spe cific con tent and clin i cal ex pe ri encesin art teach ing and learn ing sit u a tions with el e men tary andsec ond ary stu dents in prep a ra tion for the Teacher Cer tif i ca -tion In tern ship–Year Studies pro gram.

Upon sat is fac tory com ple tion of the re quire ments for the Bach -e lor of Fine Arts de gree with a ma jor in art ed u ca tion, the bach e -lor's de gree is granted. How ever, in or der for Mich i gan StateUni ver sity to rec om mend a per son for a teach ing cer tif i cate, thatper son must also com plete the re quire ments for the In tern -ship–Year Studies pro gram de scribed un der the head ingTEACHER CER TIF I CA TION in the De part ment of Teacher Ed u -ca tion sec tion of this cat a log.

Stu dents who have been ad mit ted to the Bach e lor of Fine Artsde gree pro gram with a ma jor in art ed u ca tion and ad mit ted to theteacher cer tif i ca tion pro gram and meet all pro gram re quire ments, are thereby qual i fied to pur sue the In tern ship–Year Studies pro -gram upon com ple tion of the bac ca lau re ate de gree and suc cess -ful per for mance on tests des ig nated by the State of Mich i gan forteacher cer tif i ca tion.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts De gree in Art Ed u ca tion1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree in Art Ed u ca tion.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Art Ed u ca tion ma jor is met by com -plet ing Stu dio Art 481 and 482. Those courses are ref er enced in item 4. be low.



a. All of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24STA 110 Draw ing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 112 Art and De sign: Con cepts and Practices . . . . . . . 3STA 113 Color and De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 114 Three–Di men sional Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 320 Paint ing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 340 Ce ram ics: Hand Building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 370 Pho tog ra phy I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 380 Elec tronic Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

b. One of the fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 300 In ter me di ate Draw ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 391 Spe cial Top ics in Draw ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

c. One of the fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 360 Graphic De sign I: Graphic Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 365 Ty pog ra phy I: Form and Mean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

d. One of the fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 350 Fig ure Mod el ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 351 Mixed Me dia and Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 354 Cast ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 355 Con struc tion and Fab ri ca tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

e. One of the fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4

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STA 432 Li thog ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4STA 433 Etching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4STA 491B Se lected Top ics - Printmaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

f. Com plete an ad di tional two stu dio art courses at the 300-400level in one of the fol low ing ar eas: ce ram ics, elec tronic art andintermedia, graphic de sign, paint ing, pho tog ra phy, printmaking,or sculp ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 8

g. One of the fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 101 Western Art from the Paleolithic to Me di eval Era . 3HA 102 West ern Art from the Re nais sance to

Con tem po rary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3h. At least one of the fol low ing His tory of Art courses or other

ap pli ca ble art his tory and vi sual cul ture courses from the PostWorld War II pe riod ap proved by the ad vi sor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4HA 240 Mod ern Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 252 In tro duc tion to Con tem po rary Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 261 Mod ern Asian Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 450 Se lected Top ics in Mod ern Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 452 Con tem po rary Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 474 Aes thetic The ory and Mod ern ism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

I. One ad di tional His tory of Art course at the 200 or 400 level. . . . . 3 or 4j. A cul tural stud ies course. The course must be ap proved by the

Art Ed u ca tion ad vi sor. For an ap proved list of courses, see theDe part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4

4. The fol low ing Pro fes sional Ed u ca tion courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23STA 371 Art, Ed u ca tion and So ci ety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 481 Art Experiences with Children and Youth I (W). . . . . . . . 5STA 482 Art Experiences with Children and Youth II (W) . . . . . . . 5TE 150 Reflections on Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3TE 250 Human Diversity, Power, and Opportunity in

Social Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3TE 302 Learners and Learning in Con text - Sec ond ary (W) . . . . 4The com ple tion of Stu dio Art 481 and 482 sat is fies the cap stonerequirement for the Art Education major.

En roll ment in Teacher Ed u ca tion 302 re quires ad mis sion to the teacher cer tif i ca tionpro gram in the Col lege of Ed u ca tion.

MI NOR IN ART HIS TORY AND VI SUAL CUL TURE

The Mi nor in Art His tory and Vi sual Cul ture, which is ad min is teredby the De part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign, pro vides a min i -mum foun da tion in the field that may be used to sup ple ment ma -jors in other vi sual and cul tural f ields and en hancein ter dis ci plin ary ex per tise within other ma jors in the hu man i ties.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Art His tory and Vi sualCul ture. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad -min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that areused to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire -ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred itscounted to wards the re quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must notbe used to ful fill the re quire ments for that stu dent’s major.

Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minormust consult an undergraduate ad vi sor in the De part ment of Art,Art His tory, and De sign.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Art His tory and Vi sualCul ture

CRED ITSThe stu dent must com plete 17 to 21 cred its from the fol low ing:1. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):

HA 101 West ern Art from the Paleolithic to Me di eval Era . . . . . . 3HA 102 West ern Art from the Re nais sance to con tem po rary . . . 3

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):HA 260 Asian Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 261 Mod ern Asian Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 271 Af ri can art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Com plete 11 to 15 cred its of course work in his tory of art as ap proved bythe stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor. At least one course must be at the400-level.

MI NOR IN GRAPHIC DE SIGN

The Mi nor in Graphic De sign, which is ad min is tered by the De -part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign, of fers stu dents the op -por tu nity to have in tro duc tory ex po sure to con cepts, vo cab u lary,and meth ods of the dis ci pline of graphic de sign with out re quir ing

the in ten sive, immersive up per-level stud ies as so ci ated with con -cen trat ing in the field as a ma jor.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sitywith the ex cep tion of those in the Bach e lor of Arts or Bach e lor ofFine Arts De gree in Stu dio Art. With the ap proval of the de part -ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram,the courses that are used to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used tosat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree.

Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minorshould consult an undergraduate advisor in the Department ofArt, Art History, and Design.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Graphic De sign

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete 15 cred its from all of the fol low ing courses:STA 110 Draw ing I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 113 Color and Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 160 Digital Graphic Design: Tools and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 260 Concepts of Graphic Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3STA 303 Design Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3


The art ed u ca tion dis ci plin ary ma jor lead ing to the Bach e lor ofFine Arts de gree is avail able for teacher cer tif i ca tion.

Stu dents with a dis ci plin ary ma jor in art ed u ca tion must com -plete Stu dio Art 481 and 482 in lieu of Teacher Ed u ca tion 407 and 408.

Stu dents who elect the art ed u ca tion dis ci plin ary ma jor mustcon tact the De part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign.

For ad di tional in for ma tion, re fer to the state ment on TEACHER CER TIF I CA TION in the De part ment of Teacher Ed u ca tion sec -tion of this cat a log.

GRAD U ATE STUDY

The De part ment of Art, Art His tory, and De sign of fers a pro gramlead ing to the Mas ter of Fine Arts de gree. The Mas ter of Fine Artsde gree is of fered in se lected stu dio art ar eas lead ing to the en -hance ment of per sonal abil i ties in the stu dio arts and to pro fes -sional opportunities.

STU DIO ART



Ad mis sion

Ap pli cants must meet the gen eral re quire ments for con sid er ationfor ad mis sion to mas ter's and doc toral de gree pro grams in theCol lege of Arts and Let ters ref er enced in the college state ment.

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Fine Arts de -gree in Stu dio Art, an ap pli cant must sub mit a port fo lio of 15 to 20im ages of orig i nal art work and pro vide sup ple men tal in for ma tionas out lined at www.art.msu.edu.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have a Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree in Studio Art from a rec -og nized ed u ca tional in sti tu tion, or have com pleted the courses inart that are re quired for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree in stu dioart at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity or their equiv a lents.

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Stu dents are ad mit ted to the Mas ter of Fine Arts de gree inStudio Art for fall se mes ter only. Ap pli ca tions ma te ri als for ad mis -sion must be post marked by Feb ru ary 15.

The de part ment be lieves that stu dio space must be made avail -able to stu dents who are ad mit ted to the pro gram as a means offos ter ing their cre ativ ity. There fore, the num ber of stu dents whocan be ad mit ted to the pro gram will be lim ited by the avail abil ity ofsuit able stu dio space.

Res i dence

The stu dent must earn a min i mum of 6 cred its in the de gree pro -gram in res i dence on cam pus dur ing the fi nal two se mes ters ofen roll ment in the pro gram.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Fine Arts De greein Stu dio Art

The pro gram is avail able only un der Plan B (with out the sis). A to -tal of 60 cred its is re quired for the de gree. The stu dent's pro gramof study must be ap proved by the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor.The stu dent must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low:1. Be en rolled in the pro gram for a min i mum of four semesters.2. Com plete at least 6 cred its of STA 892 Mas ter of Fine Arts

Sem i nar. The stu dent must en roll in 3 cred its of Stu dio Art892 dur ing the first se mes ter of en roll ment in the pro gram.

3. Com plete 3 cred its of STA 893 Mas ter of Fine Arts Pro fes -sional Sem i nar.

4. Com plete at least 36 ad di tional cred its in Stu dio Art coursesin clud ing:a. A min i mum of 30 cred its in one of the fol low ing five ar -

eas of con cen tra tion: ce ram ics, graphic de sign, paint -ing, printmaking, or sculp ture.

b. At least 6 cred its of Stu dio Art 898 Mas ter of Fine ArtsRe search. These cred its must be com pleted while inres i dence dur ing the fi nal two se mes ters of en roll ment in the pro gram.

5. Com plete at least two courses at the 400–800 level in His tory of Art.

6. Com plete any courses out side the de part ment that may bere quired.

7. Pass an oral fi nal cer ti fy ing ex am i na tion over the stu dent'sre search. The stu dent must take this ex am i na tion while inres i dence dur ing the fi nal se mes ter of en roll ment in the pro -gram.

8. Par tic i pate in the Mas ter of Fine Arts Ex hi bi tion ac com pa nied by a pub lic pre sen ta tion in the Eli and Edythe Broad ArtMuseum.


Dur ing the se mes ter lead ing to the com ple tion of 15 de gree cred -its, but not later than the se mes ter lead ing to the com ple tion of 20de gree cred its, stu dents must par tic i pate in the 15-Credit Re view.Dur ing the sec ond year of study, stu dents will par tic i pate in an ad -di tional re view. A stu dent may ac cu mu late no more than 9 cred itswith a grade be low 3.0 in courses that are to be counted to wardthe de gree.

Trans fer Credits


DE PART MENT of ENG LISH

Da vid Stowe, Act ing Chair per son

UN DER GRAD U ATE PRO GRAM

The De part ment of Eng lish of fers a Bach e lor of Arts de gree with a ma jor in Eng lish or in Film Stud ies. Stu dents may also choose acon cen tra tion in cre ative writ ing, or pursue teacher cer tif i ca tion insec ond ary ed u ca tion. The De part ment also of fers two mi nors re -lat ing to film as well as courses across the en tire his tor i cal rangeof lit er a tures writ ten in Eng lish, in clud ing courses in pe riod,genre, cul tural stud ies, film stud ies, cre ative writ ing and lit er arythe ory. Stu dents have ac cess to nu mer ous op por tu ni ties for pro -fes sional prep a ra tion, including internships and career advising.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Eng lish1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Eng lish.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Eng lish ma jor is met by com plet ing one of the fol low ing: Eng lish 360, 362, 364, 368, 413, or 499. Those courses are ref er -enced in item 3. be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor:

CREDITSa. The fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 to 40

(1) Both of the fol low ing course (6 cred its):ENG 210 Foun da tions of Lit er ary Study I . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 280 Foun da tions of Lit er ary Study II . . . . . . . . . . 3

(2) One of the fol low ing lit er ary his tory courses (3 or 4 cred its):ENG 320A Meth od ol o gies of Lit er ary His tory: Genre . . . 4ENG 320B Meth od ol o gies of Lit er ary His tory: Re gion,

School, or Move ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 320C Meth od ol o gies of Lit er ary His tory: Canon

For ma tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4(3) One of the fol low ing courses on di ver sity in lit er a ture, lan -

guage stud ies, or film (3 or 4 cred its):ENG 350 Read ings in Af ri can, Af ri can Amer i can, or

Af ri can Di as pora Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 351 Read ings in Chi cano and La tino Lit er a tures . 3ENG 352 Read ings in Asian or Asian Amer i can

Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 353 Read ings in Women Writ ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 354 Read ings in Na tive Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . 3ENG 355 Read ings in Sex u al ity and Lit er a ture. . . . . . . 3ENG 356 Read ings in Jew ish Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 360 Stud ies in Postcolonial and Di as pora

Lit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 448 Sem i nar in Gen der and Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . 3ENG 449 Sem i nar in Race, Eth nic ity, Lit er a ture. . . . . . 3ENG 450 Sem i nar in Af ri can Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . 3ENG 460 Sem i nar in Global and Postcolonial Lit er a ture3ENG 466 Sem i nar in Lit er a tures of the Pa cific Rim . . . 3ENG 482 Sem i nar in Fem i nist Lit er ary and Cul tural

The ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 450 Stud ies in Eth nic Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 451 Stud ies in Postcolonial Cin ema. . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 452 Stud ies in Film, Gen der, and Sex u al ity . . . . . 3If Eng lish 360, 450 or 460 is used to ful fill this re quire ment itmay not be used to ful fill re quire ment 3. a. (5) be low.

(4) One of the fol low ing courses in lit er a ture be fore 1800(3 cred its):ENG 318 Read ings in Shake speare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 324 Read ings in Epic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENG 368 Stud ies in Me di eval/Early Mod ernLit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENG 441 Sem i nar in Early Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . . . 3ENG 454 Sem i nar in Me di eval Lit er a ture and Cul ture . 3ENG 455 Sem i nar in Early Mod ern Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . 3ENG 457 Sem i nar in 18th Cen tury Brit ish Lit er a ture . . 3

(5) One of the fol low ing courses in lit er a ture af ter 1800 (3 or 4cred its):ENG 360 Stud ies in Postcolonial and Di as pora

Lit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 362 Stud ies in Mod ern/Con tem po rary

Lit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 443 Sem i nar in 19th Cen tury Amer i can Lit er a ture 3ENG 445 Sem i nar in 20th and 21st Cen tury Amer i can

Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 450 Sem i nar in Af ri can Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . 3

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of English

ENG 452 Sem i nar in 20th and 21st Cen tury Brit ishLit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENG 458 Sem i nar in 19th-Cen tury Brit ish Lit er a ture . . 3ENG 460 Sem i nar in Global and Postcolonial

Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 474 Aes thetic The ory and Mod ern ism . . . . . . . . . 4If Eng lish 360, 450 or 460 is used to ful fill this re quire ment itmay not be used to ful fill re quire ment 3. a. (3) above.

(6) One of the fol low ing courses in genre (3 or 4 cred its):ENG 223 In tro duc tion to Cre ative Non-Fic tion Writ ing . 3ENG 228 In tro duc tion to Fic tion Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 229 In tro duc tion to Po etry Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 230 In tro duc tion to Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 318 Read ings in Shake speare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 323 Read ings in Non-Fic tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 324 Read ings in Epic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 326 Read ings in Drama and Per for mance

Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 327 In tro duc tion to Playwriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 328 Read ings in Novel and Nar ra tive. . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 329 Read ings in Po etry and Poetics . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 342 Read ings in Pop u lar Lit er ary Gen res . . . . . . 3ENG 422 Sem i nar in Genre and Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 423 Ad vanced Cre ative Non-Fic tion Writ ing . . . . 3ENG 426 Sem i nar in Drama or Per for mance Stud ies . 3ENG 428 Ad vanced Fic tion Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 429 Ad vanced Po etry Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 434 Ad vanced Screenwriting (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 484A Crit i cal Ques tions in Genre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4FLM 334 In tro duc tion to Screenwriting (W) . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 355 Stud ies in Film Gen res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 455 Ex per i men tal Film and Me dia . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

(7) One of the fol low ing cap stone course re quire ments (4 cred -its):ENG 484A Crit i cal Ques tions in Genre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 484B Crit i cal Ques tions in Re gion, School,

Move ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 484C Crit i cal Ques tions in a Lit er ary Pe riod. . . . . . 4ENG 484D Crit i cal Ques tions in a Na tional Lit er a ture. . . 4ENG 489H Se nior Hon ors In de pend ent Pro ject . . . . . . . 4ENG 493 Eng lish In tern ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 499 Se nior The sis Re search (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4With the prior ap proval of the De part ment of Eng lish, Eng lish400 in con junc tion with any one course from Eng lish 422,426, 441, 443, 445, 448, 449, 450, 452, 454, 455, 457, 458,460, 462, 464, 469, 473A, 473B, 474, 478A, 478B, 480, 481,or 482 may be used to sat isfy this re quire ment.

(8) Eng lish elec tives: Ad di tional cred its in Eng lish courses asneeded to meet the re quire ment of at least 36, but not morethan 40, cred its in courses in the ma jor, in clud ing no morethan 4 cred its in a 100-level Eng lish course.

Cre ative Writ ing Concentration

The cre ative writ ing concentration is avail able to stu dents who are en rolled in the Bach e lor of Arts in Eng lish ex cept those stu dentsseek ing teacher cer tif i ca tion. Stu dents who elect thisconcentration must com plete the fol low ing courses, all of whichwill count to ward the 36 to 40 cred its in the Bach e lor of Arts in Eng -lish de gree. The con cen tra tion will be noted on the stu dent's tran -script.

CREDITS1. Three of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

ENG 223 In tro duc tion to Cre ative Non-Fic tion Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 228 In tro duc tion to Fic tion Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 229 In tro duc tion to Po etry Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 327 In tro duc tion to Playwriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 334 In tro duc tion to Screenwriting (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3One of these courses may be used to sat isfy the re quire ment ref er encedin item 3. a. (6) un der the head ing Re quire ments for the Bach e lor ofArts De gree in Eng lish, as well as the re quire ments for the cre ativewrit ing con cen tra tion.

2. Two of the fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6ENG 423 Ad vanced Cre ative Non-Fic tion Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 428 Ad vanced Fic tion Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 429 Ad vanced Po etry Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 434 Ad vanced Screenwriting (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3The com ple tion of two of these courses may be used to sat isfy the Uni -ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Eng lish ma jor with a con cen -tra tion in cre ative writ ing.

FILM STUD IES

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Film Stud ies of fers stu dentsin-depth ed u ca tion in the dis ci plin ary un der stand ing of film as ame dium and in the crit i cal anal y sis of films as in ter pret able texts.Stu dents will gain an un der stand ing of as pects of cin e matic aes -

thet ics, film gram mar, the his tory of film, cul tural con texts of film,and the o ret i cal and critical approaches in film studies.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Film Stud ies1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor’s de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts degree in Film Studies.

The Uni ver sity’s Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Film Stud ies ma jor is met by com -plet ing one of the fol low ing courses: Film Stud ies 334, 400, 434, 460, 480, or 499.Those courses are ref er enced in item 3. below.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor (36 to 40 cred its):

CRED ITSa. All of the fol low ing courses (9 cred its):

FLM 200 Film Col lec tive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1FLM 230 Introduction to Film Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4FLM 260 Introduction to Digital Film and Emergent Media . . 4

b. All of the fol low ing courses (12 cred its):FLM 300 Clas si cal Film and Me dia The ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 301 History of Film after Midcentury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 380 Classical Film and Media Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 381 Contemporary Film and Media The ory . . . . . . . . . . 3

c. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):FLM 450 Stud ies in Eth nic Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 451 Studies in Postcolonial Cinema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 452 Studies in Film, Gender, and Sex u al ity . . . . . . . . . . 3

d. One of the fol low ing cap stone courses (3 cred its):FLM 400 Sem i nar in the His tory of Film (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 460 Seminar in Digital Film and Emer gent Me dia (W) . . 3FLM 480 Seminar in Film and Media Theory (W) . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 493 Film Studies In tern ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

e. Com plete 9 to 13 cred its in courses from the fol low ing:ENG 231 Film and Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 478A Literature, Technology, Rep re sen ta tion . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 478B Literature and Visual Culture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 334 Introduction to Screenwriting (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 336 Aesthetics of Film Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 337 Topics in Film Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 350 National and Transnational Cin e mas . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 355 Studies in Film Genres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 400 Seminar in the History of Film (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 434 Advanced Screenwriting (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 438 Film Financing, Programming, and Distribution . . . 3FLM 450 Studies in Ethnic Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 451 Studies in Postcolonial Cinema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 452 Studies in Film, Gender, and Sex u al ity . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 455 Experimental Film and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 460 Seminar in Digital Film and Emergent Media (W) . . 3FLM 480 Seminar in Film and Media Theory (W) . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 489H Senior Honors Independent Project . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 490 Independent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4FLM 491 Special Topics in Film Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 492H Honors Seminar in Film Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 493 Film Studies Internship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 4FLM 499 Senior Thesis Research (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4LL 250B Topics in National Cinemas: East Asian Cinema . . 3LL 250D Topics in National Cinemas: Russian and

So viet Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ROM 355 French, Italian, and Spanish Cin ema since 1930 . . 4THR 304 Topics in Acting/Directing II: Acting for the Cam era 3THR 350 Plays as Film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Film Stud ies 450, 451, or 452 may not count to wards ful fill ment ofthis re quire ment if used to wards re quire ment 3. c. above. FilmStud ies 400, 460, 480, or 493 may not count to wards ful fill ment ofthis re quire ment if used to wards re quire ment 3. d. above.

MI NOR IN FILM STUD IES

The Mi nor in Film Stud ies, which is ad min is tered by the De part -ment of Eng lish, of fers stu dents in-depth ed u ca tion in the dis ci -plin ary un der stand ing of film as a me dium and in the crit i calanal y sis of films as in ter pret able texts. Stu dents will gain an un -der stand ing of as pects of cin e matic aes thet ics, film gram mar, his -tory of film, cul tural con texts of film, and the o ret i cal and crit i calap proaches in film stud ies.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Eng lish. With the ap -proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -

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lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re -quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill there quire ments for that stu dent’s ma jor.

Students who plan to complete the requirements of the minorshould consult the undergraduate ad vi sor in the Department ofEnglish or the Director of Film Studies in the Department ofEnglish.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Film Stud ies

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete a min i mum of 20 cred its from the fol low ing: 1. Both of the fol low ing courses (5 cred its):

FLM 200 Film Col lec tive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1FLM 230 Introduction to Film Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):FLM 300 Clas si cal Film and Me dia The ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 301 History of Film after Midcentury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):FLM 380 Clas si cal Film and Me dia The ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 381 Contemporary Film and Media Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

4. One 3 credit FLM course at the 400-level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3A 400-level Film Stud ies course used to ful fill re quire ment 5. be low maynot be used to ful fill this re quire ment.

5. Two of the fol low ing courses (a min i mum of 6 cred its):ENG 231 Film and Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 478A Literature, Technology, Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 478B Literature and Visual Culture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 260 Introduction to Digital Film and Emergent Media . . . . . . 4FLM 300 History of Film to Midcentury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 301 History of Film after Midcentury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 334 Introduction to Screenwriting (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 336 Aesthetics of Film Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 337 Topics in Film Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 350 National and Transnational Cinemas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 355 Studies in Film Genres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 380 Classical Film and Media Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 381 Contemporary Film and Media Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 400 Seminar in the History of Film (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 434 Advanced Screenwriting (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 438 Film Financing, Programming, and Distribution . . . . . . . 3FLM 450 Studies in Ethnic Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 451 Studies in Postcolonial Cinema. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 452 Studies in Film, Gender, and Sexuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 455 Experimental Film and Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 460 Seminar in Digital Film and Emergent Media (W) . . . . . . 3FLM 480 Seminar in Film and Media Theory (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 491 Special Topics in Film Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 492H Honors Seminar in Film Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LL 250B Topics in National Cinemas: East Asian Cinema . . . . . . 3LL 250D Topics in National Cinemas: Russian and Soviet Cinema 3ROM 355 French, Italian, and Spanish Cinema since 1930 . . . . . . 4THR 304 Topics in Acting/Directing II: Acting for the Camera . . . . 3THR 350 Plays as Film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Film Stud ies 300, 301, 380, and 381 may not count to wards ful fill ment ofthis re quire ment if used to wards re quire ments 2. or 3.

MI NOR IN FIC TION FILMMAKING

The Mi nor in Fic tion Filmmaking ed u cates stu dents in the his tory,the ory, and pro duc tion of fic tion film. Stu dents who en roll in thismi nor com bine prac ti cal skills in pro duc tion with con cep tual train -ing in film stud ies to pro duce the o ret i cally in formed work while de -vel op ing an un der stand ing of the chal lenges of cre at inghigh-qual ity films.

The Minor in Fic tion Filmmaking is jointly ad min is tered by theDe part ment of Eng lish within the Col lege of Arts and Let ters andthe De part ment of Me dia and In for ma tion in the Col lege of Com -mu ni ca tion Arts and Sci ences. The De part ment of Eng lish is thepri mary ad min is tra tive unit. The mi nor is avail able as an elec tiveto stu dents who are en rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams atMich i gan State Uni ver sity.

Stu dents who are in ter ested in the mi nor are el i gi ble to ap ply ifthey have at tained soph o more stand ing, and have com pleted atleast one of the pre req ui site courses listed be low. Both coursesneed to be com pleted prior to or con cur rent with FLM 335. Stu -dents must sub mit an ap pli ca tion avail able in the ad vis ing of ficesof the Col lege of Arts and Let ters and the Col lege of Com mu ni ca -tion Arts and Sci ences dur ing late Feb ru ary. Ap pli ca tions will bere viewed prior to an nual en roll ment. Ap pli ca tions are also avail -able on line at www.film.msu.edu.

With the approval of the department that administers thestudent’s degree program, courses that are used to satisfy therequirements for the mi nor may also be used to satisfy therequirements for the bachelor’s degree. The student’s program of study must be approved by the student’s academic ad vi sor for the minor.

Pre req ui site Courses

CAS 112 Story, Sound and Mo tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2FLM 230 In tro duc tion to Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Fic tion Filmmaking

The stu dent must com plete a min i mum of 15 cred its from the fol low ing:CRED ITS

1. The fol low ing course (4 cred its):FLM 335 Film Di rect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):FLM 300 His tory of Film to Midcentury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 301 History of Film after Midcentury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 380 Classical Film and Media Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 381 Con tem po rary Film and Me dia The ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):FLM 260 In tro duc tion to Dig i tal Film and Emer gent Me dia . . . . . . 4FLM 334 Introduction to Screenwriting (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 336 Aesthetics of Film Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 434 Advanced Screenwriting (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 438 Film Financing, Programming, and Distribution . . . . . . . 3FLM 460 Seminar in Digital Film and Emergent Media (W) . . . . . . 3MI 337 Compositing and Special Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MI 341 Film Style Production for Cinema and Television . . . . . . 3MI 344 Sound Design for Cinema, Television, and Games . . . . 3MI 348 Advanced Lighting and Camera Techniques . . . . . . . . . 3MI 351 Producing for Cinema and Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MI 352 Ad vanced Video Ed it ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

4. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):FLM 435A Cre at ing the Fic tion Film I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FLM 435B Creating the Fiction Film II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

SPE CIAL IZA TION IN POSTCOLONIAL AND DI AS PORA LIT ER A TURE AND CUL TURE

The Specialization in Postcolonial and Diaspora Literature andCulture, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment of Eng lish, isavail able as an elec tive to all stu dents who are en rolled in bach e -lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity.

The Specialization in Postcolonial and Diaspora Literature andCulture is de signed to en hance the stu dent’s un der stand ing ofthe lit er a tures that have arisen out of the co lo nial ex pe ri ence anddecolonialization, and the crit i cal the ory that is con cerned withthose ex pe ri ences. In gen eral, stu dents will have an op por tu nityto study one or more of the fol low ing lit er a tures: Af ri can, Af ri -can-Amer i can, Asian, Asian-Amer i can, La tino, Latina, Chi cano,Chicana, and South Amer i can lit er a tures and other di as pora lit er -a tures, and the lit er a tures of na tive peo ples. While the fo cus isgen er ally upon non-West ern ar eas, those as pects of Amer i can,Brit ish, and Irish lit er a ture that fall un der this ru bric will also be in -cluded.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the spe -cial iza tion must con tact the un der grad u ate ad vi sor forpostcolonial and di as pora lit er a ture and cul ture in the De part ment of Eng lish and sign a state ment of in ter est in the spe cial iza tion.The stu dent’s pro gram of study for the spe cial iza tion must be ap -proved by that ad vi sor.

Stu dents who elect the Specialization in Postcolonial andDiaspora Literature and Culture are en cour aged to com plete oneor more of the fol low ing courses in par tial ful fill ment of theuniversity In te gra tive Studies re quire ment: In te gra tive Studies inArts and Hu man ities 211A, 211B, 211C; In te gra tive Studies inSo cial, Be hav ioral and Eco nomic Sci ences 215, 315, 330A,330C, 335, 336.

With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is -ter the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used tosat isfy the re quire ments for the spe cial iza tion may also be usedto sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree.

