Catalog 2025-2026

Languages

Teaching Faculty

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

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

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

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