Bachelor of Arts (Western Languages) | Marjor in French (Revised in 2017)

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1. DEGREE NAME AND AREA OF STUDY

Full name : Bachelor of Arts (Western Languages)
Short name : B.A. (Western Languages)

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM

The Bachelor of Arts Program in Western Languages (Revised in 2017) aims to produce graduates who have the following qualifications:
(1) Have knowledge and skills in English, Western languages and cultures, especially Spanish, German or French, and be able to effectively apply them to works.
(2) Be able to think, analyze,and be creative by applying knowledge and experience related to Western languages and cultures to apply in their works and problem solving.
(3) Have skills in communication, planning, analysis, research, use of information technology and modern management.
(4) Have moral, ethical and academic and professional ethics. Be responsible to the society and have social readiness skills which are necessary for work and living in a transforming society.

3. CURRICULUM

Total credit of study is 147 credits consisting of:

General education course
Specific requirement course
- Core course
- Major course
- Mandatory course
- Elective course
- Minor course
Free elective course

30 credits
111 credits
24 credits
72 credits
48 credits
24 credits
15 credits
6 credits

4. COURSES

General Education Courses (30 credits)
Students must register and pass the following courses or additional courses offered later. Please click on each course name to see the course description.

	Credits
Language Courses 000 101 English I 000 102 English II 000 103 English III 000 104 English IV	12 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6)
Social Sciences Courses 000 145 Leadership and Management	3 3 (3-0-6)
Mathematics and Science Courses 000 174 Learning Skills 000 175 Creative Thinking and Problem Solving 000 160 Basic Computer and Information Technology	6 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) No credit*
*000 160: Students must learn by themselves in the university's e-Learning system or apply for training on various topics specified by the university. Classroom instruction is not provided and credits are not counted. Students must take the test in the e-Testing system according to the criteria set by the university.
Faculty’s General Education Courses	9
Social Sciences Courses HS 420 001 Cross-cultural Literacy HS 430 001 Community-Based Learning Language Courses (Foreign Language 1) Students are required to register for one of the following foreign language courses (3 credits) or any additional courses offered later. HS 311 001 Chinese I HS 321 001 Basic Japanese I HS 331 001 Korean I HS 911 101 Khmer I HS 921 101 Laotian I HS 931 101 Burmese I HS 941 101 Vietnamese I HS 951 101 Bahasa Indonesia I	6 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6)
Note: 3 (3-0-6) = 3 Credits (Theory - Practice - Self-study)

Specific Requirement Courses (111 credits)
Students must register and pass the following courses or additional courses offered later.

	Credits
Core Courses Students must register and pass the following courses or additional courses offered later.	24
HS 701 601 Western Languages and History HS 701 602 Cultures of Western Nations HS 703 301 Western languages Translation into Thai HS 703 302 Thai Translation into Western Languages (#HS703301)* HS 703 501 European Literature HS 703 801 Western Languages for Hotel HS 703 802 Western Languages for Tourism HS 704 901 Research Methodology in Western Languages	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6)
Major Courses	72
Mandatory Courses	48
Students must register and pass the following courses or additional courses offered later. The total number of credits is not less than 48 credits. For students without basic knowledge of French, students are required to register the courses HS731103 and HS731105. For students with basic knowledge of French, students are required to register the courses HS731104 and HS731106.
HS 731 103 French for Beginners HS 731 104 French I HS 731 105 French for Communication in Everyday life HS 731 106 French II HS 731 201 French Listening and Speaking I HS 731 202 French Reading I HS 732 107 French III HS 732 108 French IV HS 732 203 French Writing I HS 732 204 French for Listening and Speaking II HS 732 205 French Reading II HS 732 301 Introduction to French Linguistics HS 733 109 French V HS 733 110 French VI HS 733 206 French Writing II HS 733 207 French Discussion and Public Presentation HS 733 302 French Phonetics and Phonology HS 733 796 Practicum HS 734 111 French VII	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (0-6-3) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6)
Elective Courses	24
(1) Elective courses of the Spanish major	21
Students are required to choose to register and pass the following courses or additional courses offered later. The total number of credits is not less than 21 credits.
HS 731 101 Fundamental French I HS 731 102 Fundamental French II HS 733 208 French Creative Writing HS 733 501 French Masterpieces HS 733 801 French for Secretarial Work HS 733 802 French for Airline Ground Service HS 734 209 Academic French Reading and Writing HS 734 303 French Morphological and Syntactic Analysis HS 734 401 French Interpretation HS 734 402 Teaching French as a Foreign Language HS 734 403 French and Testing HS 734 502 French Poetry HS 734 503 French Literary Works of the Francophone Countries HS 734 601 France Today HS 734 602 Asian Societies and Cultures in French Literature HS 734 802 French for Tourism in the Mekong Sub-region HS 734 803 French-Thai Relations HS 734 804 French for Business HS 734 761 Seminar in French HS 734 785 Cooperative Education	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 6
*Students who are enrolled in HS734785 will have to go through preparation training provided by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences before going to the Cooperative Education.
(2) Restricted elective courses (Foreign Language 2)	3
Students are required to register and pass at least one of the following foreign language courses. The chosen language course must conform with the language course registered in the General Education category.
HS 311 002 Chinese II (#HS311001 or #HS311102)* HS 321 002 Basic Japanese II (#HS321001)* HS 331 002 Korean II (#HS331101 or #407101)* HS 911 102 Khmer II (#HS911101 or #HS427111)* HS 921 102 Laotian II (#HS921101 or #427212 or #427212)* HS 931 102 Burmese II (#HS931101 or #427311)* HS 941 102 Vietnamese II (#HS941101 or #427411)* HS 951 102 Bahasa Indonesia I (#HS951101 or #427511)*	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6)
(3) Minor courses	15
Students can choose to study only one of the minors offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and other minors of Khon Kaen University that will be offered later. The total number of credits is not less than 15. Registering minors must be approved by the advisor and / or the Program Committee. Note 1: 3 (3-0-6) = 3 Credits (Theory - Practice - Self-study) Note 2: *Student must pass the course #XXX XXX first.

