Catalog 2025-2026

Languages

Teaching Faculty

Professors Contreras-Silva (Spanish coordinator), Jellenik (French coordinator), Rauh, Resinski, and Vidal-Torreira
Associate Professors Liu (chair and Chinese coordinator), 
Assistant Professor and Murphy Fellow Brandner
Instructors Cottrant-Estell, Escobar, and French

 

Description

The Department of Languages offers majors and minors in Classics, French, and Spanish. The department also offers courses in Chinese language and literature that may be used for the Asian Studies minor. Our programs in modern languages are designed to develop written and oral communication skills in the target languages, to promote global awareness through the study of different cultures and peoples, and to encourage aesthetic appreciation through the study of literature. Our program in Classics encourages students to develop a multi-faceted view of Greek and Roman antiquity through an interdisciplinary study of language, literature, history, and philosophy.

Chinese

Classics-Latin, Greek

French

Spanish

Departmental Courses

Minor in Comparitive Literature

6 courses distributed as follows:

  • A maximum of two courses in any one tradition (CHIN, CLAS, FREN/LITR, SPAN/LITR)
  • A minimum of one course in a second tradition
  • A minimum of one course in a third tradition
  • A minimum of one course at the 400-level
  • No more than one course can be used for a major

Courses in the Chinese tradition
  • CHIN 190 Chinese Martial Arts Novels & Films*
  • CHIN 290 Gods Demons and the Supernatural*
  • CHIN 295 Topics in Chinese Literature*
  • CHIN MXX Murphy Tutorial*
Courses in the Classical tradition
  • CLAS 200 Classical Mythology*
  • CLAS 290 Topics in Classical Literature*
  • CLAS MXX Murphy Tutorial in Literature*
  • CLAS 490 Adv Topics in Classical Literature*
  • GREE 210 Readings in Greek
  • GREE 390 Topics in Greek Literature
  • GREE 410 Adv Reading/Research in Greek Lit
  • LATI 210 Readings in Latin
  • LATI 295 The Vulgate
  • LATI 390 Topics in Latin Literature
  • LATI 395 The Vulgate
  • LATI 410 Adv Reading/Research in Latin Lit
Courses in the French tradition
  • FREN/LITR 202 Existentialism in France*
  • FREN/LITR 231 Intro to French Film*
  • FREN/LITR 232 Contemporary French Film*
  • FREN/LITR 241 Holocaust Lit: French/Translation*
  • FREN 302 French Women,Gender, & Sexuality
  • FREN/LITR 331 Intro to French Film*
  • FREN/LITR 332 Intro to French Cinema II*
  • FREN/LITR 341 Holocaust Lit: French/Translation*
  • FREN 360 Francophone Fiction
  • FREN MXX Murphy Tutorial in Literature*
  • FREN 401 Small Worlds: French Lit Minimalism
  • FREN 402 Existentialism in France
  • FREN/LITR 460 Topics: French Literature & Film*
  • FREN/LITR 461 Translation Theory*
Courses in the Hispanic tradition
  • SPAN 335 Latin American Poetry and Pop Music
  • SPAN 365 Mexican National Identify in Lit
  • SPAN 370 Love in Modern Short Story
  • SPAN 375 Politics, Human Rights, & Vocation
  • SPAN 390 Topics in Spanish
  • SPAN 405 Queer Literature in Spain
  • SPAN 471 Twilight of the Spanish Empire 
  • SPAN 473 The Conquest of America
  • SPAN 474 Indigenous Representations Latin Am
  • SPAN 485 Gender & Power in Latin Amer Novel
  • SPAN 488 Echoes of the Spanish Civil War
  • SPAN 490 Special Topics: Spanish
  • SPAN MXX Murphy Tutorial in Literature*

* denotes that the course work in these classes can be done entirely in English.

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