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Academic Catalog

Foreign Language (FL)

FL 100  Specified Topics  (2-4)  

Custom designed curriculum for elementary-level training in foreign language.

FL 101  Beginning Foreign Language I  (4)  

Introduction to conversation, reading, grammar and composition in foreign languages not regularly offered. Development of aural/oral skills and emphasis on contemporary culture and social customs of the language area.

FL 102  Beginning Foreign Language II  (4)  

Continuation of FL 101. Prerequisite: FL 101 or consent of instructor.
Course Attributes:
  • Gen Ed AY 2024-2025: Arts and Humanities
  • Gen Ed AY 2024-2025: Inclusion and Belonging
  • Gen Ed Pre-AY 2024-2025: Humanities
  • USLO: Global Citizenship, Ethics and Diversity

FL 190  Study Abroad in a Non-Program Language  (1-12)  

Students who are planning to study abroad in a country whose language is not offered in a Washburn University program must use this course to transfer their credits.

FL 200  Specified Topics/Foreign Language  (3)  

Continuation in the specified topic of FL 100. Prerequisite: FL 100.

FL 201  Intermediate Foreign Language I  (3)  

This course is intended as reinforcement of the 5 skills learned in FL 102: speaking, listening, reading, writing, and culture. This course is the continuation of FL 102.
Course Attribute: Gen Ed AY 2024-2025: Arts and Humanities

FL 202  Intermediate Foreign Language II  (3)  

This course is the continuation of FL 201.
Course Attribute: Gen Ed AY 2024-2025: Arts and Humanities

FL 207  Conversation  (3)  

Vocabulary expansion, stressing everyday practical usage. Development of oral/aural skills on cross-cultural topics. Stress on tradition and current political/social developments. May be repeated for credit when the language studied is different. Prerequisite Consent of Instructor.

FL 209  Reading & Conversation  (3)  

Development of oral/aural proficiency through the reading of short literary works as a basis for discussion. Comparison between materials read and life patterns in order to understand a different cultural heritage. May be repeated for credit when the language studied is different. Prerequisite FL 207

FL 290  Study Abroad in a Non-Program Language  (1-12)  

Students who are planning to study abroad in a country whose language is not offered in a Washburn University program must use this course to transfer their credits back. Prerequisite: 1st year of college level coursework in the target language.

FL 399  Spec. Tpcs in Frgn Lit/Cltr  (3)  

FL399 Special Topics in Foreign Literature or culture: Study of individual authors, literary and/or cultural topics. May be repeated. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.