Foreign Language, A.A.

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Major in Tennessee Transfer Pathway with Emphasis in Foreign Language (A.A.)

Program and Career Description:

The Foreign Language emphasis is a two-year program for students planning to complete a bachelor's degree at a four year school. Trained language interpreters and translators have job opportunities in a wide range of fields, including translating documents, conference interpreters, judiciary interpreters, and medical translators as well as teachers and professors in higher education. Most jobs are found in large urban areas like Washington D.C. Examples of jobs and salaries for some occupations are as follows.

Career	Entry-Level Education	Entry-Level Pay	Median Pay	Experienced Pay
Interpreters and Translators	Bachelor's degree	$24,450	$36,070	$49,800
Postsecondary Teacher	Master's degree; many require PhD	$17,660	$39,180	$64,990
Travel Agent	HS diploma; additional formal training preferred	$26,720	$38,230	$47,080

Career and salary information taken from JOBS4TN.GOV. Check out this website for additional information about job descriptions, education requirements and abilities, and supply and demand for these careers. For additional information from a national perspective, go to Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor on the internet at www.bls.gov. Visit the Occupational Outlook Handbook on this website. Salaries are not guaranteed.

Transfer Options

This program is a Tennessee Transfer Pathway (TTP) major. A student who completes the associates degree in this major is guaranteed that all required community college courses will be accepted in this major at the transfer institution. To see which four-year institutions offer this TTP major and guarantees a seamless transfer, visit the Tennessee Transfer Pathway website at www.tntransferpathway.org.

Articulation agreements exist between other private and non-TN public institutions. These agreements are available at www.columbiastate.edu/admissions/transfer-information.

Program Requirements

Students may be required to take additional Learning Support courses.

Communications Requirement

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credit(s): 3
ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credit(s): 3
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credit(s): 3
or
COMM 2055 - Argumentation and Debate Credit(s): 3

History Requirement

Take 2 courses

HIST 2010 - Early United States History Credit(s): 3
HIST 2020 - Modern United States History Credit(s): 3
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History Credit(s): 3
HIST 2310 - Early World History Credit(s): 3
HIST 2320 - Modern World History Credit(s): 3

Humanities/Fine Arts

Take 3 courses - one must be a literature course

ART 1035 - Introduction to Art Credit(s): 3
ART 2000 - Art History Survey I Credit(s): 3
ART 2020 - Art History Survey II Credit(s): 3
ENGL 2160 - Mythology Credit(s): 3
ENGL 2860 - Introduction to Film Credit(s): 3
HUM 1010 - Early Humanities Credit(s): 3
HUM 1020 - Modern Humanities Credit(s): 3
MUS 1030 - Introduction to Music Credit(s): 3
PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit(s): 3
PHIL 1040 - Introduction to Ethics Credit(s): 3
PHIL 2200 - Introduction to World Religions Credit(s): 3
THEA 1030 - Introduction to Theatre Credit(s): 3

Literature Options:

ENGL 2055 - African-American Literature Credit(s): 3
ENGL 2130 - Topics in American Literature Credit(s): 3
ENGL 2235 - Topics in British Literature Credit(s): 3
ENGL 2310 - Early World Literature Credit(s): 3
ENGL 2320 - Modern World Literature Credit(s): 3

Natural Sciences Requirement

Take 2 courses

ASTR 1030 - Survey of Astronomy Credit(s): 4
BIOL 1080 - Concepts of Biology Credit(s): 4 (must not be paired with another BIOL)
BIOL 1110 - General Biology I Credit(s): 4
BIOL 1120 - General Biology II Credit(s): 4
BIOL 2010 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Credit(s): 4
BIOL 2020 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II Credit(s): 4
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I Credit(s): 4
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II Credit(s): 4
ESCI 1010 - Weather and Climate Credit(s): 4
ESCI 1020 - Landforms Credit(s): 4
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus Physics I Credit(s): 4
PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus Physics II Credit(s): 4
PHYS 2110 - Calculus-Based Physics I Credit(s): 4
PHYS 2120 - Calculus-Based Physics II Credit(s): 4
PSCI 1030 - Survey of Physical Science Credit(s): 4

