Foreign language courses do not count as free electives.
Not exact matches
In Brad's article the author says «Classes such as physical education, health, visual arts, music,
foreign languages, vocational work, etc. don't qualify as core
courses» which is what I found odd.
No, you may not be able to hop a plane to Bali tomorrow, but you can snag a Rosetta Stone
foreign language course, cook an Indonesian meal (
do the words «gado gado» mean anything to you?
The second class
did not replace core academic
courses in English, social studies, or science; it
did replace other
courses, such as fine arts and
foreign languages.
The report points out, however, that curriculum requirements in
foreign languages started out low: «Many states
do not require high school students to take
language courses, and few have created statewide
foreign language assessments» (p. 18).
Several law schools have experimented with introducing
foreign and international issues into basic LRW instruction.68 Some have responded to these arguments by creating either upper - class elective seminars with a global LRW focus, 69 or by creating a specialized
foreign / international section of the basic LRW
course.70 Typically, this has been accomplished in a largely ad hoc fashion through the creative efforts of individual instructors, who sometimes offer a special «international» section of the basic LRW
course.71 Additionally, LRW professors whose primary responsibility is to educate
foreign students have naturally gravitated toward incorporating global dimensions in their problems and assignments.72 Faculty specializing in teaching legal English have observed that English is increasingly the
language of choice for transnational negotiations and legal instruments, even in circumstances where the underlying transactions
do not involve Anglo - American law.73 Consequently, they also emphasize a transnational approach that responds to the needs of their students.