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Re quire ments for the Spe cial iza tion in Postcolonial andDi as pora Lit er a ture and Cul ture

CREDITS1. The fol low ing course: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENG 360 Postcolonial Lit er a ture and Theory1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. Courses in Diasporic and Postcolonial Lit er a ture.2 Three courses

from the fol low ing two cat e go ries, with not more than two courses in a lit er a ture in for eign lan guages : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 or 10Di as pora and Postcolonial Lit er a turesASN 464 Studies in the Lit er a ture of Asia and the Asian

Di as pora (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 349 Af ri can-Amer i can Lit er a ture I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 350 Af ri can-Amer i can Lit er a ture II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 351 Chi cano and La tino Lit er a tures in Eng lish. . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 352 Asian Amer i can Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 354 Na tive Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 361 Asian Lit er a ture in Eng lish or in Eng lish

Trans la tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 363 Af ri can Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 405 Lan guage Use in the Af ri can-Amer i can Com mu nity . . . . 3ENG 426F Com par a tive Drama: In dian Sub con ti nent . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 436B Com par a tive Fic tion: Non-West ern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 450 Studies in Af ri can Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 460 Brit ish Lit er a ture in the Age of Em pire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 463 Studies in the Lit er a ture of Af rica and the

Af ri can Di as pora. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENG 464 Studies in the Lit er a ture of Asian and the AsianDi as pora (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ENG 471 Third World Cin ema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Lit er a ture in For eign Languages2

FRN 480 Lit er a ture of Que bec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 485 Francophone Lit er a tures of the Third World . . . . . . . . . . 3PRT 340 Topic in Luso-Bra zil ian Lan guage and Cul ture . . . . . . . . 3SPN 350 In tro duc tion to Read ing His panic Lit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . 3SPN 415 Sur vey of Span ish Amer i can Lit er a ture I. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 416 Sur vey of Span ish Amer i can Lit er a ture II . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 475 Span ish Amer i can Lit er a ture through the 19th

Cen tury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 480 Span ish Amer i can Lit er a ture of the 20th Cen tury . . . . . . 3SPN 485 Topics in His panic Lit er a tures of the Amer i cas . . . . . . . . 3

3. Courses in Non lit er ary Areas.2 Two of the fol low ing courses, atleast one of which must be re lated to one of the geo graphic ar easrep re sented in the courses that the stu dent se lected to meetre quire ment 2. above:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 8ANP 280 The An thro po log i cal Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ANP 330 Race, Eth nic ity, and Na tion: An thro po log i cal

Ap proaches to Col lec tive Iden tity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 410 Rev o lu tion and So cial Change in Latin Amer ica . . . . . . . 3ANP 411 North Amer i can In dian Eth nog ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 412 So cial and Cul tural Sta tus of La ti nos in the U.S. . . . . . . 3ANP 414 An thro pol ogy of South Asia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 415 China: Cul ture and So ci ety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 416 An thro pol ogy of South ern Af rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ASN 401 East Asian Cul tures (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 440 Francophone Cul tures and Civ i li za tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 270 Art of Af rica, Oceania, and the Amer i cas . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 444 Latin Amer i can and La tino Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HA 470 Art of West Af rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HA 471 Art of Cen tral, South ern and East ern Af rica . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 210 Mod ern East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HST 281 Im mi grants, Mi nor ities, and Amer i can Plu ral ism . . . . . . . 4HST 310 Af ri can Amer i can His tory to 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 311 Af ri can Amer i can His tory since 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 312 Af ri can Amer i can Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 319 Asian Amer i can His tory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 327 His tory of Mex i can Amer i cans in the United States . . . . 3HST 361 Af ri can His tory since 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 362 West Af rica and the Af ri can-Amer i can Con nec tion. . . . . 3HST 363 East Af rica and Its Neigh bors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 364 South Af rica and Its Neigh bors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 379 Na tive Amer i cans in North Amer i can His tory

from 1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 380 Co lo nial Latin Amer ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 381 Na tional Latin Amer ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 382 Mod ern Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 383 The Ca rib bean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 384 Mod ern Mex ico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 385 Mod ern Span ish Cen tral and South Amer ica . . . . . . . . . 3HST 393 His tory of In dia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 320 Pol i tics, So ci ety and the Econ omy in the Third

World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 372 Af ri can Amer i can Po lit i cal Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 377 Cul ture, Pol i tics and Postcolonialism (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MUS 425 Mu sic of South Asia and Its Di as pora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2MUS 426 Mu sic of West Af rica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2MUS 427 Mu sic of Asia, the Pa cific, and the Near East . . . . . . . . . 2MUS 428 Mu sic of Af rica, Eu rope, and the Amer i cas . . . . . . . . . . . 2MUS 430 Mu sic of the Ca rib bean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2PLS 461 Ref ugees, Dis placed Per sons, Exiles (W) . . . . . . . . . . . 4REL 306 Na tive Amer i can Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 355 South east Asian Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 357 Re li gion and So ci ety in Bali. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4REL 360 Af ri can Re li gion: An In tro duc tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 215 Race and Eth nic ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

SOC 362 De veloping So ci eties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 345 Span ish Amer i can Cul ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 346 His panic Cul tures in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 403 Women and Change in De veloping Coun tries . . . . . . . . 3

1 With the ap proval of the ac a demic ad vi sor for postcolonial and di as pora lit er a ture and cul ture,this re quire ment may be waived for a stu dent who com pleted Eng lish 310D or 310E if at leasttwo-thirds of the read ings for that course were in postcolonial or di as pora lit er a tures.

2 A stu dent may sat isfy re quire ments 2. and 3. by com plet ing four of the courses in the Lit er a -ture in For eign Lan guages cat e gory in re quire ment 2. and one of the courses in re quire ment 3.


The Eng lish dis ci plin ary ma jor lead ing to the Bach e lor of Arts de -gree is avail able for teacher cer tif i ca tion.

An Eng lish dis ci plin ary mi nor is also avail able for teacher cer tif -i ca tion.

Stu dents with an Eng lish dis ci plin ary ma jor must com plete thefol low ing ad di tional dis ci plin ary courses: Eng lish 302, 308, 408,and 413. Eng lish 413 may be used to sat isfy the re quire ments ref -er enced in item 3. a. (7) un der the head ing Re quire ments for theBach e lor of Arts De gree in Eng lish, as well as the re quire mentsfor teacher cer tif i ca tion.

Stu dents who elect the Eng lish dis ci plin ary ma jor or the Eng lish dis ci plin ary mi nor must con tact the De part ment of Eng lish.


GRAD U ATE STUDY

Grad u ate study in the De part ment of Eng lish leads to the Mas terof Arts or the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree. Each de gree rep re -sents a dif fer ent level of un der stand ing, fo cus, and skill in such re -lated ar eas as lit er ary the ory and his tory, the study of lit er a turewithin historical con texts, and the study of lit er ary authors,genres, and movements.

Gen eral Re quire ments for Con sid er ation for Ad mis sionto Mas ter's and Doc toral De gree Pro grams in theDe part ment of Eng lish

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to a mas ter's or doc toral de greepro gram in the De part ment of Eng lish, an ap pli cant must:1. In clude in the let ter re quired by the college a 750–1000 word

state ment giv ing the ap pli cant's ac a demic back ground andrea sons for pur su ing the ad vanced de gree for which ap pli ca -tion has been made.

2. Have three per sons who are qual i fied to com ment upon theap pli cant's abil ity to pur sue grad u ate study for ward let ters ofrec om men da tion to the de part ment.

Stu dents are ad mit ted to the mas ter's and doc toral pro gramsfor fall se mes ter only. The dead line for sub mit ting ap pli ca tions for ad mis sion is De cem ber 15.

Mas ter of Arts

Stu dents in the Mas ter of Arts de gree con cen trate on the study oflit er a ture in Eng lish; this course of study is de signed to de velopthe skills as so ci ated with lit er ary schol ar ship and crit i cism, as well as lit er ary and cul tural the ory, thus serv ing per sons who wish tocon tinue be yond the mas ter’s de gree and those who wish todeepen their un der stand ing of the crit i cal and cre ative pro cessesas so ci ated with the study of lit er a ture while pur su ing or preparingfor careers in other fields.

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LIT ER A TURE IN ENG LISH

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university, of theCol lege of Arts and Let ters, and of the De part ment of Eng lish, stu -dents must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro -gram in lit er a ture in Eng lish, an ap pli cant must:1. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion (GRE)

Gen eral Test for warded to the de part ment. 2. Sub mit to the de part ment a writ ing sam ple that re flects ap ti -

tude for crit i cal and schol arly writ ing.To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant

must have:1. A bac ca lau re ate de gree in Eng lish or a re lated field.2. Com pleted a min i mum of 20 se mes ter cred its in Eng lish

courses, ex clu sive of fresh man com po si tion, with agrade–point av er age of at least 3.50.

3. Com pleted two years of study in a for eign lan guage at thecol lege level.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De greein Lit er a ture in Eng lish

Students must com plete a to tal of 31 cred its for the de gree un derPlan A (with the sis) or 30 cred its for the de gree un der Plan B (with -out the sis). The stu dent's pro gram of study must be ap proved bythe Grad u ate Chair per son. Not more than 4 cred its of ENG 890In de pend ent Study may be counted to ward the re quire ments forthe Mas ter of Arts de gree in Literature in Eng lish. Eng lish 890may not be sub sti tuted for any re quired course.

CREDITS

Re quire ments for Both Plan A and Plan B

1. Com plete both of the fol low ing courses within the first two se mes ters of en roll ment in the pro gram (6 cred its):ENG 801 In tro duc tion to Grad u ate Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 802 Lit er ary Critcism and Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Com plete 21 ad di tional cred its of grad u ate work in Eng lish or re latedfields with at ten tion to is sues of crit i cism and the ory, lit er ary and cul turalhis tory, and mul ti na tional or global lit er ary tra di tions. No more than 6cred its of course work out side the de part ment may count to wards thede gree. Stu dents must com plete two courses in Eng lish lit er a tures, onefrom be fore 1800 and one af ter 1800.

3. Dem on strate sec ond-year pro fi ciency at the col lege-level in a lan guageother than Eng lish through com ple tion of course work through the200-level, by pass ing an ex am i na tion of read ing com pre hen sion, orcom ple tion of a 400-level read ing course for grad u ate stu dents in a lan -guage other than English.


1. Com plete 4 cred its of ENG 899 Mas ter's The sis Re search. 2. Pass a fi nal oral cer ti fy ing ex am i na tion on the the sis and course work.


1. Com plete a grad u ate course within or out side the De part ment of Eng -lish.

2. Sub mit a port fo lio taken from course work and pass a fi nal cer ti fy ing ex -am i na tion on the course work.


ENG LISH

The fol low ing emphases are avail able within the doc toral de greepro gram in Eng lish:

Af ri can Amer i can lit er a ture and cul turefemi nisms, gen ders, sexualitiesfilm and vi sual cul turehistory and the ory of narrative

lit er a tures of the Americasme di eval and early mod ern lit er a ture and cul turepostcolonial and di as pora studiestrans at lan tic modernities

Stu dents may se lect one or a com bi na tion of emphases as their pri mary fo cus of study.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university, of theCol lege of Arts and Let ters, and of the De part ment of Eng lish, stu -dents must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de -gree pro gram in Eng lish, an ap pli cant must:1. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion (GRE)

Gen eral Test for warded to the de part ment. 2. Sub mit a writ ing sam ple, writ ten at the mas ter's level, that re -

flects the can di date's crit i cal and schol arly abilities.To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant

must have:1. A mas ter's de gree in Eng lish or in an ap pro pri ate cog nate

area.2. An ac a demic re cord that re flects grad u ate work of high qual -

ity.3. Met the for eign lan guage re quire ment for ad mis sion on reg u -

lar sta tus to the Mich i gan State University Mas ter of Arts de -gree pro gram .

4. Stu dents cur rently en rolled in the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro -gram must have com pleted all of the re quire ments for theMas ter of Arts de gree in Lit er a ture in English.

Stu dents who are ad mit ted to the doc toral de gree pro gram inEng lish be fore they have sat is fied the re quire ments ref er enced in items 3. and 4. above must do so be fore they may take the com -pre hen sive ex am i na tions. Credits in courses that are used to sat -isfy these re quire ments may not be used to sat isfy there quire ments for the doc toral de gree.

To be ad mit ted on an ac cel er ated ba sis to the doc toral de greepro gram in Eng lish, af ter one year of Mas ter of Art course work,stu dents must:1. Be en rolled in the Mich i gan State University De part ment of

Eng lish Mas ter of Arts pro gram in Lit er a ture in Eng lish.2. Sub mit a state ment of pur pose of 750-1000 words de scrib -

ing the stu dent’s spe cific area of in ter est(s) and de siredarea(s) of em pha sis.

3. Sub mit two let ters from fac ulty mem bers who sup port theirap pli ca tion for ac cel er ated ad mis sion.

4. Com pleted a min i mum of five courses at Mich i gan StateUniversity, in clud ing at least one of the re quired courses andtwo sem i nars in lit er a ture from dif fer ent periods.

Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De gree in Eng lish

The stu dent must:1. Com plete both of the fol low ing courses within the first two se -

mes ters of en roll ment in the pro gram (6 cred its):ENG 801 In tro duc tion to Grad u ate Stud ies 3ENG 802 Lit er ary Crit i cism and The ory 3

2. Com plete an ad di tional 21 cred its of grad u ate course work inEng lish or re lated fields with at ten tion to is sues of crit i cismand the ory, lit er ary and cul tural his tory, and mul ti na tional orglobal lit er ary tra di tions with a grade-point av er age of at least 3.5. This course work must in clude a course that cov ers lit er -a ture be fore 1800 and one course that cov ers lit er a ture af ter1800. Not more than 3 cred its of in de pend ent study may beused to sat isfy this re quire ment. All re quired course workmust be com pleted be fore stu dents may en roll in dis ser ta tion

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of Eng lish

re search cred its. Any ex cep tions must be approved by thegraduate chairperson.

3. Com plete a lan guage re quire ment at the col lege-level to pro -vide stu dents with the tools they need to con duct re search inlan guages other than Eng lish. Each stu dent should work incon sul ta tion with the Guid ance Com mit tee or with the Di rec -tor of Grad u ate Stud ies to de ter mine which lan guage or lan -guages are most ap pro pri ate for the stu dent’s re search topic, and which one of the fol low ing two op tions will best ful fill thisob jec tive in light of the student’s chosen area of study:a. Dem on strate ad vanced read ing pro fi ciency at the col -

lege-level in any lan guage other thanEng lish through com ple tion of course work in the lan -guage at the 400-level or above ex clud ing Ger man 400,French 400, Span ish 400, or Rus sian 410, or by pass ingan ad vanced read ing com pre hen sion and trans la tionexam.

b. Dem on strate sec ond-year pro fi ciency at the col -lege-level in two lan guages other than Eng lish throughcom ple tion of course work through the 200-level, bypass ing an ex am i na tion of read ing com pre hen sion, orcom ple tion of a 400-level read ing course for grad u atestu dents such as Ger man 400, French 400, Span ish400, or Russian 410.

4. Pass the doc toral com pre hen sive ex am i na tion.5. Pass an oral ex am i na tion on the com pre hen sive ex am i na -

tion.6. Com plete re quire ments 1. through 3. above and have a

grade-point av er age of at least 3.5 in all grad u ate coursework be fore be gin ning work on the dis ser ta tion. Stu dentsmust com plete 24 cred its of Eng lish 999 Doc toral Dis ser ta -tion Research.

7. Pass a pre-dis ser ta tion ex am i na tion that con sists of an oralpre sen ta tion based on a writ ten pro posal of the dis ser ta tion.



A stu dent who fails the com pre hen sive ex am i na tions, the oral ex -am i na tion, or the fi nal oral ex am i na tion in de fense of the dis ser ta -tion may re peat that ex am i na tion only once.

DE PART MENT ofLIN GUIS TICS andGER MANIC, SLAVIC,ASIAN and AF RI CANLAN GUAGES

Sonja Fritzsche, Chair per son

The de part ment of fers grad u ate de gree pro grams in Lin guis tics,Ger man, and Teach ing Eng lish to Speak ers of Other Lan guages(TESOL) and un der grad u ate pro grams in Arabic, Chi nese, Jap a -nese, Ger man, and Rus sian lan guages and cul tures as well asLin guis tics. In ad di tion, in struc tion is of fered in other lan guagessuch as Hausa, He brew, Hindi, Ko rean, Persian, Swahili, Thai,and Vietnamese.

Stu dents study Linguistics, TESOL, Arabic, Chinese, Ger man,Jap a nese, Rus sian or other lan guages as part of their ed u ca tionin the lib eral arts and sci ences and to in crease their ef fec tive nessin sci en tific re search, teach ing, gov ern ment ser vice, for eign trade

or ad vanced schol ar ship. Within the frame work of course of fer -ings and the needs and in ter ests of stu dents, broad flex i bil ity ispos si ble in the de part ment's de gree pro grams. The pro grams are de signed pri mar ily to de velop knowl edge of lin guis tics, lan guageteach ing, or par tic u lar lan guages, lit er a tures and cul tures. Mi nors are avail able in Arabic, Chi nese, Cog ni tive Sci ence, Ger man,Jap a nese, Ko rean, Lin guis tics, Rus sian, and TESOL. The de -part ment’s goal is to of fer de gree candidates in lin guis tics a solidthe o ret i cal and ex per i men tal ground ing; in TESOL a solid the o -ret i cal and prac ti cal base in sec ond/for eign lan guage learn ingand teach ing; and in lan guage, lit er a ture and cul ture a com bi na -tion of tra di tional train ing and the ped a gog i cal skills needed inmodern school systems, colleges, and universities. In coursesand sem i nars undergraduate research is val ued and en cour -aged.


ARABIC

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Arabic is de signed to de velop boththe lin guis tic and intercultural skills of stu dents to an ad vancedlevel of lan guage com pe tency. Stu dents will study mod ern stan -dard Arabic and Arabic cul ture and lit er a ture. The ma jor fo cuseson cre at ing pro fi cient speak ers of Arabic who can ap ply their lan -guage skills in a va ri ety of dis ci plines and ca reers.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the majorshould con sult an un der grad u ate ad vi sor in Arabic.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Arabic1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor’s de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Arabic.

The Uni ver sity’s Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Arabic ma jor is met by com plet ingArabic 401 or 402 or 460 or 461. Those courses are ref er enced in items 3. a. and 3. b.be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.The com ple tion of Arabic 202 sat is fies the Col lege of Arts and Let ters re quire ment ofsec ond-year com pe tency in a for eign lan guage.


a. All of the fol low ing courses (24 cred its):ARB 201 Sec ond-Year Arabic I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5ARB 202 Second-Year Arabic II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5ARB 301 Third-Year Arabic I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ARB 302 Third-Year Arabic II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ARB 401 Fourth-Year Arabic I (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ARB 402 Fourth-Year Arabic II (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Stu dents with in ter me di ate or ad vanced-level Arabic can sub sti -tute ARB 451 Ad vanced Arabic Reading or ARB 452 Ad vancedArabic Writing for any of the courses above. If ARB 451 or 452 areused as sub sti tu tions, they may not be used in ful fill ment of theelec tive requirement in item 3. c. be low.

b. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):ARB 460 Spe cial Top ics in Arabic Cul ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . 3ARB 461 Introduction to Arabic Literature (W) . . . . . . . . . . . 3

c. At least 3 cred its from the fol low ing courses:ARB 451 Ad vanced Arabic Read ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ARB 452 Advanced Arabic Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ARB 499 Senior Thesis Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3IAH 210 Middle East and the World (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4IAH 211D Area Studies and Multicultural Civ i li za tions:

The Middle East (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4In te gra tive Stud ies in the Arts and Hu man i ties 210 and 211D maynot be used to ward this re quire ment if used in ful fill ment of theUni ver sity level Integrative Studies requirement. To be countedtowards the re quire ment for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Arabic,the con tent of the course must be specifically related to or focused on Arabic stud ies.

d. Com ple tion of a cap stone ex pe ri ence.This re quire ment may be sat is fied by com ple tion of spe cial as -sign ments in Arabic 460 or 461, an advanced 400-level Arabiclanguage course, ARB 499 Senior Thesis Research, or specialassignments during an approved study abroad program.

e. A cog nate of 12 cred its from within the Col lege of Arts and Let ters.At least 6 cred its in courses re lated to mid dle east his tory, arts,and hu man i ties must be in cluded in the cog nate. Both the cog nate

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and the re lated courses must be ap proved by the stu dent’s ac a -demic ad vi sor.

Ad di tional Ma jor in Arabic

This op tion is de signed to en cour age stu dents to com bine a ma jor in Arabic with a ma jor in an other field such as busi ness, eco nom -ics, his tory, in ter na tional re la tions, po lit i cal sci ence, or an otherfor eign lan guage. Stu dents elect ing this op tion must meet the re -quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor ofArts de gree and must com plete the re quire ments 3. a. as well asse lect one of the two courses listed in 3. b. (Arabic 460 or 461) inthe Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Arabic above to ful fill the re quire -ment of 27 se mes ter cred its.

MI NOR IN ARABIC

The Mi nor in Arabic, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment ofLin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages,will pro vide stu dents the op por tu nity to ac quire a core of ba sicknowl edge of Arabic lan guage and cul ture.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sityother than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Arabic. With the ap -proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -lor’s de gree. . At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re -quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill there quire ments for that stu dent’s major.

Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minorshould consult an undergraduate ad vi sor in Arabic.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Arabic

CRED ITSCom plete a min i mum of 16 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing courses (13 cred its):

ARB 202 Second-Year Arabic II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5ARB 301 Third-Year Arabic I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ARB 302 Third-Year Arabic II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):ARB 460 Spe cial Top ics in Arabic Cul ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ARB 461 Introduction to Arabic Literature (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Stu dents with in ter me di ate or ad vanced-level Arabic can sub sti tute ARB 361 Ad vanced Arabic III or ARB 362 Ad vanced Arabic IV for any of thecourses in item 1. above.

CHI NESE

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Chi nese is de signed to equip stu -dents with func tional pro fi ciency in the lan guage, and cul tural sen -si tiv ity to and fac tual knowl edge about China. Study abroad isen cour aged to pro vide stu dents with first hand ex pe ri ence of cul -tures su per fi cially dif fer ent from those to which they are ac cus -tomed, but are sim i lar in many ways at the level of humaninteraction.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the ma jorshould con sult an un der grad u ate ad viser in Chi nese.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Chi nese1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Chinese.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Chinese ma jor is met by com plet -ing Chi nese 401 or 402. Those courses are ref er enced in item 3. a. be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.The com ple tion of Chi nese 201 and 202 sat is fies the Col lege of Arts and Let ters re -quire ment of sec ond-year com pe tency in a for eign lan guage.


a. All of the fol low ing courses (24 cred its):

CHS 201 Sec ond-Year Chi nese I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5CHS 202 Second-Year Chinese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5CHS 301 Third-Year Chinese I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4CHS 302 Third-Year Chinese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4CHS 401 Fourth-Year Chinese I (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CHS 402 Fourth-Year Chi nese II (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

b. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):CHS 366 Chi nese Cul ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CHS 466 Chi nese Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

c. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):CHS 350 Stud ies in Chi nese Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CHS 411 Ad vanced Spo ken Chinese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

d. Com ple tion of a cap stone ex pe ri ence.This requirement may be satisfied by completion of special as -sign ments in Chi nese 302 (in China), 366, 402 or 466. The cap -stone ex pe ri ence must be ap proved by the stu dent’s ad vi sor.

e. Study Abroad: Stu dents with a pri mary ma jor in Chi nese arestrongly en cour aged to par tic i pate in a study abroad ex pe ri enceap proved by the Chi nese pro gram. MSU study abroad pro gramsare avail able at var i ous sites in China and vary in length.

f. In or der to ful fill the col lege-level cog nate re quire ment, stu dentsshould con sider the fol low ing dis ci plin ary ar eas from within theCol lege of Arts and Let ters: Eng lish lit er a ture, lin guis tics, phi los o -phy, art his tory, and re li gious stud ies. Sug gested dis ci plin ary ar -eas from out side the col lege are: so ci ol ogy, po lit i cal sci ence,eco nom ics, com mu ni ca tion and his tory. With ad vi sor ap provalhis tory may be treated as a cog nate within the Col lege of Arts andLet ters. Students are en cour aged to for mu late in ter dis ci plin arythe matic ar eas for both cog nates. Both the cog nates and the re -lated courses must be ap proved by the stu dent’s ac a demic ad vi -sor.

Ad di tional Ma jor in Chi nese

This op tion is de signed to en cour age stu dents to com bine a ma jor in Chi nese with a ma jor in an other field. Stu dents elect ing an ad -di tional ma jor must meet the re quire ments of the Col lege of Artsand Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree and must com plete re -quire ments 3. a. and 3. b. in the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Chi -nese above to ful fill the re quire ment of 30 se mes ter cred its.

MI NOR IN CHI NESE

The Mi nor in Chi nese, which is ad min is tered by the De part mentof Lin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan -guages, pro vides stu dents the op por tu nity to ac quire a core of ba -sic knowl edge of Chi nese lan guage and culture.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Chi nese. With the ap -proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re -quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill therequirements for that student’s major.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate advisor in the De part ment ofLin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Chi nese

CRED ITSCom plete a min i mum of 16 cred its from the fol low ing:1. Both of the fol low ing courses (10 cred its):

CHS 201 Sec ond-Year Chi nese I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5CHS 202 Sec ond-Year Chi nese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 to 8 cred its):CHS 301 Third-Year Chi nese I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4CHS 302 Third-Year Chi nese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4CHS 350 Stud ies in Chi nese Lan guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CHS 366 Chi nese Cul ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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GER MAN

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Ger man1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Ger man.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Ger man ma jor is met by com plet -ing Ger man 420, 435, 445 or 455. Those courses are ref er enced in item 3. a. (3) be -low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.The com ple tion of re quire ment 3. a. (7) ref er enced be low sat is fies one of the cog -

nates re quired by the Col lege. The sec ond cog nate must be in a field out side the Col -lege.


a. The fol low ing Ger man courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 to 40(1) Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):

GRM 301 Third-Year Ger man I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 302 Third-Year Ger man II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 311 Busi ness Ger man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

(2) Six ad di tional cred its at the 300-level, in clud ing at least oneof the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):GRM 341 Ger man Lit er a ture and Cul ture Be fore 1918. 3GRM 342 Ger man Lit er a ture and Cul ture Since 1918 . 3

(3) Twelve cred its at the 400-level se lected from the fol low ingcourses (12 cred its):GRM 420 Ad vanced Ger man (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 435 18th and 19th Ger man Lit er ary Stud ies (W) . 3GRM 445 20th Cen tury and Con tem po rary Ger man

Lit er ary Stud ies (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

GRM 455 Ma jor Themes in Ger man Cul turalHis tory (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

GRM 460 Lin guis tic Anal y sis of Mod ern Ger man . . . . . 3GRM 491 Spe cial Top ics in Ger man Stud ies . . . . . 1 to 4

(4) The fol low ing cap stone course (1 credit):GRM 492 Cap stone Pro ject. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(5) Ger man elec tives: Ad di tional cred its in Ger man coursesnum bered 250 and above, with the ex cep tion of Ger man 400, as needed to meet the re quire ment of at least 34, but notmore than 40, cred its in courses in the ma jor. A max i mum of3 cred its of Ger man 250 or Lin guis tics and Lan guages 250Amay be counted as elec tive cred its to ward the ma jor.

(6) Study Abroad re quire ment: Stu dents with a pri mary ma jor inGer man are ex pected to par tic i pate in a study abroad ex pe ri -ence ap proved by the Ger man pro gram. MSU study abroadpro grams are avail able at var i ous sites in Ger many and Aus -tria through out the year. Com ple tion of Ger man 202, or theequiv a lent, is a re quire ment for par tic i pa tion. Un der spe cialcir cum stances, equiv a lent ex pe ri ences may be ap proved bythe de part ment.

(7) Cog nate Re quire ment: One 12–credit cog nate in the field ofEu ro pean Stud ies.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Ad di tional Ma jor in Ger man

This op tion is de signed to en cour age stu dents to com bine a ma jor in Ger man with a ma jor in an other field such as in ter na tional re la -tions, po lit i cal sci ence, Eng lish, an other for eign lan guage, orengineering. Stu dents elect ing this op tion must meet the re quire -ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Artsde gree and must com plete the fol low ing re quire ments for the ma -jor in Ger man:1. The Ger man courses listed in items 3. a. (1) through (4) un -

der the head ing Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of ArtsDe gree in Ger man above, plus one ad di tional course of atleast 3 cred its, to meet the re quire ment of 28 cred its. Ad di -tional ma jors are also ex pected to par tic i pate in a studyabroad pro gram as listed in item 3. a. (6) above.

MI NOR IN GER MAN

The Mi nor in Ger man, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment ofLin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages,pro vides stu dents the op por tu nity to ac quire ad vanced knowl -edge of the Ger man lan guage and Ger man cul tures.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Ger man. With the ap -

proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re -quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill there quire ments for that stu dent’s ma jor.

Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minorshould consult an undergraduate ad vi sor in the Department ofLinguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Ger man

CRED ITSCom plete a min i mum of 15 cred its from the fol low ing. At least 12cred its must be at the 300-level or higher.1. GRM 201 Sec ond-Year Ger man I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42. GRM 202 Sec ond-Year Ger man II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43. Course work in Ger man at the 300 or 400-level as ap proved by the

ad vi sor for the mi nor.

