Department Information

and
Typical Discipline-Specific Academic Degree and Qualifications1
of faculty within

Modern Languages

 

General Description of the Department

The Department of Modern Languages at Florida International University offers courses in languages from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America, with undergraduate majors (B.A.) and minors in French, Portuguese, and Spanish. Courses are regularly offered in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swahili from elementary to advanced levels.

In addition, the Department offers a Master of Arts (M.A.) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Spanish. Modern Languages is also the home of the Translation & Interpretation Program with two Academic Certificates, one in Translation Studies and one in Legal Translation / Court Interpreting

 

Degrees offered

The Modern Language Department offers these programs:

BA in French

BA in Portuguese

BA in Spanish

BA/MA in Spanish

MA in Spanish

Ph.D. in Spanish

 

Terminal Degree2 for each discipline taught in Modern Languages 

DML, DOA, Ph.D in Foreign Languages and Literatures

DML, DOA, Ph.D. in French Language and Literature

DML, DOA, Ph.D. in Portuguese Language and Literature

DML, DOA, Ph.D. in Spanish Language and Literature

 

Related Disciplines3

None Applicable

 

Related Disciplines3 for specific courses

Arabic Language and Literature (16.1101) - all ARA, ABT courses

Chinese Language and Literature (16.0301) - all CHI courses

Comparative Literature (16.0104) - all FOL, FOT, FOW, FRE, FRT, FRW, SPN, SPW and  SPT  Courses

Foreign Language Teacher Education (13.1306) - all lower division SPN courses

Foreign Languages and Literature (16.0101) – all except FIL and LIN courses

French Language and Literature (16.0901) - all FOL, HAI, SWA, YOR courses

German Language and Literature (16.0501) - all FOL, GER courses 

Hebrew Language and Literature (16.1102) - all HBRcourses

Italian Language and Literature (16.0902) - all FOL, ITA courses

Japanese Language and Literature (16.0302) - all JPN, JPT, JPW courses 

Language Interpretation and Translation (16.0103) - all lower division course in appropriate

      language, PRT and SPT courses

Latin Language and Literature (16.1203) - all FRE, FRT, FRW, ITA, POR, POW, PRT,

      SPN, SPW courses

Linguistics (16.0102) - all LIN courses 

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other (16.0199) – all SPN, SPT, SPW courses

Portuguese Language and Literature (16.0904) - all FOL courses

Romance Languages (16.0900) - all FOL, FRE, FRT, FRW, ITA, POR, POW, PRT, SPN,

      SPW courses

Russian Language and Literature (16.0402) - all RUS courses

Spanish Language and Literature (16.0905) - all FOL courses, FIL 4881, 5825, 5846

Spanish Language Teacher Education (13.1330) - all lower division SPN courses

Teaching French as a 2nd Language (13.1401) - all FRE, FRT, FRW courses

 

Other Teaching Qualifications (Description of Required Academic Degree and Justifications4 for the programs in Modern Languages)

Consideration of other teaching qualifications in lieu of academic credentials is made on a case-by-case basis and accepted in special cases where evidence of exceptional experience, research or other qualifications can be documented and are directly applicable to the course being taught.

 

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Whenever instructors are not credentialed by their advanced degree or by an approved CIP relationship, they must be credentialed through a narrative justification of the instructor’s qualifications to teach this/these course(s).  Such credentialing is based on the proposed instructor’s academic and professional preparation; diplomas, certificates, or relevant licensures; publications and presentations in the field; honors, awards, and professional recognitions; and other demonstrated competencies, skills, and experiences which the instructor brings to the University.  These must be clearly tied to the specific courses to be taught and should establish beyond doubt that the instructor is qualified to teach the specific courses they are to be assigned. 

The Office of the Provost reviews all such justifications and where the justifications warrant the instructor’s teaching the courses proposed, it will either approve the justification for the appropriate period (seven years for full-time faculty members, or four years for part-time faculty members) or employ one of two additional clearance categories beyond the advanced degree and related-discipline categories which it may use to credential some instructors where their accomplishments warrant this:

Active Research Clearance in the Discipline or Active Artistic/Special Talent Clearance in the Discipline

 

 

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The level and discipline of the terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., MS, MFA, doctorate) that is required to teach graduate courses in the discipline

 

 

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For each discipline, all strongly-related degree(s) and/or equivalent names for the discipline (include level) that would also be appropriate for teaching at the graduate level

 

 

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(1)The appropriate academic degrees and justifications for each related degree above if not obvious; (2) the justification for why the terminal degree is not a doctorate in a discipline, e.g., specific examples of best practice in the discipline and accrediting association language; and (3) any other criteria used to determine appropriate academic qualifications to teach specialty courses in the program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current as of 3/11/11