Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

AR 1010 - Communicating in Arabic I

3 Credits

This course will cover all four language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) of Modern Standard Arabic, at an elementary level. Emphasis placed on active use of the language. Students master the Arabic alphabet and basic pronunciation of all the Arabic sounds, learn to read elementary texts and converse in day to day situations.

Attributes: Middle East Studies, MLIC Language

AR 1020 - Communicating in Arabic II

3 Credits

A continuation of Arabic I. This course enables students to deepen their knowledge of the four basic language skills (speaking, listening, reading, and writing) and further fosters and understanding and appreciation of Arabic literature and Arabic cultures.

Prerequisite(s): AR 1010

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Middle East Studies, MLIC Language

AR 1930 - Special Topics

3 Credits (Repeatable up to 6 credits)

Special Topics in Arabic.

AR 1980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

AR 2010 - Intermediate Arabic: Language & Culture

3 Credits

AR 2010 is designed to continue building working knowledge of Modern Standard Arabic established up to a pre-intermediate stage in AR 1010 and AR 1020. Students continue developing vocabulary and are introduced to sentence structures of more complexity using intermediate grammar to increase reading and listening comprehension as well as written skills. Students also gain greater knowledge of the Middle Eastern Arab culture and customs.

Prerequisite(s): AR 1010; AR 1020

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), MLIC Language

AR 2930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

AR 2980 - Independent Study

1 or 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

AR 3910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

AR 3930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

AR 3980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

AR 4910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

AR 4930 - Special Topics

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

AR 4980 - Advanced Independent Study in Arabic

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

CHIN 1010 - Elementary Chinese I: Language and Culture

3 Credits

Introduction to the sounds, writing system, and basic grammar of modern Chinese and useful cultural knowledge for daily-life communications.

Attributes: MLIC Language

CHIN 1020 - Elementary Chinese II: Language and Culture

3 Credits

Development of Chinese vocabulary, oral comprehension, fundamentals of Chinese grammar, reading, writing, and speaking capabilities. Introduction to Chinese culture.

Prerequisite(s): (CHIN 1010, Chinese Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1010, or LP Chinese Placement with a minimum score of 2)

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

CHIN 1930 - Special Topics

1-4 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

CHIN 1980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

CHIN 2010 - Intermediate Chinese I: Language and Culture

3 Credits

Development and refinement of Chinese vocabulary, oral comprehension, fundamentals of Chinese grammar, reading, writing, and speaking capabilities.

Prerequisite(s): (CHIN 1020, Chinese Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1020, or LP Chinese Placement with a minimum score of 3)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

CHIN 2020 - Intermediate Chinese II: Language and Culture

3 Credits

Development and refinement of Chinese vocabulary, oral comprehension, fundamentals of Chinese grammar, reading, writing, and speaking capabilities.

Prerequisite(s): (CHIN 2010, Chinese Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010, or LP Chinese Placement with a minimum score of 4)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

CHIN 2930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

CHIN 2980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

CHIN 3000 - Oral and Visual Communication in Chinese

3 Credits

This course strengthens students’ oral and visual interpretation and presentation skills in Chinese. Through learning with various multimedia materials, students will become familiar with the intermediate-level vocabulary, grammar, and expressions applicable to multiple scenarios and practice reviewing, summarizing, commenting, asking questions, and sharing personal experiences to achieve practical oral and visual communication goals.

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 2010

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language, UUC:Oral & Visual Comm

CHIN 3010 - Proficiency in Chinese I: Language and Culture

3 Credits

Builds on acquired knowledge of Chinese language and culture. Review and refinement of grammar skills, development of written and oral communication skills. Reading and discussion of authentic language materials (articles, videos, recordings, etc.).

Prerequisite(s): (CHIN 2020, Chinese Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2020, or LP Chinese Placement with a minimum score of 5)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

CHIN 3020 - Proficiency in Chinese II: Language and Culture

3 Credits

Further development of oral and written expression leading to the ability to handle with confidence a wide variety of social situations and writing needs.

Prerequisite(s): (CHIN 3010 or Chinese Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 3010)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

CHIN 3030 - Chinese for Professional Use

3 Credits

The course enhances your cultural competence and language proficiency for various professional settings such as business and academic exchange.

Prerequisite(s): CHIN 2020

Attributes: Asian Studies Elective, Cultural Diversity, Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Int Bus Major Elective, Int Bus Major Breadth Elective, Int Bus Minor Elective, International Studies, International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Asia, International Studies-Economy, International Studies-General

CHIN 3100 - Modern Chinese Fiction and Film

3 Credits

This course examines the multiple phenomena of modern China through the study of literary and cinematic works, focusing on how they represent the ever-changing society, respond to cultural, intellectual, or political discourses, and raise the issue of individuals’ awareness of one’s position in the social network.

Attributes: Asian Studies Elective, Film Studies, International Studies-General, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Elective

CHIN 3150 - Global Sinophone Fiction and Film

3 Credits

The course investigates how Sinophone fiction and films showcase the complex and lasting competitions and negotiations among communities across national, ethnic, or linguistic boundaries, exploring multiculturalism and multilingualism, identity formation, intercultural exchanges, and global interdependence. It is taught in English.

Attributes: Asian Studies Elective, Literature Requirement (A&S), Film Studies, Film & Media Studies Elective, International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Asia, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Elective, UUC:Global Interdependence, UUC:Identities in Context

CHIN 3910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

CHIN 3930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

CHIN 3980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

CHIN 4910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

CHIN 4930 - Special Topics

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

CHIN 4980 - Advanced Independent Study in Chinese

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

FREN 1010 - Communicating in French I

3 Credits

Introduction to French language and culture: reading, writing, speaking, listening. The course emphasizes the acquisition of communicative skills.

Attributes: MLIC Language

FREN 1020 - Communicating in French II

3 Credits

Continuation of FREN 1010. Expansion of oral and written communication skills in areas of immediate needs, personal interests and daily life.

Prerequisite(s): (FREN 1010, French Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1010, or LP French Placement with a minimum score of 2)

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

FREN 1930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits

FREN 1980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

FREN 2010 - Intermediate French Language & Culture

3 Credits

Continued practice in and development of all language skills, enabling the student to function in an increased number of areas. Materials and discussion relating to French culture.

Prerequisite(s): (FREN 1020, French Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1020, or LP French Placement with a minimum score of 3)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), MLIC Language

FREN 2220 - French Culture & Civilization

3 Credits

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS)

FREN 2590 - Women Writers, Conflict, and Social Change in the French-speaking World.

3 Credits

Taught in English. This course will focus on major contemporary women writers from across the French-speaking world. Students consider how cultural, political and social conflicts uniquely affect women in various geographical areas such as France, Western and Northern Africa, the Caribbean, French Polynesia, Canada. On conflicts such as migration, anticolonial environmental activism, gender and tradition, reproductive rights, transmission of slavery and its memory, we learn how women use their voice to deconstruct dominant socio-cultural perceptions and put their voice in the service of social change.

Attributes: French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, UUC:Global Interdependence

FREN 2930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

FREN 2980 - Independent Study

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

FREN 3010 - Discovering the French-Speaking World

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Students discover varied aspects of the French-speaking world, both locally and internationally, while raising their proficiency in French to a level at which they can communicate with increasing ease and accuracy. Emphasis on oral expression and listening comprehension, reinforced by writing skills.

Prerequisite(s): (FREN 2010, French Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010, LP French Placement with a minimum score of 4, or 0 Course from FREN 3000-3999)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, MLIC Language, UUC:Oral & Visual Comm

FREN 3020 - Text, Voice, & Self-Expression

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Students expand their knowledge of modern French and Francophone literature, art, and music, while developing their reading strategies and the skills needed to analyze and write about text. Emphasis on reading comprehension, written proficiency, and grammatical accuracy.

Prerequisite(s): (FREN 2010, French Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010, LP French Placement with a minimum score of 4, or 0 Course from FREN 3000-3999)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, MLIC Language, UUC:Writing Intensive

FREN 3030 - 21st-Century France

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Students extend their knowledge of contemporary French and Francophone cultures, while strengthening their communication skills and ability to talk about unfamiliar and abstract topics. Special focus on current issues. Emphasis on oral expression and listening comprehension.

Prerequisite(s): (FREN 2010, French Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010, LP French Placement with a minimum score of 4, or 0 Course from FREN 3000-3999)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Europe

FREN 3040 - Society, Nation & the Arts in Pre-Revolutionary France

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Through studying important historical figures, concepts, and literary movements of French civilization from the Middle Ages to the French Revolution, students learn to write extended analyses on abstract topics. Emphasis on mastering various writing styles.

Prerequisite(s): (FREN 2010, French Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010, LP French Placement with a minimum score of 4, or 0 Course from FREN 3000-3999)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies, International Studies-General, UUC:Writing Intensive

FREN 3910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

FREN 3930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Prerequisite(s): (FREN 2010, French Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010, LP French Placement with a minimum score of 4, or 0 Course from FREN 3000-3999)

FREN 3980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

FREN 4110 - Language & Linguistics

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN ENGLISH: An introduction to the basic concepts and application of linguistic studies. Presentation and discussion of three main aspects of language: linguistic structures, language as a social dimension, and language as a mirror of cognitive processes.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Foreign Service Elective, MLIC Linguistics

FREN 4120 - French Phonetics

1-3 Credits

Students will learn how to correct and enhance their oral production. Classes will focus on listening and repeating sounds (phonemes) and intonation patterns. In addition, students will learn the workings of the International Phonetic Alphabet. The course will be taught in French.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4160 - French for the Professional

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: For students interested in developing the proficiency needed in business-oriented activities.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Foreign Service Elective, International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Language, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4170 - French and the Sciences

3 Credits

Students in this course will extend their knowledge of scientific advances and issues in contemporary French and Francophone cultures, while strengthening their communication skills and ability to talk and write about unfamiliar and abstract topics. In 'French and the Sciences' we will study current issues in science and technology, including scientific, medical, and technological research being done in France and other Francophone countries. We will also discuss health issues, particularly in French-speaking Africa, as well as other global issues. Taught in French.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: BHS-Humanities, Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Foreign Service Elective, International Studies, International Studies-Europe, Grad Pol Sci Skills, UUC:Global Interdependence

FREN 4180 - French and International Relations: Global Simulation

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This performance-based course culminates in a global simulation project of international conferences. First, you will immerse yourself in the world of International Relations through the Francophone world’s lens; become familiar with key events, institutions and actors of International Relations; acquire cultural/linguistic skills to function effectively in international settings.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Foreign Service Elective, Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, International Studies-Africa, International Studies-Europe, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, UUC:Global Interdependence

FREN 4200 - Perceiving Others: US & France

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: The study of French and American cultures' perceptions of each other and frequent cultural misunderstandings, placed in the perspective of their development in history and of current events. Taught in French.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Foreign Service Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4210 - Translation & Comparative Stylistics - French/English

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH: Offers translation practice of readings from French and American literature, journalistic and scholarly articles. Allows students to use skills developed in other French language, culture and literature courses, yet provides closer focus on comparative analysis of French and English at various linguistic levels. Common translation techniques are learned and practiced.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4220 - French and Francophone Media : Qu’est-ce qui se passe ?

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course will introduce students to a variety of French and Francophone media with an emphasis on national and regional variations. It will expand students’ knowledge and understanding of Francophone societies and cultures throughout the world through analysis of media coverage of current and recent events. Conducted in French.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Foreign Service Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4230 - French Masterpieces: Survey of French Literature

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A basic study of France's rich literary tradition - from the Middle Ages to the present time - and an introduction to the vocabulary of literary analysis (irony, metaphor, etc.). Special attention devoted to the improvement of French language skills.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4240 - French Cuisine: Culture, Text, and Context

3 Credits

This course will use writing about food as a window into how French literature across the centuries broaches such topics as social class, politics, memory, and identity. We will consider how food often functions as a symbol of cultural concerns as well as its role in the economy. The course will map some of these issues across different genres, including fiction, drama, didactic texts, and cookbooks and will assess the similarities and differences in the way in which these genres handle the cultural, social, political, and economic issues that permeate the topic of food preparation and consumption. Taught in French.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Elective, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4250 - The World of New Media: Friend ou Faux?