JAP A NESE

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Jap a nese is de signed to equip stu -dents with func tional pro fi ciency in the lan guage, and cul turalsen si tiv ity to and fac tual knowl edge about Ja pan. Study abroad isen cour aged to pro vide stu dents with first hand ex pe ri ence of cul -tures su per fi cially dif fer ent from those to which they are ac cus -tomed, but are sim i lar in many ways at the level of humaninteraction.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the ma jorshould con sult an un der grad u ate advisor in Jap a nese.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree inJap a nese1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Japanese.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Japanese ma jor is met by com -plet ing Jap a nese 469. This course is ref er enced in item 3. b. be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.The com ple tion of Japanese 202 sat is fies the Col lege of Arts and Let ters re quire mentof sec ond-year com pe tency in a for eign lan guage.


a. All of the fol low ing courses (19 cred its):JPN 202 Sec ond-Year Jap a nese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5JPN 301 Third-Year Japanese I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4JPN 302 Third-Year Japanese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4JPN 401 Fourth-Year Japanese I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JPN 402 Fourth-Year Japanese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Stu dents who place out of any of these courses may take ad di -tional elec tives from item 3. c. below to make-up for deficientcredits in this re quire ment. Students may also choose from thefollowing elec tive courses to make-up deficient credits: Japanese290, 490, 493, or 499. Course work used to make-up deficientcredits must be approved by the stu dent’s ac a demic ad vi sor.

b. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):JPN 369 In tro duc tion to Jap a nese Lit er a ture and Cul ture . . 3JPN 469 Sem i nar in Jap a nese Lit er a ture and Cul ture (W) . 3

c. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):JPN 350 Stud ies in Jap a nese Lan guage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JPN 431 Ad vanced Spo ken Jap a nese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JPN 441 Japanese Short Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JPN 451 Advanced Japanese for Japanese Lan guage

Pro fi ciency Test Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JPN 471 Classical Japanese I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3JPN 472 Clas si cal Jap a nese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

d. Com ple tion of a cap stone ex pe ri ence.This re quire ment may be sat is fied by com ple tion of Jap a nese 493 or 499 or by com ple tion of spe cial as sign ments in Jap a nese 401,402, 431, 441, 451, 469, 471, or 472. The cap stone ex pe ri encemust be ap proved by the student’s advisor.

e. Study Abroad: Stu dents with a pri mary ma jor in Jap a nese arestrongly en cour aged to par tic i pate in a study abroad ex pe ri enceap proved by the Jap a nese pro gram. Mich i gan State Uni ver sitystudy abroad pro grams are avail able at var i ous sites in Ja panthrough out the year.

f. A cog nate of 12 cred its in the field of East Asian Stud ies. At least 6cred its must be within the Col lege of Arts and Let ters. Both the

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cog nate and the re lated courses must be ap proved by the stu -dent’s ac a demic advisor.

Ad di tional Ma jor in Jap a nese

This op tion is de signed to en cour age stu dents to com bine a ma jor in Jap a nese with a ma jor in an other field. Stu dents elect ing an ad -di tional ma jor must meet the re quire ments of the Col lege of Artsand Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree and must com plete re -quire ments 3. a., 3. b., and one course from 3. c. in the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Jap a nese above to ful fill the re quire ment of 28 se -mes ter cred its.

MI NOR IN JAP A NESE

The Mi nor in Jap a nese, which is ad min is tered by the De part mentof Lin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan -guages, pro vides stu dents the op por tu nity to ac quire a core of ba -sic knowl edge of Jap a nese language and culture.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Jap a nese. With the ap -proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re -quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill therequirements for that student’s major.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate advisor in the De part ment ofLin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Languages.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Jap a nese

CRED ITSCom plete 16 to 17 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing courses (13 cred its):

JPN 201 Sec ond-Year Jap a nese I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5JPN 202 Sec ond-Year Jap a nese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5JPN 369 In tro duc tion to Jap a nese Lit er a ture and Cul ture . . . . . . . 3

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):JPN 301 Third-Year Jap a nese I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4JPN 302 Third-Year Jap a nese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4JPN 350 Stud ies in Jap a nese Lan guage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MI NOR IN KO REAN

The Mi nor in Ko rean, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment ofLin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages,equips stu dents with lin guis tic pro fi ciency in the Ko rean lan guageand cul tural lit er acy about Ko rea and its place in the world. Stu -dents gain global cul tural un der stand ing, de velop com mu ni ca tion skills, and think an a lyt i cally. Stu dents are strongly en cour aged topar tic i pate in study abroad pro grams, in tern ships, stu dent-cen -tered or ga ni za tions, and ex pe ri en tial learn ing op por tu ni tiesthrough which they can prac tice the lan guage and deepen theircul tural un der stand ing.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver -sity. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege thatad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that areused to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire -ments for the bach e lor’s de gree.

Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minorshould consult an undergraduate advisor in the department.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Ko rean

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete a min i mum of 17 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing courses (11 cred its):

LL 251 Sec ond-Year Less Com monly Taught Lan guage I . . . . . 4LL 252 Second-Year Less Commonly Taught Language II . . . . 4LL 301 Third-Year Less Commonly Taught Language I . . . . . . . 3

2. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):ASN 291 Spe cial Top ics in Asian Lan guages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LL 302 Third-Year Less Commonly Taught Language II . . . . . . 3LL 401 Fourth-Year Less Commonly Taught Language I . . . . . . 3LL 402 Fourth-Year Less Commonly Taught Language II . . . . . 3Other courses that con tain a sub stan tive amount of Ko rean or Ko rea-re -lated con tent may be used for this requirement with approval of theKorean mi nor ad vi sor.

LIN GUIS TICS

Lin guis tics is the sci en tific study of the na ture of hu man lan guageand the char ac ter is tics of par tic u lar lan guages. It is a field withclose ties to many ar eas of study, such as Eng lish, for eign lan -guages, psy chol ogy, so ci ol ogy, an thro pol ogy, phi los o phy, his tory, math e mat ics, and speech and lan guage pa thol ogy; ma jors mayem pha size any one or more of these ar eas.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree inLin guis tics1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Lin guis tics.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Lin guis tics ma jor is met by com -plet ing Lin guis tics 499. That course is ref er enced in item 3. a. (2) be low.


CREDITSa. The fol low ing Lin guis tics courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 to 38

(1) One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):LIN 200 In tro duc tion to Lan guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 401 In tro duc tion to Lin guis tics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

(2) All of the fol low ing courses (14 cred its): LIN 424 In tro duc tion to Pho net ics and Phonology . . . 3

LIN 431 In tro duc tion to Morphology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 434 In tro duc tion to Syn tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 437 Se man tics and Pragmatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 499 Se nior The sis Re search (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2The com ple tion of Lin guis tics 499 sat is fies the cap stonecourse re quire ment for the Lin guis tics ma jor.

(3) Lin guis tics elec tives: Ad di tional cred its in Lin guis ticscourses as needed to meet the re quire ment of at least 32,but not more than 38, cred its in courses in the ma jor.

MI NOR IN LIN GUIS TICS

The mi nor in Lin guis tics, which is ad min is tered by the De part -ment of Lin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan -guages, will pro vide a min i mum foun da tion in the field; gen eralknowl edge and ba sic find ings and the o ries in one of the core ar -eas of pho net ics-pho nol ogy or syn tax; and knowl edge of one ortwo subfields se lected ac cord ing to the in ter est of the stu dent.The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en rolledin bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity otherthan the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Lin guis tics. With the ap provalof the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu dent’s de -gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy the mi nor mayalso be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de -gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re quire -ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill there quire ments for that stu dent’s major.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments of the mi norshould con sult the un der grad u ate ad vi sor in the De part ment ofLin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Languages.

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Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Lin guis tics

CRED ITSCom plete a min i mum of 15 cred its from the fol low ing:1. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):

LIN 200 In tro duc tion Lan guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 401 In tro duc tion to Lin guis tics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):LIN 424 In tro duc tion to Pho net ics and Pho nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 434 Syn tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Com plete an ad di tional 6 cred its in lin guis tics courses as ap proved bythe ac a demic ad vi sor. No more than 3 cred its of Lin guis tics 490 In de -pend ent Study may be counted to wards this re quire ment.

RUS SIAN

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Rus sian1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its, are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Rus sian.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Rus sian ma jor is met by com plet -ing Rus sian 440 or 441. Those courses are ref er enced in item 3. a. (1) be low.


CREDITSa. The fol low ing Rus sian courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 to 40

(1) All of the fol low ing courses (20 cred its):RUS 201 Sec ond–Year Rus sian I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4RUS 202 Sec ond–Year Rus sian II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4RUS 420 Rus sian Life and Cul ture Be fore World War I 3RUS 421 Rus sian Life and Cul ture in the 20th Cen tury 3RUS 440 Con tem po rary Rus sian Life and Cul ture (W) 3RUS 441 Rus sian Lit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

(2) A cap stone ex pe ri ence. This re quire ment may be sat is fiedby com plet ing spe cial as sign ments in Rus sian 420, 421,440, or 441; by com plet ing RUS 341Russian Life and Cul ture of the 20th Cen tury, in Russia, or by com plet ing RUS 499 Se -nior The sis Re search.

(3) Rus sian elec tives: Ad di tional cred its in Rus sian coursesnum bered 201 and above, as needed to meet the re quire -ment of at least 32, but not more than 40, cred its in courses inthe ma jor.

The fol low ing cog nates from within the Col lege of Arts and Let -ters are sug gested: Eng lish lit er a ture, his tory, lin guis tics, phi los o -phy, art his tory, and re li gious stud ies. Sug gested dis ci plin arycog nates from out side the col lege are: so ci ol ogy, psy chol ogy,po lit i cal sci ence, eco nom ics, or com mu ni ca tion. For both re -quired cog nates, stu dents are also en cour aged to for mu late in ter -dis ci plin ary the matic ar eas.

Ad di tional Ma jor in Rus sian

This op tion is de signed to en cour age stu dents to com bine a ma jor in Rus sian with a ma jor in an other field such as in ter na tional re la -tions, po lit i cal sci ence, Eng lish, an other for eign lan guage, or ho -tel and res tau rant man age ment. Stu dents elect ing this op tionmust meet the re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters forthe Bach e lor of Arts de gree and must com plete the fol low ing re -quire ments for the ma jor in Rus sian:(1) The Rus sian courses listed in items 3. a. (1) and 3. a. (2) un -

der the head ing Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of ArtsDe gree in Rus sian (20 cred its).

(2) Six ad di tional cred its in Rus sian courses num bered 201 andabove.

(3) The com ple tion of a ma jor in ad di tion to Rus sian sat is fies one of the cog nates re quired by the Col lege of Arts and Let ters.

MI NOR IN RUS SIAN

The mi nor in Rus sian, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment of Lin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages,will pro vide stu dents the op por tu nity to ac quire a core of ba sicknowl edge of Rus sia, Rus sian cul ture, and the Rus sian lan -guage. The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who areen rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver -

sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Rus sian. With theap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re -quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill there quire ments for that stu dent’s major.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments of the mi norshould con sult the un der grad u ate ad vi sor in the De part ment ofLin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Languages.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Rus sian

CRED ITSCom plete a min i mum of 15 cred its from the fol low ing courses:RUS 201 Second-Year Russian I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4RUS 202 Second-Year Russian II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4RUS 231 19th Century Russian Literature in Trans la tion . . . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 232 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation . . . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 311 Advanced Russian: Oral Communication (I). . . . . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 341 Russian Life and Culture of the 20th Century . . . . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 420 Russian Life and Culture before World War I . . . . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 421 Russian Culture of the 20th Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 440 Contemporary Russian Life and Culture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3RUS 441 Rus sian Lit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MI NOR IN TEACH ING ENG LISH TO SPEAK ERS OFOTHER LAN GUAGES

The Mi nor in Teach ing Eng lish to Speak ers of Other Lan guages,which is ad min is tered by the De part ment of Lin guis tics and Ger -manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages, pro vides stu dentswith the skills nec es sary to con struct learn ing ac tiv i ties, se lectand eval u ate Eng lish teach ing.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity except for stu dents in the Col lege of Education. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu dent’s de -gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy the mi nor mayalso be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de -gree.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate advisor in the De part ment ofLin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Teach ing Eng lish toSpeak ers of Other Lan guages

Stu dents must com plete a min i mum of 15 or 16 cred its from the fol low ing:CREDITS

1. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):ENG 302 In tro duc tion to Eng lish Lan guage Stud ies. . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 200 Introduction to Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 401 Introduction to Linguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. All of the fol low ing courses (12 cred its):LLT 307 Meth ods of Sec ond and For eign Lan guage Teach ing . . 3LLT 346 Pedagogical English Grammar for English Teachers . . . 3LLT 361 Second and Foreign Language Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 496 Practicum in Adult Eng lish as a Sec ond Lan guage Teach ing 3

MI NOR IN COG NI TIVE SCI ENCE

The Minor in Cog ni tive Sci ence in tro duces stu dents to one of themost im por tant re main ing mys ter ies in sci ence: the na ture of themind and how bi o log i cal sys tems pro cess com plex in for ma tion topro duce thought and adap tive be hav ior, and how ar ti fi cial sys -tems can be en dowed with the same ca pa bil i ties. The sci en tificstudy of the na ture of mind re quires fa mil iar ity with many dif fer entthe o ret i cal per spec tives and em pir i cal tra di tions, and an ap pre ci -a tion for the con cerns of sev eral dif fer ent ac a demic dis ci plines.Stu dents en rolled in this minor will gain un der stand ing from avariety of disciplinary viewpoints, of problems in cognitivescience.

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of Lin guis tics and Ger manic,Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages

The Minor in Cog ni tive Sci ence is avail able as an elec tive tostu dents who are en rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich -i gan State Uni ver sity. With the ap proval of the de part ment andcol lege that ad min is ter the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, thecourses that are used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the minormay also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bachelor’sdegree.

Students who plan to complete the requirements for the Minorin Cognitive Science should consult the undergraduate ad vi sorfor cognitive sci ence.

Re quire ments for the Minor in Cog ni tive Sci ence

Stu dents must com plete a min i mum of 18 cred its from the courses listed be low. In -de pend ent study and spe cial top ics courses must be ap proved in ad vance by the ad -vi sor for the minor, to en sure that the con tent of the course is spe cif i cally re lated tocog ni tive sci ence. Stu dents are en cour aged to take ad van tage of re search op por tu -ni ties with spe cific fac ulty mem bers through in de pend ent study. The stu dents pro -gram of study must be ap proved by the ad vi sor for the minor.

CRED ITS1. Com plete the fol low ing course (3 cred its):

LIN 463 In tro duc tion to Cog ni tive Sci ence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. Com plete at least 6 cred its from one of the fol low ing dis ci plin ary ar eas.

Ad di tional courses in the fo cus area may be ap proved by the ad vi sor.Com mu ni ca tive Sci ences and Dis or dersCSD 203 In tro duc tion to Com mu ni ca tion Sci ences and Dis or ders 3CSD 213 Anat omy and Phys i ol ogy of Speech and Hear ing

Mech a nisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CSD 232 De scrip tive Pho net ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2CSD 333 Oral Lan guage De vel op ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Com puter Sci ence and En gi neer ingCSE 440 In tro duc tion to Ar ti fi cial In tel li gence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CSE 460 Computability and For mal Lan guage The ory . . . . . . . . . 3CSE 484 In for ma tion Re trieval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3KinesiologyKIN 365 Sensorimotor Con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3KIN 443 Psychophysiological As pects of Kinesiology. . . . . . . . . . 3Lin guis ticsLIN 401 In tro duc tion to Lin guis tics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4LIN 424 In tro duc tion to Pho net ics and Pho nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 431 In tro duc tion to Mor phol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 434 In tro duc tion to Syn tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 437 Se man tics and Pragmatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 450 Child Lan guage Ac qui si tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 455 Neurolinguistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 471 Sociolinguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Neu ro sci enceNEU 301 In tro duc tion to Neu ro sci ence I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3NEU 302 In tro duc tion to Neu ro sci ence II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Phi los o phyPHL 330 For mal Rea son ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 360 Phi los o phy of Lan guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 431 Top ics in Phi los o phy of Logic and Lan guage . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 462 Phi los o phy of Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Psy chol ogyPSY 200 Cog ni tive Psy chol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSY 301 Cog ni tive Neu ro sci ence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSY 401 Expertise and Skill (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSY 402 Sen sa tion and Per cep tion (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSY 410 Neurobiology of Learn ing and Mem ory (W) . . . . . . . . . . 3Zo ol ogyZOL 313 An i mal Be hav ior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ZOL 402 Neurobiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ZOL 415 Eco log i cal As pects of An i mal Be hav ior (W) . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Com plete at least 9 ad di tional cred its in course work as approved by thead vi sor for the mi nor. Ad di tional courses may be cho sen from coursesabove ex cept from the fo cus area cho sen.


The Arabic, Chi nese, Ger man, and Jap a nese dis ci plin ary ma jorslead ing to the Bach e lor of Arts de gree are avail able for teachercer tif i ca tion.

Arabic, Chi nese, Ger man, Jap a nese, Rus sian, and teach ingEng lish to speak ers of other lan guages dis ci plin ary mi nors arealso avail able for teacher cer tif i ca tion.

Stu dents with an Arabic dis ci plin ary teach ing ma jor are re -quired to com plete Arabic 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402, 460, and461; and the fol low ing ad di tional ped a gogy course: LLT 307Meth ods of Sec ond and For eign Lan guage Teaching. Lan guage,Learn ing and Teach ing 307 may be used to sat isfy the re quire -

ments ref er enced in item 3. c. un der the head ing Re quire mentsfor the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Arabic.

Stu dents with a Chi nese dis ci plin ary ma jor are re quired to com -plete Chi nese 201, 202, 301, 302, 350, 366, 401, 402; 466 andthe fol low ing ad di tional ped a gogy course: Lan guage, Learn ingand Teach ing 307.

Stu dents with a Ger man dis ci plin ary ma jor are re quired to com -plete Ger man 460 and 461 as part of their ma jor course work, aswell as the re quire ments for teacher cer tif i ca tion. Ger man 461may be used to sat isfy the re quire ments ref er enced in item 3. a.(5) un der the head ing Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De -gree in Ger man.

Stu dents with a Jap a nese dis ci plin ary ma jor are re quired tocom plete Jap a nese 202, 301, 302, 350, 369, 401, 402, and 469;and the fol low ing ad di tional ped a gogy course: Lan guage, Learn -ing and Teach ing 307. Lan guage, Learn ing and Teach ing 307may be sub sti tuted by a Jap a nese ped a gogy course, when of -fered.

Stu dents who elect the Arabic, Chi nese, Ger man, or Japanesedis ci plin ary ma jor, or the Arabic, Chi nese, Ger man, Jap a nese,Rus sian or Teaching Eng lish to Speakers of Other Lan guages(TESOL) dis ci plin ary mi nor, must con tact the De part ment of Lin -guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages.


LINKED BACH E LOR’S-MAS TER’S DE GREE INTEACH ING ENG LISH TO SPEAK ERS OF OTHERLAN GUAGES

Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Lin guis ticsMas ter of Arts De gree in Teach ing Eng lish to Speak ersof Other Lan guages

The de part ment wel comes ap pli ca tions from Mich i gan State Uni -ver sity Lin guis tics un der grad u ate stu dents in their ju nior and se -nior year. Ad mis sion ap pli ca tions must be made dur ing the priorspring se mes ter for an an tic i pated Spring grad u a tion or the priorfall se mes ter for an an tic i pated fall grad u a tion to al low ad mis sionbe fore the fi nal se mes ter as a Lin guis tics un der grad u ate. Ad mis -sion to the pro gram re quires a min i mum un der grad u ategrade-point av er age of 3.25 and an ap proved pro gram of studyfor the Mas ter of Arts de gree in Teach ing Eng lish to Speak ers ofOther Lan guages at the time of ad mis sion. Ad mis sion to theLinked Bach e lor’s-Mas ter’s pro gram al lows the ap pli ca tion of upto 9 cred its to ward the mas ter’s pro gram for qual i fy ing 400-leveland above course work taken at the un der grad u ate level at Mich i -gan State Uni ver sity or an ex ter nal ac cred ited in sti tu tion. Thenum ber of ap proved cred its, not to ex ceed 9, are ap plied to wardthe credit re quire ment of the mas ter’s de gree. Cred its ap plied tothe Linked Bach e lor’s-Mas ter’s program are not eligible to beapplied to any other graduate degree program.

GRAD U ATE STUDY

Stu dents who are en rolled in mas ter’s or doc toral de gree pro -grams in the De part ment of Lin guis tics and Ger manic, Slavic,Asian and Af ri can Lan guages may elect an InterdepartmentalSpecialization in Cognitive Science. For ad di tional in for ma tion,re fer to the state ment on In ter de part men tal Grad u ate Spe cial iza -tions in Cog ni tive Sci ence in the Col lege of So cial Sci ence sec -tion of this cat a log and con tact the De part ment of Lin guis tics andGer manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages.

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TEACHING ENG LISH TO SPEAKERS OFOTHER LAN GUAGES

This pro gram is de signed to help meet the na tional and in ter na -tional need for teach ers of Eng lish as a sec ond lan guage.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university, of theCol lege of Arts and Let ters, and of the De part ment of Lin guis ticsand Ger manic, Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Languages, stu dentsmust meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro -gram in Teaching Eng lish to Speakers of Other Lan guages, eachap pli cant must:1. in clude in the ap pli ca tion a 500-700 word state ment pro vid -

ing the ap pli cants ac a demic back ground and rea sons forpur su ing the ad vanced de gree for which ap pli ca tion hasbeen made.

2. have three per sons who are qual i fied to com ment on the ap -pli cants abil ity to pur sue grad u ate study for ward let ters ofrec om men da tion to the de part ment.

3. have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen -eral Test for warded to the university if the ap pli cant is a na -tive speaker of Eng lish.

4. take one of the tests of Eng lish lan guage pro fi ciency de -scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log ifthe ap pli cants na tive lan guage is not Eng lish.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have:1. a bac ca lau re ate de gree in Eng lish or an other lan guage–ori -

ented field.2. a cu mu la tive grade–point av er age of at least 3.25 for the bac -

ca lau re ate de gree pro gram.In ad di tion, an in ter na tional ap pli cant is re quired to have ful -

filled the university's Eng lish lan guage pro fi ciency re quire ment as de scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log in one of the fol low ing three ways:1. have a to tal score of 600 (pa per ver sion) or 100 (internet ver -

sion) or above on the Test of Eng lish as a For eign Lan -guage with no subscore be low 55 (pa per ver sion) or 22(internet ver sion) or a min i mum to tal score of 7.0 on the In ter -na tional Eng lish Lan guage Test ing Sys tem (IELTS) with nosubscore be low 6.5.

2. have an av er age score of 85 or higher on the Mich i gan Eng -lish Lan guage As sess ment Bat tery with no subscore be -low 83 and have the ap proval of the Eng lish Lan guageCen ter.

3. have an av er age score of 85 or higher on the Eng lish Lan -guage Cen ter Test with no subscore be low 83 and have theap proval of the Eng lish Lan guage Cen ter.

Stu dents are ad mit ted for fall se mes ter only.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree in Teaching Eng lish to Speakers of Other Lan guages

Most stu dents com plete the pro gram un der Plan B (with out the -sis), al though Plan A (with the sis) is also avail able. A to tal of 37cred its is re quired for the de gree un der Plan A, and a to tal of 36cred its is re quired for the de gree un der Plan B. The stu dent's pro -gram of study must be ap proved by the stu dent’s ad vi sor. Thestu dent must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low:

CREDITS


1. Eng lish as a Sec ond Lan guage and Sec ond Lan guage Ac qui si tion.All of the fol low ing courses (24 cred its):LLT 807 Lan guage Teach ing Meth ods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 808 As sess ment for Lan guage Teach ing and Re search . . . . 3LLT 809 Teach ing Sec ond Lan guage Read ing and Writ ing . . . . . 3LLT 841 Top ics in Sec ond/For eign Lan guage Learn ing

and Teach ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 860 Sec ond Lan guage Ac qui si tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 872 Re search Meth ods for Lan guage Teach ing and

For eign/Sec ond Lan guage Learn ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 895 Eng lish as a Sec ond Lan guage: Class room Prac tices . . 3LLT 896 Practicum in Teach ing Eng lish as a Sec ond Lan guage . 3

2. The Anal y sis of Lan guage. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):LLT 822 Interlanguage Anal y sis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 846 Eng lish Struc tures and Func tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Lan guage in its So cial Con texts. One course deal ing with lan guage andcul ture, sociolinguistics, or lan guage so cial iza tion and sec ond lan guage acquisition (3 cred its).


1. Four cred its of LLT 899 Mas ter's The sis Re search.2. Pass an oral ex am i na tion in de fense of the the sis.


1. One TESOL re lated elec tive (3 cred its).2. Pass a fi nal cer ti fy ing ex am i na tion.

GER MAN STUDIES

Mas ter of Arts

The mas ter's de gree pro gram in Ger man stud ies is an in te gratedpro gram that in tro duces stu dents to a range of ap proaches in -clud ing cul tural stud ies, lit er ary stud ies, global stud ies, film stud -ies, lan guage stud ies and teach ing Ger man as a for eignlan guage. The mas ter’s pro gram is an ideal foun da tion for ad -vanced grad u ate stud ies. The de gree is also well suited for thoseteach ing in the K-12 sys tem as part of their con tin u ing ed u ca tion.Out reach and co-cur ric u lar as pects of the pro gram may alsoopen op por tu ni ties for positions in academic or professionalcontexts.


Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro -gram in Ger man stud ies, an ap pli cant must:1. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen -

eral Test for warded to the de part ment.2. In clude in the let ter re quired by the Col lege a 500–word

state ment of pur pose and sum mary of ac a demic back -ground.

3. Sub mit to the de part ment a port fo lio of rep re sen ta tive work in Ger man.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have:1. Com pleted at least 27 cred its in ap proved sec ond-, third-,

and fourth-year courses in Ger man lan guage, lit er a ture, andcul ture at the col lege level.

2. Achieved a grade-point av er age of 3.0 or higher in the lasttwo years of the un der grad u ate pro gram.

In or der to be suc cess ful in the pro gram, it is highly rec om -mended that ap pli cants have a lan guage pro fi ciency of at leastad vanced low on the Amer i can Coun cil on the Teach ing of For -eign Lan guages (ACTFL) scale.

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If an ap pli cant ap pears to have in ad e quate back ground in oneor more ar eas, ad mis sion to the pro gram may be granted pro vi -sion ally.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree in Ger manStudies

The pro gram is avail able un der both Plan A (with the sis) and PlanB (with out the sis). A to tal of 31 cred its is re quired for the de greeun der Plan A, and a to tal of 30 cred its is re quired for the de greeun der Plan B. The stu dent's pro gram of study must be ap provedby the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor. The stu dent must meet the re -quire ments spec i fied be low:


CREDITS1. Com plete both of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

GRM 810 The ory and Prac tice of Teaching Ger man . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 820 Ger man Lit er a ture and Cul ture: The ory and Prac tice . . . 3

2. Com plete one of the fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 461 Teach ing Ger man Lan guage and Cul ture. . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 815 The Schol ar ship and Prac tice of Teach ing Ger man

Cul ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33. Com plete 18 cred its from the fol low ing as ap proved by the stu dent's ad -

vi sor:a. A min i mum of 9 cred its from the fol low ing:

(1) A min i mum of 3 cred its from the fol low ing lan guage courses:GRM 460 Lin guis tic Anal y sis of Mod ern Ger man . . . . . 3GRM 805 The Ger man Lan guage: Re la tion ships,

De vel op ments, and Va ri et ies . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 891 Spe cial Top ics in Ger man Stud ies . . . . . . . . 3GRM 892 Sem i nar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 893 In ter dis ci plin ary Sem i nar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

(2) A min i mum of 3 cred its from the fol low ing lit er a ture or cul tural stud ies courses:GRM 435 18th and 19th Cen tury Ger man Lit er ary

Stud ies (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 445 20th Cen tury and Con tem po rary Ger man

Lit er ary Stud ies (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 455 Ma jor Themes in Ger man Cul tural

His tory (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 862 Ger man Stud ies: Con struc tions of Iden tity . . 3

GRM 863 Ger man Stud ies: Con struc tions of Com mu nity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

GRM 864 Ger man Stud ies: Cul tural Norms and Val ues 3GRM 865 Ger man Stud ies: Cul ture in Con text . . . . . . . 3GRM 891 Spe cial Top ics on Ger man Stud ies. . . . . . . . 3GRM 892 Sem i nar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GRM 893 In ter dis ci plin ary Sem i nar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

b. A max i mum of 9 cred its from ar eas rel e vant to the stu dent’s pro -gram as approved by the advisor. Students should consult with the advisor for a list of ap proved ar eas which will meet this re quire -ment.

