U. OF M. FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAJORS FOLLOW 3 PATTERNS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700350003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 24, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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0.Of?M. Foreign
Majors. Follow 3 Patterns:
ORONO - Foreign language S'TUDZNTS who plan to en-~?
d to
th
majors. who graduate from
e ter teaching are advit)e
of Dlajne follow
their eottrAo with
it
UMver
y
s
fnd out
ou, three major patterns, accord- general academic subjects.
ing to Dr. Wilmarth H. Starr, 1,'i'hose who want government
head pf the department.. service are urged to take strong
programs in hla-
teach at
l
t
ti
k
l
e
o
ng
y
suppor
i
They are
the secondary school or oollege tort' government and political
nce ?nd those who wish to
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._
overnment seivire.+ -'?i
n
g
i
internatfAnal t r a if anortatlon
and communications
-'vie have a good-program in
.hods _
a
age
f l
ngu
s
tecching," On Stag said, '.anR1 American Institute in New
in intain close. Contact wit;; York City or the Institute for
scoot systems and collegur 1Foreign Trade in Ariapnr tot
which are anxlcfus to get our
more specialized traink*.'
(
better atudentd. The department ourrentll
college teaching we have chan-
nels Into graduate schools
which practically essurit our
good students graduate assist-,
ber o1 these students also enter
1tat majors in all three areas,
Starr said. There are usu-
17r
,
ally some 40 juniors and sen-
iors, with about two per cent
of the graduates in the College
nt:Arts and Sciences each year
T4 department, whidu re-
"OOVBRNMiINT aeryricc. the
second major area nu! gradu- l eg both. oral and written _
aces enter, includes particular- cbmWWrehensive examinations'
th
s
e
ea
ly work in. federal Intelligence for all seniors, emphast
'agencies such as the Natinnal C sudiorlingual approach to for,
Security . Agency and C.I.A. J' eign lan~ualte study.
Some 1.5 of bur students have
found happy, successful careers i
in this area since the war.
"Ip commerce and industry
en-
d o
f
p
oun
our majors have
Inge'tn rtirlines shipping cord- a4'pCasible At least uaree.or
:-rat" years Of it language at the
panics, and other large Indus- tries which have foreign outlets high achdol'level am-
-have graduates- for in- V pgc1110utarly it the atu exit
atnoe, with' a large intern ation- 'wants .to study a second Iasi-
al banking firm, and with gum- 'gwae in college
her export and import 3irms? ? :. 4vidw oelpful the studeit
student
Student who major In the,,
department of foreign . tang: ' by the beginning ~0rr said p o-
uaRes . May Concentrate ' In. more year,
French, German. or Spanish, .the department prefer; to haXe
to romance languages: in mod- :all language majors study the
ern languages: or in Latin. History at Western Europe dur-
7n tt first area' of eoneen WS the .freshman year.
} Spanish nasals are eouired
i
l
n
-
must take a )n
tration they mural of 24 semester hours be- } to take Lc.tin Americanistory.
yond the intarmediste level in and Latin majors m have
the literature and ~elvi)fzation ancient ? histoyr.
of their choice. In romance As well as undergraduate
of-
languages the 24 hours are In work wothe rk land rag a the master
French or Spanish . itpratur
and civiliration beyond the in- of arts degree in French. SpaAMn-
termediate level. and in modern tsh, , romance languages.
errt~an
.
languages the courses must in- 1Q
elude a romance language and
Ge-,nan. Latin maims ? mu
have it minimum of 18 hours
their special field.
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ter college and major in Ian-
gtiage' should acquire as much .
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