Mathematics Requirement

Take one course

MATH 1010 - Math for General Studies Credit(s): 3
MATH 1130 - College Algebra Credit(s): 3
MATH 1530 - Introductory Statistics Credit(s): 3
MATH 1630 - Finite Mathematics Credit(s): 3
MATH 1710 - Precalculus Algebra Credit(s): 3
MATH 1720 - Precalculus Trigonometry Credit(s): 3
MATH 1730 - Precalculus Credit(s): 4
MATH 1830 - Applied Calculus Credit(s): 3
MATH 1910 - Calculus I Credit(s): 4

Social/Behavioral Sciences

Take 2 courses

ANTH 1230 - Intro to Cultural Anthropology Credit(s): 3
ANTH 1430 - Intro Prehistoric Archaeology Credit(s): 3
ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit(s): 3
ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit(s): 3
GEOG 2010 - World Regional Geography Credit(s): 3
MCOM 1110 - Media and Social Institutions Credit(s): 3
PHED 2120 - Essential Lifetime Wellness Credit(s): 3
POLS 1010 - Intro to Political Science Credit(s): 3
POLS 1030 - American Government Credit(s): 3
POLS 2025 - State and Local Government Credit(s): 3
POLS 2035 - International Relations Credit(s): 3
PSYC 1030 - Introduction to Psychology Credit(s): 3
PSYC 2130 - Life Span Psychology Credit(s): 3
SOCI 1010 - Introduction to Sociology Credit(s): 3
SOCI 1040 - Social Problems Credit(s): 3
SOCI 2010 - Marriage and Family Credit(s): 3

Major Required Courses

COLS 101 - Columbia State College Success Credit(s): 1
Foreign Language (Two-year Sequence in a single foreign language such as SPAN 1010 , SPAN 1020 , SPAN 2010 , and SPAN 2020 )
Electives *

Requirements for Graduation Include:

earning 25% of total program credits in residence at Columbia State.
earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
taking the Exit Exam.

If you have completed TN eCampus courses, run a degree audit from the student tab in myChargerNet to determine how these courses apply to this program.

Foreign Language, A.A. Sample Academic Plan - Total Credit Hours: 60

First Year - Fall Semester - Total Credit Hours: 16

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credit(s): 3
Social/Behavioral Science Credit(s): 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Credit(s): 3
Beginning Foreign Language I Credit(s): 3
Mathematics Requirement Credit(s): 3
COLS 101 - Columbia State College Success Credit(s): 1

First Year - Spring Semester - Total Credit Hours: 15

ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credit(s): 3
Social/Behavioral Science Credit(s): 3
Beginning Foreign Language II Credit(s): 3
Humanities/Fine Arts Credit(s): 3
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credit(s): 3
or
COMM 2055 - Argumentation and Debate Credit(s): 3

Second Year - Fall Semester - Total Credit Hours: 16

Literature Requirement Credit(s): 3
History Requirement Credit(s): 3
Natural Science Requirement Credit(s): 4
Intermediate Foreign Language I Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 3 *

Second Year - Spring Semester - Total Credit Hours: 13

Natural Science Requirement Credit(s): 4
History Requirement Credit(s): 3
Intermediate Foreign Language II Credit(s): 3
Electives Credit(s): 3 *

Note(s):

*Note: An elective can be any college-level course.

Please check websites of university departments of foreign language for additional information regarding advisement available to students majoring in foreign language.

For more information contact:
Ana Basoa-McMillan at
abasoamcmillan@columbiastate.edu or 931.540.2876
or
Humanities & Social Sciences Division office at 931.540.2780

Columbia State Community College, a Tennessee Board of Regents institution, is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educational institution. CoSCC- FOR LANG-02-14-18