COFA Foreign Language Requirement

The foreign language requirement has been revised for NEW (incoming freshmen and transfer) students enrolling at OU Summer 2012 and moving forward. current students may choose the new requirements, if they feel that this is beneficial.

BA: Students must complete 213/2130 (or its equivalent). Students taking the SPANISH, FRENCH and GERMAN placement test and who test into 341/3410 will have fulfilled their foreign language requirement. The placement exam does not count as college credit. Students who test into 341/3410 are encouraged to take the course they placed into for college credit. These higher-level courses will count as humanities courses (and FAR 2000-level or higher) as well as towards a minor or major int he field.

Note: High school courses are no longer reviewed for the foreign language requirement.

Students who have prior knowledge of one of the following foreign languages should contact the academic departments listed below for test-out and placement information:

American Sign Language - Contact person: Becky Brooks (saunderb@ohio.edu) 740.654.6711 - Lancaster Campus

French German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, or Russian: Modern Languages - Gordy Hall 283
Contact person: Heather Young (youngh1@ohio.edu) 740.593.2765

Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kikuyu, Khmer, Somali, Sudanese Arabic, Swahili, Thai, Twi, Vietnamese, Wolof or Zulu: Linguistics - Gordy Hall 383

Greek or Latin: Classics and World Religions - Contact person: Bill Owens (owensb@ohio.edu) - Ellis 210

Please contact the Fine Arts Undergraduate Student Affairs office at 740.593.1812 for additional information.

International Students

For international students whose first or native language is not English, and who completed high school where the first or native language was the one primarily used for instruction, the foreign language requirement may be satisfied by demonstrating competence in English. This must be approved by the assistant dean in the College of Fine Arts, and it generally requires the successful completion of at least one or more courses in English as a foreign language.

You may also satisfy the foreign language requirement by taking a foreign language other than your own first language at Ohio University, or by successfully completing the NYU foreign language exam.

Enrollment in the beginning or intermediate level (under 3000) or you own first language(s) will be considered a noncredit course.
 

COFA Humanities and Fine Arts Requirement

Complete 9 credit hours from at least 3 different areas from the following list of courses. Courses offered through the school in which your major is housed are not eligible to satisfy this requirement. Courses used to fulfill the foreign language requirement can not also satisfy this requirement.

• African American Studies (AAS) 1100, 1500,2100, 2110, 2500, 3500, 3520, 3530, 3570
• Arabic (ARAB), any course
• Art History (AH), any course
• Chinese (CHIN), any course
• Classical Archaeology (CLAR), any course
• Classics and World Religions (CLWR), any course
• Communication Studies (COMS) 3520
• Dance (DANC) 1700, 2010, 2020, 2040, 2050, 2235, 2700, 2710, 3150, 3550, 4550, 4710, 4711, 4750
• English (ENG), any course, except 1510, 4510, 4520
• Film (FILM) 2010, 2020, 2030, 3400, 3430, 3440J, 4440, 4710, 4720
• Fine Arts (FAR) 1500
• French (FR), any course, except 1199, 4640
• German (GER), any course
• Greek (GK), any course
• History (HIST) 1210, 1220, 1221, 2950, 3140, 3142, 3144, 3146, 3148, 3280, 3281, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3300, 3390, 3400, 3501, 3531, 3532, 3533, 3540, 3541, 3543, 3560, 3562, 3570, 3600, 3601, 3602, 3650, 3700, 3901, 3902, 3904
• Humanities (HUM), any course
• Indonesian/Malay (INDO), any course
• Italian (ITAL), any course
• Interdisciplinary Arts (IART), any course
• International Literature - Linguistics (ILL), any course
• International Literature - Modern Languages (ILML), any course
• Japanese Culture (JPC), any course
• Japanese Language (JPN), any course, except 3410
• Jewish Studies (JS) 1000, 2100
• Latin (LAT), any course
• Modern Languages (ML) 2500, 2543, 2544, 2545, 2546, 2547, 2548, 2910, 3210J, 3270J
• Music (MUS) 1011, 1021, 1200, 1240, 1250, 3210, 3220
• Philosophy (PHIL), any course, except 1200
• Portuguese (PORT) 4110
• Russian (RUS), any course
• Spanish (SPAN), any course, except 1199
• Swahili (SWAH), any course
• Theater (THAR) 1110, 1111, 1390, 1710, 1720, 1730, 2390, 2510, 2720, 3210, 3396, 3397, 3398, 4710, 4720, 4730
• Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) 1000, 2000, 2100, 3200, 3500, 4100, 4500, 4600, 4610, 4800, 4810

COFA Social Sciences Requirement

Complete 9 credit hours from at least two different areas from the following list of courses:

• African American Studies (AAS) 1010, 1900, 2020, 2250, 2540, 3410, 3450, 3460, 3680, 4820
• Anthropology (ANTH), any course, except 2010, 3460, 3550, 4470, 4480, 4920, 4960
• Business Law (BUSL) 4550
• Classical Archaeology (CLAR) 2310, 2320, 2330
• Economics (ECON), any course
• Geography (GEOG), any course, except 1010, 2020, 3020, 3030, 3040, 3050, 3150, 3160, 3580, 4060, 4070, 4170, 4660, 4670, 4712, 4901
• History (HIST) 1210, 1220, 1221, 2950, 3140, 3142, 3143, 3144, 3146, 3148, 3280, 3281, 3290, 3291, 3292, 3300, 3390, 3400, 3501, 3531, 3532, 3533, 3540, 3541, 3543, 3560, 3562, 3570, 3600, 3601, 3602, 3650, 3700, 3901, 3902, 3904
• International Studies (INST), any course
• Japanese Language (JPN) 3410
• Linguistics (LING), any course
• Political Science (POLS), any course
• Psychology (PSY), any course, except 1110, 2110, 2210, 3230
• Social Work (SW), any course
• Sociology (SOC), any course
• Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) 3600

COFA Natural Sciences Requirement

Complete 6 credit hours from at least two different areas from the following list of courses:

• Anthropology (ANTH) 2010, 3460, 3550, 4470, 4480, 4920, 4960
• Astronomy (ASTR), any course
• Biology (BIOL) 1010
• Biological Sciences (BIOS), any course
• Computer Science (CS) 4160
• Chemistry  (CHEM), any course, except 1100, 1150
• Environmental and Plant Biology (PBIO), any course
• Geography (GEOG) 1010, 2020, 3020, 3030, 3040, 3050, 3150, 3160, 3580, 4060, 4070, 4170, 4660, 4670, 4712, 4901
• Geological Sciences (GEOL), any course
• Mathematics (MATH), any course, except 1090, 1101, 1102, 1200, 1300, 1321, 1322, 4108, any developmental course
  
• Physical Science (PSC), any course
• Physics (PHYS), any course
• Psychology (PSY) 2210, 3230

COFA Upper Division Credit Hour Minimum

At least 57 credit hours must be earned at the 2000 level or higher. All courses used to satisfy University General Education, COFA B.A. Degree Requirements, and courses from your major are eligible.