a c a d e m i c p r o g r a m sCollege of Arts and Sciences - Curriculum Guide
Modern Languages
Dennis Cokely, PhD, Acting Chair
Professors
Inez Hedges, PhD
Harlow L. Robinson, PhD
Constance H. Rose, PhD
Stephen A. Sadow, PhD
Associate Proofessors
Walter M. Gershuny, PhD
Juliette M. Gilman, PhD
Bonnie S. McSorley, PhD
Holbrook C. Robinson, PhD
John Spiegel, PhD
Assistant Professors
Marisol Fernandez-Garcia, PhD
Harry Kuoshu, PhD
Robert B. Modee, MA
Rei Okamoto, PhD
Alan West-Duran, PhDThe study of modern languages can benefit all students, regardless of their majors. The multicultural world in which we live requires increased communication among varied and often divergent cultures. Learning a new language and its culture enables students to cross cultural barriers and to achieve a more cosmopolitan, open-minded, and sensitive view of the world.
The major seeks to ensure that students become as fluent as possible in a given language and introduces them to the relevant culture of that language. For this reason, the students take a number of language classes as well as literature, cinema, and general civilization courses. In addition, students are urged to consider participating in international co-op, which prepares students to function on an everyday level in a foreign country.
The major in modern languages is currently available in Spanish. It is possible to minor in French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Russian. The major in Spanish is outlined below.
A major in a modern language can form the basis for careers in teaching at the elementary, secondary, or college level; international business relations; high-tech fields; government service; journalism; library science; world affairs; travel; and community service, especially in Spanish-speaking areas.
See course descriptions for more information.
Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Curriculum
Group I: LNS 1203 and LNS 1204, Composition and Conversation 3 and 4. Group II (prerequisite LNS 1204): LNS 1231, LNS 1232, Masterpieces of Spanish Literature 1 and 2; LNS 1316, Latin American Literature 2. Group III: LNS 1500, Backgrounds of Spanish Culture or LNS 1501, Backgrounds of Latin American Culture. Group IV (prerequisites Groups I and II), take four: LNS 1301, Medieval Literature; LNS 1306, Golden Age Theater; LNS 1309, LNS 1310, Spanish Literature of the Nineteenth Century 1 and 2; LNS 1311, LNS 1312, Spanish Literature of the Twentieth Century 1 and 2; LNS 1315, Latin American Literature 1; LNS 1505, Cervantes and His Times; LNS 1511, Caribbean Literature. Group V, open electives: LNL 1235, Applied Linguistics; LNL 1250, Introduction to Romance Linguistics; LNS 1260, History of the Spanish Language; LNS 1400, Spanish Seminar (topic varies); LNS 1510, Saints and Sinners; LNS 1512, Don Juan; LNS 1550 Spanish Civil War in Spanish Film. Ancillary courses: Two courses from the social sciences pertaining to Latin America, Latino Studies or Europe and one course in linguistic reasoning.
Minor Curriculum
Six advanced courses (above 104 level); two courses in composition and conversation; one of the Masterpieces of Literature series (1231, 1232); one culture course; and two electives.
Students having prior course work in any of the languages offered by the department should seek advanced placement by contacting the department.
Since the French, German, Italian, and Russian sections of the department have limited course offerings, students are advised to begin their study of these languages as early as possible, and to coordinate carefully their programs with their language adviser.