Program: World Languages & Cultures Minor - Samford University

2022-2023 Samford University Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 02, 2025

Students in any discipline may choose to pursue a specially designed world languages and cultures minor consisting of six courses in a combination of world languages at any level, excluding courses taken to satisfy the general education requirement, and created in consultation with a WLAC faculty advisor.

World Languages & Cultures Minor: 24 Credits

World Language Courses (any level): 16 Credits

(choose 16 credits–lower or upper-level–from any of the following world languages)

American Sign Language (ASL), Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Vietnamese*

World Language Courses (200-level only): 8 Credits

(choose 8 credits–two courses, at the 200-level–from any of the following world languages)

Arabic: ARAB 201-206
Chinese: CHIN 201-206
Haitian Creole: CREO 201-202
French: FREN 201-252
German: GER 201-252
Hindi: HIND 201-206
Italian: ITAL 201-202
Japanese: JAPN 201-206
Korean: KORE 201-206
Portuguese: PORT 201-202
Russian: RUSS 201-205
Spanish: SPAN 201-203
Swahili: SWAH 201-202
Thai: THAI 201-206

Total Required Credits: 24

*VIET courses only available at the 100-level at this time.