3 Credits

This course explores the origins of new media in the francophone world while taking an in-depth and critical look at the historical, societal, and political implications of an ever-evolving paradigm of information sharing. Taught in French.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: International Studies, International Studies-Europe, International Studies-General, Grad Pol Sci Skills, UUC:Creative Expression

FREN 4290 - Conflict and Social Change: Women Writers in French

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course will focus on major contemporary women writers from across the French-speaking world. Students consider how cultural, political and social conflicts uniquely affect women in various geographical areas such as France, Western and Northern Africa, the Caribbean, French Polynesia, Canada. On conflicts such as migration, anticolonial environmental activism, gender and tradition, reproductive rights, transmission of slavery and its memory, we learn how women use their voice to deconstruct dominant socio-cultural perceptions and put their voice in the service of social change.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Foreign Service Elective, International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, UUC:Global Interdependence, Women's & Gender Studies

FREN 4300 - Masculin/Feminin

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course examines the themes of love and marriage in 18th and 19th century French literature, through developing a critical approach to the concept of gender - the social construction of male and female social roles and 'natures.' Authors studied may include: Montesquieu, Graffigny, Balzac, Sand.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4315 - Performing Texts: Performativity and Gender in French Literature

3 Credits

This course explores the performative aspect of gender and the Arts in French and Francophone Literature while taking an in-depth and critical look at the historical and societal implications of the theoretical principals of performance. Taught in French.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: International Studies, International Studies-Europe, International Studies-General, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4320 - French Short Story

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: The study of themes, techniques and perspectives as seen in a diversity of French short stories. Texts may include selections from as early as the Medieval fabliaux through contemporary writings by Michel Tournier and J.M.G. Le Clézio.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4340 - 18th-Century French Prose

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A course on society, literature, art and revolution in 18th-century France. A focus on how the concepts of society and social change are articulated in the novels and essays of writers such as Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Olympe de Gouges, Condorcet.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4350 - Studies in 19th-Century Novel

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: The development of the novel in 19th-century France, as seen in representative works of the period from Romanticism to Naturalism. Authors studied may include: Chateaubriand, Hugo, Stendhal, Balzac, Flaubert, Zola.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4360 - Paris in 19th-Century Literature

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Paris in the 19th century was a city in transition - politically, economically, culturally. This course deals with some of the great writers of the period who, as visionaries of their time, were able to grasp the true meaning underlying the ever-changing Parisian panorama. Texts include works by Hugo, Balzac, Gautier, Murger.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4370 - Literature of the Fantastic

3 Credits

This course examines a literary genre known as the conte fantastique (fantastic short story) that emerged in 19th- century France and whose legacy is still seen in today's literature, cinema, and art. Fantastic tales by well-known authors such as Balzac, Gautier, Maupassant, Merimee and German writer Hoffmann are analyzed from a theoretic perspective and for the underlying questions of identity, universal values and the unconscious that they contain. Taught in French.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4380 - Hugo and the Misérables

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Victor Hugo, celebrated poet, playwright, novelist, was also one of the most socially and politically engaged writers of his time. This course examines Hugo's deep commitment to society's misrables and the global implications of his monumental undertaking to sensitize readers to problems of misery, poverty, and social justice in our own time.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Global Citizenship (CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4390 - Studies in 20th Century Prose

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Examines the new directions taken by French fiction in the 20th century. Beginning with Proust, through the Existentialists and the post-war nouveau roman, ending with an evaluation of recent literary trends in the light of the concepts of modernity and post-modernity.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4410 - French Poetry: Origins to 18th Century

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Marie de France, Fabliaux, Christine de Pizan, DuBellay, Ronsard, Malherbe, LaFontaine, and Moliere.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Medieval (Major) - Literature, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4420 - French Poetry: Romantic to Baudelaire

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: An examination of the Romantic period as a moment of explosive creative activity in poetry and art during a time of profound social and economic change. Selections may include works by Lamartine, Vigny, Hugo, Musset, Gautier, Nerval, Baudelaire.

Prerequisite(s): FREN 3030; FREN 3040

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4510 - Early Modern French Theatre: Comedy, Tragedy and Mystery

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Students in this course will explore the nature of tragedy and comedy and will acquire a critical awareness of the representation of dramatic personages through the study of French theatre from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4520 - French Drama: 18th Century to Romantics

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A course on theater and theatricality for Neo-Classicism to the Romantics, focusing both on the themes of the family romance and on the creation of the Artist. Texts include works by Marivaux, Beaumarchais, Hugo, Musset, Vigny.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4610 - French Cinema

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A history of French Cinema by movements and authors. MClias, Bunuel, Vigo, Gance, Renoir, Clouzot, Cocteau, Tati, Truffaut, Godard, Rohmer, Kurys, Berri, Chatiliez, Tavernier. Taught in French.

Prerequisite(s): 9 Credits from FREN3000-3999

Attributes: Film Studies, Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Film & Media - Critical Study, French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Europe, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4630 - Themes in French Literature

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

TAUGHT IN FRENCH:

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Europe, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4640 - Studies in Francophone Literature

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: An overview of Francophone literature of Africa and the Caribbean, focusing on themes of imperialism, de-colonization, and négritude as seen in the works of authors such as Césaire, Senghor, Bâ, Schwarz-Bart.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4650 - French Cinema II 1980's-1990's

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A look at French cinema since 1980 as indicative of a French identity and value crisis. Examines new genres: Cinema du look, Memory films, heritage films, postmodern parody and satire. Directors studied include young directors (Besson, Crax), older directors (Truffaut, Malle), women (Varda, Kurys), minority (Kassowitz) and foreign directors (Kiesllowksi).

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4660 - Nation, Identity, Culture

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course promotes an understanding of the dynamics at play in contemporary French culture by examining how the State has shaped society from the Revolution of 1789 to now. Through various texts and films, students explore the shifting notions of Nation, Identity and Culture during their period.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Foreign Service Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4670 - Postcolonialism and Violence, Issues of Representation in Francophone Culture, Literature and Film

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: After examining socio-political conditions that produced violence in individual francophone cultures and countries, we will analyze ways in which texts (novels, plays, life narratives and testimonies) and films arouse horror, discomfort, denial or connection in readers and spectators.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Foreign Service Elective, Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies-Africa, International Studies-Arts, International Studies-War, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4680 - Voices of Empowerment in Contemporary France

3 Credits

Students in this course will develop their understanding of cultural issues and challenges in Contemporary France and the Francophone World, while strengthening their communication skills and ability to talk and write about complex social and cultural issues. Students will become familiar with issues in culture and politics, and current debates and challenges that are taking place. Students will read from a variety of essays, articles, literary texts, and from online French news sources. We will develop listening comprehension as we watch broadcasts in French and documentaries. We identify how diverse groups attempt to reframe their position in relation to dominant models of (national) identity. We analyze the strategies they develop when trying to have their voices heard and legitimized. Students develop their skills in understanding complex issues, communicating information, and making and defending an argument (a cause), while simultaneously improving their written and spoken French.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: International Studies, International Studies-Europe, Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4690 - Gender and Sexual Revolution in Contemporary France

3 Credits

In this course, students will gain an understanding of the socio-political environment in France surrounding feminist and queer movements. We will examine how key French literary and theoretical texts have helped challenge existing notions of gender and how they have shaped new perspectives on social understanding of feminism, gender, and queer identity in France.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Women's & Gender Studies

FREN 4700 - Love and Honor in Early Modern France

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course explores the evolution of the concept of honor, as well as the depiction and expression of romantic love, in French literature throughout the Early Modern period. The heroic figure is examined, as well as amorous relationships, particularly in terms of gender and power.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4710 - Women and Writing in Early Modern France

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: An examination of the role of women in early modern French literature through a study of French literary works by and about women from the 15th through the 17th century. Writers to be studied will include Christine de Pizan, Marguerite de Navarre, Ronsard, Labé, Racine, and Molière.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Women's & Gender Studies

FREN 4850 - Seminar on Molière

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: In this course students study several of Molière's plays, focusing on his great comedies of character in which he ridiculed vice or intemperance through his caricature of the personage who is its incarnation. Students analyze Molière's comic theatre as a form of ethical inquiry that entertains and instructs its audience.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Major Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4870 - Exoticism in French Literature

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A cultural critique of French novels from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, including works by Montesquieu, Mme de Duras, Chateaubriand, Balzac, Loti, Levi-Strauss. Discussion of the evolution of exoticism as a genre and representations of exotic in 'other' cultures.

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), French Minor Elective, French Major Elective, Global Citizenship (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

FREN 4910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

FREN 4930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Prerequisite(s): 3 Courses from FREN 3000-3999

FREN 4980 - Advanced Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

FREN 5010 - French for Reading & Translation

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN ENGLISH: This course is designed to enable students with little or no background in French to read and translate modern French prose with a dictionary; the course is primarily for graduate students seeking reading knowledge of French for research purposes. Does not count toward MA in French.

FREN 5030 - Advanced Oral Proficiency

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course aims at upgrading oral proficiency in spoken French to a level at which advanced/superior level functions (on the ACTFL scale) can be handled successfully and with a high level of accuracy. Use of multi-media equipment serves to develop comprehension and the ability to communicate in extended discourse.

FREN 5040 - Methods & Techniques for Teaching French

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A practical approach to teaching methods and technologies, focusing on how different strategies can serve to increase students' skills in French. Principles of language acquisition, a history of foreign language methodologies, current approaches to language learning and evaluation of language performance with respect to the 'Proficiency' movement are some of the topics studied.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5060 - Studies in Contemporary French Culture

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: An update on France and France's place in the greater European Community as seen from a diversity of perspectives. This course will examine current trends in society, politics, economy, education, cultural values and their impact on the way of life in France today.

FREN 5070 - Studies in Francophone Culture

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: An analysis of the culture, history and cultural content of selected literary texts of a French-speaking country (such as Canada) or a group of French-speaking countries (such as Francophone West Africa). The 'politics' of writing and identity are discussed.

FREN 5100 - Critical Writing, Oral Expression & Research

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Taking as a point of departure a specific theme in French literature or culture, this course aims at expanding expository and critical expression in French. Students will strengthen their ability to analyze texts and will develop strategies for carrying out research in French and Francophone studies.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5200 - Perceiving Others: US & France

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course examines how the French are perceived by Americans, and how Americans are perceived by the French. Its focus is on points at which observation, on one hand, and imagination and/or value judgment, on the other, meet, in such perceptions. These meeting points are called stereotypes: a projected, generalizing reading of one culture onto another.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5220 - French and Francophone Media

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course will introduce students to a variety of French and Francophone media with an emphasis on national and regional variations. It will expand students’ knowledge and understanding of Francophone societies and cultures throughout the world through analysis of media coverage of current and recent events.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5240 - French Cuisine: Culture, Text, and Context

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course will use writing about food as a window into how French literature across the centuries broaches such topics as social class, politics, memory, and identity. We will consider how food often functions as a symbol of cultural concerns as well as its role in the economy. The course will map some of these issues across different genres, including fiction, drama, didactic texts, and cookbooks and will assess the similarities and differences in the way in which these genres handle the cultural, social, political, and economic issues that permeate the topic of food preparation and consumption.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5290 - Women and Global Issues

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: In this class, we will explore how globalization is bringing to the fore issues that are affecting and shaping women’s lives throughout the world. Through essays, various literary pieces and films, we will examine how dichotomies that are usually identified in feminist discourse take on a renewed life as increased interconnectedness that comes with globalization shapes religious, economic, cultural and political issues. Cross-listed with WGST 5290.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5330 - French "Moralists"

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course attempts to define the 'moralist' and analyze the work of representative writers from the Renaissance through the 17th century in light of this definition. An introductory overview of thought and attitudes marking the Middle Ages is followed by the study of texts by Montaigne, Pascal, La Rochefoucauld, La Bruyere and Madame de Lafayette.

FREN 5340 - Age of Enlightenment

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A study of the 18th-century French 'philosophes' and their notion of society and the ideal citizen, followed by a look at the darker side of the Enlightenment, and in particular the 'anti-societies' envisioned by Sade. Included is an examination of the role of Enlightenment ideology in the French Revolution.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5350 - Studies in 19th Century French Novel

3 Credits

This course examines the emergence of the novel as a genre in France. Both literary technique as well as the socio-cultural factors present at the time of the work's creation will be considered. To be studied are selected works by Chateaubriand, Hugo, Balzac, Sand, Stendhal, Flaubert, Zola. Offered occasionally.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5370 - Literature of the Fantastic

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course examines a literary genre known as the conte fantastique (fantastic short story) that emerged in 19th century France and whose legacy is still seen in today's literature, cinema and art. Fantastic tales by well-known authors such as Balzac, Gautier, Maupassant, Merimee and German writer Hoffmann are analyzed from a theoretic perspective and for the underlying questions of identity, universal values and the unconscious that they contain.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5380 - Hugo and the Misérables

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Victor Hugo, celebrated poet, playwright, novelist, was also one of the most socially and politically engaged writers of his time. This course examines Hugo's deep commitment to society's misérables and the global implications of his monumental undertaking to sensitize readers to problems of misery, poverty, and social justice in our own time. At the same time, students develop a critical eye for identifying what kind of critical strategies enable Hugo to inspire audiences throughout the world to identify with his ideas and to appropriate the spirit of his work for the development of their own initiatives, from art and film production to causes involving political reform and social justice.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5390 - Studies in 20th Century French Prose

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: An examination of the new directions taken by French fiction in light of the development of the notions of modernism and post-modernism. Representative texts ranging from the narrative innovations of Proust through the Existential writing of Camus and Sartre, to the rise of the 'Nouveau roman' of Duras and Robbe-Grillet, to recent contributions by Perec and Toussaint.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5410 - Early Modern French Poetry

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Eustache Deschamps described poetry as 'natural music.' This course will explore the ways in which the 'music' of poetry intensifies its meaning. We will trace the evolution of French poetry from its medieval origins through the seventeenth century. We will explore poetic techniques, devices, and forms.