4. Com plete read ings con tained in a per son al ized mas ter's read ing list.


1. Com plete 4 cred its of GRM 899 Mas ter's The sis Re search.2. Pass a fi nal oral ex am i na tion that cov ers the stu dent's pro gram of study ,

the sis, and read ing list.


Com plete one of the fol low ing:(1) Com plete 3 ad di tional cred its in courses at the grad u ate level, and pass fi nal writ ten

and oral ex am i na tions that cover the stu dent’s pro gram of study and read ing list.(2) Com plete 3 cred its of German 898 Mas ter’s Re search Pro ject, and pass a fi nal oral ex -

am i na tion that cov ers the stu dent’s pro gram of study, mas ter’s re search pro ject, andread ing list.


The Doc tor of Phi los o phy in Ger man Stud ies seeks to pro vide stu -dents with a crit i cal un der stand ing of the field of Ger man stud iesin the dig i tal age. The cur ric u lum com prises the study of lit er a ture, cul ture, lan guage and ped a gogy within the con text of the pro duc -tion and dis sem i na tion of knowl edge via me dia and tech nol ogy.The pro gram em pha sizes an in te gra tion of cur ric u lar and co-cur -ric u lar ac tiv i ties in the com pre hen sive train ing of stu dents in re -search, teach ing, ser vice, and out reach. It is ex pected that atleast two years of study will be de voted to course work. The pro -gram is de signed to be com pleted in four years.


Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de -gree pro gram in Ger man Studies an ap pli cant must:1. Have com pleted a bach e lor's or mas ter's de gree in a rel e -

vant field.2. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen -

eral Test for warded to the de part ment.3. Sub mit a let ter stat ing the applicant's ac a demic back ground. 4. Sub mit a 500-word state ment of pur pose and re search in ter -

est.5. Sub mit to the de part ment a writ ing sam ple, ei ther a sig nif i -

cant pa per or a mas ter's pro ject, writ ten in Ger man and il lus -tra tive of the ap pli cant's schol arly abil i ties.

6. Pro vide con tact in for ma tion for an in ter view.To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, the ap pli cant

must dem on strate Ger man lan guage pro fi ciency suf fi cient to pur -sue grad u ate work in Ger man, as de ter mined by pro gram fac ulty.If an ap pli cant ap pears to have in ad e quate lan guage pro fi ciency,ad mis sion to the pro gram may be granted pro vi sion ally.

Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De greein Ger man Studies

The stu dent must:1. Com plete at least 24 but no more than 39 cred its in courses

ap proved by the guid ance com mit tee, in clud ing at least 18credits in Ger man stud ies and at least 6 credits out side ofGer man stud ies ac cord ing to the stu dent’s re search in ter -ests.

2. Dem on strate pro fi ciency in Ger man and Eng lish and doc u -ment pro fi ciency in a third lan guage at a level ap pro pri ate tothe stu dent’s pro gram of study, as de ter mined by the guid -ance committee.

3. Pass writ ten and oral doc toral com pre hen sive ex am i na tions. The ex am i na tions will be ad min is tered by the stu dent's guid -ance com mit tee.a. Written com pre hen sive ex am i na tion:

The writ ten com pre hen sive ex am i na tion will con sist ofthe fol low ing parts:(1) port fo lio con sist ing of a cur rent curriculum vi tae,

an an no tated list of rel e vant course work, one orig -i nal re search pa per suit able for pub li ca tion, and are flec tive state ment on one’s re search ac tiv i ties,teach ing phi los o phy, and par tic i pa tion in co-cur ric -u lar pre-professional activities.

(2) four-hour ex am i na tion on an area or ar eas co or di -nated by the guid ance com mit tee that is based oncourses taken and a read ing list ap proved by thestu dent’s guid ance com mit tee.

To as sure breadth, the port fo lio pa per should be in adif fer ent area from the fo cus area ex am ined in the writ -ten ex am i na tion.

b. Oral ex am i na tion: The oral ex am i na tion will con sist ofthe fol low ing parts:(1) A pub lic pre sen ta tion, based on the pa per ref er -

enced in item (1) of the writ ten ex am i na tion, fol -lowed by a ques tion and an swer session.

(2) A two-hour ex am i na tion based on item (2) of thewrit ten ex am i na tion.

4. Sub mit a dis ser ta tion pro spec tus to the guid ance com mit teeno later than the end of the se mes ter fol low ing the one inwhich the stu dent passes the com pre hen sive ex am i na tions.

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Asian and Af ri can Lan guages

Ap proval of the pro spec tus is re quired be fore the stu dentmay en roll for ad di tional Ger man 999 Doc toral Dis ser ta tionRe search credits in subsequent semesters.

5. Suc cess fully de fend the dis ser ta tion.

LIN GUIS TICS

Mas ter of Arts

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university and of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire mentsspec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro -gram in lin guis tics, an ap pli cant must:1. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen -

eral Test for warded to the de part ment.2. In clude in the let ter re quired by the college a 500–700 word

state ment of pur pose and sum mary of ac a demic back -ground.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have:1. A grade–point av er age of at least 3.20 in courses com pleted

in the last two years of the bac ca lau re ate de gree pro gram.2. Com pleted an in tro duc tory sur vey course in lin guis tics.3. Com pleted at least two years of study in a for eign lan guage at

the col lege level.

Pro vi sional Ad mis sion

Per sons who have not met the re quire ments for ad mis sion onreg u lar sta tus as spec i fied above may be ad mit ted to the pro gramon pro vi sional sta tus and be re quired to com plete col lat eralcourses. A stu dent who has not com pleted an in tro duc tory sur vey course in lin guis tics must en roll in Lin guis tics 401 dur ing the firstse mes ter of en roll ment in the pro gram. A stu dent who has notcom pleted at least two years of study in a for eign lan guage at thecol lege level should en roll in a for eign lan guage course dur ing thefirst se mes ter of en roll ment in the pro gram.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De greein Lin guis tics

The pro gram is avail able un der both Plan A (with the sis) and PlanB (with out the sis). A to tal of 30 cred its is re quired for the de greeun der ei ther Plan A or Plan B. The stu dent's pro gram of studymust be ap proved by the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor. The stu -dent must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low:


CREDITS1. Com plete 30 cred its in Lin guis tics courses.2. Com plete all of the fol low ing courses with a grade of at least 3.0 in each

course: LIN 424 Pho nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

LIN 434 Syn tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 824 Is sues in Pho nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 834 Is sues in Syn tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3


1. Com plete 4 cred its of LIN 899 Mas ter's The sis Re search. No more than4 cred its of Lin guis tics 899 may be counted to ward the de gree.

2. Com plete 14 ad di tional cred its in Lin guis tics courses ap proved by thestu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor.

3. Pass an oral ex am i na tion in de fense of the the sis.


1. Com plete 18 ad di tional cred its in Lin guis tics courses ap proved by thestu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor.

2. Pass a writ ten fi nal cer ti fy ing ex am i na tion in an area of ap plied or the o -ret i cal lin guis tics.


The stu dent must main tain a cu mu la tive grade–point av er age ofat least 3.20.



Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de -gree pro gram in lin guis tics, an ap pli cant must:1. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen -

eral Test for warded to the de part ment.2. Sub mit to the de part ment a mas ter's the sis or other sam ple

of writ ten work as ev i dence of the ap pli cant's abil ity to con -duct doc toral–level re search.

3. In clude in the let ter re quired by the college a 700–1000 wordstate ment of pur pose and sum mary of ac a demic back -ground.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have:1. A bach e lor’s or mas ter's de gree in lin guis tics or re lated field.2. Com pleted at least two years of study in a for eign lan guage

at the col lege level.3. A grade–point av er age of at least 3.50 in courses com pleted

in all pre vi ous un der grad u ate or grad u ate work.

Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De gree in Lin guis tics

The stu dent must:

CREDITS1. Com plete all of the fol low ing courses with a grade of at least 3.0 in each

course. Any of the fol low ing courses or their equiv a lents may have beencom pleted prior to en roll ing in the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree pro gramin lin guis tics.LIN 431 In tro duc tion to Morphology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 437 Se man tics and Pragmatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 441 His tor i cal Lin guis tics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 824 Pho no log i cal The ory I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 825 Pho no log i cal The ory II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 834 Syn tac tic The ory I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 835 Syn tac tic The ory II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Com plete two ad di tional 800-level courses ex clud ing Lin guis tics 890, atleast one of which must be a Lin guis tics course. Ad di tional courses maybe re quired by the stu dent’s guid ance com mit tee.

3. Pres ent ev i dence of struc tural knowl edge of a lan guage out side theGer manic, Ro mance, and Slavic fam i lies. The lan guage used to sat isfythis re quire ment may be the same as the one that was used to sat isfy the for eign lan guage re quire ment for ad mis sion to the pro gram.

4. Pass the com pre hen sive ex am i na tion by sub mit ting two re search pa -pers of pub lish able qual ity in two dif fer ent ar eas of lin guis tics and pass -ing an oral ex am i na tion for each pa per. At least one of the pa pers mustbe in pho net ics, pho nol ogy, mor phol ogy, syn tax, se man tics, orpragmatics.


The stu dent must:1. Main tain a cu mu la tive grade–point av er age of at least 3.50.2. Not ac cu mu late more than 6 cred its with a grade be low 3.0 in

courses that are to be counted to ward the de gree.

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DE PART MENT ofPHI LOS O PHY

Mat thew McKeon, Chair per son

Phi los o phy ex plores our most ba sic ideas about the world, our -selves, and how we should act. Phi los o phers grap ple with suchques tions as "what can we know?" "Do our lives have mean ing?""How should we respond to the suf fer ing of oth ers?" "Do an i malshave rights?" "How should we chal lenge in jus tice?" "Do com put -ers think?" "How can we un der stand and con trol tech nol ogy?"

In ex plor ing such ques tions, phi los o phy strives to de velop theabil ity to rea son clearly, to dis tin guish be tween good and bad ar -gu ments, to nav i gate through a com pli cated maze of is sues, toclar ify puz zling con cepts, and to use in tel li gence and logic in sit u -a tions where there are fiercely op pos ing views and in ter ests. Phi -los o phy helps one un der stand and make rea soned choices ofcom pet ing the o ries or points of view in a va ri ety of con tro ver sies.Phi los o phy ex pands the stu dent’s ho ri zons by en abling the stu -dent to see be yond the world as it pres ently ex ists and de velop adis ci plined and imag i na tive aware ness of how things might be.

In their work phi los o phers con nect with many other dis ci plines.Phi los o phy makes avail able to the stu dent a sig nif i cant por tion ofthe world’s great lit er a ture, and makes the stu dent aware of theex tent to which sci en tists, art ists, po ets, ed u ca tors, and theo lo -gians have de pended on the work of phi los o phers in the course oftheir own de vel op ment. Phi los o phy places the study of such dis ci -plines as the sci ences, the arts, med i cine, and the law within abroader in tel lec tual per spec tive and pro vides log i cal and an a lyt i -cal tools for un der stand ing them. Since phi los o phy can en ter intoso many dif fer ent pro grams, philo soph i cal stud ies are an in trin siccom po nent of any lib eral or pro fes sional ed u ca tion, and manyphi los o phy stu dents pur sue an ad di tional ma jor or minor.

Un der grad u ates can choose among a ma jor and two mi nors.The ma jor in philosophy is de signed to ex pose stu dents to tra di -tional ar eas of in ter est: his tory of phi los o phy, eth ics and po lit i calphi los o phy, epis te mol ogy and meta phys ics, and log i cal and crit i -cal rea son ing. Half of the cred its re quired for the de gree are ful -filled through elec tives cho sen by the stu dent, al low ingex plo ra tion of the di verse ar eas of con tem po rary phi los o phy suchas health care, fem i nism, en vi ron ment, and crit i cal the ory. TheMinor in Philosophy is de signed for stu dents who wish to com ple -ment their ma jor pro gram with sig nif i cant work in phi los o phy cen -tered on their own in ter ests. The Minor in Philosophy and Lawpro vides stu dents at tracted to social, political, and legal issueswith the philosophical resources to engage in society.


Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree inPhi los o phy1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its, are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Phi los o phy.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Phi los o phy ma jor is met by com -plet ing Phi los o phy 492, or, with prior ap proval, Phi los o phy 499. Those courses are ref -er enced in item 3. a. (5) be low.


CREDITSa. The fol low ing Phi los o phy courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 to 40

(1) Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):PHL 210 An cient Greek Phi los o phy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 211 Mod ern Phi los o phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

(2) One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):

PHL 130 Logic and Rea soning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 330 For mal Rea son ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 432 Logic and its Metatheory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

(3) One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):PHL 340 Eth ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 350 In tro duc tion to So cial and Po lit i cal

Phi los o phy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3(4) One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):

PHL 418 Topics in 20th-Cen tury An a lyt i calPhi los o phy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PHL 420 Topics in 20th-Cen tury Con ti nen talPhi los o phy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PHL 460 Epis te mol ogy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 461 Metaphysics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

(5) The fol low ing cap stone course (3 cred its):PHL 492 Capstone for Ma jors (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3With the prior writ ten ap proval of the De part ment, Phi los o -phy 499 may be sub sti tuted for Phi los o phy 492.

(6) A min i mum of three 400-level courses, ex clud ing Phi los o phy 492 or 499. Courses used to sat isfy re quire ment 3. a. (4) may also be used to sat isfy re quire ment 3. a. (6).

(7) Phi los o phy elec tives: Ad di tional cred its in Phi los o phycourses as needed to meet the re quire ment of at least 36,but not more than 40, cred its in courses in the ma jor.

MI NOR IN PHI LOS O PHY

The Minor in Phi los o phy, which is ad min is tered by the De part -ment of Phi los o phy, will broaden stu dents’ un der stand ing ofphilo soph i cal is sues, as sist them in learn ing to think crit i cally, andto ap ply this knowl edge and un der stand ing to their chosen field ofstudy.

This mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Phi los o phy. With theap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ter the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -lor’s de gree.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments of the mi norshould con sult the un der grad u ate ad vi sor in the De part ment ofPhilosophy.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Phi los o phy

CRED ITSCom plete 18 to 20 cred its from the fol low ing:1. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):

PHL 130 Logic and Rea son ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 330 Formal Reasoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 432 Logic and its Metatheory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):PHL 101 In tro duc tion to Phi los o phy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 210 Ancient Greek Philosophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 211 Modern Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Com plete one 400-level phi los o phy course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 44. Com plete an ad di tional 9 cred its in phi los o phy courses as ap proved by

the ac a demic ad vi sor.

MI NOR IN PHI LOS O PHY AND LAW

The Mi nor in Phi los o phy and Law, which is ad min is tered by theDe part ment of Phi los o phy, com bines gen eral train ing in philo -soph i cal ideas, de bates, and meth ods with more fo cused work on the an a lyt i cal, crit i cal, and nor ma tive is sues that arise with laws,le gal in sti tu tions, and pro fes sional work.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Phi los o phy. With theap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -lor’s de gree.

Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minorshould consult an undergraduate ad vi sor in Philosophy.

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of Philosophy

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Phi los o phy and Law

CRED ITSCom plete 18 cred its from the fol low ing:1. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):

PHL 130 Logic and Rea son ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 330 Formal Reasoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 432 Logic and its Metatheory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):PHL 354 Phi los o phy of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 454 Topics in Philosophy of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):PHL 340 Eth ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 342 Environmental Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 344 Ethical Issues in Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 345 Business Ethics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 350 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy . . . . . . . . 3PHL 351 African Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 353 Core Themes in Peace and Justice Studies . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 355 Philosophy of Technology (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 356 Philosophical Aspects of Fem i nism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 357 Philosophy of Karl Marx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

4. Com plete one 400-level Phi los o phy course as ap proved by the stu dent’sacademic ad vi sor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4

5. Com plete ad di tional Phi los o phy courses as ap proved by the stu dent’sac a demic ad vi sor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 8

GRAD U ATE STUDY

The De part ment of Phi los o phy of fers two grad u ate pro grams.The Doc tor of Philosophy may be earned in five years by stu dentsen ter ing with a Bach e lor of Arts in Philosophy. Re quire ments aread justed for stu dents en ter ing with other ma jors or with a Mas terof Arts in Philosophy. The mas ter’s pro gram is avail able to thosewith less ac a demic prep a ra tion in the dis ci pline or who want a ter -mi nal mas ter’s de gree. Those who earn the mas ter’s de gree canthen ap ply for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Philosophy pro gram. Inboth pro grams there are broad dis tri bu tion re quire ments to pro -vide can di dates with a solid ground ing in most ar eas within thedis ci pline. Stu dents may spe cial ize in any of the three ar eas ofcon cen tra tion in which the department has de vel oped spe cial re -search and teach ing strengths - health care and phi los o phy orsocial and political thought (which in cludes op tions in fem i nism,crit i cal the ory, Af ri can Amer i can phi los o phy, dem o cratic the ory,eth ics and de vel op ment), and en vi ron men tal phi los o phy. Work inthe tra di tional ar eas of phi los o phy such as meta phys ics, epis te -mol ogy, phi los o phy of logic and lan guage, phi los o phy of sci ence,eth ics, the his tory of phi los o phy, and con ti nen tal phi los o phy, ispos si ble as well.

The De part ment of Phi los o phy en cour ages doc toral stu dentswith in ter ests in such ar eas as the bi o log i cal sci ences, healthcare, fem i nist stud ies, an cient stud ies, crit i cal the ory, cog ni tivesci ence, and lin guis tics, to take a lim ited num ber of courses out -side the de part ment as part of their Doc tor of Philosophy pro -gram. The de part ment also pro vides op por tu ni ties for coursework for grad u ate stu dents in other de part ments.

The de part ment’s col lec tive prac tice of phi los o phy is pro duc ing a un ion of the dis ci plin ary main stream, prac ti cal en gage ment ofphi los o phy and prac tice-driven the ory. The Phi los o phydepartment at Mich i gan State is po si tioned at the in ter sec tion ofthe pri mary so cial and sci en tific is sues of the early 21st cen tury:health, bio tech nol ogy, en vi ron ment, de vel op ment, de moc racy,the dis tri bu tion of knowl edge and power, and strug gles againstsys tem atic forms of op pres sion and ex ploi ta tion.

Stu dents who are en rolled in mas ter’s or doc toral de gree pro -grams in the De part ment of Phi los o phy may elect anInterdepartmental Specialization in Cognitive Science. For ad di -tional in for ma tion, re fer to the state ment on In ter de part men talGrad u ate Spe cial iza tions in Cog ni tive Sci ence in the Col lege ofSo cial Sci ence sec tion of this cat a log. For ad di tional in for ma tion,con tact the De part ment of Phi los o phy.

Mas ter of Arts


Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro -gram in phi los o phy, an ap pli cant must sub mit a pa per that is rep -re sen ta tive of the ap pli cant's philo soph i cal abil i ties.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have:1. A bach e lor's de gree in any field.2. A grade–point av er age of at least 3.00 in at least 15 se mes -

ter cred its of phi los o phy courses.In ad di tion, an in ter na tional ap pli cant is re quired to have ful -

filled the Uni ver sity's Eng lish lan guage pro fi ciency re quire mentas de scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of the cat a log inone of the fol low ing three ways:1. Have a to tal score of 580 (pa per ver sion) or 237 (com puter

ver sion) or above on the Test of Eng lish as a For eign Lan -guage with no subscore be low 55 (pa per ver sion) or 21(com puter ver sion) and have the ap proval of the Eng lishLan guage Cen ter.

2. Have an av er age score of 85 or higher on the Mich i gan Eng -lish Lan guage As sess ment Bat tery with no subscore be -low 83 and have the ap proval of the Eng lish Lan guageCen ter.

3. Have an av er age score of 85 or higher on the Eng lish Lan -guage Cen ter Test with no subscore be low 83 and have theap proval of the Eng lish Lan guage Cen ter.

Stu dents are usu ally ad mit ted to the pro gram for fall se mes ter.Per sons wish ing to be con sid ered for fi nan cial aid should sub mitall of their ap pli ca tion ma te ri als by no later than De cem ber 31.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree inPhi los o phy

The pro gram is avail able un der both Plan A (with the sis) and PlanB (with out the sis). A to tal of 30 cred its is re quired for the de greeun der ei ther Plan A or Plan B. The stu dent's pro gram of studymust be ap proved by the As so ci ate Chair per son. The stu dentmust meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low:


1. Com plete 30 cred its in courses at the 400 level or higher. Atleast 21 of the 30 cred its must be in Phi los o phy courses, withnot more than 8 cred its in Phi los o phy 890. The 30 cred itsmust be dis trib uted as fol lows:a. Three cred its of Phi los o phy 800.b. At least 3 cred its in each of the fol low ing four ar eas of

phi los o phy: his tory of phi los o phy, value the ory, meta -phys ics and epis te mol ogy, and logic and phi los o phy ofsci ence. The cred its and courses that are used to sat isfy re quire ment 1. c. may also be used to sat isfy re quire -ment 1. b.

c. At least 9 cred its from the fol low ing courses: Phi los o phy810, 820, 830, 840, 850, 860, 870, and 880.

d. At least 9 cred its in an area within phi los o phy re lated tothe mas ter’s the sis or pa per.

2. Pass an ex am i na tion in logic or com plete des ig nated coursework in logic as spec i fied by the de part ment.

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1. Com plete at least 4, but not more than 8, cred its of PHL 899Mas ter's The sis Re search.

2. Com plete a bib li og ra phy and the sis ac cept able to a com mit -tee of fac ulty.

3. Pass a pub lic oral ex am i na tion in de fense of the the sis that isad min is tered by a com mit tee of fac ulty.


1. Com plete a bib li og ra phy and philo soph i cal pa per ac cept -able to a com mit tee of fac ulty.

2. Pass an oral fi nal ex am i na tion that in volves a pub lic pre sen -ta tion and de fense of the pa per. The pre sen ta tion must beac cept able to a com mit tee of fac ulty.

The fac ulty mem ber who di rects the stu dent's the sis (Plan A) orphilo soph i cal pa per (Plan B) shall be a mem ber of the com mit tee.At least two mem bers of the com mit tee shall be fac ulty mem bersin the De part ment of Phi los o phy. Fac ulty mem bers from other de -part ments may serve on the com mit tee with the ap proval of theAs so ci ate Chair per son.


Only those courses for which the stu dent re ceived a grade of 3.0or higher may be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the de gree.

A stu dent may ac cu mu late no more than 6 cred its with a gradebe low 3.0 in phi los o phy courses or courses taken for the pur poseof sat is fy ing de gree re quire ments.


In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university and of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire mentsspec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de -gree pro gram in phi los o phy, an ap pli cant must sub mit to the de -part ment a sam ple of the ap pli cant's philo soph i cal writ ing.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have a bach e lor's de gree in phi los o phy or its equiv a lent. Ap -pli cants with other un der grad u ate ac a demic qual i fi ca tions may be ad mit ted pro vi sion ally. Ap pli cants with mas ter's de grees in fieldsother than phi los o phy may be ad mit ted pro vi sion ally to the Doc torof Philosophy pro gram.

In ad di tion, an in ter na tional ap pli cant is re quired to have ful -filled the Uni ver sity's Eng lish lan guage pro fi ciency re quire mentas de scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of the cat a log inone of the fol low ing three ways:1. Have a to tal score of 580 (pa per ver sion) or 237 (com puter

ver sion) or above on the Test of Eng lish as a For eign Lan -guage with no subscore be low 55 (pa per ver sion) or 21(com puter ver sion) and have the ap proval of the Eng lish Lan -guage Cen ter.



Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De greein Phi los o phy

The stu dent must:1. Com plete at least 45 cred its in courses at the 400 level or

higher in ad di tion to the cred its earned in Phi los o phy 999.Stu dents en ter ing the pro gram with a mas ter’s de gree in phi -los o phy may have up to 21 cred its to ward the Ph.D. waived,and may have up to 3 cred its in each area of re quire ment 1.b. waived, as war ranted by their ac a demic prep a ra tion in thedis ci pline of phi los o phy. Those en ter ing with mas ter’s de -grees in fields other than phi los o phy may have cred its to -ward the ar eas of re quire ment 1. b. waived, as war ranted bytheir ac a demic prep a ra tion in the dis ci pline of phi los o phy.The 45 cred its must be dis trib uted as fol lows:a. Three cred its of Phi los o phy 801.b. At least 6 cred its in courses in each of the fol low ing four

ar eas of phi los o phy: his tory of phi los o phy, value the ory,meta phys ics and epistomology, and logic and phi los o -phy of sci ence. The cred its and courses that are used tosat isfy re quire ment 1. c. may also be used to sat isfy re -quire ment 1. b.

c. At least 33 cred its from the fol low ing courses: Phi los o -phy 800, 810, 820, 840, 850, 860, 870, and 880. The 33cred its must in clude:(1) at least 2 cred its in the area of the dis ser ta tion.(2) at least 2 cred its in the mi nor field, dif fer ent from

the 2 cred its in the area of the dis ser ta tion.(3) at least 2 cred its in each of two ar eas out side the

dis ser ta tion and out side the mi nor field.Stu dents who have a mas ter's de gree in phi los o phy are

only re quired to com plete 24 cred its.d. At least 9 cred its in a dis ci plin ary or in ter dis ci plin ary mi -

nor field out side the area of the dis ser ta tion.2. Dem on strate a read ing knowl edge of one lan guage other

than Eng lish for which there is a sub stan tial lit er a ture that isre lated to the stu dent’s pro gram of study.

3. Com plete a bib li og ra phy and pro spec tus for the dis ser ta tion.4. Set a time ta ble for the com ple tion of the dis ser ta tion ac cept -

able to the stu dent’s guid ance com mit tee.


Only those courses for which the stu dent re ceived a grade of 3.0or higher may be counted to ward the re quire ments for the de gree.

A stu dent may ac cu mu late no more than 6 cred its with a gradebe low 3.0 in phi los o phy courses or courses taken for the pur poseof sat is fy ing de gree re quire ments.

GRAD U ATE SPE CIAL IZA TION IN ETH ICS ANDDE VEL OP MENT

The Spe cial iza tion in Eth ics and De vel op ment will en cour age stu -dents to be come con ver sant with rel e vant philo soph i cal the o riesof jus tice, au ton omy, com mu nity, and iden tity in re la tion to theirown par tic u lar dis ci plines. They will re late this philo soph i cal lit er a -ture and ap ply philo soph i cal skills to sub jects such as eco nomicand so cial sustainability; ra cial, gen der, and eth nic con flict; hu -man i tar ian in ter ven tion; and glob al iza tion. Stu dents and fac ultywill have the op por tu nity to ad dress col labor atively in a philo soph -i cally so phis ti cated man ner the dif fi cult eth i cal is sues that arise inthe course of so cial, eco nomic, po lit i cal, and culturaldevelopment within an increasingly inter-connected globalcontext.

The spe cial iza tion, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment ofPhi los o phy, is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in mas ter’s and doc toral pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni -

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ver sity. With the ap proval of the de part ment or school and col legethat ad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, courses that areused to sat isfy the re quire ments for the spe cial iza tion may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the grad u ate de gree pro -gram. The con tent of some elec tive courses may vary. The stu -dent’s pro gram of study must be ap proved by the Di rec tor of theEthics and Development Graduate Specialization.

Re quire ments for the Grad u ate Spe cial iza tion in Eth icsand De vel op ment

Mas ter's students must com plete 9 cred its, and doc toral stu dents must com plete 12credits from the courses listed be low as ap proved by the Di rec tor of the Spe cial iza -tion. All stu dents must take courses in at least two de part ments and at least oneelec tive course at the 800-level.

CRED ITS1. Com plete the fol low ing courses:

PHL 452 Eth ics and De vel op ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. Com plete at least 6 to 9 cred its of elec tives from the fol low ing:

De part ment of Ag ri cul tural Eco nom icsAEC 810 In sti tu tional and Be hav ioral Eco nom ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AEC 861 Ag ri cul ture in Eco nomic De vel op ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3AEC 978 Re search Meth od ol o gies in Ag ri cul tural and

Re source Eco nom ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3De part ment of An thro pol ogyANP 825 In ter na tional So cial Sci ence Re search: Meth ods

and Praxis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3ANP 831 Sem i nar in Cul tural Ecol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 436 Glob al iza tion and Jus tice: Is sues in Po lit i cal and Le gal

An thro pol ogy (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 837 Sem i nar in Eco nomic An thro pol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 859 Gen der, Jus tice, and En vi ron men tal Change:

Meth ods and Ap pli ca tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3De part ment of For estryFOR 450 For estry in In ter na tional De vel op ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3De part ment of Fish er ies and Wild lifeFW 858 Gen der, Jus tice and En vi ron men tal Change:

Is sues and Con cepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3De part ment of Ge og ra phyGEO 418 The Ghetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 432 En vi ron men tal Eth ics in Ge og ra phy (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 454 Spa tial As pects of Re gional De vel op ment . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 813 Sem i nar in Ur ban and Eco nomic Ge og ra phy . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 850 Sem i nar in Re gional Ge og ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 854 Eco nom ics of Plan ning and De vel op ment . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 872 Sem i nar in Hu man Ge og ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3De part ment of Hor ti cul tureHRT 486 Bio tech nol ogy in Ag ri cul ture: Ap pli ca tions and

Eth i cal Is sues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3De part ment of Phi los o phyPHL 440 Cen tral Is sues in Eth ics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 450 Lib eral The ory and Its Crit ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 451 Phi los o phy and the Black Ex pe ri ence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 456 Top ics in Fem i nist Phi los o phy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 485 Phi los o phy of So cial Sci ence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PHL 840 Sem i nar in Value The ory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 4PHL 850 Sem i nar in So cial and Po lit i cal Phi los o phy . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 4De part ment of Po lit i cal Sci encePLS 853 Po lit i cal Econ omy of De vel op ment Pol icy . . . . . . . . . . . . 3De part ment of Com mu nity, Ag ri cul ture, Rec re ation and Re source Stud iesRD 826 In ter na tional De vel op ment and Sustainability . . . . . . . . . 3De part ment of So ci ol ogySOC 832 In ter na tional In equal ity and De vel op ment. . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 850 Pop u la tion, Food, and De vel op ment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 864 So cial Ecol ogy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 868 Sci ence and Tech nol ogy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 869 Com mu nity and Con ser va tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 890 In di vid ual Read ings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 9

3. Stu dents must pres ent a fi nal port fo lio to the Di rec tor of the Spe cial iza -tion and a com mit tee of affiliated faculty, which includes summaries ofrelevant field work, study abroad, conference presentations, and coursework including one sam ple of their philosophical writing on an issue inethics and development.

