See General Education History requirements , above. All students who begin the study of a new foreign language at Union are encouraged to pursue it for at least three terms. Students continuing a foreign language previously studied will be assigned to the proper course level by the department. Placement will be made on the basis of secondary school record and testing scores. Students may construct full majors or interdepartmental majors in French, German, and Spanish.
Minors are possible in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
Students of Chinese and Japanese have the option of the major or interdepartmental major in East Asian Studies. All anthropology courses are open to freshmen. Card courses give preference to majors and upperclassmen. Many freshmen do take Introduction to Cultural Anthropology as one of their first courses in the discipline. The course aims to provide you with an overview of the important findings, concepts, methods, and applications of cultural anthropology.