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Learn a language at a high level and broaden your horizons as a globally adept engineer.
IDE students who wish to pursue the language, literature and culture concentration must already have fourth-semester-level proficiency in the chosen language. This may be demonstrated through a Foreign Language Assessment Test or by completing the equivalent of a fourth-semester CU course (e.g. SPAN2120 or SPAN2150).
The Language, Literature, and Culture Concentration will consist of one of the following sets of options. Students may not pick and choose from among the different languages.
Combined, many of these courses support the pursuit of a language minor.
Curriculum
- 3-5 credits upper division grammar content
- 3 credits upper division literary content
- 3 credits upper division cultural content
- 3-5 credits upper division literary, cultural, or additional language content
take required course (3 credits)
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Arabic 1 |
ARAB 3110 |
3 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses, three courses total (9 credits)
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
In the Footsteps of Travelers: Travel Writing in Arabic Literature |
ARAB 3231 |
3 credits |
|
The Arabic Novel |
ARAB 3330 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Islamic Culture and the Iberian Peninsula |
ARAB 3230 |
3 credits |
|
Representing Islam |
ARAB 3340 |
3 credits |
|
Gender, Sexuality and Culture in the Modern Middle East |
ARAB 3410 |
3 credits |
|
Additional Courses (choose 1) |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Arabic 2 |
ARAB 3120 |
3 credits |
|
Art in Islamic Cultures |
ARAB 3241 |
3 credits |
|
Narrating the City: Literary Mappings of the Urban Landscape |
ARAB 3350 |
3 credits |
|
Arabic Media |
ARAB 4250 |
3 credits |
|
Additional course from Literature or Culture categories |
various |
3 credits |
|
Required course |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Chinese 1 |
CHIN 3110 |
5 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses, three courses total (9 credits)
|
Literature Course Namees |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Writing Topics on Chinese & Japanese Literature and Civilization |
CHIN 3200 |
3 credits |
|
Chinese Narrative Tradition |
CHIN 3334 |
3 credits |
|
Literary Culture in Contemporary China |
CHIN 3342 |
3 credits |
|
Women and the Supernatural in Chinese Literature |
CHIN 3361 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
The Dao and the World in Medieval China |
CHIN 3311 |
3 credits |
|
Literature and Popular Culture in Modern China |
CHIN 3341 |
3 credits |
|
Topics in Chinese Film |
CHIN 3371 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Chinese 2 |
CHEN 3120 |
5 credits |
|
Culture and Literature of Ancient China |
CHIN 3321 |
3 credits |
|
Culture and Literature of Late Imperial China |
CHIN 3331 |
3 credits |
|
Reality and Dream in Traditional Chinese Literature |
CHIN 3351 |
3 credits |
|
Additional course from Literature or Culture categories |
various |
3 credits |
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
French Composition 1 or French Composition 2 |
FREN 3050 or FREN 3060 |
3 credits |
|
Introduction to Critical Reading and Writing in French Literature |
FREN 3100 |
3 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses, two courses total (6 credits)
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Main Currents of French Literature 1 |
FREN 3110 |
3 credits |
|
Introduction to Literary Theory and Advanced Critical Analysis |
FREN 3200 |
3 credits |
|
French Current Events: Conversation and Composition |
FREN 3500) |
3 credits |
|
Business French 1 |
FREN 3600 |
3 credits |
|
Francophone Literature |
FREN 4170 |
3 credits |
|
Medieval and Renaissance Readings |
FREN 4250 |
3 credits |
|
Theatre and Modernity in 17th Century France |
FREN 4300 |
3 credits |
|
Moliere and 17th Century French Comedy |
FREN 4330 |
3 credits |
|
French Enlightenment |
FREN 4350 |
3 credits |
|
Survey of 19th Century French Literature |
FREN 4430 |
3 credits |
|
20th Century French Theatre and Poetry |
FREN 4470 |
3 credits |
|
20th Century French Novel |
FREN 4480 |
3 credits |
|
Postmodernist French Novel in Translation |
FREN 4800 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
French Culture Through Fashion |
FREN 3300 |
3 credits |
|
Culture, Performance and Development in Dakar, Senegal |
FREN 3400 |
3 credits |
|
French-American Cultural Differences |
FREN 3700 |
3 credits |
|
France and the Muslim World |
FREN 3800 |
3 credits |
|
Topics in French Film |
FREN 4600 |
3 credits |
|
Encountering Animals: contemporary Discourse and the Dialog of Species |
FREN 4700 |
3 credits |
|
War, Trauma, and Memory: Amnesias, Revisions, and Representations of Traumatic History |
FREN 4860 |
3 credits |
|
Course name |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced German 1 |
GRMN 3010 |
3 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Literature in the Age of Goethe |
GRMN 3502 |
3 credits |
|
German Film Through World War II |
