DEPARTMENTAL HONORS PROGRAM: FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES (FLL)
Purpose
The FLL Honors Program is designed for qualified, self-motivated foreign language majors.Through special course distribution and credit hours requirements, as well as a directed honors thesis, students are prepared for in-depth foreign language research and related graduate or professional opportunities.
Eligibility
Acceptance into the FLL Honors Program requires the student to
• be a FLL major,
• have at least sophomore standing,
• have at least 6 hours at the 300-level in UAB foreign language courses,
• have at least a 3.25 GPA in UAB foreign language course work,
• have at least an overall 3.0 GPA,
• have submitted a Formal Application for the FLL Honors Program to the department chair or have been recommended to the program by a member of the department.
Application forms can be obtained from the department office.Students may seek recommendation for the program from any faculty member, and faculty may recommend students independently.The department chair approves admission into the program in consultation with the FLL faculty.Admission is acknowledged by a formal letter of invitation from the chair.Requirements
• completion of a written honors thesis directed by a professor in the department,
• completion of a major in foreign languages plus one of the following options:Options
A FLL honors student must complete one of the following two options:
• four courses (or an approved equivalent) in a foreign language other than that of the student’s major: typically 101, 102, 201, 202;
-or-
• a minor (or the equivalent number of hours) in a related field other than FLL.Benefits
In addition to intellectual research benefits and enhanced credentials for graduate or professional school, honors majors will receive a certificate at the spring UAB Honors Convocation and will graduate "With Honors in Foreign Languages."
Contact
For more information and/or admission to the FLL Honors Program, please contact:
Dr. John Moore (jkmoore@uab.edu) Interim Chair of the Department, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures,
407 Humanities Building (HB); telephone: 205.934.8901