Free Elective Courses (6 credits)
Students are required to register not less than 6 credits of free elective courses offered by Khon Kaen University or another educational institution. The course registration must be approved by the Program Committee.

5. SAMPLE STUDY PLAN

1^st YEAR - SEMESTER 1
Course No.	Courses	Credits
000 101 000 174 HS 701 601 HS 731 103 or HS 731 104 or HS 731 201 XXX XXX	English I Learning Skills Western Languages and History French for Beginners or French I or French Listening and Speaking I Free elective course	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3
	Total credits	18

1^st YEAR - SEMESTER 2
Course No.	Courses	Credits
000 102 HS 420 001 HS 430 001 HS 701 602 HS731 105 or HS 731 106 or HS 731 202 XXX XXX	English II Cross-cultural Literacy Community-Based Learning Cultures of Western Nations French for Communication in Everyday Life or French II or French Reading I Free elective course	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3
	Total credits	21

2^nd YEAR - SEMESTER 1
Course No.	Courses	Credits
000 103 000 145 HS 732 105 HS 732 203 HS 712 204 XXX XXX HS XXX XXX	English III Leadership and Management French III French Writing I French for Listening and Speaking II Minor course General Education Course (Foreign Language 1)	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 2 (1-2-2) 3 3
	Total credits	21

2^nd YEAR – SEMESTER 2
Course No.	Courses	Credits
000 104 000 175 HS 732105 HS 732 205 HS 732 301 XXX XXX HS XXX XXX	English IV Creative Thinking and Problem Solving French IV French Reading II Introduction to French Linguistics Minor course Elective (Foreign Language 2)	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 3
	Total credits	21

3^rd YEAR – SEMESTER 1
Course No.	Courses	Credits
HS 703 301 HS 703 501 HS 703 801 HS 733 109 HS 733 206 HS 733 302 XXX XXX	Western languages Translation into Thai European Literature Western Languages for Hotel French V French Writing II French Phonetics and Phonology Minor course	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3
	Total credits	21

3^rd YEAR – SEMESTER 2
Course No.	Courses	Credits
HS 703 302 HS 703 802 HS 733 110 HS 733 207 HS 733 796 HS 73X XXX XXX XXX	Thai Translation into Western languages 3 Western Languages for Tourism French VI French Discussion and Public Presentation Practicum Major elective course Minor course	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 3 (0-6-3)* *Not counted 6 3
	Total credits	21

Students are required to register for HS 733 796 Practicum in the semester 2 of the third year of study,
and to do an internship in the special semester of that academic calendar.

4^th YEAR – SEMESTER 1
Course No.	Courses	Credits
HS 704 901 HS 734 111 HS 73X XXX XXX XXX	Research Methodology in Western languages French VII Major elective courses Minor course	3 (3-0-6) 3 (3-0-6) 9 3
	Total credits	18

4^th YEAR – SEMESTER 2
Course No.	Courses	Credits
HS 73X XXX	Major elective courses	6
	Total credits	6

Total = 147 Credits

6. QUALIFICATION

An applicant must have completed 6 years of high school (Matayom 6).

7. COOPERATION

- Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
- Université de TOULON

8. PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Dr. Wanrudee Kurawan	Head
Asst. Prof. Chalermkiat Mina	Member
Ms. Thiplada Intham	Member and Secretary

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