FIRST SEMESTER-A LANGUAGE OF WEST AFRICA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 1st semester language Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the general topic and some basic information in both very familiar and everyday contexts by recognizing practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences in texts that are spoken or written in a West African language Audience: Undergraduate 2. Communicate in spontaneous spoken or written conversations on both very familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions in a West African language Audience: Undergraduate 3. Present information on both very familiar and everyday topics using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences through speech or writing in a West African language Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify products and practices to help understand perspectives in your own culture and in a West African culture. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Interact at a survival level in some familiar everyday contexts in a community that speaks a West African language Audience: Undergraduate 6. Develop a level of proficiency in the different “ways of knowing” Africa and the diaspora through language and cultures Audience: Undergraduate 7. Develop or improve speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills in a West African language and integrate these skills to communicate effectively Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the general topic and some basic information in both very familiar and everyday contexts by recognizing practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences in texts that are spoken or written in a West African language Audience: Undergraduate 2. Communicate in spontaneous spoken or written conversations on both very familiar and everyday topics, using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, simple sentences, and questions in a West African language Audience: Undergraduate 3. Present information on both very familiar and everyday topics using a variety of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences through speech or writing in a West African language Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify products and practices to help understand perspectives in your own culture and in a West African culture. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Interact at a survival level in some familiar everyday contexts in a community that speaks a West African language Audience: Undergraduate 6. Develop a level of proficiency in the different “ways of knowing” Africa and the diaspora through language and cultures Audience: Undergraduate 7. Develop or improve speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills in a West African language and integrate these skills to communicate effectively Audience: Undergraduate