DE PART MENT ofRE LI GIOUS STUDIES

Ar thur J. Versluis, Chair per son

Learn ing about re li gions means un der stand ing dif fer ent cul turesand de vel op ing a more global per spec tive. The re li gious stud iescur ric u lum is prep a ra tion for those who seek a ca reer in non-gov -ern ment or ga ni za tions (NGOs), non-profit or ga ni za tions, gov ern -ment col leges and uni ver si ties, or in ter na tional cor po ra tions,where a deeper un der stand ing of cul tures is es sen tial to fur ther -ing one's fu ture ca reer. The department of fers in tern ships andother op por tu ni ties for stu dents to de velop work ex pe ri ence andto ap ply the study of re li gion in in no va tive ways.

Courses in re li gious stud ies are de signed for stu dents whowish to be come fa mil iar with the es sen tial teach ings, be liefs, andeth i cal out looks of the world's re li gious tra di tions; for stu dentswhose fu ture ca reers call for greater global cul tural and re li giousaware ness; and for stu dents who are in ter ested in ex plor ing re li -gion as a field of schol arly knowl edge and hu man con cern. Re li -gious stud ies courses may be elected as sin gle courses, in ase ries of re lated courses, or in com bi na tions of sin gle coursesand se ries to form a ma jor, a mi nor, or a cog nate field of study.

Re li gious stud ies courses in ves ti gate the mul ti ple di men sionsof re li gion: re li gious texts, myths, doc trines, and rit u als, re li gionand eth ics, re li gious in sti tu tions and re li gious ex pe ri ence. Allcourses in re li gious stud ies in volve learn ing how to think and write about the va ri et ies of re li gious phe nom ena and ex pe ri ence. Be -cause re li gious world views have been such a fun da men tal fea -ture of hu man ex is tence, their sys tem atic ex plo ra tion wid ensstu dents' per spec tives, and opens us to deeper in sights into thehu man con di tion. The study of re li gious world views ap proachesre li gion com par a tively in a cross-cul tural con text.

The De part ment of Re li gious Stud ies of fers both a ma jor and ami nor in Re li gious Stud ies, as well as a mi nor in Re li gion in theAmer i cas. As part of the Re li gious Stud ies ma jor, the De part -ment of Re li gious Stud ies also of fers courses and a uniquetranscriptable con cen tra tion in Nonprofits and Lead er ship to pre -pare stu dents for ca reers in nonprofits, non-gov ern men talorganizations, or other do mes tic or international organizations.

UN DER GRAD U ATE PRO GRAM

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Re li gious Studies1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Re li gious Studies.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Re li gious Studies ma jor is met bycom plet ing Re li gious Stud ies 410 or 420 or 430 or 432 or 435 or 441 or 451 or 460 or465 or 471 or 480 or 490 or 491 or 499. Those courses are ref er enced in item 3. e. be -low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.CRED ITS

3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 to 40a. One of the fol low ing course (3 cred its):

REL 101 Ex plor ing Re li gion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 150 In tro duc tion to Bib li cal Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 205 Myth, Self, and Re li gion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

b. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its): REL 220 Re li gion in Amer ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

REL 301 Meth ods and The o ries in the Study of Re li gion . . 3c. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):

REL 310 Ju da ism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 320 Chris tian ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 330 Is lam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

d. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):REL 306 Na tive Amer i can Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 325 East Asian Bud dhism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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REL 335 East Asian Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 340 Hin du ism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 345 Re li gions of South Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 350 Bud dhism in South Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 355 South east Asian Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 360 Af ri can Re li gion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 380 New Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

e. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):REL 412 Jew ish Mys ti cism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 413 Jew ish Phi los o phy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 420 Birth of Chris tian ity (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 430 The Qur'an and its In ter pret ers (W) . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 432 Mod ern Mus lim Thought (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 435 Mu ham mad and Early Mus lim Com mu nity (W). . . 3REL 441 Bhakti Hin du ism (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 451 Mod ern Hindu Thought (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 460 Ad vanced Top ics in the Phi los o phy of

Re li gion (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 471 The Rit ual Pro cess (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 480 Comparative Stud ies in Re li gion (W) . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 485 Re li gion and Non profit Lead er ship . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 490 In de pend ent Study (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 491 Spe cial Top ics in Re li gious Stud ies (W) . . . . . . . . 3REL 493 Re li gious Stud ies In tern ship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4

f. The fol low ing courses (1 to 4 cred its):REL 499 Se nior The sis or Pro ject (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4The com ple tion of Re li gious Stud ies 499 sat is fies the cap stonecourse re quire ment for the ma jor in Re li gious Stud ies.

g. Re li gious Studies elec tives: Six additional cred its in Re li giousStudies courses as needed to meet the re quire ment of at least 34,but not more than 40, cred its in courses in the ma jor.

Non profit Lead er ship Con cen tra tion

The Non profit Lead er ship con cen tra tion is avail able to stu dentswho are en rolled in the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Re li gious Stud -ies. Stu dents who elect this con cen tra tion must com plete the fol -low ing courses, all of which may count to ward the 34 cred its incourses for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Re li gious Stud ies. Thecon cen tra tion will be noted on the student’s transcript.All of the fol low ing courses (10 to 13 cred its):REL 210 Re li gion and the En vi ron ment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 485 Re li gion and Non profit Lead er ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 493 Re li gious Stud ies In tern ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4REL 499 Se nior The sis or Pro ject (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MI NOR IN RE LI GION IN THE AMER I CAS

The Mi nor in Re li gion in the Amer i cas, which is ad min is tered bythe De part ment of Re li gious Stud ies, pro vides stu dents with thede vel op ment of crit i cal aware ness, ap pre ci a tion of cul tural dif fer -ence and di ver sity as well as a struc tured em pa thy for the “other.”

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Re li gious Stud ies or theMi nor in Re li gious Stud ies. With the ap proval of the de part mentand col lege that ad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, thecourses that are used to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat -isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re quire ments for a stu dent’s mi normust not be used to ful fill the re quire ments for that stu dent’s ma -jor.

Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minorshould consult an undergraduate ad vi sor in Religious Studies.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Re li gion in the Amer i cas

CRED ITSCom plete 15 cred its from the fol low ing:1. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):

REL 101 Ex plor ing Re li gion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 220 Religion in America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Three of the fol low ing courses (9 cred its):REL 221 Is lam in North Amer ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 240 Music and Spirituality in North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 275 Magic and Mysticism: Western Esoteric Tra di tions

and Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 306 Native American Religions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 365 Evangelicalism in the U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 375 Religion and U.S. Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 380 New Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):REL 465 Ad vanced Read ings in Amer i can Re li gion (W) . . . . . . . . 3REL 491 Special Topics in Religious Studies (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

MI NOR IN RE LI GIOUS STUD IES

The Mi nor in Re li gious Stud ies, which is ad min is tered by the De -part ment of Re li gious Stud ies, pro vides stu dents with a foun da -tional un der stand ing of re li gious tra di tions around the world.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Re li gious Stud ies or theMi nor in Re li gion in the Amer i cas. With the ap proval of the de -part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro -gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy the mi nor may also beused to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. Atleast 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re quire ments for astu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill the re quire ments forthat stu dent’s ma jor.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate ad vi sor in Re li gious Stud ies.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Re li gious Stud ies

Com plete 15 to 19 cred its from the fol low ing:CRED ITS

1. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):REL 101 Ex plor ing Re li gion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 150 In tro duc tion to Bib li cal Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 220 Re li gion in Amer ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):REL 306 Na tive Amer i can Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 310 Ju da ism(D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 320 Chris tian ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 325 East Asian Bud dhism (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 330 Is lam (D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 335 East Asian Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 340 Hin du ism (I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 345 Re li gions of South Asia (I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 350 Bud dhism in South Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 355 South east Asian Re li gions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3REL 360 Af ri can Re li gion (I). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Com plete one 400-level Re li gious Stud ies course as ap proved by thestu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4

4. Com plete an ad di tional 3 to 6 cred its in Re li gious Stud ies as ap provedby the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor.

GRAD U ATE STUDY

The De part ment of Re li gious Studies does not of fer grad u ate pro -grams. How ever, grad u ate level courses taken in the de part mentmay con sti tute a field of study in the Mas ter of Arts and Doc tor ofPhi los o phy de gree pro grams in the Col lege of Arts and Let tersand other col leges and may be used as a mi nor field in these pro -grams when ap proved by the ma jor pro fes sor or guid ance com -mit tee and by this de part ment.

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of Re li gious Studies

DE PART MENT ofRO MANCE and CLAS SI CALSTUDIES

Douglas A. Noverr, Act ing Chair per son

The de part ment of fers un der grad u ate and grad u ate pro grams inFrench, Greek, Ital ian, Latin, Por tu guese, and Span ish. The widerange of courses taught en com passes the wealth and di ver sity ofthe cul tural his tory around the globe where these lan guages havebeen spo ken.

Many courses cross dis ci plin ary bound aries to ex am ine top icsin phi los o phy, com par a tive lit er a ture, re li gion, po lit i cal the ory, and also cul tural, gen der and di as pora stud ies.

In ad di tion to reg u lar course of fer ings, the de part ment also pro -vides a num ber of op por tu ni ties for im mer sion through ourstudy-abroad programs.

Stu dents with pre vi ous for eign lan guage ex pe ri ence must takea place ment test to con tinue study in that lan guage at the ap pro -pri ate level.

The study of lan guages is an in te gral part of un der grad u ate lib -eral ed u ca tion. It is also an es sen tial com po nent of grad u ate ed u -ca tion in many fields, such as art his tory, his tory, lit er ary andcul tural study, an thro pol ogy, and lin guis tics. Knowl edge of for -eign lan guages and cul tures can be key to any ca reer path hav inga global di men sion, such as en gi neer ing, ag ri cul ture, the mil i tary,journalism, business, law, and medicine.


FRENCH

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in French1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its, are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in French.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the French ma jor is met by com plet ingFrench 320 or 340. Those courses are ref er enced in item 3. a. (1) be low.


CRED ITSa. The fol low ing French courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 to 40

(1) All of the fol low ing courses (21 or 22 cred its):FRN 320 Self-Ex pres sion in Writ ing (W) . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 321 Oral Ex pres sion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 330 French Pho net ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 FRN 340 In tro duc tion to Read ing French

Lit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 415 In tro duc tion to French Stud ies I:

Met ro pol i tan France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 416 In tro duc tion to French Stud ies II:

Francophone Cul tures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 425 Ad vanced Stud ies in French Lan guage . . . . 3

orFRN 430 French Lin guis tics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 492 Se nior Writ ing Pro ject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The com ple tion of French 492 sat is fies the cap stone coursere quire ment for the French ma jor. French 492 will be waivedfor French ma jors who study abroad on a pro gram ap provedby the de part ment.

(2) Ad di tional cred its in French courses at the 400 level asneeded to meet the re quire ment of at least 36, but not morethan 40, cred its in courses in the ma jor.

MI NOR IN FRENCH

The Mi nor in French, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment ofRo mance and Clas si cal Studies, will pro vide stu dents the op por -tu nity to ac quire ad vanced knowl edge of the French lan guageand French and Francophone cul tures.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in French. With the ap -proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re -quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill there quire ments for that stu dent’s ma jor.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate ad vi sor in French.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in French

CRED ITS1. All of the fol low ing courses (15 cred its):

FRN 320 Self-Ex pres sion in Writ ing (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 321 Oral Ex pres sion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 330 French Pho net ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 340 In tro duc tion to Read ing French Lit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . . 3FRN 415 In tro duc tion to French Stud ies I: Met ro pol i tan France . . 3orFRN 416 In tro duc tion to French Stud ies II: Francophone Culture . 3

2. Com plete 6 cred its of course work in French at the 400-level as ap -proved by the stu dent’s ac a demic ad vi sor.

MI NOR IN ITAL IAN

The Mi nor in Ital ian, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment ofRo mance and Clas si cal Stud ies, will pro vide stu dents the op por -tu nity to ac quire ad vanced knowl edge of Ital ian lan guage and cul -tures. Grad u ates with a mi nor in Ital ian will see an ad van tage intheir job search as they will be able to dem on strate to em ploy ers a rec og nized level of achieve ment in Ital ian and to com bine their in -ter est in It aly with their ca reer goals.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver -sity. Stu dents seek ing teacher cer tif i ca tion in Ital ian shouldcon sult the re quire ments for the Dis ci plin ary Teach ing Mi nor inItal ian in the De part ment of Teacher Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat -a log. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad -min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that areused to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire -ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred itscounted to wards the re quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must notbe used to ful fill the re quire ments for that stu dent’s ma jor.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate ad vi sor in Italian.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Ital ian

CRED ITSCom plete 20 or 21 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing courses (17 cred its):

ITL 201 Sec ond-Year Ital ian I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ITL 202 Sec ond-Year Ital ian II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ITL 320 Ad vanced Gram mar and Com po si tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ITL 330 Ital ian Cul ture and Civ i li za tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ITL 350 In tro duc tion to Ital ian Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):IAH 221C Great Ages: The Mod ern World (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ITL 355 Ital ian Lit er a ture in Eng lish Trans la tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ITL 360 Top ics in Ital ian Lan guage and Cul ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ROM 355 French, Ital ian and Span ish Cin ema since 1930. . . . . . . 4Stu dents must ob tain ap proval from the De part ment of Ro mance andClas si cal Stud ies prior to en roll ment in ROM 355 and IAH 221C.

SPAN ISH

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Span ish1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Span ish.

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The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Span ish ma jor is met by com plet -ing Span ish 320 and 350. Those courses are ref er enced in item 3. a. (1) be low.


CRED ITSa. The fol low ing Span ish courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 to 40

(1) All of the fol low ing courses (27 cred its):SPN 310 Ba sic Span ish Gram mar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 320 Cul tural Read ings and Com po si tion (W) . . . 3SPN 330 Pho net ics and Pro nun ci a tion . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 342 Me dia and Con ver sa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 350 In tro duc tion to Read ing His panic

Lit er a ture (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 412 Top ics in His panic Cul ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 420 Spain and its Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 432 Latin Amer ica and its Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 440 The Struc ture of Span ish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3See the De part ment for an ap proved list of courses whichmay be used to sub sti tute for Span ish 412.

(2) Three of the fol low ing courses (9 cred its):SPN 452 Top ics in Span ish Lan guage. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 462 Top ics in Span ish Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 472 Top ics in the Lit er a tures of the Amer i cas . . . 3SPN 482 Top ics in Span ish Lin guis tics . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Each course may be re peated for up to 9 cred its.

(3) Span ish elec tives: Ad di tional cred its in 400–level Span ishcourses as needed to meet the re quire ment of at least 36, but not more than 40, cred its in the ma jor.

b. In ten sive con tact with Span ish is re quired in or der to learn the lan -guage. Stu dents ma jor ing in Span ish are ex pected to studyabroad for at least eight weeks, but should a stu dent be un able tomeet that ex pec ta tion, one of the fol low ing op tions must be ap -proved:(1) res i dence for at least one se mes ter in La Casa, a cen ter for

cul tural ac tiv i ties.(2) in tern ship for at least eight weeks in a Span ish-speak ing en -

vi ron ment.(3) ser vice learn ing for at least eight weeks in a Span ish-speak -

ing en vi ron ment.Ma jors and teach ing mi nors are strongly en cour aged to take theirsec ond In te gra tive Stud ies in Arts and Hu man i ties course inSpan ish, if this op tion is avail able.

Any stu dent who can not com plete the re quired ex pe ri en tialcom po nent must en roll in Span ish 492 Se nior Writ ing Pro ject for 1credit. The com ple tion of the ex pe ri en tial re quire ment or Span ish492 sat is fies the cap stone course re quire ment for the Span ish ma -jor.

MI NOR IN POR TU GUESE

The Mi nor in Por tu guese, which is ad min is tered by the De part -ment of Ro mance and Clas si cal Studies, pro motes study of thelib eral arts and as sist in cre at ing more glob ally aware, in ter na tion -ally fo cused grad u ates with knowl edge of the lan guage as well asthe cul tures of the Por tu guese-speak ing world.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver -sity. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege thatad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that areused to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire -ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred itscounted to wards the re quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must notbe used to ful fill the re quire ments for that stu dent’s ma jor.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate ad vi sor in the De part ment ofRo mance and Clas si cal Studies.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Por tu guese

CRED ITSCom plete 17 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing courses (9 cred its):

PRT 320 Ad vanced Por tu guese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PRT 340 Top ics in Luso-Bra zil ian Cul ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PRT 350 In tro duc tion to Lit er ary Anal y sis (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Eight cred its from the fol low ing courses as ap proved by the ad vi sorfor the mi nor (8 cred its):PRT 101 El e men tary Por tu guese I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PRT 102 El e men tary Por tu guese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PRT 150 Por tu guese for Speak ers of Other Ro mance

Lan guages I (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PRT 201 Sec ond-Year Por tu guese I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PRT 202 Sec ond-Year Por tu guese II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PRT 250 Por tu guese for Speak ers of Other Ro mance

Lan guages II (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PRT 290 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4PRT 340 Top ics in Luso-Bra zil ian Lan guage and Cul ture . . . . . . 3

PRT 490 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 4

MI NOR IN SPAN ISH

The Mi nor in Span ish, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment of Ro mance and Clas si cal Studies, will promote study of the lib eralarts and as sist in cre at ing more glob ally aware, in ter na tion ally fo -cused grad u ates with knowl edge of the lan guage as well as thecul tures of the Span ish-speak ing world.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sityother than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Span ish. With the ap -proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ters the stu -dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy themi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the bach e -lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred its counted to wards the re -quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must not be used to ful fill there quire ments for that stu dent’s ma jor.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate ad vi sor in Span ish.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Span ish

CRED ITSCom plete a min i mum of 21 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):

SPN 310 Ba sic Span ish Gram mar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 320 Cul tural Read ing and Com po si tion (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Com plete 15 cred its of course work in Span ish at the 300 and 400-level asapproved by the stu dent's ad vi sor for the mi nor.


The fol low ing dis ci plin ary ma jors lead ing to the Bach e lor of Artsde gree are avail able for teacher cer tif i ca tion: French andSpanish.

The fol low ing dis ci plin ary mi nors are also avail able for teachercer tif i ca tion: French, Ital ian, Latin, Span ish-El e men tary, andSpan ish-Secondary.

Stu dents who elect one of the dis ci plin ary ma jors or one of thedis ci plin ary mi nors ref er enced above must con tact the De part -ment of Ro mance and Clas si cal Studies.


GRAD U ATE STUDY

The De part ment of Ro mance and Clas si cal Studies of fers thepro grams listed be low.

Mas ter of Arts

Ap plied Span ish Lin guis ticsFrenchHis panic Lit er a tures


French, Lan guage and Lit er a tureHis panic Cul tural Stud ies

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of Ro mance and Clas si cal Studies

AP PLIED SPAN ISH LIN GUIS TICS

Mas ter of Arts

The Mas ter of Arts De gree in Ap plied Span ish Lin guis tics is de -signed for stu dents who wish to pur sue ad vanced work in Span ish lin guis tics and fur ther de velop their flu ency in the Span ish lan -guage. In re sponse to the grow ing im por tance of Span ish in theUnited States, this pro gram pro vides a broad base in the struc -ture, us age and de vel op ment of mod ern Span ish. Thus, the de -gree is de signed to suit the needs of fu ture teach ers and teach ersal ready in ser vice, as well as stu dents with ca reer goals other than teach ing. With its strong foun da tion in lin guis tics, the Mas ter ofArts in Ap plied Span ish Lin guis tics also serves as prep a ra tion fordoc toral level work in the o ret i cal or ap plied lin guis tics or lan guage ac qui si tion.


Ad mis sion

To be ad mit ted to the Mas ter of Arts de gree in Ap plied Span ishLin guis tics with reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant must have:1. A bach e lor’s de gree in Span ish or in Lin guis tics or a bach e -

lor’s-equiv a lent de gree in Span ish phi lol ogy (in ter na tionalstu dents) with course work in Span ish at the 400-level.

2. Com ple tion of Lin guis tics 401 and Span ish 440 or theirequiv a lents.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree inAp plied Span ish Lin guis tics

The pro gram is avail able only un der Plan B (with out the sis). A to tal of 30 cred its is re -quired for the de gree. The stu dent’s pro gram of study must be ap proved by the grad -u ate ad vi sor. The stu dent must com plete the re quire ments spec i fied be low.

CRED ITS1. All of the fol low ing core courses (18 cred its):

ROM 803 Cur rent Ap proaches to Ro mance Lan guage In struc tion . 3SPN 805 Evo lu tion of the Span ish Lan guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 806 Top ics in His panic Lin guis tics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ROM 801 Top ics in Ap plied Ro mance Lin guis tics . . . . . . . 3ROM 802 Top ics in The o ret i cal Ro mance Lin guis tics. . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Com plete 6 cred its from the fol low ing courses:AL 881 Spe cial Top ics in Teach ing with Tech nol ogy in

Arts and Hu man i ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3SPN 890 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3SPN 891 Spe cial Top ics in Span ish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 6

3. Two of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):LIN 434 In tro duc tion to Syn tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 450 Child Lan guage Ac qui si tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 471 Sociolinguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 871 Ad vanced Stud ies in Sociolinguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 461 Sec ond Lan guage Ac qui si tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LLT 861 Ad vanced Stud ies in Sec ond Lan guage Ac qui si tion. . . . 3

4. Dem on strate pro fi ciency in an other Ro mance lan guage (e.g. French,Ital ian, or Por tu guese) equiv a lent to more than two years of col lege for -eign lan guage course work. This may be ful filled by suc cess ful com ple -tion of a 300-level course taught in the sec ond Ro mance lan guage or byscor ing at the In ter me di ate level on a na tion ally-normed pro fi ciency ex -am i na tion.

5. Pass a fi nal cer ti fy ing ex am i na tion based on course work and the de -part men tal read ing list for the Mas ter of Arts De gree in Ap plied Span ishLin guis tics.

FRENCH

Mas ter of Arts

The Mas ter of Arts de gree in French pro vides stu dents theopportunity to deepen their knowl edge of French andFrancophone lit er a ture, cul ture, and lin guis tics while de vel op ingthe skills nec es sary to en gage these fields in a crit i cal, pro fes -sional way. The Mas ter of Arts in French is the first step in any

num ber of ca reers, teach ing in sec ond ary schools or com mu nitycol leges, work ing in gov ern ment or in dus try, or pur su ing fur therstudy in a doc toral pro gram.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the uni ver sity and ofthe Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must also meet the re -quire ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be ad mit ted to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro gram in French onreg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant must have:1. A bach e lor's de gree in French, or have com pleted the

courses in French that are re quired for the Bach e lor of Artsde gree in French at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity or their equiv -a lents.

2. A grade–point av er age of at least 3.00 in un der grad u ateFrench lan guage and lit er a ture courses.

3. The re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen eralTest (GRE) for warded to the De part ment of Ro mance andClas si cal Stud ies.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree in French

The pro gram is avail able un der Plan A (with the sis) and Plan B (with out the sis). A to -tal of 33 or 34 cred its is re quired for the de gree. The stu dent’s pro gram of study must be ap proved by the grad u ate ad vi sor. The stu dent must meet the re quire mentsspec i fied be low:

CRED ITSRe quire ments for Both Plan A and Plan B1. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):

a. The fol low ing course:ROM 803 Foun da tions of Con tem po rary Lan guage Teach ing 3

b. One of the fol low ing courses:AL 827 Pro-sem i nar in Crit i cal and Cul tural The ory . . . . . . 3ENG 802 Lit er ary Crit i cism and The ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 850 In tro duc tion to Critical The ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ROM 805 Top ics in Crit i cal The ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Two courses in each of the fol low ing fields (18 cred its):Me di eval and Early Mod ern French Stud iesFRN 805 Evo lu tion of the French Lan guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 810 Stud ies in Me di eval French Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 815 Stud ies in 16th-Cen tury French Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 820 French Lit er a ture of the 17th Cen tury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 890 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 891 Spe cial Top ics in French. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Post-Rev o lu tion ary and Mod ern French Stud iesFRN 825 Stud ies in 18th Cen tury French Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 830 Stud ies in 19th Cen tury Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 890 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 891 Spe cial Top ics in French. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Con tem po rary French and Francophone Stud iesFRN 806 Top ics in French Lin guis tics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 835 Stud ies in 20th Cen tury Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 890 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3FRN 891 Spe cial Top ics in French. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Com plete 6 cred its of elec tives at the 400-level or above in con sul ta tionwith the stu dent’s ad vi sor. The stu dent’s ad vi sor must ap prove allcourse en roll ments. Stu dents may com plete a cog nate field out side ofthe de part ment which would in clude at least two grad u ate courses forwhich the stu dent has had suit able prep a ra tion. Courses in a lan guageother than French, if taken at the 400-level or above, may constitute acognate area.

Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan A1. Com plete 4 cred its of FRN 899 Mas ter’s The sis Re search.2. Pass a fi nal oral ex am i na tion that cov ers the stu dent’s pro gram of study,

the sis, and read ing list.Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan BCom plete one of the fol low ing op tions:1. Com plete 3 cred its of FRN 897 Mas ter’s Ex am i na tion and pass a fi nal

writ ten and oral ex am i na tion that cover the stu dent’s pro gram of studyand reading list.

2. Com plete 3 cred its of FRN 898 Mas ter’s Re search Pro ject and pass a fi -nal oral ex am i na tion that cov ers the stu dent’s pro gram of study, mas -ter’s re search pro ject, and reading list.

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of Ro mance and Clas si cal Stud ies

FRENCH, LAN GUAGE AND LIT ER A TURE


The Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree pro gram in French, lan guageand lit er a ture, pro vides study in the lan guage, lit er a ture, and cul -tures of France. Stu dents who are en rolled in the pro gram com -plete an em pha sis in French lit er a ture, the Ro mance lan guagesand lit er a tures, in ter dis ci plin ary stud ies, or com par a tive lit er a -ture.

Stu dents who are en rolled in the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de greepro gram in French, lan guage and lit er a ture, are re quired to com -plete courses in French lit er a ture. The six tra di tional fields ofFrench lit er a ture are listed be low:

Me di eval lit er a ture and Old French lan guage16th-cen tury lit er a ture17th-cen tury lit er a ture18th-cen tury lit er a ture19th-cen tury lit er a ture20th-cen tury lit er a ture

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the Uni ver sity and ofthe Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire -ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de -gree pro gram in French, lan guage and lit er a ture, an ap pli cantmust:1. Have the re sults of the Grad u ate Re cord Ex am i na tion Gen -

eral Test for warded to the De part ment of Ro mance and Clas -si cal Studies.

2. Have three pro fes sors who are qual i fied to as sess the ap pli -cant's abil ity to pur sue ad vanced grad u ate study for ward let -ters of rec om men da tion to the De part ment of Ro mance andClas si cal Studies.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have:1. A mas ter's de gree in French or a to tal of 30 cred its of ap -

proved course work.2. A grade–point av er age of at least 3.00 in un der grad u ate

French lan guage and lit er a ture courses.


Ini tially, the stu dent's guid ance com mit tee usu ally con sists of fiveor six fac ulty mem bers. Af ter the stu dent has passed the com pre -hen sive ex am i na tions, the com mit tee con sists of four fac ultymem bers in clud ing the chair per son of the De part ment of Ro -mance and Clas si cal Studies.

Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De gree inFrench, Lan guage and Lit er a ture

The stu dent must:1. Pass the Mas ter of Arts and Doc tor of Phi los o phy Qual i fy ing

Ex am i na tion in French. The stu dent must take this ex am i na -tion be fore the end of the first se mes ter of en roll ment in thepro gram. This ex am i na tion is given once in the fall and oncein the spring. A stu dent who fails this ex am i na tion may re take it only once, the next time it is of fered.

