BS Four-Year Degree Plan: Second Language Track
Sample schedule
The below schedule is only one example of a possible degree plan and is provided for informational purposes only. Meet with an advisor early to develop a degree plan that best suits your needs.
The following degree plan is based on the 2021-22 catalog and Missouri State general education requirements.
First semester (fall)
Courses | Hours |
GEP 101 First-Year Foundations
| 2 |
COM 115 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
| 3 |
PLS 101 American Democracy and Citizenship
| 3 |
Elementary course for First language (course 101)
| 3 |
Life Sciences (lab) - General Education
| 4 |
Total hours | 15 |
Second semester (spring)
Courses | Hours |
Elementary course for First language (course 102)
| 3 |
HST 121 Survey of the History of the United States to 1877 or HST 122 Survey of the History of the United States since 1877
| 3 |
Quantitative Literacy - General Education
| 3 |
The Arts - General Education
| 3 |
ENG 110 Writing I
| 3 |
Total hours | 15 |
Third semester (fall)
Courses | Hours |
Intermediate course for First language (course 201)
| 3 |
Written Communication and Integrative and Applied Learning - General Education
| 3 |
Humanities - General Education
| 3 |
Physical Sciences (no lab) - General Education
| 3 |
Elementary course for Second language (course 101)
| 3 |
Total hours | 15 |
Fourth semester (spring)
Courses | Hours |
Intermediate course for First language (course 202)
| 3 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences - General Education
| 3 |
MCL 100 Language and Culture in Global Context or IDS 297
| 3 |
Conversation course for First language (course 311 or 205)
| 3 |
Elementary course for Second language (course 102)
| 3 |
Total hours | 15 |
Fifth semester (fall)
Courses | Hours |
Composition course for First language (course 312)
| 3 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences - General Education
| 3 |
General elective
| 3 |
Public Issues - General Education
| 3 |
Intermediate course for Second language (course 201)
| 3 |
Total hours | 15 |
Sixth semester (spring)
Courses | Hours |
Language elective (upper level)
| 3 |
Language elective (upper level)
| 3 |
Language elective (upper level)
| 3 |
Intermediate course for Second language (course 202)
| 3 |
Conversation course for 2nd language (course 311 or 205)
| 3 |
Total hours | 15 |
Seventh semester (fall)
Courses | Hours |
First language elective (upper level)
| 3 |
First language elective (upper level)
| 3 |
Composition course for Second language (course 312)
| 3 |
Second language elective
| 3 |
General elective
| 3 |
Total hours | 15 |
Eighth semester (spring)
Courses | Hours |
MCL 495 Languages and Society Capstone
| 3 |
First language elective (upper level)
| 3 |
First language elective (upper level)
| 3 |
Second language elective
| 3 |
General elective
| 3 |
Total hours | 15 |
Tips for success
- Students with prior language experience may be eligible to begin at a more advanced level based on dual-credit transfers and/or placement tests results. Students who test out of lower-level courses may receive retroactive credit upon successful completion of more advanced courses.
- Students may complete the Bachelor of Science in Modern Language with a concentration in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, or Spanish. This 8-semester plan applies to all language concentrations. (Chinese and Japanese options require at least a semester abroad.)
- Students must meet with an advisor in their language area to design an advised course list.
- The Language Composition course (312) represented in Semester 5 above is a prerequisite for all language courses after it and should be taken as early as possible.
- Students wishing to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in a modern language may pursue an individualized major.
- All electives in Semesters Seven and Eight must be Upper-Division.
- Students must take at least one Language Upper-Division course in literature and one Language Upper-Division course in culture or history.
- Students must meet all other university requirements for graduation, to include 120 credit hour minimum and 40 credit hours of upper-division courses.
Degree plan last reviewed 04-07-2022.