FREN 5420 - Studies in 19th-Century French Poetry

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A study of poetic expression in France during the 'Romantic' period and its aftermath. Representative works are examined from the point of view of theme and poetic technique, but also from the perspective of the greater artistic and historical context of the time. Examples from Lamartine, Hugo, Vigny, Musset, Gautier, Baudelaire.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5510 - Early Modern French Theatre

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Following an introductory overview of Medieval and Renaissance theater, this course focuses on the 17th century and its three 'greats' of French drama: Corneille, Racine, Moliere. Play analysis and discussion will take into consideration literary trends of the period (preciosite, realism, and classicism), as well as modern literary criticism. Offered occasionally.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5540 - Studies in 20th Century French Theatre

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A study of the major trends in 20th-century French theater, from the influence of the Surrealist movement and Existentialism to the Theater of the Absurd of the Post-War period and its Kafkaian undertones. Offered occasionally.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5550 - Writers of Memory

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: Personal memory, family memory, cultural memory, Holocaust memory, colonial memory, anthropological memory, genetic memory, etc. What surfaces today in French literature (as well as in other domains, such as cinema and art) is a resurgence of multiple forms of memory, often read as challenging the longstanding predominance of historical memory. This course explores the reasons for the surge of memory narratives, as well the various kinds of memory that they conjure up and the various forms that they take in current French literature.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5610 - French Cinema

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A history of French cinema by themes and authors. Examined are the major current directions, including the influence of Surrealism and the Post-Modern, problems in realism and cinematographic genres, the relation of cinema to French politics. Films are shown and discussed. Offered occasionally.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5630 - Studies in Francophone Literature

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: An over-view of Francophone literature of Africa and the Caribbean, focusing on imperialism, de-colonization and 'negritude' as seen in the works of Cesaire, Senghor, Ba, Schwartz-Bart. Offered occasionally.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5650 - French Cinema II: 1980-Present - From "Cinema du look" to new social realism.

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course complements FREN 5610- French Cinema. It examines new developments in French cinema from the 1980s to the present, in the light of French cinematographic tradition, and provides analytical and critical tools to understand such developments. The course is taught in French.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5660 - Nation, Identity and Culture

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course promotes an understanding of the dynamics at play in contemporary French culture by examining how the State has shaped society from the Revolution of 1789 to now. Through various texts and films, students explore the shifting notions of Nation, Identity and Culture during their period. (offered occasionally)

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5670 - Postcolonialism and Violence

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: After examining socio-political conditions that produced violence in individual francophone cultures and countries, we will analyze ways in which texts (novels, plays, life narratives and testimonies) and films arouse horror, discomfort, denial or connection in readers and spectators.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5700 - Love & Honor Early Mod France

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course explores the evolution of the concept of honor, as well as the depiction and expression of romantic love, in French literature throughout the Early Modern period. The heroic figure is examined, as well as amorous relationships, particularly in terms of gender and power.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5710 - Women and Writing in Early Modern France

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This course introduces students to the role of women in early modern French literature as symbol/image and as writer, through a study of French literary works by and about women. Writers to be studies will include Christine de Pizan, Marguerite de Navarre, Ronsard, Lave, Racine, and Moliere.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective, Women's & Gender Studies

FREN 5850 - Seminar on Moliere

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: This seminar endeavors, through a thorough analysis of Moliere's plays, to recapture the time, the life and the literary theories of one of the world's best playwrights. Video cassettes make it possible to first view the plays, then analyze them in light of Aristotelian and modern criticism. Offered occasionally.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5860 - The World of Baudelaire

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: The study of Baudelaire-poet, art critic, 'man of his time'-as a pivotal figure in the transition from 'Romanticism' to the 'modern' era in France.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5870 - Exoticism in French Literature

3 Credits

TAUGHT IN FRENCH: A cultural critique of French novels from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, including works by Montesquieu, Mme de Duras, Chateaubriand, Balzac, Loti, Levi-Strauss. Discussion of the evolution of exoticism as a genre and representations of exotic in 'other' cultures. Offered occasionally.

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5930 - Special Topics

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: French Graduate Elective

FREN 5970 - Research Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

FREN 5980 - Graduate Independent Study in French

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

GR 1010 - Communicating in German I

3 Credits

Introduction to German language and culture: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Emphasis on the acquisition of communicative skills.

Attributes: MLIC Language

GR 1020 - Communicating in German II

3 Credits

Continuation of GR 1010. Expansion of all language skills, enabling the student to function in simple situations related to immediate needs, personal interests and daily life.

Prerequisite(s): (GR 1010, German Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1010, or LP German Placement with a minimum score of 2)

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

GR 1930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits

GR 1980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

GR 2010 - Intermediate German: Language & Culture

3 Credits

Continued practice in and development of all language skills, enabling the student to function in an increased number of areas. Materials and discussion relating to German culture.

Prerequisite(s): (GR 1020, German Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1020, or LP German Placement with a minimum score of 3)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), MLIC Language

GR 2930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits

GR 2980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

GR 3010 - Communicating in Written German: The German Media

3 Credits

Development of fluent written communication skills around the topic of the German Press & Media through reading and discussion of authentic language materials (articles, videos, recordings, etc.), and through activities stressing structural accuracy in writing, reading comprehension and vocabulary expansion. Throughout the course, students produce a German-language magazine portfolio. Taught in German.

Prerequisite(s): (GR 2010, German Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010, or LP German Placement with a minimum score of 4)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, MLIC Language, UUC:Writing Intensive

GR 3020 - Communicating in Spoken German: Contemporary Issues

3 Credits

Development of fluent oral communication skills around the topic of contemporary issues in Germany through watching, listening to and discussion of authentic language materials (presentations, videos, recordings, texts, etc.) and activities stressing structural accuracy in speaking, reading and listening comprehension and vocabulary expansion. Throughout the course, students produce an oral German-language cultural portfolio. Taught in German.

Prerequisite(s): GR 2010

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, MLIC Language, UUC:Oral & Visual Comm

GR 3200 - German Cultural History

3 Credits

A survey of German cultural history from the Germanic Tribes to the present day as reflected in German literature and other cultural artifacts. Taught in German. In addition to working on knowledge of cultural history, students will continue to develop their writing, speaking, listening and reading skills in German. Taught in German.

Prerequisite(s): GR 2010

Attributes: Catholic Studies-Elective, Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, International Studies-Europe, Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature

GR 3210 - German Cultural History

3 Credits

A survey of German cultural history from the Germanic Tribes to the present day as reflected in German literature and other cultural artifacts and larger historical and cultural developments. Taught in English.

Attributes: International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Europe, MLIC Elective, Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature

GR 3250 - German Culture Studies II

3 Credits

A survey of German cultural history from Romanticism through the present day as reflected in German literature and other cultural artifacts.

Prerequisite(s): GR 2010

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, International Studies, International Studies-Europe

GR 3300 - Berlin

3 Credits

Exploration of the rich cultural life of the city of Berlin in the 20th (and 21st) centuries around major historical events such as Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, the divided Germany, the fall of the Berlin Wall and German unification with a focus on questions of identity in the lives of Jewish, East & West German, and immigrant populations in Berlin. Taught in English.

Attributes: Film Studies, International Studies, UUC:Identities in Context

GR 3310 - Modern German Prose and Film

3 Credits

An introduction to German-speaking writers from the modern era. Discussions will focus on a variety of themes including the human psyche, the role of the outsider, gender, political identity, technology, war, and the individual’s relationship to high and mass culture. Topics are discussed within a framework of the historical, political, and cultural developments that have taken place in the modern era of the German-speaking countries. Authors may vary based, but may include some of the following: Goethe, Kleist, Kafka, Schnitzler, Bachmann, and Wolf, among others. We will also view and discuss films based on these literary texts. Taught in English.

GR 3320 - German Cinema

3 Credits

An introduction to German cinema from the genre's inception to the present. We will examine German-speaking filmmakers of varying cultural backgrounds within their diverse historical contexts. In doing so, we will investigate how a filmmaker's national identity, race, ethnicity, gender, class, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation inform his or her cultural production, and perceptions of self and community. Taught in English.

GR 3330 - German Identity

3 Credits

Examination of cultural identity as it relates to contemporary German society: What does it mean to be 'German' today? Through various texts and other resources, students construct a definition of cultural identity, explore how various factors contribute to German cultural identity, and examine how aspects related to German cultural identity relate to their own cultural identity. Topics include the role of language, geography, traditions, a shared history, food, and others. Taught in English.

GR 3500 - Courtly Love and Life Portrayed Through Medieval German Literature

3 Credits

As an introduction to medieval life and its literature, this course takes a brief look at political, social and religious structures that shaped medieval 'Germany.' This course studies several classics from medieval German literature that are representative for aspects of medieval life: e.g. Hartmann Der arme Heinrich, the Nibelungenlied, Eschenbach's Parzival, Straßburg's Tristan, and courtly love lyrics. Taught in English.

Attributes: Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture

GR 3510 - Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival: Gender, Race, and Otherness

3 Credits

In this course, student will read and critically reflect on Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival (ca. 1220). While this text is fictional, it is grounded in 'reality' and reflects upon its times and discourses on politics, religion, race, gender, and otherness, the focus of this course. Taught in English.

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, UUC:Writing Intensive

GR 3700 - History of German Language

3 Credits

History of the German language will study the development of German from its earliest forms to contemporary German. Students will become familiar with linguistic terminology along with major linguistic and cultural changes that happened from Indo-European to Germanic to Old and Middle High German to contemporary German. Taught in English.

GR 3910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

GR 3930 - Special Topics

1-4 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

GR 3980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

GR 4010 - Fluency in German

3 Credits

Use of authentic language materials in German culture, special fields and in topics of particular interest to enable the student to achieve oral and written accuracy and fluency.

Prerequisite(s): (GR 3010, GR 3020, or GR 3210)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, MLIC Language, Grad Pol Sci Skills

GR 4250 - German for Professional Use

3 Credits

Development of advanced language skills (reading, writing listening comprehension and speaking) pertaining to German for professional use.

Prerequisite(s): (GR 3010, GR 3020, or GR 3210)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies, MLIC Language, Grad Pol Sci Skills

GR 4750 - The German Press: Creating a Foreign Language Newspaper

3 Credits

Students produce a print and online German newspaper focusing on current events in German-speaking countries as well as German-American communities and cultural sites in and around St. Louis. They collaborate to produce video documentaries thematically connected with topics featured in the publication. Taught in German.

Prerequisite(s): (GR 3010, GR 3020, or GR 3210)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

GR 4910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

GR 4930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Special topics might include: The German Experience of the New World, Introduction to the Literature of the German Democratic Republic, Translation of Technical German, German Phonetics, German Drama. All taught in German.

GR 4960 - German Senior Capstone Project

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

All German majors must complete a Senior Capstone Project during their final year of German study. Students have the option of completing a research project or professional portfolio, participating in an internship connected with German language and/or culture, or creating an original work, each resulting in 12-15 pages of written German and an oral presentation.

GR 4980 - Advanced Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

GR 5010 - German for Reading & Translation

3 Credits

This course develops reading proficiency in German. It focuses on grammatical skills, works on vocabulary and primarily reading comprehension and translation skills in selected German academic texts and discipline specific academic writing. It prepares students to satisfy the foreign language translation exams required in respective Ph.D. programs.

GR 5930 - Special Topics

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

GR 5980 - Graduate Independent Study in German

1 or 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

ITAL 1010 - Communicating in Italian I

3 Credits

Introduction to Italian language and culture. Emphasis on acquiring communicative skills.

ITAL 1020 - Communicating in Italian II

3 Credits

Expansion of oral and written communication skills in areas of daily life and personal interest.

Prerequisite(s): (ITAL 1010 or Italian Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1010)

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS)

ITAL 1200 - Intensive Italian for Gamers

3 Credits

Intensive Elementary Italian. Aimed at students who are passionate about video games and self-identify as gamers. Equivalent to ITAL 1010 and ITAL 1020. Introduction to Italian language and culture. Emphasis on acquiring communicative skills.

