WORLD LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND CULTURES, DEPARTMENT of MODERN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT 12/2/70 Major program in Russian approved. 5/10/72 Masters of Arts degree program approved. 11/6/74 Approved Modern Languages Dept. offering graduate courses as a service to the Education College, permitting students in M.Ed. program in Curriculum & Instruction with a modern language speciality to take the required 12 credit hours in their subject field. 2/4/81 UCRC review report received and referred to A&S Dean and A&S Curriculum Com. for review and report. To be referred back to UCRC for specific resolutions to FC based on reports. 3/3/82 (Report No. 11) Minor program approved in French, German, and Spanish. 5/4/83 CLEP credit in modern languages proposal approved. 6/13/90 Masters degree program in Spanish approved. 5/22/96 Approved suspending major in German. 1/15/14 (Report No. 37) Approved French major and minor undergraduate program 4 to 3 credit hour course revisions. 3/19/14 (Report No. 57) Approved undergraduate program revisions as part of the 4 to 3 conversion for foreign language education in French 3/19/14 (Report No. 57) Approved undergraduate program revisions as part of the 4 to 3 conversion for foreign language education in Spanish 2/11/15 (Report No. 33) Name change to Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures approved. 5/6/15 (Report No.79) Arabic major undergraduate degree program approved. 12/3/15 (Report No. 19) Arabic undergraduate major program approved. 2/8/17 German Minor program deactivation approved. 2/8/17 Approved Spanish B.A. program revisions to add additional ways added to determine level of competency 3/5/17 SPN 371 Reading Literature from Spain, SPN 372 Reading Latin American Literature, and SPN 418 Spanish Sociolinguistics approved for writing across the curriculum. 3/6/19 (Report No. 58) Approved Middle Eastern Studies Minor: An intermediate level of a Middle Eastern language, such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. (8 credits). One core course: ARB\HIS/PSC 274 and REL 275: An Introduction to the Middle East (3 credits). Electives: at least two elective courses for a total of 6 credit hours one of which must be at the 300-400 level 3/6/19 (Report No. 59) Approved Spanish Accelerated 4+1 BA/MA degree program 10/7/20 (Report No. 8) Approved SPN 494 capstone course