Jul 11, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Functional Fluency in World Languages Undergraduate Badge


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The Functional Fluency Badge is available for French, Spanish, or German and requires 6 hours of 300-level credit in French, Spanish, or German and a score of 5 or higher on the STAMPS 4S Test, or documentation of a level of B1 or Intermediate Mid with another nationally recognized test. Students can take this badge in more than one language.

 

Skillsets

Outcome 1: Functional fluency in a second language

Students will be able to handle basic communicative tasks in straightforward social situations. They can ask and answer questions with some detail about themselves and their immediate environment (travel, lodging, food, shopping).

Their language is characterized by strings of sentences that use high-frequency and simpler grammatical structures.

Outcome 2: Knowledge and Understanding of World Cultures

Students will be able to:

  • recognize the cultural diversity throughout the areas of the world where the language they are studying is spoken,
  • be able to compare the cultural diversity of the areas of the world where the language they are studying is spoken to that of their own culture,
  • be able to compare and contrast cultural practices and perspectives as they relate to diverse world cultures and their own native cultures, and
  • be able to identify and discuss the importance of appreciating and respecting cultural differences.

Outcome 3: Critical thinking and collaboration in a second language

Students will:

  • demonstrate critical thinking and collaborative problem-solving abilities through advanced task-based language activities (i.e., creative skits, videos, websites, curriculum vitae, summaries, research papers, internship reports, student-led classes, oral presentations, etc.)

Required Hours: 6

Campus: Hattiesburg (including study abroad courses)

Requirements: 

Two courses in ONE language at the 300 level selected from:

French

FRE 305 - French Grammar Review  

FRE 321 - French Conversation and Discourse  

FRE 331 - French Popular Culture  

FRE 340 - Reading in French  

FRE 342 - Survey of Francophone Literature  

German

GER 305 - Conversation and Composition  

GER 341 - Reading German  

Spanish

SPA 305 - Writing in Spanish  

SPA 313 - Grammar Review  

SPA 321 - Spanish Intermediate Conversation  

SPA 331 - Hispanic Daily Life  

SPA 332 - Traditions, Festivals and Icons  

SPA 340 - Reading in Spanish  

SPA 341 - Introduction to Hispanic Literature  

SPA 344 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics  

Competency Assessment:

  • WL 398BUA - Functional Fluency in World Languages Badge

Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in badge. Verifies professional fluency in French or Spanish through the STAMP 4S test or equivalent national test. Students must score 5, or demonstrate the B1 or Intermediate Mid level to receive a P grade. 

 

 

 

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