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS)

ITAL 1930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

ITAL 1980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

ITAL 2010 - Intermediate Italian: Language & Culture

3 Credits

Continued practice in all skills, enabling students. Reading in and discussion of Italian culture.

Prerequisite(s): (ITAL 1020, ITAL 1200, or Italian Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1020)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS)

ITAL 2930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

ITAL 2980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Prior approval required of sponsoring professor of department chair.

ITAL 3010 - Written Communication in Italian I

3 Credits

Reading and analysis of authentic language materials to develop written expression. Refining of communicative strategies for accurate expression of ideas.

Prerequisite(s): (ITAL 2010 or Italian Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective

ITAL 3020 - Oral Communication in Italian I

3 Credits

Development of fluent oral expression through communicative activities stressing listening comprehension, structural accuracy and systematic approach to vocabulary expansion.

Prerequisite(s): (ITAL 2010 or Italian Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective

ITAL 3030 - Advanced Oral Communication in Italian

3 Credits

Development of proficient oral expression and intercultural communication skills in Italian through activities promoting rhetorical effectiveness, listening comprehension abilities, structural accuracy and vocabulary expansion.

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Italian Electives

ITAL 3200 - Italian Cinema

3 Credits

A survey of Italian Cinema from neorealism to the present. The course will cover both formal and thematic trends in the films of directors such as Rossellini, Visconti, Fellini, Antonioni, Wertmuller, Benigni. Film screenings will be in Italian with English subtitles. Lectures and course work will be in English, with a lab in Italian.

Attributes: Film Studies, Italian Electives

ITAL 3201 - Italian Cinema - Major/Minor

3 Credits

A survey of Italian Cinema from neorealism to the present. The course will cover both formal and thematic trends in the films of directors such as Rossellini, Visconti, Fellini, Antonioni, Wertmuller, Benigni. Film screenings will be in Italian with English subtitles. Lectures and course work will be in English, with a lab in Italian.

Restrictions:

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Italian Studies.

Attributes: Film Studies

ITAL 3300X - Madonnas, Witches, Rebels: Women and Gender in Italy

3 Credits

An introduction to the work of Italian women writers, thinkers, filmmakers, and artists through the lens of gender and feminist theory. Emphasis on the study of women's changing roles and experiences in Italian history and of class, ethnic, and racial differences within Italian women.

Attributes: Film Studies, Film & Media - Critical Study, Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Women's & Gender Studies

ITAL 3400 - Dante's Divine Comedy

3 Credits

Analysis of one of the most celebrated and controversial works of Western literature. Particular emphasis on the formal aspects of Dante's poem, on the historical, philosophical and theological background, and how it still relates to our own world. Course taught in English.

Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature

ITAL 3401 - Dante’s Divine Comedy - Major/Minor

3 Credits

Analysis of one of the most celebrated and controversial works of Western literature. Particular emphasis on the formal aspects of Dante's poem, on the historical, philosophical and theological background, and how it still relates to our own world. Taught in English, with additional work in Italian.

Restrictions:

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Italian Studies.

Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), Italian Electives

ITAL 3450 - Mafia and Antimafia in Italian Culture: Perceptions, Representations, Experiences

3 Credits

A critical exploration of perceptions and representations of organized crime in Italy and the US through the study of literary texts, films, and testimonials. Emphasis on: history of the mafia, the antimafia movement, and the impact of gender on the experiences of mafia victims and perpetrators. Taught in English.

Attributes: Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Women's & Gender Studies

ITAL 3451 - Mafia and Antimafia in Italian Culture: Perceptions, Representations, Experiences - Major/Minor

3 Credits

A critical exploration of perceptions and representations of organized crime in Italy and the US through the study of literary texts, films, and testimonials. Emphasis on: history of the mafia, the antimafia movement, and the impact of gender on the experiences of mafia victims and perpetrators. Taught in English, with a lab in Italian.

Restrictions:

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Italian Studies.

Attributes: Italian Electives, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)

ITAL 3550 - Women, Knights, Weapons & Love: Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature

3 Credits

An introduction to literary masterpieces using the themes of love, war and women from the 13th century through the Renaissance. Readings from major works of selected authors illustrate the dominant intellectual trends and development of literary forms against the rich cultural background of medieval and Renaissance Italy. In English.

Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature

ITAL 3551 - Women, Knights, Weapons & Love: Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature- Major/Minor

3 Credits

An introduction to literary masterpieces using the themes of love, war and women from the 13th century through the Renaissance. Readings from major works of selected authors illustrate the dominant intellectual trends and development of literary forms against the rich cultural background of medieval and Renaissance Italy. In English, with a lab in Italian.

Restrictions:

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Italian Studies.

Attributes: Italian Electives, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)

ITAL 3600 - Power and Play: Pre-Modern Italian Theatre

3 Credits

A critical exploration of the development of literary texts of Italian theatre from the 13th to the 17th century. The course considers art, religion, gender, politics, race, sexual orientation and identity within their historical, religious and philosophical context. Course taught in English.

Attributes: Classical Humanities, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature

ITAL 3601 - Eros, Power and Play: Pre-Modern Italian Theatre - Major/Minor

3 Credits

A critical exploration of the development of literary texts of Italian theatre from the 13th to the 17th century. The course considers art, religion, gender, politics, race, sexual orientation and identity within their historical, religious and philosophical context. Course taught in English, with a lab in Italian.

Restrictions:

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Italian Studies.

Attributes: Italian Electives, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)

ITAL 3650 - Italy Beyond Borders: Social Justice in Modern Italian Culture

3 Credits

An interdisciplinary exploration of Italy’s major contributions to the modern world. Emphasis on the ways in which the work of modern Italian writers, directors, artists, but also scientists, etc., has contributed to the struggle against global injustice, and on the global impact of Italy’s contemporary social and environmental movements. Taught in English.

Attributes: Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, International Studies-Europe, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)

ITAL 3651 - Italy Beyond Borders: Social Justice in Modern Italian Culture - Major/Minor

3 Credits

An interdisciplinary exploration of Italy’s major contributions to the modern world. Emphasis on the ways in which the work of modern Italian writers, directors, artists, but also scientists, etc., has contributed to the struggle against global injustice, and on the global impact of Italy’s contemporary social and environmental movements. Taught in English, with a lab in Italian.

Restrictions:

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Italian Studies.

Attributes: International Studies-Europe, Italian Electives, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)

ITAL 3700 - Global Italy: Migration and Multiculturalism

3 Credits

This course is an introduction to Italy's cultures of migration and multiculturalism through literature, media, and cinema. Students will develop cross-cultural competence on topics such as border-crossing, undocumented immigration, integration and transculturation, women's experiences, colonialism, racial and religious stereotyping. Conducted in English.

Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), Global Citizenship (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)

ITAL 3701 - Global Italy: Migration and Multiculturalism - Major/Minor

3 Credits

This course is an introduction to Italy's cultures of migration and multiculturalism through literature, media, and cinema. Students will develop cross-cultural competence on topics such as border-crossing, undocumented immigration, integration and transculturation, women's experiences, colonialism, racial and religious stereotyping. Conducted in English, with a lab in Italian.

Restrictions:

Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Italian Studies.

Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)

ITAL 3910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

ITAL 3930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: Italian Electives

ITAL 3980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Prior approval required of sponsoring professor and/or department chair.

ITAL 4010 - Written Communication in Italian II

3 Credits

Description and exposition of topics of particular interest and special fields competence, correct form and clarity of message will be emphasized.

Prerequisite(s): (ITAL 3010 or Italian Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 3010)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, Grad Pol Sci Skills

ITAL 4020 - Oral Communication in Italian II

3 Credits

Accuracy and fluency in oral expression in topics of particular interest and special fields of competence.

Prerequisite(s): (ITAL 3020 or Italian Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 3020)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, International Studies-General, Grad Pol Sci Skills

ITAL 4300 - An Assembly Manual for the Perfect Prince

3 Credits

This is a course about perfect government, as it was imagined by the Italian writers from the 13th to the 18th Centuries. Taught in Italian.

Prerequisite(s): ITAL 3010; ITAL 3020

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

ITAL 4910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

ITAL 4930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: Italian Electives

ITAL 4980 - Advanced Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Prior approval required of sponsoring professor and department chairperson.

Attributes: International Studies

ITAL 5930 - Special Topics

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

ITAL 5980 - Graduate Independent Study in Italian

1 or 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LAS 1930 - Special Topics

1-4 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LAS 1980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LAS 2930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LAS 2980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LAS 3000 - Introduction to Latin American Studies

3 Credits

This course is designed to give students a general introduction to the societies, cultures, economies, and politics of Latin America. Topics covered include colonialism, and its contemporary legacies, the role of historically-marginalized groups, authoritarianism and violence, and the economic basis of modern Latin American societies.

Attributes: Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, International Studies-Latin Am, Urban Poverty - Immigration

LAS 3910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

LAS 3930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LAS 3980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LAS 4910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

LAS 4930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LAS 4960 - Senior Inquiry

3 Credits

LAS 4980 - Advanced Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LLC 1250 - Speaking in (Inter)Cultural Context

3 Credits

This course helps students experience spoken and visual communication, whether produced by themselves or others, as being shaped by cultural context. We will examine communication produced in the United States as a cultural point of reference before analyzing discourse produced in other contexts.

Attributes: International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Europe, MLIC Intercultural, UUC:Oral & Visual Comm

LLC 1255 - Modern Languages and Intercultural Competence

3 Credits

The course is delivered in English with a specific focus on one or more other modern languages. It is divided into four basic modules: intercultural communication and understanding otherness; comparative linguistics and how language, geography, and cultural history shape thinking; cultural aesthetics, artistic analysis and comparison; and multicultural audiences and communicating effectively for different purposes, places and people. Students are trained in rhetoric in an intercultural context, and will advance their oral and visual communication skills through assignments that require them to consider their own positions, present audience-appropriate messages and arguments, and acknowledge multiple and contradictory perspectives.

Attributes: MLIC Intercultural, UUC:Oral & Visual Comm

LLC 1930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LLC 1980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LLC 2930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LLC 2980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LLC 3050 - Solving Problems in the World Through Languages, Literatures and Cultures

3 Credits

Today’s challenges come in all shapes and sizes and are only growing more complex, which requires innovative ways to tackle solutions through multilingual and multicultural collaborations. In this course you are invited to sharpen your creative problem-solving skills while exploring global problems from the past, present, and future. Through the interdisciplinary lens of world languages, literatures and cultures we will work together to better understand a specific problem in context and present creative solutions. Your unique disciplinary background, life experiences and linguistic and cultural identities will enrich our semester long research and discussion.

Attributes: UUC:Collaborative Inquiry

LLC 3210 - Social Justice in the Jewish Tradition

3 Credits

A study of the Jewish approach to issues of social justice.

Attributes: Cultural Diversity, Global Local Justice-Domestic, Urban Poverty - Social Justice, UUC:Reflection-in-Action, Diversity in the US (A&S)

LLC 3250 - Migrants and Borders on Screen: The Cinema of Migration in Mediterranean Europe

3 Credits

This course is an introduction to recent European cinema of migration with a focus on Italy, France and Spain. Students will develop cross-cultural awareness of how the experience of migrants shapes the host society, and how issues of gender and race affect migrants' journeys and their integration.

Attributes: Film Studies, Global Citizenship (CAS), Italian Related Studies, Women's & Gender Studies

LLC 3930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LLC 3980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LLC 4500 - Reflection on Intercultural Experiences

2 Credits

In this course students pursuing the MLIC major are invited to complete a culminating reflection of their experiences with modern languages and intercultural communication. They will be asked to participate in discussion sessions, journal reflections, and to give a final oral presentation in order to share their conclusions, and cultural and linguistic abilities to a broader audience.

Prerequisite(s): Minimum Earned Credits of 60

Attributes: Special Approval Required

LLC 4640X - Evil in Modern Culture

3 Credits

This course aims at scrutinizing and understanding evil as manifested and/or represented in selected cultural artifacts and philosophical texts from the Enlightenment through the Cold War. Some of the topics to be discussed are the so-called problem of evil, the horror, terror, radical evil, sadism, and genocide. Since evil has a multifaceted nature and many modes of appearance, it will be approached by putting into dialogue philosophical texts and cultural works. Accordingly, a specific aspect of evil will be studied from a multidisciplinary angle. At the course’s core intersect ethical, political, and artistic issues. Texts and films by Sade, Unamuno, Nietzsche, Kant, Arendt, Levinas, Ford Coppola, and Lanzmann will be studied throughout the course. Taught in English.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Spanish Electives, Spanish Major taught English

LLC 4930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

LLC 4980 - Advanced Independent Study in Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

MLNG 1100 - Contemporary Issues

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

This class studies American culture through topics of global issues, social justice, and cultural diversity. A service learning component will allow students to have an practical application of the knowledge, as well as leadership training in service projects in the urban setting of St. Louis. Required readings and movies will be about different sub-cultures within the United States and a variety of global issues.