CRED ITS

2. Com plete the fol low ing courses:ROM 800 Re search Meth ods and Bib li og ra phy

of the Ro mance Lan guages 1ROM 805 Top ics in Crit i cal The ory 2

3. Com plete one of the fol low ing con cen tra tions. Courses thatwere com pleted prior to en roll ment in the Doc tor of Phi los o -phy de gree pro gram in French, lan guage and lit er a ture, maybe used to sat isfy this re quire ment.a. French Lit er a ture:

(1) At least two courses at the 800 level or above ineach of the six fields of French lit er a ture listedabove.

b. Ro mance Lan guages and Lit er a tures:(1) At least two courses at the 800 level or above in

each of four of the six fields of French lit er a turelisted above.

(2) At least two courses in each of two of the tra di -tional fields in a mi nor lit er a ture (e.g., Span ish,Por tu guese, Ital ian, or Latin).

c. In ter dis ci plin ary Stud ies:(1) At least six courses at the 800 level or above from

the six fields of French lit er a ture listed above in -clud ing:

(a) At least two courses in each of two of thefields.

(b) At least one course in each of two of the re -main ing fields.

(2) At least two courses in a cog nate area re lated toFrench lit er a ture.

(3) At least four courses from one or more of the fol -low ing ar eas: lin guis tics, ped a gogy, and cul turalstud ies.

4. Com plete ad di tional courses as re quired by the stu dent’sguid ance com mit tee.

5. Dem on strate a read ing pro fi ciency in two lan guages otherthan French or Eng lish that have a body of lit er a ture or crit i -cism rel e vant to the stu dent's area of con cen tra tion. Stu -dents are en cour aged to choose Latin as one of the twolan guages.

6. Teach at least one col lege–level course in French. 7. Pass a four-part com pre hen sive ex am i na tion that cor re -

sponds to the stu dent's con cen tra tion. The four parts in -clude:a. A four-hour writ ten ex am i na tion in the stu dent’s pri mary

field as de fined by the stu dent in con sul ta tion with theguid ance com mit tee.

b. A four-hour writ ten ex am i na tion in the stu dent’s sec ond -ary field as de fined by the stu dent in con sul ta tion withthe guid ance com mit tee.

c. A 25-page dis ser ta tion pro spec tus, in clud ing an ex ten -sive bib li og ra phy. A de scrip tion of the prob lems that arean tic i pated and the meth od ol ogy that is to be em ployedin the pro ject shall be in cluded in the pro spec tus.

d. An oral ex am i na tion re lated to items 7.a., 7.b., and 7.c.The stu dent must com plete items 7.a., 7.b., and 7.c.prior to tak ing the oral ex am i na tion.

The ex am i na tions are based upon the stu dent’s coursework and read ing lists and ad min is tered by the stu dent’sguid ance com mit tee af ter the stu dent has com pleted all ofthe courses that are re quired for the de gree, ex clud ingFrench 999.

A stu dent who fails any part of the com pre hen sive ex am i -na tion may re take that ex am i na tion only once.

8. Sub mit a dis ser ta tion based on orig i nal re search which dem -on strates a sen si tiv ity to lit er ary val ues, sound crit i cal judg -ment, and mas tery of sub ject mat ter.

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HIS PANIC LIT ER A TURES

Mas ter of Arts

The Mas ter of Arts de gree pro gram in His panic Literatures is de -signed pri mar ily for stu dents who plan to pur sue a Doc tor of Phi -los o phy de gree and to join the fac ul ties of col leges or uni ver si tiesas schol ars and teach ers. The pro gram pro vides study in the lan -guage, lit er a tures, and cul tures of Spain and Latin Amer ica, withan em pha sis on Span ish and Span ish–Amer i can lit er a tures andschol arly in ves ti ga tion.


Ad mis sion

To be ad mit ted to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro gram in His panicLiteratures on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant must have:1. A bach e lor's de gree in Span ish, or have com pleted the

courses in Span ish that are re quired for the Bach e lor of Artsde gree in Span ish at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity or their equiv -a lents.

2. A grade–point av er age of at least 3.00 in un der grad u ateSpan ish lan guage and lit er a ture courses.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree inHis panic Lit er a tures

The pro gram is avail able un der Plan A (with the sis) or Plan B(with out the sis). A minimum of 30 cred its is re quired for the de -gree. The stu dent's pro gram of study must be ap proved by thegrad u ate ad vi sor. The stu dent must meet the re quire ments spec -i fied be low:1. Com plete at least one course in each of the fol low ing fields of

Span ish and Latin–Amer i can lit er a ture:Me di eval lit er a ture and Old Span ish lan guage16th– and 17th–cen tury Span ish lit er a ture18th– and 19th–cen tury Span ish lit er a ture20th–cen tury Span ish lit er a tureCo lo nial Latin–Amer i can lit er a ture19th-cen tury Latin–Amer i can lit er a ture20th-cen tury Latin–Amer i can literature

2. Com plete at least 21 cred its in Span ish courses at the 800level or above. Courses used to sat isfy re quire ment 1. mayalso by used to sat isfy this re quire ment with ad vi sor ap -proval.

3. Plan A1. Com plete 6 cred its of SPN 899 Mas ter's The sis Re -

search.2. Pass a fi nal oral ex am i na tion that cov ers the stu dent's

pro gram of study, the sis, and read ing list.Plan B1. Pass a writ ten and oral ex am i na tion based on the stu -

dent's course work and read ing list. This ex am i na tion isgiven only dur ing the spring se mes ter.

With the ap proval of the grad u ate ad vi sor, a mi nor field of studymay be in cluded in the re quire ments for the de gree. Or di narily ami nor field con sists of at least three grad u ate courses for whichthe stu dent has had suit able prep a ra tion. Courses in a lan guageother than Span ish at the 400-level, may con sti tute a mi nor field.

HIS PANIC CUL TURAL STUDIES


The Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree pro gram in His panic Cul turalStudies pro vides study in the lit er a ture, lan guage and cul tures ofSpain and Latin Amer ica. Stu dents will se lect a pri mary and asec ond ary area of em pha sis, and may elect an em pha sis in in ter -dis ci plin ary stud ies, com par a tive lit er a ture, or Ro mance Lan -guages and Lit er a ture.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university and ofthe Col lege of Arts & Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire -ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be ad mit ted to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy in His panic Cul turalStudies with reg u lar sta tus, all ap pli cants must:1. Pos sess a mas ter’s de gree in Span ish or a to tal of 30 credit

hours of ap proved course work beyond the bach e lor’s de -gree.

2. A grade-point av er age of at least 3.25 in un der grad u ateSpan ish lan guage, lit er a ture and cul ture course work.

3. Sub mit let ters of rec om men da tion to the De part ment of Ro -mance and Clas si cal Studies from three pro fes sion als whoare fa mil iar with their work and qual i fied to as sess ap pli cant’s abil ity to pur sue ad vanced grad u ate study.


Of the four reg u lar fac ulty re quired for the guid ance com mit tee, atleast three must be mem bers of the Span ish fac ulty.

Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De gree inHis panic Cul tural Studies

1. The stu dent must com plete 24 cred its of grad u ate coursework be yond the Mas ter of Arts de gree as ap proved by thestu dent's guid ance com mit tee.

2. Dem on strate read ing pro fi ciency in two lan guages otherthan Span ish that have a body of lit er a ture or crit i cism rel e -vant to the stu dent’s area of spe cial iza tion.

3. Teach at least one col lege-level course in Span ish.4. Pass com pre hen sive ex am i na tions that con sist of:

a. Two take-home writ ten ex am i na tions based on the stu -dent’s ar eas of con cen tra tion.

b. A dis ser ta tion pro posal with bib li og ra phy.c. A two-hour oral de fense of both writ ten ex am i na tions

and the dis ser ta tion pro posal.The two take-home ex am i na tions will fo cus on the pri mary

and sec ond ary ar eas of con cen tra tion and will in clude thethe ory relevant to the spe cific area of concentration. The ex -am i na tions will be writ ten in English and Spanish.

The dissertation proposal will define the corpus ofanalysis, the methodology, the existing critical literature, andthe chapter structure of the dissertation.

The two-hour oral defense will be based on both thewritten examinations and the dissertation proposal.

All re quire ments, in clud ing writ ten examinations, dis ser ta -tion pro posal, and oral de fense must be com pleted over ape riod of a se mes ter. A pass grade re quires the fa vor ablevote of three out of four com mit tee mem bers. A stu dent whofails any of the re quire ments will be re quired to re peat that re -quire ment. If two or more re quire ments are failed, the en tireset of com pre hen sive ex am i na tions must be re peated and

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passed. A sec ond fail ure of any re quire ment ter mi nates thestu dent’s study in the department.

5. Sub mit a de tailed pro spec tus of the fi nal dis ser ta tion pro jectand a pre lim i nary bib li og ra phy to the guid ance com mit tee.This pro spec tus should in clude a de scrip tion of crit i cal prob -lems to be ex plored and the pro posed meth od ol ogy; it mustbe ap proved by the stu dent’s guid ance com mit tee.

6. Sub mit a dis ser ta tion based on orig i nal re search which dem -on strates sen si tiv ity to lit er ary and cul tural val ues, sound crit -i cal judg ment, and mas tery of sub ject mat ter.

7. Suc cess fully de fend the dis ser ta tion.

DOCTORAL CONCENTRATIONS

The fol low ing three doc toral concentrations are avail able to stu -dents who are en rolled in the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree pro -gram in His panic Cul tural Studies.

Com par a tive Lit er a ture

This concentration in volves study in the orig i nal lan guages of twolit er a tures, in ad di tion to Span ish lit er a ture. At least one of the lit -er a tures should be a non–Ro mance lit er a ture. Both of the two lit -er a tures and the re lated courses must be ap proved in ad vance by the stu dent's guid ance com mit tee. The lit er a tures avail able tostu dents who elect this concentration are:

Ro mance lit er a tures: French and Ital ian.

Non–Ro mance lit er a tures: Amer i can or Eng lish, Chi nese, Clas si cal Greek, Ger man, Latin,

and Rus sian.

Within each of the lit er a tures, the stu dent fo cuses on an areasuch as a lit er ary pe riod, theme, move ment, or genre of in ter na -tional im por tance. Courses in such dis ci plines as his tory, phi los o -phy, psy chol ogy, so cial and in tel lec tual his tory, his tory of art,mu si col ogy, and lin guis tics may be in cluded in the em pha sis, pro -vided that they are ger mane to the stu dent's area of spe cial iza -tion. Study in lit er ary crit i cism and the ory is strongly en cour aged.

In ter dis ci plin ary Stud ies

This concentration in volves study in a non lit er ary cog nate fieldout side the De part ment of Ro mance and Clas si cal Studies that isrel e vant to the stu dent's doc toral de gree pro gram. Theconcentration con sists of grad u ate courses for which the stu denthas had suit able prep a ra tion. Courses in such ar eas as art, an -thro pol ogy, ge og ra phy, his tory, lin guis tics, mu sic, phi los o phy, po -lit i cal sci ence, re li gion, and so ci ol ogy may be in cluded in theconcentration, pro vided that they, to gether with the ma jor, form auni fied and co he sive pro gram of study. Both the cog nate field and the re lated courses must be ap proved in ad vance by the stu dent's guid ance com mit tee.

For a stu dent who elects the in ter dis ci plin ary stud iesconcentration:1. at least five fac ulty mem bers, in clud ing one from the stu -

dent's cog nate field, will serve on the stu dent's guid ancecom mit tee.

2. the five writ ten com pre hen sive ex am i na tions that are re -quired for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree will be dis trib utedas fol lows: two in Span ish lit er a ture, one in Span ish cul tureand civ i li za tion, one in Span ish lan guage and lin guis tics, andone in the cog nate field.

Ro mance Lan guage and Lit er a ture

This concentration is de signed to pre pare the stu dent for a schol -arly and teach ing ca reer in a sec ond lan guage and lit er a ture. The concentration nor mally con sists of at least four courses. The lan -guages and lit er a tures avail able to stu dents who elect this em -pha sis are French, Ital ian, and Latin. Both the sec ond lan guageand lit er a ture and the re lated courses must be ap proved in ad -vance by the stu dent's guid ance com mit tee.

For a stu dent who elects the Ro mance lan guage and lit er a tureconcentration:1. at least six fac ulty mem bers, in clud ing four from Span ish lan -

guage and lit er a ture and two from the stu dent's sec ond lan -guage and lit er a ture, will serve on the stu dent's guid ancecom mit tee.

2. six, rather than five, writ ten com pre hen sive ex am i na tions will be re quired for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de gree. Four of theex am i na tions will cover Span ish lan guage and lit er a ture,and two of the ex am i na tions will cover the stu dent's sec ondlan guage and lit er a ture.

DE PART MENT ofTHEA TRE

Kirk A. Domer, Chair per son


The pur pose of this de part ment is to of fer the at ri cal ex pe ri encesof pro fes sional cal i ber to the Mich i gan State University stu dent, to of fer var i ous lev els of train ing to pre pare some stu dents for ca -reers in thea tre, and to pro vide op por tu ni ties for many stu dents toper form in all as pects of this art as an ex pres sive and so cial out -let. It is the in tent of the de part ment to pro voke and sus tain in ter -est in the thea tre as a source of truth and in sight into the hu mancon di tion, to pre serve and in ves ti gate fur ther the thea tre's his tor i -cal tra di tions, and to pres ent new plays which re flect the pres entcon di tion of so ci ety.

Bach e lor or Arts

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Thea tre is de signed for stu dentswho wish to gain broad ex pe ri ence in thea tre and its con tri bu tionsto cul tural de vel op ment. Stu dents who se lect this de gree pro -gram will de velop skills needed to cre ate and ap pre ci ate new the -at ri cal work, to un der stand the his tory of thea tre, and to helpnav i gate a pro fes sional life in the arts. They will gain a com pre -hen sion of the at ri cal the ory and prac tice as a foun da tion for grad -u ate study or for the be gin ning of a ca reer in the pro fes sion, or innu mer ous ca reer paths in the arts in dus try.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Thea tre1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Thea tre.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Thea tre ma jor is met by com plet -ing Thea tre 492. This course is ref er enced in item 3. a. (1) be low.


CREDITSa. The fol low ing Thea tre courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

(1) All of the fol low ing courses (26 cred its):THR 101 Acting I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 110 The at ri cal Play Anal y sis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 111 In tro duc tion to Tech ni cal Thea tre . . . . . . . . . 3

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THR 111L In tro duc tion to Tech ni cal Thea treLab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

THR 300A Thea tre Practicum - Pro duc tion Em pha sis . . 2THR 300C Thea tre Practicum - Area Em pha sis . . . . . . . 2THR 331 Stud ies in Con tem po rary Thea tre . . . . . . . . . 3THR 341 Be gin ning Play Di recting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 431 Stud ies in Thea tre History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 492 Se nior Sem i nar (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3The com ple tion of Thea tre 492 sat is fies the de part ment'scap stone course re quire ment.

(2) One of the fol low ing pairs of courses (4 cred its):(a) THR 211 In tro duc tion to Light ing De sign . . . . . . . 3

THR 211L In tro duc tion to Light ing De signLab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(b) THR 212 In tro duc tion to Cos tume De sign . . . . . . 3THR 212L In tro duc tion to Cos tume De sign

Lab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1(c) THR 214 In tro duc tion to Scene De sign . . . . . . . . 3

THR 214L In tro duc tion to Scene De signLab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(d) THR 216 In tro duc tion to Sound De sign . . . . . . . . 3THR 216L In tro duc tion to Sound De sign

Lab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1(e) THR 219 In tro duc tion to Dig i tal De sign . . . . . . . . 3

THR 219L In tro duc tion to Dig i tal De signLab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(3) Thea tre elec tives: 9 ad di tional cred its in Thea tre courses ap -proved by the De part ment of Thea tre. [NOTE: A stu dent with a ma jor in Thea tre may earn a max i mum of 50 cred its inThea tre and Dance courses.]


The Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree in Thea tre is de signed for stu -dents wish ing to pre pare for a pro fes sional ca reer in thea tre. Ad -mis sion to the pro gram is by au di tion and port fo lio re view, whichoc curs dur ing the spring se mes ter of each year. In ad di tion to re -quired thea tre ed u ca tion courses, stu dents choose an area ofcon cen tra tion in ei ther act ing or de sign. The con cen tra tion pro -vides highly fo cused course work de voted to pro fes sional andprac ti cal skill de vel op ment and production process andcollaboration.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts De greein Thea tre1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree as de scribed in the Un der grad -

u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its,are re quired for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de gree in Thea tre.

The Uni ver sity’s Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Thea tre ma jor is met by com plet -ing Thea tre 492. This course is ref er enced in item 3. a. be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Fine Arts de -gree. Stu dents may earn a max i mum of 70 cred its in Thea tre (THR) and Dance (DAN)courses.

3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor.CREDITS

a. All of the fol low ing courses. A min i mum grade of 2.0 in eachcourse is required:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26THR 101 Act ing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 110 The at ri cal Play Anal y sis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 111 In tro duc tion to Tech ni cal Thea tre . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 111L In tro duc tion to Tech ni cal Thea tre

Lab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1THR 300A Thea tre Practicum – Pro duc tion Em pha sis. . . . . . 2THR 300C Thea tre Practicum – Area Em pha sis . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 331 Stud ies in Con tem po rary Thea tre . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 341 Be gin ning Play Di rect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 431 Stud ies in Thea tre History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 492 Se nior Sem i nar (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3The com ple tion of Thea tre 492 sat is fies the de part ment’s cap -stone requirement.

b. One of the fol low ing pairs of courses. A min i mum grade of 2.0 ineach course is re quired: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4(a) THR 211 In tro duc tion to Light ing De sign . . . . . . . . . . . 3

THR 211L In tro duc tion to Light ing De signLab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(b) THR 212 In tro duc tion to Cos tume De sign . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 212L In tro duc tion to Cos tume De sign

Lab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1(c) THR 214 In tro duc tion to Scene De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

THR 214L In tro duc tion to Scene De sign Lab o ra tory . . . 1(d) THR 216 In tro duc tion to Sound De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

THR 216L In tro duc tion to Sound De signLab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(e) THR 219 In tro duc tion to Dig i tal De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 219L In tro duc tion to Dig i tal De sign Lab o ra tory . . . 1

c. One of the fol low ing con cen tra tions. A min i mum gradeof 2.0 in each course is re quired. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Act ing(1) All of the fol low ing courses (11 cred its):

THR 201 Act ing II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 202 Voice Stu dio I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 207 Move ment Stu dio I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 301 Act ing III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 491 Practicum: Act ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(2) At least 19 cred its from the fol low ing courses (19 cred its):THR 204 Top ics in Act ing/Di rect ing I. . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 6THR 304 Top ics in Act ing/Di rect ing II . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 6THR 401 Act ing IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 402 Voice Stu dio II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 404 Top ics in Act ing Di rect ing III. . . . . . . . . . 1 to 6THR 407 Move ment Stu dio II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 413 Stage Make-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 491 Practicum: Act ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1THR 493 In tern ship in Thea tre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3

De sign(1) Three of the fol low ing pairs of courses not taken to sat isfy

re quire ment 3. b. above (12 cred its):(a) THR 211 In tro duc tion to Light ing De sign . . . . . . . 3

THR 211L In tro duc tion to Light ing De signLab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(b) THR 212 In tro duc tion to Cos tume De sign . . . . . . 3THR 212L In tro duc tion to Cos tume De sign

Lab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1(c) THR 214 In tro duc tion to Scene De sign . . . . . . . . 3

THR 214L In tro duc tion to Scene De signLab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(d) THR 216 In tro duc tion to Sound De sign . . . . . . . . 3THR 216L In tro duc tion to Sound De sign

Lab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1(e) THR 219 In tro duc tion to Dig i tal De sign . . . . . . . . 3

THR 219L In tro duc tion to Dig i tal De signLab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

(2) At least 18 cred its from the fol low ing courses (18 cred its):THR 316 Stage Man age ment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 337 Mo tion Graphics for Per for mance De sign . . . 3THR 361 Top ics in Light ing Tech nol ogy. . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 362 Top ics in Cos tume Tech nol ogy. . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 364 Top ics in Scen ery Tech nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 369 Top ics in Dig i tal Tech nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 411 Stage Light ing De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 412 Stage Cos tume De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 413 Stage Make-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 414 Stage Scene De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 419 Dig i tal De sign for Live Performance . . . . . . . 3THR 462 The at ri cal Tour ing Pro duc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 463 Stage Rig ging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 464 Ad vanced Stagecraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 493 In tern ship in Thea tre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3

MI NOR IN THEA TRE

The mi nor in thea tre, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment ofThea tre, is de signed for stu dents wish ing to ex pand their em ploy -ment op por tu ni ties both within and out side the sphere of pro fes -sions in thea tre. In ad di tion to pre par ing stu dents for ca reers thatare di rectly re lated to thea tre, the mi nor will af ford op por tu ni ties to ex pand cre ative, pre sen ta tion, and in ter per sonal com mu ni ca tionskills that will prove use ful in vir tu ally any pro fes sional area. Themi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en rolled inbach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity otherthan the Bach e lor of Arts De gree or the Bach e lor of Fine Arts De -gree in Thea tre. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col legethat ad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses thatare used to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re -quire ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred itscounted to wards the re quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must notbe used to ful fill the re quire ments for that stu dent’s major.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments of the mi norshould con sult the un der grad u ate ad vi sor in the De part ment ofTheatre.

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Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Thea tre

Com plete 18 cred its from the fol low ing courses:CREDITS

1. All of the fol low ing courses (12 cred its):THR 101 Act ing I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 110 The at ri cal Play Anal y sis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 111 In tro duc tion to Tech ni cal Thea tre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 111L In tro duc tion to Tech ni cal Thea tre

Lab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1THR 300A Thea tre Practicum – Pro duc tion Em pha sis. . . . . . . . . . . 1THR 300C Thea tre Practicum – Area Em pha sis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. Com plete an ad di tional 6 cred its of Thea tre elec tives.

MI NOR IN DANCE

The Mi nor in Dance, which is ad min is tered by the De part ment ofThea tre, of fers a unique op por tu nity for stu dents to study danceand its the o ret i cal foun da tions. The mi nor con sists of in di vid u allypre scribed blocks of courses de signed to pro vide a guided per for -mance and ac a demic ex pe ri ence tai lored to each stu dent’s ca -reer goals. The Mi nor in Dance pre pares stu dents for ca reers thatare di rectly re lated to dance while af ford ing op por tu ni ties to ex -pand cre ative and in ter per sonal com mu ni ca tion skills that willprove useful in many professional areas.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver -sity. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege thatad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that areused to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire -ments for the bach e lor’s de gree. At least 12 unique cred itscounted to wards the re quire ments for a stu dent’s mi nor must notbe used to ful fill the re quire ments for that student’s ma jor.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate ad vi sor in the De part ment ofThea tre.

Re quire ments for the Minor in Dance

CREDITSCom plete a min i mum of 19 cred its from the following:1. All of the fol low ing courses (10 cred its): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

DAN 253 Dance Im pro vi sa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2DAN 300 Dance Practicum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1DAN 353 Laban Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3DAN 455 Dance Stud ies: Traditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 300 Pro duc tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3DAN 354 Dance Choreography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3DAN 456 Dance His tory: Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. A min i mum of 6 cred its from the fol low ing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6DAN 351 Dance Tech nique I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2DAN 352 Dance Tech nique II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2DAN 451 Dance Tech nique III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2DAN 452 Dance Tech nique IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

MI NOR IN MU SI CAL THEA TRE

The Mi nor in Mu si cal Thea tre, which is ad min is tered by the De -part ment of Thea tre, of fers a unique op por tu nity for stu dents tostudy mu si cal thea tre and its prac ti cal foun da tions. The mi norcon sists of in di vid u ally pre scribed blocks of courses de signed topro vide a guided per for mance and ac a demic ex pe ri ence tai loredto each stu dent’s ca reer goals. The Mi nor in Mu si cal Thea tre pre -pares stu dents for ca reers that are di rectly re lated to mu si calthea tre while af ford ing op por tu ni ties to ex pand cre ative, pre sen -ta tion, and in ter per sonal com mu ni ca tion skills that will proveuseful in many professional areas.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver -sity. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege thatad min is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that areused to sat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire -ments for the bach e lor’s de gree.

Students who plan to complete the requirements of the minorshould consult the undergraduate advisor in the Department ofTheatre.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Mu si cal Thea tre

CRED ITSCom plete 22 cred its from the fol low ing:1. All of the fol low ing courses (14 cred its):

THR 202L Voice Stu dio I Lab o ra tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6THR 304 Topics in Acting/Directing II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 404 Topics in Acting/Directing III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 495 Musical Theatre Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Stu dents should en roll in the ap pro pri ate topic for THR 304 and 404 asdi rected by the ac a demic advisor.

2. A min i mum of 8 cred its from the fol low ing courses:DAN 351 Dance Tech niques I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2DAN 352 Dance Technique II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2DAN 451 Dance Technique III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2DAN 452 Dance Tech nique IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Study And Par tic i pa tion In Thea tre And DanceFor Non–ma jors

Stu dents with an avocational in ter est in thea tre are urged to en roll in Thea tre 101, 110, 211, 212, 350, and 410 and 3 cred its of thea -tre his tory, and to par tic i pate in the pro duc tion pro gram of the de -part ment. Am ple op por tu ni ties for ex pe ri ence in all phases ofthea tre ac tiv ity are avail able through the Arena Thea tre and theStu dio 49 Thea tre pro grams.

The De part ment of Thea tre of fers a wide va ri ety of courses indance for stu dents who wish to study the art and par tic i pate asper form ers on an avocational ba sis. Courses in clude dance andmove ment stu dios, cho re og ra phy, labanotation, his tory of dance, and dance pro duc tion. Stu dents are ac cepted into the Mich i ganState Uni ver sity Rep er tory Dance Com pany through reg u lar au -di tions.

LINKED BACH E LOR'S-MAS TER'S DE GREE IN THEATRE

Bach e lor of Fine Arts De gree in Thea treMas ter of Fine Arts De gree in Thea tre

The de part ment wel comes ap pli ca tions from Mich i gan State Uni -ver sity Thea tre un der grad u ate stu dents in their ju nior and se nioryear. Ad mis sion ap pli ca tions must be made dur ing the priorspring se mes ter for an an tic i pated spring grad u a tion or the priorfall se mes ter for an an tic i pated fall grad u a tion to al low ad mis sionbe fore the fi nal se mes ter as a Thea tre un der grad u ate. Ad mis sion to the pro gram re quires a min i mum un der grad u ate grade-pointav er age of 3.5, com ple tion of the re quired pre req ui sites for themas ter’s pro gram and an ap proved pro gram of study for the Mas -ter of Fine Arts de gree in Thea tre at the time of ad mis sion. Ad mis -sion to the Linked Bach e lor’s-Mas ter’s pro gram al lows theap pli ca tion of up to 15 cred its to ward the mas ter’s pro gram forqual i fy ing 400-level and above course work taken at the un der -grad u ate level at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity or an ex ter nal ac cred -ited in sti tu tion. The num ber of ap proved cred its, not to ex ceed 15, are ap plied to ward the credit re quire ment of the mas ter’s de gree.Cred its ap plied to the Linked Bachelor’s-Master’s program arenot eligible to be applied to any other graduate degree program.

GRAD U ATE STUDY

The De part ment of Thea tre of fers a Mas ter of Fine Arts de greepro gram. The pro gram is de signed to pro vide ad vanced work forper sons pre par ing to teach or en ter pro fes sional thea tre.

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De part ment of Thea tre Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Fine Arts De gree

Ad mis sion

Ap pli cants must meet the gen eral re quire ments for con sid er ationfor ad mis sion to mas ter's and doc toral de gree pro grams in theCol lege of Arts and Let ters ref er enced in the Col lege state ment.

In ad di tion, an in ter na tional ap pli cant is re quired to have ful -filled the university's Eng lish lan guage pro fi ciency re quire ment as de scribed in the Grad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log in one of the fol low ing three ways:1. Have an to tal score of 580 (pa per ver sion) or 237 (com puter

ver sion) or 92 (Internet ver sion) or above on the Test of Eng -lish as a For eign Lan guage with no subscore be low 55 (pa -per ver sion) or 21 (com puter ver sion) or 20 (Internet ver sion)and have the ap proval of the Eng lish Lan guage Cen ter.




The stu dent must:1. Main tain a grade–point av er age of 3.30 or higher in courses

in the De part ment of Thea tre.2. Ac cu mu late no more than 6 cred its with a grade be low 3.0 in

courses that are to be counted to ward the de gree.


In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the university, of theCol lege of Arts and Let ters, and of the De part ment of Thea tre,stu dents must meet the re quire ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

When ap ply ing for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Fine Arts de greepro gram in thea tre, ap pli cants must se lect a con cen tra tion in ei -ther act ing or de sign. The au di tion and in ter view pro ce dures foreach con cen tra tion are as fol lows:1. Acting: Stu dents ap ply ing for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Fine

Arts de gree pro gram with a con cen tra tion in act ing must au -di tion for se lected fac ulty at na tion ally des ig nated ven ues inChi cago or New York City or on the Mich i gan State Uni ver sity cam pus. Stu dents should con tact the Head of Acting tosched ule an on-cam pus au di tion. The act ing cur ric u lum isse quen tial and ad mis sions oc cur ev ery three years.

