Academic Catalog and Handbooks

2025-2026 Edition

Languages and Cultures (LNGS)

LNGS 271  Individual Learning Project  (1-4 Credits)  
Supervised reading or research at the lower-division level. Permission of department chair required. Consult department for applicability towards major requirements. Not available to first-year students.
Prerequisites: None  
LNGS 371  Individual Learning Project  (1-4 Credits)  
Supervised reading or research at the upper-division level. Permission of department chair and completion and/or concurrent registration of 12 credits within the department required. Consult department for applicability towards major requirements. Not available to first-year students.
Prerequisites: None  
LNGS 380  Teaching Languages Practicum  (1 Credit)  
In this course, students become language educators. Designed for students who serve as Teaching Assistants and Tutors for foreign language classes at CSBSJU (or who aspire to be future language educators at CSBSJU or beyond), Languages 380 introduces students to various pedagogies of language instruction and helps them to envision and successfully carry out associated learning activities, lesson plans, and assessment. Teaching for the first time can be intimidating. This course helps students to be effective at teaching language and enjoy it. While instruction in the practicum will be in English, the lesson plans students create will be for the target language they intend to teach.
Prerequisites: None  
Attributes: Experiential Engagement (EX)