MLNG 2930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

MLNG 3930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

MLNG 3980 - Independent Study

1 or 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

PG 1010 - Communicating in Portuguese I

3 Credits

Acquisition of basic communication skills through extensive study of Portuguese grammar and vocabulary, and practice in a variety of everyday situations. Emphasis on listening comprehension, reading strategies, and oral and written expression.

Attributes: MLIC Language

PG 1020 - Communicating in Portuguese II

3 Credits

Continuation of PG 1010. Consolidation of essential grammar: use of past and future tenses, and hypothetical conditions; further development of listening and reading strategies; and extensive practice of verbal and writing skills. Students that complete this course should have the equivalent of an A2 level according to the English in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).

Prerequisite(s): PG 1010

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

PG 1930 - Special Topics

1-4 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

PG 2010 - Intermediate Portuguese: Language & Culture

3 Credits

Continued practice in and development of all language skills, enabling the student to function in an increased number of areas. Materials and discussion relating to Portuguese culture.

Prerequisite(s): PG 1020

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

PG 2020 - Conversation and Culture

3 Credits

Students discover varied aspects of the Portuguese-speaking world, while raising their proficiency in Portuguese to reach a B2 level according to the Common European Framework, a level at which they can communicate with increasing ease and accuracy. There is an emphasis on oral expression and listening comprehension, reinforced by reading and writing skills. The linguistic differences between Portuguese and Spanish will be highlighted.

Prerequisite(s): PG 2010

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

PG 2930 - Special Topics

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

PG 2980 - Independent Study

1 or 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

PG 3910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

PG 3930 - Special Topics

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

PG 3980 - Independent Study

1 or 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

PG 4910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

PG 4930 - Special Topics

1-4 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

PG 4980 - Advanced Independent Study in Portuguese

1 or 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

RUSS 1010 - Russian from the Beginning I

3 Credits

Students will demonstrate a novice-mid level on the ACTFL scale in reading, writing, speaking, and listening after having been introduced to a variety of print, audio, video, and digital resources. They will relate basic personal information, to describe routine activities, to reply in basic phrases to everyday queries, and to respond in a general manner to requests for personal information. The importance of linguistic accuracy will be repeatedly emphasized throughout the course as student gain a knowledge of the Russian alphabet, formal/informal greetings, verbal conjugations, and the adjectival and nominal declensions.

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies, International Studies-Europe, MLIC Language

RUSS 1020 - Russian from the Beginning II

3 Credits

By the end of the course students will demonstrate a novice-high knowledge of reading, writing, listening, and speaking in Russian after their introduction to a variety of print, audio, video, and digital resources. Students will be able to relate personal information about their living situations, families, studies, professions, shopping, and food preferences. Students will attain a novice-high level knowledge of the verbal system (including all aspects and tenses), the verbs of motion, and all adjectival and nominal cases.

Prerequisite(s): RUSS 1010

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies, International Studies-Europe, MLIC Language, Russian Area Studies

RUSS 1930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

RUSS 1980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

RUSS 2010 - Intermediate Russian: Language and Culture I

3 Credits

Students will be able to navigate successfully in sentence-length discourse in speaking and writing, at a minimum novice-high level, a range of topics relating to personal interests, including daily routine, hobbies, student life, and family history. They will be developing an ability to comprehend and compose paragraphs related to personal interests at the intermediate level, as they more fully master complex sentence formation and usage as well as temporal expressions.

Prerequisite(s): (RUSS 1020 or Russian Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1020)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

RUSS 2020 - Intermediate Russian: Language and Culture II

3 Credits

Students will be introduced to a variety of print, audio, video, and digital resources to encourage them to reflect on cross-cultural comparisons and a culturally informed use of Russian. Students will be able to manage successfully in sentence-length discourse at an intermediate level a range of personal, cultural, and travel-related topics. The development of critical reading skills with a study of participles, comparative structures, and content analysis is a focus of the course.

Prerequisite(s): RUSS 2010

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, International Studies, International Studies-Europe, MLIC Language, Russian Area Studies

RUSS 2930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

RUSS 2980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

RUSS 3010 - Communicating in Russian: The Arts

3 Credits

This is a four-skilled Russian language course that will develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills with real-life simulations by analyzing a variety of media, including digital resources. By the end of the course students will have improved their intermediate-level skills through a review of intermediate and advanced grammatical structures, development of structured writing compositions, defined conversations focused on a range of topics, exercises promoting active listening, and readings rich in cultural knowledge.

Prerequisite(s): RUSS 2020

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, International Studies-Europe, MLIC Language, Russian Area Studies

RUSS 3020 - Communicating in Russian: History and Politics

3 Credits

This is a four-skilled Russian language course that will develop listening, reading, speaking, and writing skills with real-life simulations by analyzing a variety of media, including digital resources. By the end of the course those receiving credit for the major or minor will have achieved a minimum intermediate-mid level in reading and listening skills owing to a review of intermediate and advanced grammatical structures, development of structured writing compositions, defined conversations focused on a range of topics, exercises promoting active listening, and readings rich in cultural knowledge.

Prerequisite(s): RUSS 3010

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Europe, MLIC Language, Russian Area Studies

RUSS 3250 - Russia From Peter to Putin: Imperial, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Culture

3 Credits

This course, required for the Russian minor, provides a broad overview of Russia's contributions to world culture in the areas of art, architecture, literature, and music. Students will explore various dimensions to this vast region from Peter the Great's construction of St. Petersburg to the celebration of the Sochi Olympics in 2014 as well as Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Attributes: Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Europe, Russian Area Studies, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture

RUSS 3270 - Soviet and Russian Cinema: Traditions and Innovations

3 Credits

The course approaches Soviet and Russian cinema from two perspectives: generic-historical, surveying movements and genres in Russian films from about 1915 to 2015; and critical, using the cinematic frame as a window into Soviet and Russian culture. Films to be shown range from the silent short to the historical epic, and from the gems of the avant-garde and Socialist Realism to late genre and auteur cinema in post-Soviet Russia. Under three broad headings — "Discourses and Ideology," "Identification and Ritual," and "Localism and Disintegration" — the course traces Soviet Russian constructions of community, nation ("ours/other"), class, and gender. (Offered in fall)

Attributes: Global Citizenship (CAS), MLIC Elective

RUSS 3320 - Dostoevsky Through the Centuries

3 Credits

This course considers Dostoevsky's impact on world culture through an examination of his major works, including Notes from the Underground, Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov, and their dialogue with the writings of such famous personages as Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, D. H. Lawrence, and Albert Camus.

RUSS 3340 - Serfdom and Liberation: Challenging the Legacies of Forced Labor

3 Credits

Tsar Alexander II won the race to liberation when he freed the serfs in the empire in 1861 before Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, but serf and slave alike despite the promise of property and rights protected in law would struggle with poverty, discrimination, and oppression for generations. This course examines the Russian experience of serfdom and attempts at liberation primarily through literature of the nineteenth century but with examples of intercultural dialogue introduced to highlight Russia’s international reputation of repression with a range of genres by famous authors including Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. In English. (Offered occasionally)

Prerequisite(s): Minimum Earned Credits of 30

Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), UUC:Dignity, Ethics & Just Soc

RUSS 3350 - Chekhov as Dramatist: Performance, Adaptations, and Intermedial Transpositions

3 Credits

The appeal of Chekhov’s major plays remain the focus of this course that examines the adaptation, mutation, and appropriation of his drama on stage and screen to encourage an appreciation for the intermedial transpositions of the Chekhov text across cultures, recent histories, and media in Russia, on Broadway, and beyond.

Attributes: Fine Arts Requirement (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Elective

RUSS 3360 - In Prisons Dark: Confinement Literature in the Russian and Soviet Empires

3 Credits

This overview of Russia prison and camp literature written by major authors incarcerated during the past two centuries, either in Imperial or Soviet institutions, will introduce students to the rich and varied tradition of Russian autobiographical literature about centers of confinement, punishment and correction. The personal history of each prisoner, in addition to the time, duration, and location of the imprisonment, will inform our readings of these texts, which represent a range of prison experiences shaped by religious conviction, social class, political affiliation, health considerations, gender identity, and conditions of confinement in disparate prison and camp systems. Taught in English .

Restrictions:

Enrollment limited to students with a classification of Junior or Senior.

Attributes: Law, Religion and Politics, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Russian Area Studies, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture

RUSS 3370 - World Soul in the Silver Age: Literature in a Revolutionary Era

3 Credits

Russia’s fin-de-siècle—the twilight of the nineteenth century and dawn of the twentieth century—experienced a renaissance with symbolism and idealism informing the creative impulses of a new generation of poets and realists turning to performances or the short story to express terror and disillusionment brought on by unrest in the new century. This course will explore the Silver Age merging of the arts (theater and music) with literature as well as literary output in the midst of Revolutions with works written by Anna Akhmatova, Andrei Bely, Mikhail Bulgakov, Anton Chekhov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Maksim Gorky. Taught in English. (Offered occasionally)

Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS)

RUSS 3390 - Putin's Idiocracy

3 Credits

This course will investigate how writers, philosophers, and filmmakers approach the phenomenon of stupidity in Russia and beyond throughout historical periods and how Putin’s regime epitomizes the triumph of stupidity and anti-intellectualism in Russia’s governance, foreign affairs, cultural and media politics. The course will be taught in English and all materials will be in English translation.

Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), Film Studies, Global Citizenship (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Elective, Russian Area Studies, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture

RUSS 3440 - Art, Media, & Power in Post-Soviet Russia

3 Credits

This course will investigate how filmmakers, writers, artists and art collectives have represented, challenged and/or rejected social and political developments in Russia from the chaos of the lawless “wild 1990s” through the media-reliant solidification of power in Putin’s Russia, and toward the rise of the protest culture that has dominated media attention in the last few years. The course will be taught in English and all materials will be in English translation.

Attributes: Film Studies, Film & Media - Critical Study, International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Europe, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Elective, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture

RUSS 3910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

RUSS 3930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

RUSS 3980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

RUSS 4010 - Presenting Research in Russian

3 Credits

In this course students develop presentational, research, and writing skills through individual research projects in order to improve fluency in the area of professional discourse at a minimum intermediate-mid level. Students are introduced to a variety of print and digital resources as they develop their ability to analyze critically the way in which language is impacted by various cultural forces.

Prerequisite(s): 1 Course from RUSS 3000-3999; 1 Course from RUSS 3000-3999

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, International Studies-Europe, Grad Pol Sci Skills

RUSS 4510 - The Russian Orthodox

3 Credits

This course traces the theological, social, political, and cultural history of the Orthodox Church in Russia with particular foci on theological crises noted for shaping doctrine, iconography, popular religious belief, monasticism, messianism, Sophiology, and relations between Russian spiritual and secular authorities in the Eastern Church.

Prerequisite(s): (THEO 1000 or THEO 1600); (1 Course from THEO 2000-2999 or RUSS 3250)

Attributes: Catholic Studies-Elective, International Studies-Europe, UUC:Identities in Context

RUSS 4910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

RUSS 4930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

RUSS 4980 - Advanced Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 1010 - Spanish for Beginners

3 Credits

Introduction to the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures. Prepares you to operate within areas of immediate needs and simple situations. No previous experience with Spanish is needed.

Attributes: MLIC Language

SPAN 1020 - Exploring the Hispanic World: Beginning Spanish

3 Credits

A continuation of SPAN 1010, this course is an overview of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures. Prepares you to function in simple situations related to personal interests and daily life. Develops all language skills to move you into the intermediate Spanish level. Some previous experience with Spanish is needed.

Prerequisite(s): (SPAN 1010 or LP Spanish Placement with a minimum score of 2)

Attributes: MLIC Language

SPAN 1200 - Exploring the Hispanic World: Beginning Spanish Review

4 Credits

Overview of the Spanish language and Hispanic cultures. Prepares you to operate within areas of immediate needs, function in simple situations of personal interests and daily life. Develops all language skills to move you into the intermediate Spanish level. Some previous experience with Spanish is recommended.

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language

SPAN 1930 - Special Topics

1-4 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 1980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 2010 - Connecting with the Hispanic World: Intermediate Spanish 1

3 Credits

This course invites you to collaborate in Spanish to connect with Hispanic communities. Prepares you to communicate in Spanish through writing, speech and visual media. This is the first course in the Spanish major/minor sequence.

