Planning Your Program
All students registered in the primary and cross-listed courses to which a LAC section is attached (regardless of the section number), will be able to register for the LAC section. Also, any students who have taken those courses in the past and have a certain proficiency in the target language will be able to register in the associated LAC sections if they wish.
In the case of less commonly taught languages (everything but Spanish, French and German), some exceptions could be made to allow students into the corresponding LAC sections even if they are not registered in the main course or they have not taken the course in the past. This will be done on a case by case basis, and will require the permission of the LAC coordinator.
Language Across the Curriculum students should also have attained COM-2 or intermediate proficiency in the target language in order to sign up for a LAC section. Those who have not but are willing and able to manage the class should obtain permission from the LAC Coordinator. All LAC sections must have a minimum of 5 students (except those for less commonly taught languages) and will meet twelve times over the semester, each lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes. To warrant credit, classes need to have around 15 hours of contact time, though a few meetings may be replaced by online discussions, primarily in Blackboard but also in chat-board discussions or blogs.
Registration
LAC sections will appear on Bannerweb under Languages Across the Curriculum. Current course listings with a LAC component will appear under the appropriate language category. For example: An Economics 102 course with a LAC Spanish section will display as:
LAC 250 01 AS 1.000 SPAN LAC: ECONOMICS 102
Students will be able to register for these courses after the first round of registration has passed. During the first week of the semester, professors who teach courses with a LAC component will announce it in class, introduce the LAC assistant (if any) to the students, allow for some time for questions and answers and pass around a scheduling form for those who are registered.
