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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.

(General Ed Humanities. Global Citizenship Ethics Div.)  

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.

FL 202  Intermediate Foreign Language II  (3)  

This course is the continuation of FL 201.

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.