The English and Foreign Languages Department aims to develop in students an understanding of language development and of the structure and uses of language in their various written and spoken forms. The Department aims to help students in all majors to develop facility in the use of the English language for various purposes and contexts and to respond appreciatively to the beauty, power and utility of language in varied media. The Department offers its majors opportunities to concentrate in English, English with a Secondary Endorsement, Creative Writing, French Literature and Spanish Literature. The Foreign Languages program in the Department seeks to develop students’ fundamental skills in French, Spanish, and other languages, including Arabic, as staff resources permit. It seeks also to generate or broaden student interest in world cultures through language study. ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS Requirements for the major: Sixty-five or more hours are required in discipline-related courses in all of the concentrations for the Bachelor of Arts in English. All discipline-related courses must be passed with a grade of C or better. Requirements for certification to teach in the Commonwealth of Virginia include: A minimum of thirty-six semester hours (including ENG 101 College English I, ENG 102 College English II, American and British literature, language and related courses). FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS English majors are required to complete 12 credit hours of a foreign language, usually French or Spanish, with a grade of C or better. General foreign language requirements can be fulfilled upon the successful completion of course work through the 212 (or 213: Scientific French/German) level. Students may satisfy all or part of this requirement by obtaining satisfactory scores on a CLEP examination.