Mercer University undergraduate students may earn up to 15 hours of academic credit in a study abroad language program approved by the Department of Foreign Languages (16 hours in the case of the program in Seville, Spain). Of these credits 9 may be applied to the major and 6 may be applied to the minor. The approved language programs with which we are already affiliated are in Angers, France (International Studies Abroad); Seville, Spain (Center for Cross-Cultural Study); and Marburg, Germany (Speak and Write Institute). Students also can earn credit in Latin at a Mercer University affiliated institution of higher learning that offers Latin, but they must get approval from the Department of Foreign Languages and the Office of Study Abroad as described above prior to enrolling into a course abroad.
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is affiliated with four study abroad programs. The prerequisite for each is either successful completion of 112 or consent of department faculty.
1. STUDY IN FRANCE: Students study at the Centre International d'Etudes Françaises in Angers, France. They may earn up to 15 hours of credit, up to 9 of which may count toward the major. No more than 6 credit hours may count toward the minor.
2. STUDY IN SPANISH: Students study at the Center for Cross-Cultural Study in Seville & Alicante, Spain; Córdoba, Argentina; and La Habana, Cuba. They may earn up to 16 hours of credit, up to 9 of which may count toward the major. No more than 6 credit hours may count toward the minor.
3. STUDY IN GERMANY: Students study at the Speak and Write Institute in Marburg, Germany. Variable credit up to 15 hours, up to 9 of which may count toward the major. No more than 6 credit hours may count toward the minor.
4. STUDY IN LATIN: Variable credit up to 15 hours, up to 9 of which may count toward. No more than 6 credit hours may count toward the minor.