Describes the first six years of language courses for nonlanguage specialists at the language center of the University of Kent, Canterbury, England. (DS)

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures of the University of Cincinnati now has a comprehensive career education program at the undergraduate and graduate levels. This development did not sacrifice the teaching and research programs. (SW)

A television course on the Faust legend, a segment of interdisciplinary humanities study, is described. The course is part of the University Studies/Weekend College Program of the College of Lifelong Learning at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, which offers a general studies degree program for adults. (SW)

The Modern Language Association conducted a survey of career-oriented, community-related interdisciplinary, and non-traditional foreign language offerings in US colleges and universities. Informal descriptions are given of seven such courses relating to the teaching of literature. (Author/RM)

Multidisciplinary language courses offer hope for integrating language courses into a university undergraduate curriculum. Such courses use a target language, such as French, to explore problems in another discipline. (Author)

Suggests a tripartite division of instructional duties in college language departments: (1) language instruction on intermediate and advanced levels, (2) tutorial instruction, and (3) interdisciplinary courses to curtail compartmentalization and encourage cultural comparison. Linguist and literary scholar need not be at odds. (CHK)

Paper presented at the ADE/ADFL Joint Summer Seminar, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 25-29, 1973. (DD)

An interdisciplinary course entitled "A Cultural Introduction to Foreign Languages" offered in 1974-75 at Murray State University is described. The purpose of the course is to orient and lure hesitant students into language study. (RM)

Pennsylvania State University confers a Bachelor of Science degree in French and business administration. The reasons the major was placed in a non-humanities context and the function of the program are discussed. (SW)

Describes existing interdisciplinary programs in college language offerings throughout the country. (RL)

Describes an experimental language program for students of architecture in its fifth year at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (RL)

The new language program at Loyola University of Chicago is interdisciplinary, with a linguist giving lectures relating a specific language to the study of language itself. Goals emphasize reading as a key to culture. Options include courses in linguistics, literature, or oral and written expression. (CHK)

At the German Department of the University of South Carolina, courses of literature in translation and general cultural courses were open to all students of the university to offset low foreign language enrollments. The content, design and evaluation of these courses is presented. Films were extensively used as a medium of instruction. (TL)

Interdisciplinary foreign language and literature courses can be taught within the framework of a traditional course by using texts from related disciplines and providing socio-historical context for the literary text. Courses can be team taught by staff within an individual department or by staff from various departments. (Author/SW)

A survey of career-related, community-related, interdisciplinary and non-traditional foreign language offerings in the two- and four-year colleges and universities in the United States was made by the Modern Language Association during 1974-75. Informal descriptions of several interdisciplinary courses are given. (RM)