The Multilingual Mindset

The Multilingual Mindset Microcredential is awarded to students who study two languages besides English at an intermediate(200-level) or higher. This level of study develops situational language skills, cultural awareness, and effective communication in multiple languages. Students gain critical listening and problem-solving skills through language comparisons and cultural exploration, and the credential recognizes students’ adaptability to work in teams and communicate in multiple linguistic and cultural settings.

Competencies gained:

• Students will be able to understand and communicate basic information and form questions and comparisons about topics beyond everyday activities in 2 languages other than English.
• Students use learned language skills to contextualize situational and cultural information to demonstrate an awareness of and sensibilities toward intercultural differences and similarities among communities, cultures, perspectives and practices in languages other than English.

Students will take 3 courses from the list below, with no more than 2 courses the same rubric (12 credits):

• ARAB 215 – Intermediate Arabic I*
• ARAB 225 – Intermediate Arabic II
• FRNCH 215 – French Language through the Individual and the Collective*
• FRNCH 225 – French Language through Communication and Technology
• FRNCH 301 – French Society and Culture
• FRNCH 302 – Francophone Societies and Cultures
• FRNCH 305 – Advanced Skills through Local and Global Communities
• FRNCH 360 – Stories and Storytelling
• FRNCH 365 – Health, Illness, and Bodies
• FRNCH 375 – Back to Nature: French Culture and its Environment
• FRNCH 380 – Laicite: State-Secularism and Religion a la francaise
• GERMN 250 – Intermediate German*
• GERMN 305 – Advanced German in a Cultural Context
• GERMN 310 – Advanced German in Literary Context
• GERMN 325 – German Culture
• GERMN 360 – Topics in German Culture
• GERMN 380 – Stories and Storytellers
• SPAN 215 – Intermediate Spanish*
• SPAN 220 – Issues in Contemporary Spanish and Spanish American Culture
• SPAN 225 – Hispanic Texts
• SPAN 245 – Spanish for Heritage Speakers
• SPAN 315 – Advanced Spanish Language Study
• SPAN 350 – Special Topics in Spanish Peninsular or Latin American Culture
• SPAN 370 – Topics in Latinx Culture
• SPAN 405 – Translating Language and Culture

*Additional prerequisite not in microcredential requirements.

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