2. De sign: Stu dents ap ply ing for ad mis sion to the Mas ter ofFine Arts de gree pro gram with a con cen tra tion in de signmust pres ent their de sign port fo lios for re view and be in ter -viewed by the de sign fac ulty. Stu dents should con tact theHead of De sign for an ap point ment.

To be ad mit ted to the Mas ter of Fine Arts de gree pro gram inThea tre on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant must have a bach e lor’sde gree in thea tre or the equiv a lent of 30 cred its in thea tre stud iesfrom a rec og nized ed u ca tional in sti tu tion.


The stu dent's guid ance com mit tee should be con sti tuted by theend of the stu dent's sec ond se mes ter of en roll ment in the pro -gram. The com mit tee de ter mines an ap pro pri ate pro gram ofstudy in con sul ta tion with the stu dent.

For a stu dent who elects the act ing concentration, the com mit -tee must con sist of two or more fac ulty mem bers in the area ofact ing and one fac ulty mem ber from out side the act ing area.

For a stu dent who se lects the de sign concentration, the com -mit tee must con sist of two fac ulty mem bers in the area of de signand one fac ulty mem ber from out side the de sign area.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Fine Arts De greein Thea tre

The pro gram is avail able only un der Plan B (with out the sis). A to -tal of 60 cred its is re quired for the de gree. The stu dent's pro gramof study must be ap proved by the stu dent's guid ance com mit tee.Stu dents must com plete one of the fol low ing con cen tra tions:

CREDITSActing (60 cred its):(1) All of the fol low ing courses:

THR 801 Practicum: Acting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18THR 804 Practicum: Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6THR 805 Practicum: Move ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6THR 830 In tro duc tion to Grad u ate Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 831 Studies in Thea tre His tory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 832 Com par a tive Drama and Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 834 Pro fes sional As pects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 870 Col lab o ra tive Stu dio in Thea tre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 894 Spe cial Pro jects in Thea tre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Elec tives ap proved by the stu dent’s guid ance com mit tee . . . . . . . . . . . 10Stu dents must en roll in 1 credit in cre ments for Thea tre 894. Each creditis as so ci ated with one of six ma jor per for mance pro jects. Stu dents mustpar tic i pate in pro duc tion ac tiv i ties dur ing each se mes ter of en roll ment inthe pro gram.

De sign (60 cred its):(1) All of the fol low ing courses:

THR 411 Stage Lighting De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 412 Stage Cos tume De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 414 Stage Scene De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 416 Au dio and Vi sual Tech nol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 419 Dig i tal De sign for Live Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 811 Practicum: De sign and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9THR 813 Pe riod Re sources and Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6THR 830 In tro duc tion to Grad u ate Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 831 Studies in Thea tre His tory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 832 Com par a tive Drama and Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 834 Pro fes sional As pects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2THR 870 Col lab o ra tive Stu dio in Thea tre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3THR 894 Spe cial Pro jects in Thea tre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Elec tives ap proved by the stu dent's guid ance com mit tee . . . . . . . . . . . 10Stu dents must en roll in 1 credit in cre ments for Thea tre 894. Each creditis as so ci ated with one of five re quired de sign pro jects. Stu dents mustpar tic i pate in pro duc tion ac tiv i ties dur ing each se mes ter of en roll ment inthe pro gram.

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ARTS AND LET TERSDe part ment of Thea tre

DE PART MENT of WRIT ING,RHET O RIC and AMER I CANCUL TURES

Jeffrey T. Grabill, Chair per son

The De part ment of Writ ing, Rhet o ric, and Amer i can Cul tures of -fers pro grams that share core un der stand ings about writ ing,namely that it is em bed ded in cul tures, in volves pur pose ful rhe tor -i cal ac tion, and in the 21st cen tury oc curs in dig i tal en vi ron mentsand is multimodal.

The First-Year Writ ing Pro gram pro vides courses that fa cil i tatestu dents’ suc cess ful tran si tion to writ ing in higher ed u ca tion andbe yond. Its 100-level courses ful fill the uni ver sity’s Tier I Writ ingrequirement.

The professional writing major leads to a Bachelor of Arts thatprepares students for ca reers as professional editors and pub -lishers, technical writers, information de velopers, and web au -thors as well as for graduate study.

The grad u ate pro gram of fers a doc tor ate in rhet o ric and writ ingand a Mas ter of Arts in dig i tal rhet o ric and pro fes sional writ ing and in crit i cal stud ies in lit er acy and ped a gogy.

UN DER GRAD U ATE PROGRAMS

PRO FES SIONAL WRIT ING

Bach e lor of Arts

The Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Pro fes sional Writ ing is a de greepro gram for stu dents wish ing to spe cial ize in writ ing as an area ofex per tise. Stu dents will de velop ad vanced writ ing skills with em -pha sis on writ ing in dig i tal en vi ron ments such as web authoringand mul ti me dia writing; on writ ing for and in di verse pub lic anddis ci plin ary com mu ni ties; and on ed it ing and pub lish ing in a va ri -ety of pro fes sional con texts. The ma jor pre pares stu dents for ca -reers in pro fes sional ed it ing and pub lish ing, tech ni cal writ ing,in for ma tion de vel op ment, com mu ni ca tions man age ment, webde sign, and web authoring. It may fur ther pre pare stu dents forgrad u ate work in rhet o ric, writ ing, tech ni cal writ ing, the teach ingof writ ing, and the study of cul ture.

Stu dents who elect the Pro fes sional Writ ing ma jor must con tact the Di rec tor of Professional Writ ing in the De part ment of Writ ing,Rhet o ric and Amer i can Cul tures. Stu dents should work closelywith the department's fac ulty ac a demic ad vi sors to shape a pro -gram that fits their ca reer in ter ests and plans. In tern ships, man -age ment of pro fes sional writ ing pro jects, and de vel op ment of apro fes sional port fo lio are all im por tant as pects of the stu dent’sprep a ra tion for work in the pro fes sion, ei ther in the work place or in grad u ate stud ies.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De gree inPro fes sional Writ ing1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor’s de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its, are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Pro fes sional Writ ing.

The Uni ver sity’s Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Pro fes sional Writ ing ma jor is metby com plet ing one of the fol low ing courses: Writ ing, Rhet o ric and Amer i can Cultures320, 331, or 380. Those courses are ref er enced in items 3. c. and 3. d. be low.


CRED ITSa. All of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

WRA 202 In tro duc tion to Pro fes sional Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 210 In tro duc tion to Web Authoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

WRA 260 Rhet o ric, Per sua sion, and Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 360 Vi sual Rhet o ric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

b. Three cred its from the fol low ing courses: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 455 Port fo lio Sem i nar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 493 In tern ship in Pro fes sional Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3Cred its earned in any of these courses may not be used to ful fill re -quire ments in items 3. c. or 3. d.

c. One of the fol low ing con cen tra tions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Dig i tal and Tech ni cal Writ ingWRA 320 Tech ni cal Writ ing (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 410 Ad vanced Web Authoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

orWRA 425 Ad vanced Mul ti me dia Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 415 Dig i tal Rhet o ric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Writ ing in Com mu ni ties and Cul turesWRA 330 Writ ing Re search in Com mu ni ties and Cul tures . . 3WRA 331 Writ ing in the Pub lic In ter est (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 453 Grant and Pro posal Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Writ ing, Ed it ing, and Pub lish ingWRA 370 In tro duc tion to Gram mar and Style in Pro fes sional

Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 380 Man ag ing Large-Scale Pub li ca tion Pro jects (W). . 3WRA 470 Ed it ing and Pub lish ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Cred its earned in any of these con cen tra tions may not be used toful fill re quire ments in items 3. b. or 3. d.

d. Nine cred its from the fol low ing courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9WRA 225 In tro duc tion to Mul ti me dia Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 308 In ven tion in Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 320 Tech ni cal Writ ing (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 330 Writ ing Re search in Com mu ni ties and Cul tures . . 3WRA 331 Writ ing in the Pub lic In ter est (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 341 Na ture, En vi ron men tal, and Travel Writing . . . . . . 3WRA 355 Writ ing for Pub li ca tion Work shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 370 In tro duc tion to Gram mar and Style in Pro fes sional

Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 380 Man ag ing Large Scale Pub li ca tion Pro jects (W). . 3WRA 410 Ad vanced Web Authoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 415 Dig i tal Rhet o ric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 420 Con tent Man age ment for Pro fes sional Writers . . . 3WRA 425 Ad vanced Mul ti me dia Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 453 Grant and Pro posal Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 455 Port fo lio Sem i nar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 470 Ed it ing and Pub lish ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 482 In for ma tion and In ter ac tion De sign . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 493 In tern ship in Pro fes sional Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . 1 to 3One or two courses from out side WRA may be used with ap provalof the stu dent's ac a demic ad vi sor. Cred its earned in any of thesecourses may not be used to ful fill re quire ments in items 3. b. or 3.c.

GRAD U ATE STUDY

CRIT I CAL STUD IES IN LIT ER ACY AND PED A GOGY

The Mas ter of Arts de gree pro gram in crit i cal stud ies in lit er acyand ped a gogy is de signed for two au di ences: 1) in di vid u als whowish to con tinue to doc toral work in rhet o ric and writ ing and 2) in -di vid u als who wish to teach or to do lit er acy work in com mu nity or -ga ni za tions, including community colleges.

The goal of the pro gram is to pre pare teach ers and re search ers in the field of com po si tion and rhet o ric or in com mu nity lit er acy.The pro gram em pha sizes the teach ing and learn ing of lan guageand lit er acy in mul ti ple con texts and mul ti ple modes, in clud ingprint, dig i tal, and vi sual, as well as re search in these ar eas. Cen -tral to the pro gram’s em pha sis is the crit i cal ex am i na tion of di ver -sity as it im pacts the teach ing of rhet o ric, writ ing and lit er acy; thede moc ra ti za tion of the class room; the role of lan guage andschool ing in so ci ety at large; and the politics of language, literacy,and culture.

The program is available with two concentration ar eas. TheRhetoric and Writing concentration is specifically designed forindividuals who wish to teach rhetoric and writing at the collegelevel and who plan to go on to advanced graduate study in writingand rhetoric studies.

The Com mu nity Teach ing and Lit er acy con cen tra tion isspe cif i cally de signed for in di vid u als who wish to teach or to do lit -er acy work in com mu nity or ga ni za tions, in clud ing com mu nity col -leges. This con cen tra tion pro vides stu dents with op por tu ni ties todi rectly ad dress com mu nity-spe cific pedagogical interests andneeds.

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In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the uni ver sity, andthe Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire -ments spec i fied be low.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Arts de gree pro -gram in crit i cal stud ies in lit er acy and ped a gogy, an ap pli cantmust:1. In clude in the let ter re quired by the col lege, a state ment pro -

vid ing the ap pli cant's ac a demic and pro fes sional back -ground and goals in pur su ing the de gree.

2. Sub mit a writ ing sam ple that re flects ap ti tude for crit i cal andschol arly writ ing. (The writ ing sam ple sup ple ments the state -ment.)

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have:1. A bac ca lau re ate de gree in Eng lish or a re lated field.2. Com pleted a min i mum of 20 se mes ter cred its in Eng lish

courses, ex clu sive of fresh man com po si tion, with agrade–point av er age of at least 3.25.

3. Com pleted two years of study in a lan guage other than Eng -lish at the col lege level. Stu dents will be ad mit ted pro vi sion -ally if this re quire ment is not sat is fied prior to ad mis sion. Thisre quire ment may be met dur ing the Mas ter of Arts in Crit i calStud ies in Lit er acy and Ped a gogy pro gram or by com ple tionof any two of the fol low ing ap plied lin guis tics courses: Lan -guage, Learn ing and Teach ing 461 or 807 or Eng lish 861 or991A. Stu dents in the Com po si tion and Rhet o ric con cen tra -tion may not use these courses to ward the de gree re quire -ments. Stu dents in the Eng lish Ed u ca tion con cen tra tion mayuse one of these courses to ward the de gree re quire ments.

Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree in Crit i calStud ies in Lit er acy and Ped a gogy

The stu dent must meet the re quire ments for ei ther the Rhet o ricand Writing or the Com mu nity Teach ing and Literacy con cen tra -tions:

Both con cen tra tions are avail able un der ei ther Plan A (with the -sis) or Plan B (with out the sis). A to tal of 31 cred its is re quired forthe de gree un der ei ther plan. Stu dents pur su ing Plan B will needto com plete ad di tional elec tive cred its to meet the re quire ment of31 cred its for the de gree. The stu dent’s pro gram of study must beap proved by the pro gram di rec tor.


CRED ITSThe fol low ing courses (7 cred its):WRA 878 Com po si tion Stud ies: Is sues, The ory, and Re search. . . . . . 3WRA 886 Master’s Research Colloquium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1WRA 888 Methods in the Teaching of College-level Writing . . . . . . . . 3

Rhet o ric and Writ ing Con cen tra tion

1. The ory or His tory. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):WRA 805 Rhet o ric The ory and His tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 882 Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Meth od ol ogy. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):WRA 870 Re search Meth od ol o gies in Rhet o ric and Com po si tion . 3WRA 872 Methods of Research in Rhetoric and Writing. . . . . . . . . 3

3. Elec tives. Com plete 15 cred its from the fol low ing:AL 881 Spe cial Top ics in Teach ing with Tech nol ogy in Arts

and Hu man i ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 805 Rhetoric Theory and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 848 American Cultural Rhetorics: Theory and Methodology . 3WRA 853 Workshop in Rhetoric and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 854 Nonfiction Writing Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 860 Visual Rhetoric Theory for Professional Writers . . . . . . . 3WRA 877 Community Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 882 Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 890 Independent Study in Rhetoric and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 891 Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 992 Seminar in Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy . . . . . . . 3

A max i mum of six cred its of ad di tional courses ap proved by the de part -ment in Arts and Letters, English, Language, Learning and Teaching, orTeacher Education.

Stu dents may not use courses listed in this elec tive re quire ment if theyhave been used to ful fill an other re quire ment.

Com mu nity Teach ing and Lit er acy Con cen tra tion

1. Com mu nity Lit er acy. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):WRA 877 Com mu nity Lit er acy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 992 Seminar in Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy . . . . . . . 3

2. Meth od ol ogy. One of the fol low ing courses (3 cred its):WRA 870 Re search Meth od ol o gies in Rhet o ric and Com po si tion . 3WRA 872 Methods of Research in Rhetoric and Writing. . . . . . . . . 3

3. Elec tives. Com plete 15 cred its from the fol low ing:WRA 415 Dig i tal Rhet o ric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 425 Advanced Multimedia Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 453 Grant and Proposal Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 805 Rhetoric Theory and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 841 Professional Writing Theory and Research. . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 860 Visual Rhetoric Theory for Professional Writers . . . . . . . 3WRA 877 Community Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 882 Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 890 Independent Study in Rhetoric and Writing. . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 891 Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 893A Internship in Rhetoric and Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 893B Internship in Professional Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 893D Internship in Literacy and Pedagogy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 992 Seminar in Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy . . . . . . . 3A max i mum of six cred its of ad di tional courses ap proved by the de part -ment in Arts and Letters, English, Language, Learning and Teaching, orTeacher Education.

Stu dents may not use courses listed in this elec tive re quire ment if theyhave been usedto ful fill an other re quire ment.

Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan A1. The fol low ing course (4 cred its):

WRA 899 Mas ter’s The sis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42. Pass an oral cer ti fy ing ex am i na tion in de fense of the the sis and on the

course work.

Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan B1. Com plete 3 ad di tional cred its cho sen in con sul ta tion with the stu dent's

guid ance com mit tee.2. Port fo lio. A port fo lio de vel oped over time must be ac cept able to the stu -

dent’s guid ance com mit tee. The pur pose of the port fo lio as a cer ti fy ingex am i na tion is (1) to dem on strate an ad vanced un der stand ing of andabil ity in prac tices in the teach ing of Eng lish, and (2) to en able the stu -dent to ar tic u late a co her ent un der stand ing of the ma jor is sues in Eng -lish ed u ca tion. The port fo lio re quire ment in cludes: (1) doc u men ta tion ofex per tise in an area of Eng lish ped a gogy, through vid eo tapes of class -room teach ing or class room ar ti facts that dem on strate com pe tence as a teacher of Eng lish. This doc u men ta tion must be ac com pa nied by a re -flec tive es say that pro vides ev i dence of how the stu dent’s stud ies haveaf fected teach ing prac tice and un der stand ing of this prac tice, and (2) asec ond re flec tive es say based on a prompt that re quires the stu dent towrite a po si tion pa per the o riz ing an im por tant is sue in the field and con -nect ing re search, the ory, and prac tice. The sub mis sion of an ac cept able port fo lio sat is fies the Uni ver sity re quire ment of a fi nal ex am i na tion oreval u a tion.

DIG I TAL RHET O RIC and PRO FES SIONAL WRIT ING

Mas ter of Arts

The Mas ter of Arts de gree in Dig i tal Rhet o ric and Pro fes sionalWrit ing serves both as a pro fes sional de gree for stu dents in ter -ested in a tech ni cal and pro fes sional writ ing ca reer track and as apre pa ra tory de gree for doc toral work in rhet o ric, writ ing, com mu -ni ca tion stud ies, me dia stud ies, or tech ni cal com mu ni ca tion. Thepro gram pro vides stu dents with a the o ret i cally grounded yet prac -ti cal ex pe ri ence in tech ni cal and pro fes sional writ ing, with a spe -cial fo cus on writ ing in dig i tal en vi ron ments.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Mas ter of Arts de gree inDig i tal Rhet o ric and Pro fes sional Writ ing an ap pli cant must:1. In clude in the let ter re quired by the col lege, a state ment that

ad dresses the ap pli cant’s goals in pur su ing the de gree.

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2. Sub mit two writ ing sam ples show ing two dif fer ent styles orgen res.

To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cantmust have a bac ca lau re ate de gree in hu man i ties, writ ing, com -mu ni ca tions or a re lated field and have com pleted a min i mum of18 se mes ter cred its in hu man i ties, writ ing, or com mu ni ca tions-re -lated fields be yond the 100-level with a min i mum grade-point av -er age of 3.25.


Re quire ments for the Mas ter of Arts De gree inDig i tal Rhet o ric and Pro fes sional Writ ing

The pro gram is avail able un der ei ther Plan A (with the sis) or PlanB (with out the sis). A to tal of 31 cred its, of which no more than 12cred its may be at the 400-level, is re quired for the de gree un derei ther Plan A or Plan B. The stu dent’s pro gram of study must beap proved by the pro gram di rec tor. The stu dent must meet the re -quire ments spec i fied be low:

CRED ITS

Re quire ments for Plan A and Plan B1. All of the fol low ing core courses (13 cred its):

WRA 415 Dig i tal Rhet o ric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 420 Con tent Strategy for Pro fes sional Writers. . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 841 Pro fes sional Writ ing The ory and Re search. . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 882 Con tem po rary The o ries of Rhet o ric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 886 Mas ter's Re search Col lo quium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. Both of the fol low ing courses (6 cred its):WRA 410 Ad vanced Web Authoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 893A In tern ship in Rhet o ric and Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Com plete a min i mum of 6 ad di tional cred its se lected from the fol low ing:AL 881 Spe cial Top ics in Teach ing with Tech nol ogy in Arts

and Hu man i ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

LIN 437 Se man tics and Pragmatics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 471 Sociolinguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 837 Ad vanced Stud ies in Se man tics and Pragmatics . . . . . . 3LIN 871 Ad vanced Stud ies in Sociolinguistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 872 Meth ods of Re search in Rhet o ric and Writing. . . . . . . . . 3WRA 877 Com mu nity Lit er acy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 878 Com po si tion Stud ies: Is sues, The ory, and Re search . . . 3WRA 890 In de pend ent Study in Rhet o ric and Writ ing. . . . . . . . . . . 1-6WRA 891 Spe cial Top ics in Rhet o ric and Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Ad di tional courses are avail able with ap proval of the pro gram di rec tor.

Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan A1. Com plete 6 cred its of Writ ing, Rhet o ric and Amer i can Cul tures 899 Mas -

ter’s The sis Re search.2. Pass a fi nal oral cer ti fy ing ex am i na tion on the the sis and course work.

Ad di tional Re quire ments for Plan B1. Com plete an ad di tional 6 cred its of course work from the list of elec tives above.2. Pass a fi nal cer ti fy ing ex am i na tion on the course work.


Stu dents must main tain a cu mu la tive grade-point av er age of atleast 3.5 in all grad u ate courses.

A stu dent may ac cu mu late no more than 6 cred its with a gradebe low 3.0 in Dig i tal Rhet o ric and Pro fes sional Writ ing coursestaken for the pur pose of sat is fy ing the de gree re quire ments.

RHET O RIC AND WRIT ING


The doc toral de gree in rhet o ric and writ ing pro vides stu dents withthe crit i cal skills nec es sary to do schol arly re search in rhet o ric

and writ ing and pre pares stu dents for fac ulty and ad min is tra tivepo si tions in uni ver sity-level writ ing and lit er acy pro grams. Stu -dents in ter ested in be com ing rhet o ric or com po si tion schol arstake courses in com po si tion ped a gogy and rhe tor i cal the ory andelect one of sev eral avail able con cen tra tions in Amer i can cul turalrhetorics, crit i cal and com mu nity literacies, dig i tal rhet o ric andpro fes sional writ ing, and teach ing Eng lish to speak ers of otherlan guages. This de gree also pre pares stu dents to study writ ingprac tices in the work place and to re search, de velop, and ad min is -ter a va ri ety of ac a demic, work place, civic, gov ern ment, non -profit, pub lish ing, and dig i tal writ ing pro jects. In ad di tion, stu dentswill be pre pared to de sign writ ing cur ric ula and train ing pro grams,do ad vanced doc u ment de vel op ment, con duct us abil ity stud iesand pub lish re sults.

Stu dents with spe cific in ter est in ed u cat ing pro spec tive teach -ers of lit er acy in uni ver sity-level po si tions in Eng lish ed u ca tion orlit er acy ed u ca tion pro grams can choose to con cen trate in crit i calstud ies in lit er acy and ped a gogy, which pre pares lit er acy ed u ca -tors who: (1) draw on crit i cal the o ries and crit i cal un der stand ing of lan guage, lit er acy, and dis course to shape pedagogies ofmultiliteracies; (2) de velop cur ric u lar prac tices that sup port stu -dents’ abil ity to read and write mul ti ple texts, (3) un der stand mul ti -ple uses of print, dig i tal and vi sual rhetorics in or der to en gagestu dents in crit i cal con sump tion pro duc tion, and de sign; and (4)un der take qual i ta tive re search in school, uni ver sity, and com mu -nity set tings.

The Col lege of Arts and Let ters rec og nizes the high im por tance of de vel op ment among its doc toral can di dates of a pro fi ciency incol lege teach ing and it strives to pro vide teach ing ex pe ri ence inthe form of grad u ate assistantships along with or ga nized dis cus -sion of the ends and means of the teach ing ca reer.

Ad mis sion

To be con sid ered for ad mis sion to the Doc tor of Phi los o phy de -gree in Rhet o ric and Writ ing an ap pli cant must:1. Spec ify the con cen tra tion the ap pli cant wishes to pur sue.2. In clude in the let ter re quired by the col lege, a state ment of

pur pose and a state ment of in struc tion phi los o phy.3. Sub mit two writ ing sam ples (ma jor re search pa per, sum -

mary of mas ter’s the sis, or dig i tal doc u ments).To be ad mit ted to the pro gram on reg u lar sta tus, an ap pli cant

must have a mas ter’s de gree or the equiv a lent, a min i mumgrade-point av er age of 3.5 in grad u ate-level courses, and at leastthree let ters of rec om men da tion from per sons qual i fied to as sessthe ap pli cant’s abil ity to pur sue ad vanced grad u ate study.

In ad di tion to meet ing the re quire ments of the uni ver sity andthe Col lege of Arts and Let ters, stu dents must meet the re quire -ments spec i fied be low.

Re quire ments for the Doc tor of Phi los o phy De gree inRhet o ric and Writ ing

The stu dent must:1. Com plete a min i mum of 27 cred its of grad u ate course work. No more than 6 cred its of

400-level course work will count to ward the de gree. 2. All of the fol low ing core courses (18 cred its):

WRA 805 Rhet o ric The ory and His tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 853 Work shop in Rhet o ric and Writ ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 870 Re search Meth od ol o gies in Rhet o ric and Com po si tion . 3WRA 878 Com po si tion Stud ies: Is sues, The ory, and Re search . . . 3WRA 882 Con tem po rary The o ries of Rhet o ric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 885 Re search Col lo quium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. Con cen tra tions.a. Com plete at least three courses, a min i mum of 9 cred its, in one of

the fol low ing con cen tra tions: Crit i cal Stud ies in Lit er acy and Ped a gogyCul tural RhetoricsDig i tal Rhet o ric and Pro fes sional Writ ing

A list of courses el i gi ble for each con cen tra tion is avail able fromthe pro gram di rec tor. Courses used to ful fill core re quire mentsmay not be used to sat isfy con cen tra tion re quire ments. Other

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con cen tra tions may be ap proved the stu dent’s guid ancecommittee.

4. Com plete the lan guage re quire ment through one of the fol low ing:a. Dem on strate sec ond-year pro fi ciency in a for eign lan guage in -

clud ing Amer i can Sign Lan guage.b. Com plete two courses in lan guage vari a tion. These courses can

not be courses used to ful fill the core or con cen tra tion re quire -ments.

c. Com plete two courses in Af ri can Amer i can ver nac u lar Eng lishand rhet o ric. These courses can not be courses used to ful fill thecore or con cen tra tion re quire ments..

d. Com plete two courses in teach ing Eng lish to speak ers of otherlan guages. These courses can not be courses used to ful fill thecore or con cen tra tion re quire ments.

e. With the ap proval of the guid ance com mit tee and as ap pro pri ateto the stu dent’s re search in ter ests, dem on strate pro fi ciency in aspe cial ized sym bolic sys tem, such as a com puter lan guage, sta -tis tics, etc.

5. Pass two writ ten com pre hen sive ex am i na tions: one on the core and oneon the ar eas of con cen tra tion.

6. Pass a pre-dis ser ta tion ex am i na tion con sist ing of an oral ex am i na tionbased on a writ ten pro spec tus and a pre lim i nary bib li og ra phy for the dis -ser ta tion pro ject.



A stu dent must main tain a cu mu la tive grade-point av er age of atleast 3.5 in all grad u ate courses.

A stu dent may count to ward the de gree only those courses inwhich the stu dent has re ceived a grade of 3.0 or higher.

A stu dent may ac cu mu late no more than 6 cred its with a gradebe low 3.0 in rhet o ric and writ ing courses taken for the pur pose ofsat is fy ing the de gree re quire ments.

A stu dent who fails the com pre hen sive ex am i na tions, thepre-dis ser ta tion ex am i na tion, or the fi nal oral ex am i na tion in de -fense of the dis ser ta tion, may re peat that ex am i na tion only once,dur ing the fol low ing se mes ter.

PRO GRAM in WOMEN,GEN DER, andSO CIAL JUS TICE

Lisa Fine, Di rec tor

The Pro gram in Women, Gen der, and So cial Jus tice is across–dis ci plin ary ac a demic unit that is ad min is tered jointly bythe Col lege of Arts and Let ters and the Col lege of So cial Sci enceand is af fil i ated with the Cen ter for Gen der in Global Con text. TheCol lege of Arts and Let ters is the pri mary ad min is tra tive unit.

The Pro gram of fers a ma jor in women's and gen der stud ieslead ing to the Bach e lor of Arts de gree and two mi nors, which to -gether pro vide in-depth op por tu ni ties to study gen der and its in -ter sec tions with other as pects of iden tity within the stu dents' fieldof in ter est. The ma jor pro vides up-to-date knowl edge aboutwomen and gen der in com par a tive, trans na tional, his tor i cal, andglobal per spec tives and equips stu dents with con tent knowl edge,the o ries, and meth ods rel e vant to a va ri ety of ca reers andprofessions.

Stu dents in other de part ments, schools, and col leges may se -lect Women's Studies courses for in clu sion in cog nates and aselec tives.

Re quire ments for the Bach e lor of Arts De greein Women's and Gen der Stud ies1. The Uni ver sity re quire ments for bach e lor's de grees as de scribed in the Un der grad u -

ate Ed u ca tion sec tion of this cat a log; 120 cred its, in clud ing gen eral elec tive cred its, are re quired for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree in Women's and Gen der Stud ies.

The Uni ver sity's Tier II writ ing re quire ment for the Women's and Gen der Stud ies ma -jor is met by com plet ing Women's Studies 492. That course is ref er enced in item 3. a.be low.

2. The re quire ments of the Col lege of Arts and Let ters for the Bach e lor of Arts de gree.3. The fol low ing re quire ments for the ma jor (33 to 35 cred its). A stu dent with a ma jor in

Women's and Gender Stud ies must earn a min i mum grade–point av er age of 2.00 inthe courses listed in items 3.a. be low.

