Department of
Foreign Languages

Chairperson and Professor Cervantes
Professor Emeritus Shelton
Associate Professors Dolsen, Nickisch, Park Assistant Professors Hunt, Sherman,
Instructors Frantz, Stewart
Adjunct Faculty Denison, Zaltzman

Foreign Languages
Graduate Courses

(No graduate degrees are offered)

LANG g415-g416 Studies in Major National Literatures 3 credits. Studies in important literatures and cultures not covered by regular course offerings. Will include literatures in translation and literature written in English outside of America and the British Isles. Also listed as ENGL 455.

LANG g437 The Teaching of Foreign Languages 2-3 credits. Study of the various methods used in teaching foreign languages, the extent and scope of language courses; the selection of suitable textbooks; audio-visual techniques and their contribution to language instruction. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g477 Phonology 3 credits. Study of articulatory phonetics and practice in phonetic transcription of a broad survey of languages; phonological analysis and theory. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g485 Linguistic Analysis 3 credits. Advanced course in the techniques of language analysis. Topics will deal with sound systems (phonetics and phonology) or grammatical systems. Cross listed as ANTH g485 and ENGL g485. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credits.

LANG g488 Foreign Language Seminar 3 credits. Advanced studies in selected topics from language, culture, literatures or methods of research. May be conducted in English. May be repeated up to 6 credits with different content. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG 597 Professional Education Development Topics. Variable credit. May be repeated. A course for practicing professionals aimed at the development and improvement of skills. May not be applied to graduate degrees. May be graded S/U.

French
Graduate Courses

LANG g361 Seventeenth Century Literature 3 credits. Study of representative works of the 17th century, with particular emphasis on the works of Corneille, Moliere, and Racine. Conducted in French. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR

LANG g431 Twentieth Century Literature 3 credits. Study of the main currents of contemporary French literature including symbolism, surrealism, existentialism, objectivism, etc. Conducted in French. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g441 Eighteenth Century Literature 3 credits. French thought as reflected in the literature from 1715 to the Revolution. Special emphasis on the works of Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, and Rousseau. Conducted in French. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g451 Romanticism 3 credits. Study of the Romantic prose, poetry, and drama of the period: Lamartine, Musset, Vigny, Hugo, and others. Conducted in French. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g461 Realism and Naturalism 3 credits. Study of the main currents in French literature, as reflected in the works of Balzac, Flaubert, Zola, Maupassant, and other writers of the latter 19th century. Conducted in French. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g471 Readings in French 2 credits. Reading, discussion, and preparation of reports on selected topics in French literature. May be repeated once with different content. Conducted in French. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g481 Independent Studies in French 3 credits. A directed project, under the guidance of an instructor, emphasizing individual study or research according to the needs of the student. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

German
Graduate Courses

LANG g353 German Realism and Naturalism 3 credits. A survey of the major works from Buechner to Hauptmann, with emphasis on prose fiction and drama. Conducted in German. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g363 The Age of Goethe 3 credits. A survey of the major works and movements of the preclassical and classical periods in German literature. Conducted in German. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g403 German Current Affairs 3 credits. Study of contemporary German culture through an examination of current socio-cultural issues in the German-speaking world. Conducted in German. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g413 German Romanticism 3 credits. Selections of prose, verse and drama by leading German-speaking Romantic writers are read and discussed, and the principal literary movements of the period are considered. Conducted in German. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g423 Modern German Literature 3 credits. Reading and discussion of 20th Century works by the major authors of the German-speaking world, including Kafka, Hesse, Mann, Grass and Boell. Conducted in German. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g443 Survey of German Poetry 3 credits. Reading, analysis and discussion of representative examples of epic and lyric poetry from the major literary eras, with emphasis on German poetry since Luther. Conducted in German. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g473 Readings in German 1-2 credits. Reading, discussion, and preparation of reports on selected topics in German literature. May be repeated once with different content. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g483 Independent Studies in German 3 credits. A directed project, under the guidance of an instructor, emphasizing individual study or research according to the needs of the student. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

Latin
Graduate Courses

LANG g470 Readings in Latin 2 credits. Reading, discussion, and preparation of reports on selected topics in Latin literature. May be repeated once with different content. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

Russian
Graduate Courses

LANG g475 Readings in Russian 2 credits. Reading, discussion, and preparation of reports on selected topics in Russian literature. May be repeated once with different content. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

Spanish
Graduate Courses

LANG g338 Spanish Enlightenment and Romanticism 3 credits. Consideration of literary currents from the beginning of the Bourbon Monarchy in Spain (1700) until 1868. Conducted in Spanish. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g339 Spanish Realism through Generation of '98 3 credits. Examination of major literary works beginning with the realist and naturalist authors and concluding with the Generation of 1898. Conducted in Spanish. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g358 Twentieth Century Spanish Literature 3 credits. Examination of modern Peninsular letters as evidenced in poetry, the short story, the novel, and the essay. Conducted in Spanish. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g418 Early Latin American Literature 3 credits. Study of major writers from the conquest to nationalism, including colonial, enlightenment, revolutionary and late 19th-century prose and poetry. Conducted in Spanish. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g419 Modern Latin American Literature 3 credits. Study of major writers from "modernism" to the present. Conducted in Spanish. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g428 Spanish Medieval through Golden Age Literature 3 credits. Examination of Medieval, Renaissance, Golden Age Literature with an emphasis on the Major trends that shaped Spanish thought and letters. Conducted in Spanish. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g479 Readings in Spanish 2 credits. Reading, discussion, and preparation of reports on selected topics in Spanish literature. May be repeated once with different content. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

LANG g489 Independent Studies in Spanish 3 credits. A directed project, under the guidance of an instructor, emphasizing individual study or research according to the needs of the study. PREREQ: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.