Chinese:
Overarching programmatic learning goals are
to enable students to:
- Communicate effectively in Chinese, oral and
written
- Demonstrate an understanding of the rich and
different cultures of Chinese speaking countries so that they are more
culturally aware and ready to be global citizens
- Critically analyze different types of Chinese
literary texts (in English) within their own cultural, social and political
contexts
Classics:
The Classics program aims to enable students:
- to acquire a knowledge of Latin and/or Ancient
Greek vocabulary, morphology, and syntax, including the technical terminology
used to describe grammatical phenomena
- to translate authentic Latin and/or Ancient
Greek texts into English
- to interpret and analyze Greek and Roman texts,
whether read in the original language or in English translation
- to gain an understanding of key aspects of
ancient history, literature, and culture
- to investigate in depth specific topics related
to the Classical world or Classical reception
- to examine the continuing influence of the
Classical world beyond antiquity
- to develop skill at analyzing and/or
synthesizing evidence from a variety of genres or media
- to express interpretive and analytic ideas in
oral and written forms
- to undertake research activities appropriate to
the field of Classics
French:
Upon successful completion of the requirements for the
French major, students will be able to:
- To achieve proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in French and in understanding spoken French;
- To acquire broad empirical knowledge of French and Francophone culture across time;
- To analyze French and Francophone texts--both written and visual, as well as other forms of media (the plastic arts, music, etc);
- To examine how cultural differences help determine political, economic and social institutions;
- To acquire critical thinking skills through the analysis of literature and cultural artifacts.
Spanish:
The learning goals for majors in the Spanish program are as
follows:
- Acquire an overview of Spanish literature from
late medieval period to 17th century.
- Acquire an overview of Spanish literature from
the neoclassic movement of the 18th century to contemporary works.
- Acquire an overview of Spanish-language
Latin-American literature from pre-Columbian times to the present.
- Be able to analyze and contextualize (using
historical, political, cultural and social frameworks) literary texts and/or
other cultural products.
- Demonstrate a broad knowledge of Spanish and
Latin American literary genres, styles, and canonical authors and their
works.
- Develop the ability to write proficiently in
Spanish without the use of a dictionary or textbook composing compound-complex
sentences with a wide variety of simple and perfect tenses in both the
indicative and subjunctive moods.
- Express orally in Spanish complex thoughts and
ideas with an expansive vocabulary, compound-complex sentences with a wide
variety of tenses and moods, and with accurate Spanish pronunciation.