Prerequisite(s): (SPAN 1020, Spanish Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1020, LP Spanish Placement with a minimum score of 3, or SPAN 1200)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), MLIC Language

SPAN 2150 - Introduction to Medical Spanish

3 Credits

Communicative approach course for health and nursing professionals whose main goal is to train students to interact effectively with patients whose native language is Spanish. It is about addressing the appropriate vocabulary, structures, formulas and expressions to relate to patients and adequately inform them about the diagnosis, medication, treatments or therapies to follow. It is also about developing tolerance towards the cultural norms and beliefs of patients, so that nurse-patient communication is more effective. In this sense, the course tries to raise awareness of possible cultural prejudices and increase cultural competence to interact with Hispanic patients.

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Spanish Electives

SPAN 2240 - Meeting the Other: Hispanic Experience

3 Credits

Development of cultural awareness and appreciation of the Hispanic experience as presented by its three main representatives: Spain, Latin America and the Hispanic presence in the United States. Taught in English.

Attributes: Spanish Major taught English, Urban Poverty - Immigration

SPAN 2400 - Introduction to Spanish Culture

3-4 Credits

This new course is designed to bring non-Spanish students a basic understanding of Spain’s history, culture and society, as well as of themselves in an intercultural context. Students attend lectures on campus and participate in guided tours of the city of Madrid. At the end of the semester, students reflect on how their study and travels positions them for future global learning.

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS)

SPAN 2930 - Special Topics

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 2980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Prior approval required of sponsoring professor and department chairperson.

SPAN 3010 - Connecting with the Hispanic World: Intermediate Spanish II

3 Credits

This course invites you to collaborate in Spanish to connect with Hispanic communities. Prepares you to communicate in Spanish through writing, speech and visual media.

Prerequisite(s): (SPAN 2010, Spanish Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010, or LP Spanish Placement with a minimum score of 4)

Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), MLIC Language, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture

SPAN 3020 - Eloquent Communication in Spanish

3 Credits

Development of fluent oral expression through communicative activities stressing listening comprehension, structural accuracy and systematic approach to vocabulary expansion.

Prerequisite(s): (SPAN 3010, Spanish Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 2010, or LP Spanish Placement with a minimum score of 4)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, MLIC Language, UUC:Oral & Visual Comm

SPAN 3030 - Refining Spanish Expression: Grammar & Composition

3 Credits

Continuation of both SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. Course focuses on the development of effective writing skills in Spanish at the advanced level. Students engage in process writing in genres belonging to journalism, academic research, and creative writing. SPAN 3030 prepares students for upper-level classes in Spanish in literature, linguistics, and culture in which students need to articulate ideas with accuracy and sophistication, mindful of purpose and audience. SPAN 3030 may be taken concurrently with another 3000-level class beyond SPAN 3020. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): ((SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020), Spanish Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 3020, or LP Spanish Placement with a minimum score of 5)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language, Spanish Electives, UUC:Writing Intensive

SPAN 3040 - In Conversation with the Hispanic World

3 Credits

Continuation of both SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020. Accuracy and fluency in oral expression in topics of particular interest and special fields of competence. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 3030.

Prerequisite(s): ((SPAN 3010 and SPAN 3020), Spanish Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 3020, or LP Spanish Placement with a minimum score of 5)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies-General, MLIC Language, Spanish Electives

SPAN 3100 - Spanish Pronunciation

3 Credits

In this course, students improve oral, listening, reading, and writing skills through a comprehensive review of Spanish pronunciation. With phonetic analysis students learn how Spanish sounds are produced, fall into patterns, and change in different environments. Attention is devoted to pronunciation practice and introductory training in phonetic transcription. We focus on the contrast between Spanish and English sound patterns to help students understand the major differences between both languages and improve their Spanish pronunciation. Finally, we discuss some of the most salient dialectal differences from around the Spanish-speaking world. Taught in Spanish. (Offered as needed)

Prerequisite(s): ((SPAN 3010 with a grade of C or higher and SPAN 3020 with a grade of C or higher), Spanish Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 3020, or LP Spanish Placement with a minimum score of 5)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Linguistics, Spanish Electives

SPAN 3150 - Medical Spanish

3 Credits

Through the practice of medical terminology and patient-provider interactions, students in this course improve oral, listening, reading, and writing skills in Spanish. Examination of relevant cultural health issues for Hispanic populations in the United States is combined with active practice of vocabulary and grammatical structures through roleplays, interpretation practice, discussions and debates, and listening practice. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): ((SPAN 3010 with a grade of C or higher and SPAN 3020 with a grade of C or higher) or LP Spanish Placement with a minimum score of 5)

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), MLIC Language, Spanish Electives

SPAN 3160 - Spanish for Mental Health Professionals

3 Credits

The course is aimed at students in the area of mental health and psychology who are going to use Spanish as a work tool in their professional future. It can even be done by those people who, although they do not have technical knowledge of this discipline, have a general interest and wish to learn and practice in Spanish on this topic. The objective of the course is to promote a framework that helps the student apply knowledge through the practice of medical terminology, and reflection on practical cases that describe scenarios. Students will improve oral, listening, reading and writing skills in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 3010; SPAN 3020

Attributes: Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), PSY Health Applied Cluster, Spanish Electives

SPAN 3360 - Race, Gender, Class and Social Justice in Latin America

3 Credits

This course examines the intersection of gender, race and class in the study of contemporary women's social justice movements in Latin America. In a region characterized by extreme inequalities based on class, race, gender and language, (among others), organized collective action and social movements are powerful tools for marginalized and excluded groups of women to make their voices heard. In this course, students improve oral, listening, reading, and writing skills in Spanish. Class time will be devoted to active practice of vocabulary and grammatical structures through discussions and debates on class topics. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): ((SPAN 3010 with a grade of C or higher and SPAN 3020 with a grade of C or higher), Spanish Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 3020, or LP Spanish Placement with a minimum score of 5)

Attributes: International Studies-Economy, International Studies-Latin Am, Spanish Electives

SPAN 3910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: UUC:Reflection-in-Action

SPAN 3930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 3980 - Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 4000 - Advanced Spanish Grammar

3 Credits

The objectives of the course are to identify and describe intuitive knowledge that a native speaker of Spanish possesses and to perfect the student's knowledge of various topics of Spanish grammar by means of theoretical explanation and solving practical exercises. Assignments emphasize inductive reasoning as well as original language use. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, MLIC Language, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4020 - Spanish in the World

3 Credits

This course offers a comprehensive analysis of Hispanic dialectology and its historical context. Topics covered include the peninsular origins of Spanish, its past and present contacts with other languages, the features which characterize the different varieties of Spanish (including Spanish in the USA), and the lexical, grammatical, and phonetic features which distinguish European and American Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): (4 Courses from SPAN 3000-3999, SPAN 3010, and SPAN 3020)

Attributes: UUC:Identities in Context, UUC:Social & Behavioral Sci

SPAN 4030 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics

3 Credits

An introduction to the basic concepts of linguistic analysis, as applied to the Spanish language. This course will cover many aspects of language, including structures, social dimensions, and cognitive processes. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: MLIC Linguistics, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives, UUC:Social & Behavioral Sci

SPAN 4040 - Methods of Teaching Spanish

3 Credits

This course provides future second language teachers with fundamental knowledge of second language acquisition and an overview of current approaches to language teaching and assessment. In order to bridge the theoretical realm and real-life applications, students will engage in reflective and practical activities designed to enhance pedagogical and curricular decision-making, and to develop teaching practices and strategies. Challenges particular to learning and teaching second languages for adults will be explored in order to understand and explain the “what,” “how” and “why” of instructional practices and approaches in particular educational contexts. Course taught in Spanish with a lab practicum. (Offered occasionally)

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 4000-4999

SPAN 4050 - Spanish Phonetics and Phonology

2 or 3 Credits

Theoretical and practical approach to Spanish phonetics and phonology from the dual perspective of the underlying representative of sound units and their pronunciation within syllables, words, and phrases. Auditory comprehensive and sound discrimination practice, with transcription exercises and attention to correct pronunciation. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, International Studies, International Studies-Europe, Linguistics Elective, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4060 - History of the Spanish Language

3 Credits

This course is an overview of the historical origins of Spanish and the linguistic variation in the Hispanic world. You will become: aware of the social, geographical, and historical development of Spanish; be familiar with terminologies related to dialectology; and examine linguistic phenomena that account for cases of variation. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4070 - Spanish in the United States of America

3 Credits

This course explores cultural, historic and sociolinguistic aspects of the Spanish language in the United States by discussing an historical overview of the varieties of Spanish spoken and our demographic reality in the U.S. today. In this class, you will discuss issues such as linguistic variation, language contact and change, and the relationship among race, ethnicity, and language. Other sociolinguistic topics we will consider are: language attitudes, official language policies, individual and societal bilingualism, and language diversity in education. The course will be conducted entirely in Spanish. (Offered occasionally)

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4090 - Spanish Sociolinguistics

3 Credits

This course aims to develop students' abilities to notice, investigate and interpret sociolinguistic phenomena in the world around them. Topics include pragmatics, historical changes in Spanish, and dialectical variation. Discussions will center primarily but not exclusively around sociolinguistics of the Spanish-speaking world. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Linguistics Elective, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4130 - Second Language Acquisition

3 Credits

This course reviews major theories about how second or foreign languages are learned and what factors influence the process. We will discuss what these theories mean to the teacher, the learner, and the policy maker, and what the theories tell us about psychology and linguistics. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Italian Related Studies, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4150 - Spanish for the Health Professions

3 Credits

This course is an introduction to Spanish used in the health professions for advanced students of Spanish. Medical terminology, language skills, patient interaction, cultural awareness and sensitivity are among the topics covered. It is designed to accommodate the needs of students in diverse health fields. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies-Europe, International Studies-Health, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives, UUC:Collaborative Inquiry, UUC:Dignity, Ethics & Just Soc, UUC:Reflection-in-Action

SPAN 4160 - Business & Professional Spanish

3 Credits

Application of language skills and cultural awareness to specific business and professional practices. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies, International Studies-Europe, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4170 - English-Spanish in Translation

3 Credits

The course includes the analysis of translations in several different fields and practice translations of these different types of texts (literature, business texts, cultural texts, reports and essays). One day there will be a reinforcement of translation of the most important grammatical contents of the Spanish language (presentations and interactive practice). The other day, translations of the copies will be revised in class, which must be delivered the following day class. There will be projects, presentations and exams. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4175 - Introduction to Translation English-Spanish

3 Credits

Translation involves much more than changing words from one language into another. It is a daily activity in our global world that aims to connect individuals and societies, advance learning and research, and solve social problems. This course familiarizes students with professional approaches to translation and ways of solving the most significant practical problems that may arise in specialized translation between English and Spanish. Students increase language skills in Spanish, while developing intercultural and creative abilities. Weekly practice focuses on a variety of texts that range from forms, comics, or subtitles, to medical and literary texts. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Course taught in Spanish, Spanish Electives, UUC:Creative Expression

SPAN 4180 - Creative Writing in Spanish

3 Credits

This course seeks to engage students in a creative writing process that aims to include students' interests and concerns, whether they have experience in the field or not. Students' creativity will be facilitated by exposure to a number of artistic works, mainly literary but also belonging to other fields (music, painting, videos, cinema,...). Likewise, with the help of numerous writing dynamics in class (which may include going out of the classroom) we will avoid creative blocking, and week by week we will be adding varied texts to the individual portfolio. Students work continuously on a writing notebook, which will be submitted (with feedback) twice along the semester. The practice of creative writing in Spanish leads to an improvement in fluency and communication skills in Spanish, a deeper knowledge of the self, and a development of creative and critical abilities for each person involved in this adventure.

Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), Upper Division Literature, Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives, UUC:Creative Expression

SPAN 4200 - Introduction to Hispanic Literatures

3 Credits

This introduction to Hispanic literature will examine the different genres and representative texts to enable the students to acquire a working knowledge both of the literary history of the genres and the analysis of literary texts in Spanish. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS-Latin Am Lit & Portuguese, IAS - Spanish Literature, International Studies-Arts, International Studies-Europe, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture

SPAN 4220 - Soccer and Society in the Spanish-Speaking World

3 Credits

This multidisciplinary course examines soccer as a way to understand problems present in Spanish modern societies. The course examines how soccer explains the Spanish-speaking world in terms of justice and power, and looks through historical, sociological, psychological, linguistic and political questions to address the pressing current questions of Hispanic societies: how does soccer deal with problems of inequality such as racism, sexism, immigration, poverty, nationalism, etc.? Soccer –known as fútbol in Spanish- is most popular sport in the world and in most Spanish-speaking countries it has become the national pastime, the only exceptions being the Caribbean countries. Taught in Spanish.

