The Modern Language Option is available to all BA students who wish to study a modern language beyond the level required by their College, and to all other undergraduate students without a modern language requirement who wish to study a language at any level.
Students selecting the MLO may substitute a sequence of three courses in the same language for three domain courses.
The three MLO substitutions must be made in three different domains. Any substitutions must be consistent with the principle that students complete at least one course in each learning domain.
MLO substitutions may not be used to replace the Scientific Inquiry—Lab or Scientific Inquiry—Science as a Way of Knowing requirement.
Students majoring in one modern language may use the Modern Language Option for study of a second language at the Intermediate level or above.
Under this model, all students eligible for the MLO could apply a sequence of three courses in the same language to three learning domains, within the following parameters:
- the three MLO substitutions must be distributed over three different domains,
- any substitutions must be consistent with the principle that students complete at least one course in each learning domain,
- MLO substitutions do not apply to the LSP common core requirements (except if a course in the major also meets EL, then the third MLO course can apply to EL),
- students majoring in one modern language may use the Modern Language Option for study of a second language at the Intermediate level or above, and
- MLO substitutions may not be used to replace the Scientific Inquiry-Lab or Scientific Inquiry-Science as a Way of Knowing requirement.