metropolitan college academic courses undergraduate courses
modern foreign languages

Modern Foreign Languages Undergraduate Courses

french spanish

The James Geddes Language Center includes a language laboratory, classrooms specially equipped for language teaching, and extensive tape production and processing facilities. Use of these facilities, which are located on the fifth floor at 685 Commonwealth Avenue, is required for language courses. An orientation to operation and procedures is given during registration week only.

Note: College of Arts and Sciences students may not use modern foreign language courses to fulfill their humanities requirement. Registered students must attend all classes during the first week of the semester or inform their instructor. Students have one week to add or change courses offered by the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures.

French

MET LF 111 First-Semester French

For students who have never studied French. Main patterns of grammar, conversation practice, written exercises, and directed compositions. Four hours weekly. Lab required. (4 cr.)

MET LF 112 Second-Semester French

Prereq: MET LF 111 or placement by examination. Conducted in French. Continues the LF 111 basic text: grammar, conversation, composition, and additional readings. Four hours weekly. Lab required. (4 cr.)

Spanish

MET LS 111 First-Semester Spanish

For students who have never studied Spanish. Introduction to grammatical structures and Hispanic culture. Emphasis on aural comprehension, speaking, and pronunciation. Four hours weekly. Lab required. (4 cr.)

MET LS 112 Second-Semester Spanish

Prereq: MET LS 111 or placement by examination. Completes study of basic grammatical structures. Emphasis on speaking and aural comprehension. Readings on contemporary Hispanic culture. Writing assignments. Four hours weekly. Lab required. (4 cr.)