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, International Studies, Grad Pol Sci Skills

SPAN 4240 - Short Stories: History, Histories. Deciphering Latin-American Societies and Cultures

3 Credits

The study of Latin American societies and cultures, from Mexico to Argentina, is based on the interpretation and analysis of short stories, documentaries, chronicles, and songs that reveal the lives of marginalized social groups within these cultures. The tensions between social classes within Latin American societies (rural and urban cultures, for example), as well as the relationship that Latin America maintains with major world powers like the United States, Canada, and Europe, will be discussed. The economic, cultural and political agendas of these multinational agents lead to the tensions previously mentioned, especially for the marginalized groups. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS-Latin Am Lit & Portuguese, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4260 - Latin American 'Modernism'

2-3 Credits

Survey course that examines the literary expressions of the debate on Modernity and Modernization in Latin America in the period 1820-1920. Topics such as national identity, the creation of modern cities, the education of women and the role of minorities will be examined through an anthology of short stories, articles, poems, essays and comics. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS-Latin Am Lit & Portuguese, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture

SPAN 4270 - Contemporary Latin American Poetry

3 Credits

Survey course that analyses a representative group of Latin American poets. Main themes and formal characteristics of these authors will be discussed. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS-Latin Am Lit & Portuguese, International Studies, International Studies-Latin Am, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4280 - Early Latin American Novel

3 Credits

This course discusses crucial cultural concerns of nineteenth-century Latin America through a socio-historical examination of novels written after Independence. Special attention will be given to the construction of social norms, the creation of cultural institutions, and the role of identity within the formation of new national cultures. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), PSY Soc Org Cluster, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4290 - Contemporary Latin American Novel

2-3 Credits

Survey course that examines the Latin American novels written between 1940 and 1970. Main themes and formal characteristics of these novels will be discussed in the context of the so-called Latin American Boom. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS-Latin Am Lit & Portuguese, International Studies, International Studies-Latin Am, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4310 - Contemporary Latin-American Drama

3 Credits

Survey course that analyses the development of Latin American Theater through the 20th century. Different schools and trends will be discussed. Occasionally this course will focus on specific issues or group of authors i.e. women playwrights, etc. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4320 - The African Experience in Spanish America

3 Credits

This course examines the literary contributions of Afro-Hispanic writers from Spanish America and Equatorial Guinea in order to discuss the complexity of the African experience in the Spanish-speaking world from the colonial period to the 21st Century. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4330 - Latin American Novels after 1970

3 Credits

Survey course that analyses a representative group of Latin American novels written after 1970. Main themes and formal characteristics of these novels will be discussed in the context of the so-called Post-modern Era. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS-Latin Am Lit & Portuguese, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4340 - Identities of the Other in 19th-Century Latin American Narrative

3 Credits

Exploration of textual and visual imagery of the foreigner in the nineteenth century, the formative period of modern-day Latin American identities. We will read novels, excerpts, short stories, contemporary essays, and critical theory on the Other, Foreigner, Stranger and Outsider. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4350 - Latin American Testimony

3 Credits

In this course, students explore one of the most significant genres of 20th-century Spanish-American literature: el Testimonio. Testimony is a hybrid genre that moves across the borders of the novel, biography, or autobiography, as well as diverse disciplines such as literature, anthropology, sociology, or journalism. Throughout the course, we will discuss topics such as the problematic relationship between fiction and reality, identity, political commitment, the figure of the "author", the "subaltern" and the relations of power. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Global Citizenship (CAS), IAS-Latin Am Lit & Portuguese, International Studies-Arts, International Studies-War, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4360 - Women's Literature in Latin America

3 Credits

This course introduces students to the work of Latin American women writers from the Colonial period through the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The discussion will focus on the history of women's education, concepts of beauty, the role of women in society, and the construction of women's identity. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS-Latin Am Lit & Portuguese, IAS - Spanish Literature, International Studies-Arts, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4370 - Latin American Film

3 Credits

This course looks at critical historical moments and issues over five centuries of conflict and change in Latin America through the vehicle of film. We will look at issues of authenticity and voice, some of the pitfalls of using film to understand history, and at the role of cinema in the creation of national and popular memory. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS-Latin Am Lit & Portuguese, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4380 - Cultural Stereotypes: Latin American

3 Credits

This course is an interdisciplinary approach which confronts stereotypes about Latin American cultures. It involves a vast array of experiences that has established differences, stigmas, and marginalization of Latin Americans. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives, Urban Poverty - Immigration

SPAN 4390 - Contemporary Spanish Women Writers

2-3 Credits

On the edges of the canon. Introduction to a century of women’s writings from the “Generation of ‘27” to present-day authors. Analysis of novels and short stories by contemporary women writers of Spain. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, International Studies, International Studies-Europe, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4400 - Strangers in a Familiar Land: Displacements in Latin America

3 Credits

This class discusses literature, films, documentaries and paintings that portray Latin American displacement after 1950. The approach offers a multidisciplinary view of the diverse participants in Latin American realities. We debate the dynamic of border crossing in the global era, specifically with respect to refugees, exiles, excluded and missing people. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Global Citizenship (CAS), International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4510 - Contemporary Latino Literature

3 Credits

This course will provide students with an introduction to the major literary works and themes characterizing Latino/a literary production in the United States from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Course will be conducted in English. Spanish majors will do written work in Spanish. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives, Spanish Major taught English

SPAN 4521 - The Kingdom of Brevity: Spanish and Spanish-American Short-Short Stories

3 Credits

Introduction to the micro-short story in Latin America and Spain since first decades of the 20th century, followed by the evolution of ultra-brief narrative to present. From year 2000,we will analyze the hyper-brief narrative in accordance with Lit-Theory & new ideological and sociological tendencies. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4560 - Don Quixote

3 Credits

Analysis of the counter-reformation masterpiece of Miguel de Cervantes. Paradoxical baroque double-vision of reality with resultant vital tension: The baroque sensibility. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4571 - People and Things Out of Place: Transnational Border Crossings in 21st-Century Hispanic Cinema

3 Credits

We will explore a selection of films --from Latin America and Spain, from the turn of the 21st-century to the present-- that portray changing migratory flows of bodies and commodities throughout the Hispanic World, allowing us to address critical questions regarding gender/social (in)equalities, human rights, racism, and political oppression. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4580 - Honor & Swords: Golden Age Drama

3 Credits

The Spanish theatre of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Analysis of the works of Lope de Vega, Tirso de Molina, Juan Ruiz de Alarcon, Agustin Moreto, and Pedro Calderon. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4590 - Spanish Jewry in Spain and in the Diaspora

3 Credits

This course studies medieval Spanish Jewish life, under Islam and Christianity. How the three groups related to and influenced one another. It continues with the New Christians after the expulsion of 1492, in Iberia and the New World, and with the Sephardic Jews in the Diaspora. Taught in Spanish or English.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies-Europe, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Spanish Electives, UUC:Identities in Context

SPAN 4630 - Narrative of the Spanish Civil War

3 Credits

This course is a study of the narrative of the Spanish Civil War, using works that reflect the conflicts and social injustices which existed between the two Spains. This class will analyze the ideological differences which found their end in the tragedy of the Civil War of 1936-1939. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Foreign Service Elective, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4640 - Evil in Modern Culture

3 Credits

This course aims at scrutinizing and understanding evil as manifested and/or represented in selected cultural artifacts and philosophical texts from the Enlightenment through the Cold War. Some of the topics to be discussed are the so-called problem of evil, the horror, terror, radical evil, sadism, and genocide. Since evil has a multifaceted nature and many modes of appearance, it will be approached by putting into dialogue philosophical texts and cultural works. Accordingly, a specific aspect of evil will be studied from a multidisciplinary angle. At the course’s core intersect ethical, political, and artistic issues. Texts and films by Sade, Unamuno, Nietzsche, Kant, Arendt, Levinas, Ford Coppola, and Lanzmann will be studied throughout the course. Taught in English.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Literature Requirement (A&S), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Spanish Electives, Spanish Major taught English

SPAN 4660 - Generation of 98

2-3 Credits

Ideology, themes and literary styles of major contemporary prose fiction writers: Miguel de Unamuno, Pío Baroja, Valle Inclán, Gabriel Miró, Ramón Pérez de Ayala and Gómez de la Serna. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills

SPAN 4680 - Contemporary Spanish Short Story

3 Credits

This is a survey course of the short story in Spain in the twentieth century since the Civil War. It studies the ideological, sociological, and formal characteristics that define the short story writing of this period. Authors: Aldecoa, Matute, Gaite, Cubas, Puértolas among others. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4700 - 20th Century Spanish Poetry

3 Credits

Antonio Machado, Juan Ramon Jiménez, Pedro Salinas, Aleixandre, Federico García Lorca, Blas de Otero: Nuances of existential dilemmas. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4710 - 20th Century Spanish Novel

2-3 Credits

Ideological themes and aesthetics of Camilo José Cela, Carmen Laforet, Ramon Sender, Juan Goytisolo, Elena Quiroga, A.M. Matute, Delibes, and L.M. Santos. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4720 - Twentieth Century Spanish Drama

3 Credits

Themes and aesthetics of Alejandro Casona, Federico García Lorca, Alfonso Sastre, F. Arrabal, and Buero Vallejo. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4740 - Peninsular Spanish Poetry 1965-present

3 Credits

Literary analysis and poetic interpretation of a representative selection of Peninsular Spanish poetry since 1965. Awareness of how the political and social changes the last three decades of the 20th Century influenced the literary production in Spain. Authors include: Pere Gimferrer, Jenaro Talens, Luis Antonio de Villena, Jose Miguel Ullán, Miguel D'Ors, Jon Juaristi, Julio Llamazares, Ana Rossetti, Blanca Andreau, Aurora Luque. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4750 - Spanish Novel After 1970

3 Credits

Study of the most significant directions to the Spanish novel from 1970 to the present day. Change and continuity in society and the novel. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4760 - Spanish Literature and Film

3 Credits

Literary analysis and cinematic interpretation of a representative selection of modern and contemporary Spanish masterpieces and homonymous films. Awareness and understanding of how literature and film techniques progressively relate to each other. Among the authors and film directors to be studied: Benito Pérez Galdós, Federico García Lorca, Miguel Delibes, Carlos Saura, Luis Buñuel and Pilar Miró. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture

SPAN 4770 - Spanish Women Poets

3 Credits

Historical analysis and literary interpretation of a representative selection of modern and contemporary Spanish women poets. Discussion of the topics and preoccupations present in their work, and of their contribution to reformulating the male canon in general. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Spanish Electives

SPAN 4790 - Spanish Culture & Civilization

3 Credits

Presentation and discussion of significant cultural, social, economic and political events and issues that have shaped Spain: its institutions, its cultural and artistic developments. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), IAS - Spanish Literature, International Studies, International Studies-Europe, MLIC Elective, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives, UUC:Aesthetics, Hist & Culture, UUC:Identities in Context

SPAN 4820 - The Short Story in Medieval Spain: Fear, Education and Humor

1 or 3 Credits

This course explores short narrative types and their functions during the thirteenth century up to the sixteenth century in Spain. Topics to cover are: the interplay of different cultures, gender roles, ideological uses, and differences between medieval and contemporary short narratives. All texts are provided in modern Spanish. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4830 - Spanish Medieval Masterpieces

3 Credits

Close reading and discussion of several medieval Spanish masterpieces, which have remained modern throughout the ages. Insight into social, historical, literary, and creative issues. Analysis of topics such as medieval conceptions of violence, ethics, heroism, originality, love, etc. Medieval texts are read in modern Spanish. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature, Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4840 - Love in the Middle Ages

3 Credits

This course explores different ways of conceptualizing and talking of and through love by means of a selection of texts inherited from medieval Spain. The student will be exposed to mystic love, passionate love, antifeminist discourses, medical notions, etc. Medieval texts are read in modern Spanish. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4850 - Don Quixote and the Books that Drove Him Mad

3 Credits

A study of prose works from Spanish Golden Age (16th-17th centuries). Analysis of works by Jorge de Montemayor, Teresa de Ávila, María de Zayas, Miguel de Cervantes and the anonymous author of Lazarillo de Tormes. Taught in Spanish.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: Foreign Language BA Req (CAS), Foreign Language BS Req (CAS), Literature BA Requirement(CAS), Literature BS Requirement(CAS), Grad Pol Sci Skills, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4910 - Internship

1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Attributes: Spanish Electives, UUC:Reflection-in-Action

SPAN 4930 - Special Topics

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Descriptive Text is not available for this proposal to add dept-level attribute, International Studies-Europe.

