Sue Colizza, LCAL Senior Academic Administrator (POS 341A)

A BHA L&C concentration advisor will be assigned based on language focus.

BHA Languages & Cultures Concentration

(90 units minimum)

The Languages and Cultures concentration prepares students to navigate an increasingly interconnected and multilingual world. Combining humanistic inquiry with analytical approaches, the program examines how language, culture and power shape societies across global contexts. Students build a shared foundation in cultural studies and sociolinguistics, then apply those frameworks through focused study in a language-culture concentration in one of nine offerings by the department, including Arabic Studies, Chinese Studies, German Studies, Global French Studies, Hispanic Studies, Italian Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies and Russian Studies. Courses may count toward the major starting at any level, allowing students to begin a new language, advance existing proficiency or pursue advanced cultural study.

Designed with flexibility in mind, Languages & Cultures supports a wide range of backgrounds and goals. Students can tailor their path based on interests and proficiency level, and may choose the Comparative Studies concentration that integrates two languages and cultures. This structure encourages exploration while ensuring depth and rigor.

Core LCAL Courses (2 courses, 18 units)

		Units
82-282	Interpreting Global Texts & Cultures	9
or 82-283	Language Diversity & Cultural Identity
82-580	Senior Seminar in Languages, Cultures and Applied Linguistics	9

LCAL Elective (1 course, 9 units)

Any additional LCAL seminar, applied linguistics or culture course outside the Core and Concentration courses, i.e. “Bilingual and Bicultural Experiences in the U.S.,” “Japanese Film and Literature,” “19th-century Russian Literature,” “Introduction to Linguistic Analysis Using R.”

Language and Culture Concentration Courses (7 courses, 63 units minimum)

Concentration	Minimum # courses in target language	Courses must include
Arabic Studies	At least seven courses taught in Arabic	At least two 300-level courses or above
		At least one 400-level course or above
Chinese Studies	At least seven courses taught in Chinese	At least two 300-level courses or above
		At least one 400-level course or above
German Studies	At least seven courses taught in German	At least two 300-level courses or above
		At least one 400-level course or above
Global French Studies	At least seven courses taught in French	At least one of each: 82-303 French & Francophone Cultures and 82-304 French & Francophone Sociolinguistics
		At least two 400-level courses
Hispanic Studies	At least seven courses taught in Spanish	82-342 Cultures of Spain
		82-343 Cultures of Latin America
		82-344 U.S. Latine Cultures
		82-345 Using Spanish in Social Contexts
		At least two 400-level courses
Italian Studies	At least six courses taught in Italian	At least two 300-level courses or above
Japanese Studies	At least seven courses taught in Japanese	At least two 300-level courses or above
		At least one 400-level course or above
Korean Studies	At least six courses taught in Korean	Must complete intermediate Korean II or equivalent
		At least one 300-level course (Advanced Korean) and one 400-level (content class in Korean)
Russian Studies	At least four courses taught in Russian	82-294 19th Century Russian Masterpieces
		82-295 20th Century Russian Masterpieces
		At least two language courses at the 200-level or above for students with prior experience with Russian
		79-269 or LCAL equivalent
Comparative Studies*	At least seven non-English courses; at least three courses in each language**	At least two 300-level courses or above in one of the two concentrations

*

For the Comparative concentration, students will likely need to enter with intermediate proficiency in at least one language they wish to pursue, in order to fulfill the 300-/400-level requirement.

**

Students can take four courses in each language or three in one language and five in the other.

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Curricular Clarifications and Co-curricular Requirements may be reviewed in the LCAL Languages and Cultures section of the undergraduate catalog.