how were u able to learn amything from that????-well unless ur multilingual and understand all those languages which i ceratinly dont..
The school I did my undergrade work was quite advanced. The Professors actually made the courses as difficult as possible. The emphasis was not so much on subject matter, but more directed to teach us to learn on our own and do our own research.
Nearly half the curriculuum was independent studies in which we had to design our own courses, develope a learning plan, state what we intended to learn and then get approval from our advisor.
The sociology course was actualy based on the concept of establishing dialogue with other cultures and viewing the influence language and culture had on social values. Actualy the course was quite simple if you did not get intimidated by the professor. All that the actual teaching was, was the Theories of Kant, which the Prof covered with his German lectures. The only necessary language to understand the basics of the course was German, which was required in the Freshman and sophmore years. However, to truly understand what we were to learn, an exposure to many languages was a plus.
Yes, every student in the school was at least bi-lingual. We had a wide range of students from all over.
You have to remember, I go back a few years the school system here in the states was much stricter at that time. We were required to have completed at least one language prior to finishing grade school. The choices I had were Latin, French or Spanish. Since I was Roman Catholic at that time and was an alter boy in the Church I chose Latin. That was sort of cheating, back then the Catholic Masses were said in Latin.