Prerequisite(s): 2 Courses from SPAN 3021-3999 with a grade of C or higher

Attributes: International Studies-Europe, Spanish Electives

SPAN 4980 - Advanced Independent Study

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 5000 - Teaching College Spanish

1 Credit (Repeatable for credit)

Practice-centered teaching training for college-level Spanish courses. Discussion and application of course development, of current approaches to teaching and of evaluation techniques. Systematic incorporation of technology in the learning process. (Available to Teaching Assistants only. Offered every semester.)

SPAN 5010 - Spanish for Reading and Translation

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

Fulfills requirement for foreign-language reading proficiency for doctoral candidates in various departments. Presents principles and practices of translation. Students learn reading comprehension by recognizing fundamental grammatical patterns of Spanish and by translation skills. Required readings from Hispanic history, culture, literature. For projects students choose and translate passages of their own academic interest. <b>Does not count toward MA in Spanish. Taught in English.</b>

SPAN 5020 - Spanish in the World

3 Credits

A comprehensive analysis of Hispanic dialectology and its historical context. Topics covered include the peninsular origins of Spanish, its past and present contacts with other languages, the features which characterize the different varieties of Spanish (including U.S. Spanish), and the lexical, grammatical, and phonetic features which distinguish European and American Spanish. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5030 - Spanish Linguistics

3 Credits

Introduction to the fields of linguistics through discussion and analysis of the Spanish Language, including phonology, morphosyntax, semantics, dialects, and other topics. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5040 - Methods of Teaching Spanish

3 Credits

This course aims to provide current & future teachers with fundamental knowledge of second language acquisition (SLA) as well as an overview of approaches to language teaching & assessment. Students will engage in reflective & practical activities designed to enhance pedagogical & curricular decision-making, as well as develop teaching practices & strategies that bridge theory & application. Challenges particular to SLA for adult learners will be explored in order to understand & explain the “what,” “how” & “why” of different instructional practices & approaches in particular educational contexts. Integration of technology into the second language classroom will also be considered. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5041 - Methods of Teaching Spanish I: Best Practices and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom

3 Credits

This course provides participants with fundamental knowledge on world language teaching and learning, with a focus on instructional design and second language acquisition (SLA) theory. A central goal is to connect applied research and theoretical SLA frameworks to current best practices in teaching Spanish as a second language. Specifically, we will explore ways for participants to advocate for curricular decision-making that prioritizes learners’ needs in diverse educational settings. Participants will be introduced to the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) National Standards and other important local and global standards of teaching Spanish as a world language.

SPAN 5042 - Methods of Teaching Spanish II: Assessment and Language Learner Contexts

3 Credits

Participants will continue to build knowledge of world language teaching and learning, with a focus on assessment design and second language acquisition (SLA) theory. A central goal is to learn how to measure Spanish language skill development and to design valid and reliable assessment instruments for the world language classroom. In addition, participants will explore important societal topics that impact individual student learner needs and educational context challenges: specifically, legal and ethical topics related to world language teaching and learning; differentiated best practices for Spanish Heritage learners; and individual learner variables from both educational psychology and cognitive linguistics perspectives.

SPAN 5050 - Spanish Phonology and Its Place in the Classroom

3 Credits

A survey of fundamental concepts in phonology and phonetics so that the students will be able to describe the primary characteristics of the Spanish sound system, how Spanish phonology differs from English, and ways in which some Spanish accents differ from each other. Also discussed are how such concepts can be used to improve the pronunciation and listening comprehension of students of Spanish, students’ appreciation of dialectical variation, and one’s own control over Spanish pronunciation. (STL)

SPAN 5240 - Short Stories: History, Histories

3 Credits

This course explores the Latin American short stories written after 1950. This class’s approach works to bridge literary texts with cultural production in order to allow for a comprehensive view of the contemporary historical life. The production of authors such as Uslar Pietri, Borges, Juan Rulfo, García Márquez, Julio Cortázar and others is discussed. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5250 - The Fantastic in Hispanic American Literature

3 Credits

Study of the several theories of The Fantastic as a genre in Latin American literature. Writers studied include canonical authors (Cortázar, Borges, and Lugones) as well as new voices (Tarazona and Schweblin).

Attributes: Course taught in Spanish

SPAN 5260 - Latin American 'Modernismo'

3 Credits

A survey course that examines the literary expressions of the debate on Modernity and Modernization in Latin America in the period 1820-1920. Topics such as national identity, the creation of modern cities, the 'education of women' and the role of minorities will be examined through an anthology of short stories, articles, poems, essays and comics. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5270 - Contemporary Latin American Poetry

2-3 Credits

Survey course that analyses a representative group of Latin American poets. Main themes and formal characteristics of these authors will be discussed. (Madrid)

SPAN 5280 - Early Latin American Novel

3 Credits

Survey course that examines the Latin American novels written between 1890 and 1940. The class presents an overview of the major movements that informed the novels of the period such as Naturalism, Indigenism, the Historicism, Futurism and other Avant-garde trends. The issues of the construction of national identity and the formation of modern 'civilized' societies will be addressed. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5290 - Boom, Mass Media and Utopia

3 Credits

This course discusses the Latin American narratives and essays and the birth of media culture in Latin America. The cultural production discussed is implied in the political context of the so-called cold war. Main novels discussed belong to the so-called Boom of novel. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5320 - The African Experience in Spanish America

3 Credits

This course examines the literary contributions of Afro-Hispanic writers from Spanish America and Equatorial Guinea in order to discuss the complexity of the African experience in the Spanish-speaking world from the colonial period to the 21st Century. In addition to the discussion of race and class issues, the class focuses on the subject of Canon formation and Canon exclusion in order to bridge the real and imagined gaps between Afro-Hispanic literature and that written by canonized writers in Spanish America and Spain.([STL)

SPAN 5330 - Narratives on the End of Utopias

3 Credits

This course examines recent Latin American trends that broke up the traditional canon of novel and literary conceptions based on Modernist culture. Categories based on hegemonic discourse and hierarchies are debated. (STL)

SPAN 5340 - Identities of the Other in 19th-c. Latin American Narrative

3 Credits

Exploration of textual and visual imagery of the foreigner in the nineteenth century, the formative period of modern-day Latin American identities. We will read novels, excerpts, short stories, contemporary essays, and critical theory on the Other, Foreigner, Stranger and Outsider. (Offered: As needed/Periodically)

SPAN 5350 - Counter Hegemony Discourses

3 Credits

This course bridges Latin American literary and cultural productions that confront the use and abuse of local and international power. Voiceless people speak about their disenchanted life. Taught in Spanish. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5360 - Written by Herself: Latin American Women Writers

3 Credits

This course introduces the students to the work of Latin American women writers from the Colonial period to the 21st century. The discussion will focus on the history of women’s education, concepts of beauty, the role of women in society and the construction of women’s identity. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5370 - Latin American Film

3 Credits

This course looks at critical historical moments and issues over five centuries of conflict and change in Latin America through the vehicle of film. We will look at issues of authenticity and voice, some of the pitfalls of using film to understand history, and at the role of cinema in the creation of national and popular memory. (STL/Madrid)

SPAN 5380 - Cultural Stereotypes: Latin America

3 Credits

This course is an interdisciplinary approach which confronts stereotypes about Latin American cultures. It involves a vast array of experiences that has established differences, stigmas, and marginalization of Latin Americans. (STL)

SPAN 5400 - Strangers in a Familiar Land: Displacements in Latin America

3 Credits

This class discusses literature, films, documentaries and paintings that portray Latin American displacement after 1950. The approach offers a multidisciplinary view of the diverse participants in Latin American realities. We debate the dynamic of border crossing in the global era, specifically with respect to refugees, exiles, excluded and missing people.

SPAN 5420 - Contemporary Latin American Women Poets

3 Credits

This course seeks to focus on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through the work of women authors who changed the course of poetry in Latin America, both for the incorporation of their highly personal creations to the general panorama of literature and for the significance of their condition as women in the map of recent poetry. The trajectory of Alfonsina Storni, Olga Orozco, Blanca Varela, Alejandra Pizarnik, and María Mercedes Carranza, among others, will be studied.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 4200

SPAN 5521 - Hispanic Short-Short Stories

3 Credits

An introduction to the micro-short story in Latin America and Spain in the early 20th century, followed by the evolution of the ultra-brief narrative throughout the 20th century. Analysis of hyper-brief narratives through current ideological and sociological tendencies. Special focus on formal analysis of the genre through selected readings. (Madrid)

SPAN 5560 - Don Quixote by Cervantes

3 Credits

Study of Cervantes’ masterpiece, Parts 1 & 2, with special attention to its literary form and structure. The term Spanish Golden Age, and the concept of the modern novel will be followed by a close textual reading of Don Quixote. A range of critical essays will enrich the study of the primary text. (STL / Madrid)

SPAN 5590 - Span Jewry in Spain and in the Diaspora

3 Credits

This course studies medieval Spanish Jewish life, under Islam and Christianity. How the three groups related to and influenced one another. It continues with the New Christians after the expulsion of 1492, in Iberia and the New World, and with the Sephardic Jews in the Diaspora. (STL)

SPAN 5680 - Contemporary Spanish Short Story

3 Credits

This course introduces the students to the general study of the Spanish short story of the twentieth-century after the Spanish Civil War from the seventies to the nineties. The focus will be the most significant tendencies of each period, and their principal authors will be studied. (Madrid)

SPAN 5700 - Twentieth-Century Poetry

3 Credits

Machado, Salinas, Jimenez, Aleixandre, Garcia Lorca, Blas de Otero, Hierro. Searching for meaning of life in a fragmented world. (Offered occasionally) (Madrid)

SPAN 5710 - Twentieth-Century Novel

2 or 3 Credits

Themes and styles of Camilo Jose Cela, Carmen Laforet, Ramon Sender, Juan Goytisolo, Elena Quiroga, A.M. Matute, and L.M. Santos. (Offered every other year) (Madrid)

SPAN 5720 - Twentieth-Century Drama

3 Credits

Casona, Buero, Sastre, Garcia Lorca, Arrabal. Probing into the human condition: especially human mortality. (Offered every other year.) (Madrid)

SPAN 5740 - From the Poetry of Knowledge to the Poetry of the Turn of the Century

3 Credits

Study of how Spanish poetry has recorded the different political, social, and cultural changes in the country during the second half of the twentieth-century to the present. Movements studied include: the poetry of knowledge, the “novísimos,” “post-novísimos”, the poetry of experience, the new sentimentality, the poetry of silence, and the poetry of the turn of the century. (Madrid)

SPAN 5750 - Spanish Novel After 1970

3 Credits

This course introduces the students to the study of the Spanish novel after 1970. The class will begin with the years of transition from dictatorship to democracy. There will be a specific study of the most representative movements and tendencies of the Spanish novel after the seventies, with special emphasis on the period form 1975 until the end of the century. (Offered occasionally) (Madrid)

SPAN 5760 - Spanish Literature and Film

3 Credits

SPAN 5770 - Verbum: the Journey of Women Poets in Contemporary Spain

3 Credits

Historical analysis of Spain’s contemporary women poets’ struggle with the canon. Literary interpretation of a representative selection of modern and contemporary Spanish women poets: Rosalía de Castro, Ernestina de Champourcín, Concha Zardoya, Carmen Conde, Gloria Fuertes, María Victoria Atencia, among others. (Offered occasionally) (Madrid)

SPAN 5780 - Contemporary Spanish Women Writers

2-3 Credits

This course introduces the student to the study of the narrative written by contemporary Spanish women authors. There will be a specific study, through selected texts, of the most representative movements and tendencies of the post-war narrative and of the various means chosen by the authors to express their literary universe from their condition as women. (Offered occasionally) (Madrid)

SPAN 5820 - Medieval Short Stories: Power, Wisdom and Fantasy in Tales

3 Credits

In this course we explore the worldviews and lessons about human experience conveyed by Spanish medieval short narratives and fairy tales. Basic topics are: differences between medieval and contemporary stories; cultural and ideological functions of a tale; the interplay of different cultures; gender roles; and the popularity of certain motifs. (STL)

SPAN 5830 - Spanish Medieval Masterpieces

3 Credits

Close reading and discussion of three medieval Spanish masterpieces, which have remained modern throughout the ages. Insight into social, historical, literary, and creative issues. (STL)

SPAN 5920 - Research Paper/Project

3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 5930 - Special Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 5960 - Project Guidance

1-3 Credits (Repeatable up to 3 credits)

SPAN 5970 - Research Topics

1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)

SPAN 5980 - Graduate Independent Study in Spanish

1-3 Credits