CREDITSa. All of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 to 17

WS 201 In tro duc tion to Women's and Gen der Stud ies . . . 3WS 202 In tro duc tion to Con tem po rary Femi nisms and

Gen der The o ries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 203 In tro duc tion to Meth ods for Women's and Gen der

Stud ies Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 492 Ad vanced Sem i nar in Women's and Gen der

Stud ies (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4WS 493 In tern ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 4The com ple tion of Women's Studies 492 sat is fies the cap stonecourse re quire ment for the ma jor in Women's and Gen der Stud -ies.

b. Com plete a min i mum of 6 cred its of courses listed be low that ex -plore gen der in global per spec tive. Courses used to ful fill this re -quire ment may not be used to ful fill re quire ment 3. c. be low.Ad di tional courses may be avail able to meet this re quire ment.Stu dents should con sult with their academic ad vi sor.ANP 220 Gen der Re la tions in Com par a tive Per spec tive . . . 3ANP 270 Women and Health: Anthropological and

International Perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 431 Gender, Environment and Development. . . . . . . . 3FW 211 Introduction to Gender and En vi ron men tal Is sues 3HST 413 Families in Historical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 420 History of Sexuality since the 18th Century . . . . . . 3HST 421 Women and Gender in Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 225 Language and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MC 386 Women and Power in Com par a tive Per spec tive. . 4MC 482 Gen der and Vi o lent Con flict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 358 Phi los o phy, Gen der, and Global De vel op ment . . . 3REL 331 Is lam and Gen der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 403 Women and Change in De vel op ing Coun tries . . . 3

c. Com plete a min i mum of 12 cred its of courses from one of the fourin ter dis ci plin ary ar eas listed be low. Courses used to ful fill this re -quire ment may not be used to ful fill any other re quire ment in thema jor. Ad di tional courses may be avail able to meet this re quire -ment. Stu dents should con sult with their academic ad vi sor.Gen der, Race, Eth nic ity, and His toryANP 330 Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: An thro po log i cal

Approaches to Collective Identity . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 432 American Indian Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 433 Contemporary American In dian Com mu ni ties . . . 3ENG 350 Read ings in Af ri can, Af ri can-Amer i can, or

Af ri can Di as pora Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 351 Read ings in Chi cano and Latino Lit er a tures . . . . 3ENG 354 Read ings in Na tive American Literature . . . . . . . . 3GEO 418 The Ghetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 310 African American History to 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 311 African American History since 1876 . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 312 African American Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 313 Women in the United States to 1869 . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 314 Women in the United States since 1869. . . . . . . . 3HST 317 American Jewish History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 324 History of Sport in America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 327 History of Mexican Americans in the

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 378 Native Americans in North Amer i can His tory

to 1830. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 379 Native Americans in North American His tory

from1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 410 History of North American Urbanization . . . . . . . . 3HST 412 Women in Modern European History . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 413 Families in Historical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 420 History of Sexuality since the 18th Century . . . . . . 3MC 325 State and So ci ety in Com par a tive Per spec tive . . . 4MC 386 Women and Power in Com par a tive Per spec tive. . 4MC 388 Sex ual Pol i tics: His tor i cal and Con tem po rary

Per spec tives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 395 Cul tural Di men sions of Pub lic Af fairs . . . . . . . . . . 4SOC 215 Race and Ethnicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 216 Sex and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 315 Family and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 322 Sociology of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 361 Contemporary Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 302 Jewish Women’s Experiences and Writings . . . . . 3

Sex u al ity and Con flict/Vi o lenceANP 220 Gen der Re la tions in Com par a tive Per spec tive . . . 3CJ 425 Women and Crim i nal Jus tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3COM 391 Top ics in Ver bal, Intercultural, or Gen der

Com mu ni ca tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HDFS 145 The In di vid ual, Cou ples and Fam ily . . . . . . . . . . . 3HDFS 445 Hu man Sex u al ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 413 Ur ban Ge og ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 420 His tory of Sex u al ity since the 18th Cen tury . . . . . . 3LB 336 Gen der, Sex u al ity, Sci ence, Tech nol ogy (W) . . . . 4MC 325 State and So ci ety in Com par a tive Per spec tive . . . 4MC 386 Women and Power in Com par a tive Per spec tive. . 4

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MC 388 Sex ual Pol i tics: His tor i cal and Con tem po raryPer spec tives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

MC 395 Cul tural Di men sions of Pub lic Af fairs . . . . . . . . . . 4NEU 310 Psy chol ogy and Bi ol ogy of Hu man Sex u al ity . . . . 3PSY 339 Psy chol ogy of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 215 Race and Eth nic ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 216 Sex and Gen der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 304 Les bian, Gay, Bi sex ual, Transgender, Queer

(LGBTQ): Sex u al ity Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 301 Sex ual Vi o lence Against Women and

Chil dren: The ory and Re sponse . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 404 Women and the Law in the United States. . . . . . . 3Stu dents who se lect COM 391 must ob tain ap proval from the ac a -demic ad vi sor to en sure con tent is ap pro pri ate.

Gen der and the Arts and Hu man i tiesENG 130 Film and So ci ety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 153 In tro duc tion to Women Au thors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 350 Read ings in Af ri can, Af ri can-Amer i can, or

Af ri can Di as pora Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 351 Read ings in Chi cano and La tino Lit er a tures . . . . . 3ENG 353 Read ings in Women Writ ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 354 Read ings in Na tive Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . 3ENG 482 Sem i nar in Fem i nist Lit er ary and Cul tural

The ory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 310 Af ri can Amer i can His tory to 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 311 Af ri can Amer i can His tory since 1876 . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 312 Af ri can Amer i can Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 313 Women in the United States to 1869 . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 314 Women in the United States since 1869. . . . . . . . 3HST 324 His tory of Sport in Amer ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 317 Amer i can Jew ish His tory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 327 His tory of Mex i can Amer i cans in the

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 378 Na tive Amer i cans in North Amer i can

His tory to 1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 379 Na tive Amer i cans in North Amer i can

His tory from 1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 412 Women in Mod ern Eu ro pean His tory . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 413 Fam i lies in His tor i cal Per spec tive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 420 His tory of Sex u al ity since the 18th Cen tury . . . . . . 3MC 395 Cul tural Di men sions of Pub lic Af fairs . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 356 Philo soph i cal As pects of Fem i nism. . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 456 Top ics in Fem i nist Phi los o phy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4REL 331 Is lam and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WRA 140 Writ ing: Women in Amer ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4WS 302 Jew ish Women’s Ex pe ri ences and Writ ings . . . . . 3Stu dents who se lect ENG 130, ENG 350, ENG 351, or ENG 354must ob tain ap proval from the ac a demic ad vi sor to en sure con tent is ap pro pri ate.

Gen der Ap plied: Health, Ur ban, and Pub lic Pol icyANP 270 Women and Health: An thro po log i cal and

In ter na tional Per spec tives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 370 Cul ture, Health, and Ill ness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 436 Glob al iza tion and Jus tice: Is sues in

Po lit i cal and Le gal An thro pol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 439 Hu man Rights: An thro po log i cal

Per spec tives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CJ 425 Women and Crim i nal Jus tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3EEP 453 Women and Work: Is sues and Pol icy Anal y sis . . . 3EPI 390 Dis ease in So ci ety: In tro duc tion to Ep i de mi ol ogy

and Pub lic Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HDFS 405 Work and Fam ily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HDFS 448 Child and Fam ily Pol icy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 413 Ur ban Ge og ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 418 The Ghetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 410 His tory of North Amer i can Ur ban iza tion . . . . . . . . 3MC 380 So cial Pol icy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 386 Women and Power in Com par a tive Per spec tive. . 4NEU 310 Psy chol ogy and Bi ol ogy of Hu man Sex u al ity . . . . 3PSY 339 Psy chol ogy of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSY 320 Health Psy chol ogy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 361 Con tem po rary Com mu ni ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 375 Ur ban So ci ol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 475 Health and So ci ety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 404 Women and the Law in the United States. . . . . . . 3

MI NOR IN WOMEN'S AND GEN DER STUD IES

The Mi nor in Women’s and Gen der Stud ies, which is ad min is -tered by the Pro gram in Women, Gen der and So cial Jus tice, pro -vides stu dents with in-depth op por tu ni ties to study gen der and itsin ter sec tions with other as pects of iden tity within the stu dents’field of interest.

The mi nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en -rolled in bach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree in Women’s and Gen derStud ies or the Spe cial iza tion in Women, Gen der, and So cial Jus -tice. With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min -

is ters the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used tosat isfy the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments forthe bach e lor’s de gree.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the mi norshould con sult an un der grad u ate ad vi sor in Women, Gen der andSo cial Jus tice.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Women's and Gen derStud ies

CRED ITSCom plete a min i mum of 15 cred its from the fol low ing:1. Both of the fol low ing courses:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

WS 201 In tro duc tion to Women's and Gen der Stud ies . . . . . . . . 3WS 202 In tro duc tion to Con tem po rary Femi nisms and

Gen der The o ries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32. Com plete a min i mum of 9 cred its in courses from one of the fol low ing

ar eas:Gen der, Race, Eth nic ity, and His toryANP 330 Race, Eth nic ity, and Na tion: An thro po log i cal

Ap proaches to Col lec tive Iden tity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 425 Is sues in Med i cal An thro pol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 432 Amer i can In dian Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 433 Con tem po rary Amer i can In dian Com mu ni ties . . . . . . . . 3ENG 351 Read ings inChi cano and La tino Lit er a tures . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 354 Read ings in Na tive Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 418 The Ghetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 310 Af ri can Amer i can His tory to 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 311 Af ri can Amer i can His tory since 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 312 Af ri can Amer i can Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 313 Women in the United States to 1869 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 314 Women in the United States since 1869. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 317 Amer i can Jew ish His tory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 324 His tory of Sport in Amer ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 327 His tory of Mex i can Amer i cans in the

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 378 Na tive Amer i cans in North Amer i can His tory

to 1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 379 Na tive Amer i cans in North Amer i can His tory

since 1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 410 His tory of North Amer i can Ur ban iza tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 412 Women in Mod ern Eu ro pean His tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 413 Fam i lies in His tor i cal Per spec tive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 420 His tory of Sex u al ity since the 18th Cen tury . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 225 Lan guage and Gen der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MC 325 State and So ci ety in Com par a tive Per spec tive . . . . . . . . 4MC 386 Women and Power in Com par a tive Per spec tive. . . . . . . 4MC 388 Sex ual Pol i tics: His tor i cal and Con tem po rary

Per spec tives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 395 Cul tural Di men sions of Pub lic Af fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4SOC 215 Race and Eth nic ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 216 Sex and Gen der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 315 Fam ily and So ci ety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 322 So ci ol ogy of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 361 Con tem po rary Com mu ni ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 302 Jew ish Women’s Ex pe ri ences and Writ ings . . . . . . . . . . 3Sex u al ity and Con flict/Vi o lenceANP 220 Gen der Re la tions in Com par a tive Per spec tive . . . . . . . . 3CJ 425 Women and Crim i nal Jus tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3COM 391 Top ics in Ver bal, Intercultural, or Gen der

Com mu ni ca tions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4GEO 413 Ur ban Ge og ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HDFS 145 The In di vid ual, Mar riage and the Fam ily . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HDFS 445 Hu man Sex u al ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 420 His tory of Sex u al ity since the 18th Cen tury . . . . . . . . . . . 3LB 336 Gen der, Sex u al ity, Sci ence, and Tech nol ogy (W) . . . . . 4MC 325 State and So ci ety in Com par a tive Per spec tive . . . . . . . . 4MC 386 Women and Power in Com par a tive Per spec tive. . . . . . . 4MC 388 Sex ual Pol i tics: His tor i cal and Con tem po rary

Per spec tives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 395 Cul tural Di men sions of Pub lic Af fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4NEU 310 Psy chol ogy and Bi ol ogy of Hu man Sex u al ity . . . . . . . . . 3PSY 339 Psy chol ogy of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 215 Race and Eth nic ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 216 Sex and Gen der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 301 Sex ual Vi o lence Against Women and

Chil dren: The ory and Re sponse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 304 Les bian, Gay, Bi sex ual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ)

and Sex u al ity Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 404 Women and the Law in the United States. . . . . . . . . . . . 3Gen der and the Arts and Hu man i tiesENG 130 Film and So ci ety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 153 In tro duc tion to Women Au thors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 351 Read ings in Chi cano and La tino Lit er a tures . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 353 Read ings in Women and Lit er a ture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 354 Read ings in Na tive Amer i can Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 482 Sem i nar in Fem i nist Lit er ary and Cul tural The ory. . . . . . 3HST 310 Af ri can Amer i can His tory to 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 311 Af ri can Amer i can His tory since 1876 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 312 Af ri can Amer i can Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 313 Women in the United States to 1869 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 314 Women in the United States since 1869. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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HST 317 Amer i can Jew ish His tory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 324 His tory of Sport in Amer ica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 327 His tory of Mex i can Amer i cans in the

United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 378 Na tive Amer i cans in North Amer i can

His tory to 1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 379 Na tive Amer i cans in North Amer i can

His tory from 1830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 412 Women in Mod ern Eu ro pean His tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 413 Fam i lies in His tor i cal Per spec tive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 420 His tory of Sex u al ity since the 18th Cen tury . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 225 Lan guage and Gen der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MC 395 Cul tural Di men sions of Pub lic Af fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 356 Philo soph i cal As pects of Fem i nism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 456 Top ics in Fem i nist Phi los o phy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4WS 302 Jew ish Women’s Ex pe ri ences and Writ ings . . . . . . . . . . 3Gen der Ap plied: Health, Ur ban, and Pub lic Pol icyANP 270 Women and Health: An thro po log i cal and

In ter na tional Per spec tives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 370 Cul ture, Health, and Ill ness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 435 Is sues in La tino Health: The ory and

Method in Mi nor ity Health Re search . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 436 Glob al iza tion and Jus tice: Is sues in

Po lit i cal and Le gal An thro pol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 439 Hu man Rights: An thro po log i cal

Per spec tives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CJ 425 Women and Crim i nal Jus tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3EEP 453 Women and Work: Is sues and Pol icy Anal y sis . . . . . . . . 3EPI 390 Dis ease in So ci ety: In tro duc tion to Ep i de mi ol ogy

and Pub lic Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4FW 211 In tro duc tion to Gen der and En vi ron men tal

Is sues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 413 Ur ban Ge og ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3GEO 418 The Ghetto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HDFS 405 Work and Fam ily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HDFS 448 Child and Fam ily Pol icy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 410 His tory of North Amer i can Ur ban iza tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 425 Amer i can and Eu ro pean Health Care since 1800. . . . . . 4ISS 320 World Ur ban Sys tems (I) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 380 So cial Pol icy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 386 Women and Power in Com par a tive Per spec tive. . . . . . . 4NEU 310 Psy chol ogy and Bi ol ogy of Hu man Sex u al ity . . . . . . . . . 3PSY 339 Psy chol ogy of Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PSY 320 Health Psy chol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 361 Con tem po rary Com mu ni ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 375 Ur ban So ci ol ogy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 475 Health and Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 404 Women and the Law in the United States. . . . . . . . . . . . 3A list of ad di tional ap proved courses is main tained by the ad vi sor inWomen's and Gen der Stud ies. Spe cific courses on this list will ful fill themi nor re quire ments when the top ics in clude suf fi cient con tent re gard ingwomen, gen der, and one area.

MI NOR IN LES BIAN, GAY, BI SEX UAL,TRANSGENDER, QUEER AND SEX U AL ITY STUD IES

The Mi nor in Les bian, Gay, Bi sex ual, Transgender, Queer andSex u al ity Stud ies (LGBTQ) is de signed to pro vide op por tu ni tiesfor un der grad u ate stu dents to ob tain a com pre hen sive, global,cross/in ter dis ci plin ary ac a demic ex pe ri ence in sexualities, gen -der iden tity and ex pres sion, and queer iden ti ties and ac tiv ism.The mi nor com ple ments a wide range of ma jors and is es pe ciallysuited for stu dents who plan to work with and ad vo cate for is suesof di ver sity, in clu sion, and cross-cul tural un der stand ings. The mi -nor is avail able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en rolled inbach e lor’s de gree pro grams at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity andadministered by the Program in Women, Gender and SocialJustice.

With the ap proval of the de part ment and col lege that ad min is ter the stu dent’s de gree pro gram, the courses that are used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the mi nor may also be used to sat isfy the re -quire ments for the bach e lor’s degree.

Re quire ments for the Mi nor in Les bian, Gay,Bi sex ual, Transgender, Queer and Sexuality Stud ies

CRED ITSStu dents must com plete 15 cred its, with a min i mum of five courses,from the following:1. The fol low ing course (3 cred its):

WS 304 Les bian, Gay, Bi sex ual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ)and Sex u al ity Studies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. Two of the fol low ing courses (5 to 8 cred its):ENG 355 Read ings in Sex u al ity and Lit er a ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 448 Seminar in Gender and Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

HA 491 Spe cial Top ics in His tory of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4HDFS 445 Human Sexuality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 420 History of Sexuality since the 18th Century . . . . . . . . . . . 3LB 333 Topics in History of Sci ence (W) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4LB 492 Senior Seminar (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MC 388 Sexual Politics: Historical and Con tem po rary

Per spec tives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4MUS 424 Music, Sexuality, and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2PSY 310 Psychology and Biology of Human Sexuality . . . . . . . . . 3Stu dents must con sult with the mi nor ad vi sor prior to en roll ment in Eng -lish 448, His tory of Art 491, Lyman Briggs 333 and 492 to en sure thatthese courses contain adequate LGBTQ studies content as the contentvaries by instructor.

3. One of the fol low ing courses (3 or 4 cred its):ANP 220 Gen der Re la tions in Com par a tive Per spec tive . . . . . . . . 3FLM 452 Studies in Film, Gen der, and Sex u al ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3LIN 225 Language and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3TE 448 Issues of Diversity in Children’s and Ad o les cent

Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 201 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Stud ies . . . . . . . . 3WS 202 Introduction to Contemporary Feminisms and

Gen der Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3WS 492 Advanced Seminar in Women’s and Gen der

Stud ies (W). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Stu dents must con sult with the minor ad vi sor prior to en roll ment in Eng -lish 431C and Teacher Ed u ca tion 448 to en sure that these coursescontain adequate LGBTQ studies content as the content varies byinstructor. A list of other courses that may be appropriate as electives isavailable from the spe cial iza tion ad vi sor.

Stu dents who se lect WS 492 to ful fill this re quire ment may not usethat course to ful fill the cap stone re quire ment in item 4. be low.

4. One of the fol low ing cap stone courses (3 or 4 cred its):WS 490 In de pend ent Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4WS 492 Advanced Seminar in Women’s and Gender Studies . . . 4WS 493 Internship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 or 4Stu dents must con sult with the ad vi sor prior to en roll ment in a cap stone course to en -sure that the course cContains adequate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Studies content as the content varies by Instructor. A list of other courses that may beappropriate as a capstone course is available from the advisor. Students who selectWS 492 to fulfill this requirement may not use that course to fulfill requirement 3.above.

Stu dents who are also com plet ing the Mi nor in Women’s and Gen der Stud ies mayonly use WS 201, 201, or 304 in ful fill ment of the re quire ments for both mi nors.

SPE CIAL IZA TION IN WOMEN, GEN DER, ANDSO CIAL JUS TICE

The Spe cial iza tion in Women, Gen der, and So cial Jus tice is avail -able as an elec tive to stu dents who are en rolled in bach e lor’s de -gree pro grams other than the Bach e lor of Arts De gree inWomen’s and Gen der Stud ies at Mich i gan State Uni ver sity. Thisin ter dis ci plin ary and cross-dis ci pline spe cial iza tion pro vides stu -dents with in-depth op por tu ni ties to study gen der and its in ter sec -tions with other as pects of iden tity within the stu dents’ field ofin ter est. To day’s schol ars are broad en ing un der stand ings of gen -der and gen der iden tity. Cut ting-edge schol ar ship is ex am in ingthe mul ti ple ways that in di vid u als and groups ex pe ri ence op pres -sion and re sis tance to op pres sion. Stu dents en rolled in this spe -cial iza tion will be able to ap ply such un der stand ings to their fieldsof in ter est through spe cific con tent ar eas which in clude gen der,race, and eth nic iden tity; gen der and sex u al ity; gen der, his tory,and nar ra tive; gen der con flict or vi o lence; gen der and pub lic pol -icy; gen der and lit er ary, vi sual and per for mance arts; gen der andhealth; and gen der and ur ban spaces.

Stu dents who plan to com plete the re quire ments for the Spe -cial iza tion in Women, Gen der, and So cial Jus tice must con tactthe ad vi sor for this spe cial iza tion. The stu dent’s pro gram of studymust be ap proved by the spe cial iza tion ad vi sor in ad vance and inwrit ing. Stu dents who pur sue the Spe cial iza tion in Women, Gen -der, and So cial Jus tice and are in ter ested in ap ply ing to the Bach -e lor of Arts de gree pro gram in Women’s and Gen der Stud iesshould con sult an ac a demic ad vi sor prior to com ple tion of anyelec tive cred its in the spe cial iza tion. Stu dents will be ex pected toen roll in courses that in clude cross-dis ci plin ary per spec tiveswithin the con tent area of their choosing.

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Re quire ments for the Spe cial iza tion in Women, Gen der,and So cial Jus tice

The stu dent must com plete the fol low ing (a min i mum of 19 cred its):CRED ITS

1. Both of the fol low ing courses (7 cred its):WS 201 In tro duc tion to Women’s Stud ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4WS 202 Introduction to Contemporary Feminist The o ries . . . . . . 3

2. Com plete a min i mum of 12 ad di tional cred its in courses from one of thefol low ing ar eas: gend er, race, and ethnic identity; gend er and sex u al ity;gen der, history, and nar ra tive; gen der and conflict/vi o lence; gen der andpub lic pol icy; gen der and lit er ary, vi sual and per for mance arts; gen derand health; or gen der and ur ban spaces. A list of approved courses ismaintained by the ad vi sor for the Spe cial iza tion in Women, Gender, andSocial Justice. Specific courses on this list will ful fill specializationrequirements when the topics include suf fi cient con tent regardingwomen, gender, and one area.

GRAD U ATE STUDY

IN TER DIS CI PLIN ARY GRAD U ATE SPE CIAL IZA TIONIN WOMEN'S AND GEN DER STUDIES

The Grad u ate Spe cial iza tion in Women's and Gen der Studies isde signed for com ple tion by ei ther mas ter’s or doc toral stu dents.The grad u ate spe cial iza tion is ad min is tered by the Pro gram inWomen, Gen der and So cial Justice in the Col lege of Arts and Let -ters and the Col lege of So cial Sci ence.

The grad u ate spe cial iza tion in Women's and Gen der Studies is de signed to pro vide op por tu ni ties for grad u ate stu dents to ob taina com pre hen sive, cross/in ter dis ci plin ary ac a demic ex pe ri ence inwomen and gen der and to fos ter the growth of in ter dis ci plin ary re -search and teach ing on women and gen der. Em pha sis is given toun der stand ing the di ver sity of women’s lives na tion ally and glob -ally.

The grad u ate spe cial iza tion is open to grad u ate stu dents withad e quate un der grad u ate prep a ra tion in women and gen der. Thespe cial iza tion should com ple ment ad vanced, dis ci pline-basedde grees by pro vid ing an in ter dis ci plin ary, fem i nist com po nent.

Grad u ate stu dents who are in ter ested in en roll ing should con -tact the ad vi sor for the specialization.

With the ap proval of the ad vi sor for the specialization, coursesthat are used to sat isfy re quire ments in the stu dent’s grad u ate de -gree pro gram may also be used to sat isfy the re quire ments for the Grad u ate Spe cial iza tion in Women's and Gen der Studies.

Re quire ments for the Grad u ate Spe cial iza tion inWomen's and Gen der Studies

The stu dent must com plete 10 cred its of course work dis trib uted as fol lows and asap proved by the ad vi sor for the spe cial iza tion.

CREDITS1. Women’s Stud ies 492.2. Six ad di tional cred its in courses with women and gen der con tent se -

lected from the fol low ing with at least 3 cred its at the 800-level or above: ANP 431 Gen der, En vi ron ment and De vel op ment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ANP 432 Amer i can In dian Women (D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ANP 859 Gen der, Jus tice and En vi ron men tal

Change: Meth ods and Ap pli ca tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3CJ 425 Women and Crim i nal Jus tice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3ENG 431C Stud ies in Film and Gen der. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4ENG 482 Sem i nar in Fem i nist Lit er ary and Cultural Theory. . . . . . 3FW 858 Gender, Justice and Environmental Change: Issues

and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 412 Women in Modern European History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 420 History of Sexuality since the 18th Century . . . . . . . . . . . 3HST 860 Seminar in Women’s History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3MC 482 Gender and Violent Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4PHL 456 Topics in Feminist Philosophy (D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4SOC 831 Intersections of Class, Race, and Gender . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 833 Gender and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 839 Structural Inequalities and Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SOC 931 Topics in Structural Inequality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3SPN 876 Seminar in Gender Studies in the Hispanic World . . . . . 3WS 403 Women and Change in Developing Countries . . . . . . . . 3WS 404 Women and the Law in the United States. . . . . . . . . . . . 3

CR: THE NEW CEN TEN NIALREVIEW

Scott Michaelsen, Co–Ed i tor

CR: The New Cen ten nial Re view (CR), is a jour nal spon sored bythe Col lege of Arts and Let ters and pub lished by the Mich i ganState Uni ver sity Press. Cre ated in 1956, it is now pub lished threetimes a year.

CR has a long and dis tin guished his tory of pub lish ing in ter dis ci -plin ary schol ar ship, in clud ing re flec tions on the lim its of var i ousdis ci plines. More par tic u larly, the jour nal cur rently seeks the o ret i -cally driven ar ti cles on lit er ary, cul tural, so cial, and po lit i cal top icscon cern ing the Amer i cas. The jour nals’ au thors and cir cu la tionare in ter na tional, and it seeks to pub lish the best work avail ablefrom both ju nior and es tab lished schol ars.

ENG LISH LAN GUAGE CEN TER

Su san M. Gass, Di rec tor

The Eng lish Lan guage Cen ter was es tab lished in 1961 to pro videEng lish lan guage in struc tion for those in ter na tional stu dents whoneed to im prove their Eng lish lan guage skills be fore they en roll as full–time un der grad u ate or grad u ate stu dents at Mich i gan StateUni ver sity and for stu dents who want to im prove their Eng lish lan -guage skills with out con tin u ing their ac a demic work at Mich i ganState University. For in for ma tion about the Uni ver sity Eng lish lan -guage pro fi ciency re quire ments, re fer to the state ments on In ter -na tional Stu dent Ad mis sion in the Un der grad u ate Ed u ca tion andGrad u ate Ed u ca tion sec tions of this cat a log.

The in struc tional ser vices of the Cen ter are uti lized by in ter na -tional stu dents (1) who have been pro vi sion ally ad mit ted to anMSU de gree pro gram with in suf fi cient Eng lish lan guage pro fi -ciency, (2) who plan to ap ply for ad mis sion to MSU de gree pro -grams af ter they have dem on strated Eng lish lan guagepro fi ciency, and (3) who do not plan to ap ply for ad mis sion to de -gree pro grams but who want to im prove their Eng lish lan guageskills. In ad di tion to pro vid ing Eng lish lan guage in struc tion, theEng lish Lan guage Cen ter is re spon si ble for eval u at ing the Eng -lish lan guage pro fi ciency of per sons whose na tive lan guage is not Eng lish. Ad di tion ally, the Eng lish Lan guage Cen ter screens allin ter na tional teach ing assistants to ensure appropriate Englishlanguage speaking abilities.

The Eng lish Lan guage Cen ter of fers both part– and full–timeEng lish lan guage instructional pro grams. The part–time pro gram con sists of in di vid ual courses, each of which fo cuses on read ing,oral skills, or writ ing. The full–time pro gram con sists of coursework, in volves daily in struc tion in te grat ing gram mar, read ing,writ ing, speak ing, and lis ten ing.

The Eng lish Lan guage Cen ter also de signs and con ducts spe -cial pro grams for groups of per sons who have Eng lish lan guagelearn ing goals other than those nor mally served through thepart–time and full–time Eng lish lan guage instructional pro grams.These pro grams com bine cul tural en rich ment with lan guageinstruction. Some pro grams are spon sored jointly with ac a demicunits on cam pus and al low stu dents to re ceive train ing in the dis -ci pline with a si mul ta neous fo cus on lan guage.

The Eng lish Lan guage Cen ter spon sors in ter na tional in sti -tutes, con fer ences, and sym po sia on sec ond lan guage ac qui si -tion and sec ond lan guage teach ing.

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The Eng lish Language Cen ter is closely con nected to the Mas -ter of Arts de gree pro gram in Teaching Eng lish to Speakers ofOther Lan guages in the De part ment of Lin guis tics and Ger manic,Slavic, Asian and Af ri can Lan guages, and the Sec ond Lan guageStud ies Doc tor of Philosophy pro gram in the Col lege of Arts and

Letters. Stu dents in those pro grams par tic i pate in the sec ondlan guage learn ing and teach ing ac tiv i ties of the Cen ter.

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