Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in French (Secondary Education, Teacher Certification in French, Early Childhood through Grade Twelve, with Double Major in B.A. Education)

The Department of World Languages & Literatures offers courses in, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and American Sign Language. Instruction focuses on the acquisition of proficiency in the language and on the development of knowledge of the culture, traditions, and literature of the communities. The department also offers several faculty-led and independent education abroad programs as well as experiential learning opportunities including professional internships and service learning. Students who major in French, German, or Spanish complete 24 hours of upper division coursework and may simultaneously earn teacher certification. Students who minor in French, German, or Spanish complete 15 hours of upper division coursework, and students who minor in Arabic, Italian, Japanese, or Chinese complete 12 hours of upper division coursework. Students are offered courses focusing on literature, culture, linguistics, and professional contexts. For language coursework that is not offered at Texas State, the MODL course prefix is used as a transcript placeholder to allow students to receive transfer credit for successful completion of the language coursework from other universities. MODL is also used for students who receive the requisite score on the ACTFL-OPI exam in a language for which no prefix exists. The MODL course is not an academic credit bearing course.

First-time college applicants are required to graduate or have graduated from a foreign secondary school with an academic profile equivalent to that of a U.S. high school curriculum.
Graduate with the equivalent of a U.S. high school diploma.

When reviewing your application, Texas State will consider your high school curriculum, admission essay(s), extracurricular involvement, leadership, community service, work experience, quality and competitive level of courses taken and grades earned, in addition to other factors presented in your application.

We strongly encourage anyone who is not offered freshman admission to attend another college, complete 30 hours of transferable credit with a minimum GPA of a 2.25, and apply for transfer admission.

IELTS (academic) - overall scores required 6.5 and minimum individual module scores of 6.0
TOEFL iBT - overall scores 78