GRMN 3503 |
3 credits |
|
Dada and Surrealist Literature |
GRMN 3702 |
3 credits |
|
Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School |
GRMN 4051 |
3 credits |
|
Sex, Love and Marriage in Literature and Philosophy |
GRMN 4231 |
3 credits |
|
Seminar: Literature in Cultural Context |
GRMN 4501 |
3 credits |
|
Nietzsche: Literature and Values |
GRMN 4502 |
3 credits |
|
Goethe's Faust |
GRMN 4504 |
3 credits |
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
The Enlightenment: Tolerance and Emancipation |
GRMN 3505 |
3 credits |
|
German Film and Society 1945-1989 |
GRMN 3513 |
3 credits |
|
German Film & Society After 1989 |
GRMN 3514 |
3 credits |
|
Politics and Culture in Berlin 1900-1933 |
GRMN 3802) |
3 credits |
|
Gender, Race and Immigration in Germany and Europe |
GRMN 4301 |
3 credits |
|
Additional courses (Choose one course) |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced German 2 |
GRMN 3020 |
3 credits |
|
Business German |
GRMN 3030 |
3 credits |
|
The German-Jewish Experience: From the Enlightenment to the Present |
GRMN 3501 |
3 credits |
|
Topics in German Film |
GRMN 3504 |
3 credits |
|
Tracing the Criminal: Crime in 19th Century Society and Culture |
GRMN 3506 |
3 credits |
|
German Women Writers |
GRMN 3601 |
3 credits |
|
Marxism |
GRMN 4251 |
3 credits |
|
Nietzsche: Literature and Values |
GRMN 4502 |
3 credits |
|
Additional course from Literature or Culture categories |
various |
3 credits |
|
Course name |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Third Year Modern Hebrew, first semester |
HEBR 3010 |
3 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)
|
Course Name |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Israeli Literature: Exile, Nation, Home |
JWST 4203 |
3 credits |
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
History of Arab-Israeli Conflict |
JWST 3650 |
3 credits |
|
Anthropology of Jews and Judaism (Cultures of Israel and Palestine) |
JWST 4050 |
3 credits |
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Third Year Modern Hebrew, Second Semester |
HEBR 3020 |
3 credits |
|
Global Seminar: Justice, Human Rights and Democracy in Israel |
JWST 4302 |
3 credits |
|
History of Modern Israel/Palestine |
JWST 4338 |
3 credits |
|
Topics in Jewish History (Childhood in Modern Israel/Palestine) |
JWST 4348 |
3 credits |
|
Topics in Jewish History (Tel Aviv: Urban History and Culture) |
JWST 4348 |
3 credits |
|
Additional course from Culture category |
various |
3 credits |
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Hindi 1 |
HIND 3110 |
3 credits |
|
South Asian Diasporas: Imagining Home Abroad |
HIND 3661 |
3 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (6 credits)
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Living Indian Epics: The Ramayana and the Mahabharata in the Modern Political Imagination |
HIND 3651 |
3 credits |
|
Devotional Literature in South Asia |
HIND 3851 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Screening India: A History of Bollywood Cinema |
HIND 3441 |
3 credits |
|
The Power of the Word: Subversive and Censored 20th Century Indo-Pakistani Literature |
HIND 3811 |
3 credits |
|
The Many Faces of Krishna in South Asia Literature and Culture |
HIND 3831 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Composition 1 |
ITAL 3015 |
3 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Once Upon a Time in Italy |
ITAL 4600 |
3 credits |
|
Literary and Artistic Cultures in Italy 1: 1200-1800 |
ITAL 3160 |
3 credits |
|
Literary and Artistic Cultures in Italy 2: 1800-1900 |
ITAL 3150 |
3 credits |
|
Italian Theatre |
ITAL 4500 |
3 credits |
|
Literary and Artistic Cultures in Italy 3: 1900-present |
ITAL 3140 |
3 credits |
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Italian Conversation Through Cinema |
ITAL 3040 |
3 credits |
|
Contemporary Italian Culture, Politics, and the Media |
ITAL 4030 |
3 credits |
|
Topics in Italian Culture and Civilization from the Origins through the Renaissance |
ITAL 4200 |
3 credits |
|
History of Modern Italy |
ITAL 4250 |
3 credits |
|
Multiculturalism in Italy |
ITAL 4300 |
3 credits |
|
Italian Feminisms: Culture, Theory, and Narratives of Difference |
ITAL 4730 |
3 credits |
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Composition 2 |
ITAL 3025 |
3 credits |
|
Business Italian Style |
ITAL 4040 |
3 credits |
|
The Age of Dante: Readings from The Divine Comedy |
ITAL 4140 |
3 credits |
|
The Age of Dante in Italian |
ITAL 4145 |
3 credits |
|
Visualizing Dante's Inferno: A Global Seminar in Florence Italy |
ITAL 4147 |
3 credits |
|
Boccaccio's Decameron: Tales of Sex and Death in the Middle Ages |
ITAL 4150 |
3 credits |
|
Mafia and Terrorism: Organized Violence in Italy |
ITAL 4260 |
3 credits |
|
Topics in Italian Cinema |
ITAL 4280 |
3 credits |
|
Italian Culture Through Cinema |
ITAL 4290 |
3 credits |
|
From Wops to Dons to Movers and Shakers: The Italian-American Experience |
ITAL 4350 |
3 credits |
|
Languages Internship for Professions |
ITAL 4930 |
3 credits |
|
Italian Senior Honors Thesis |
ITAL 4980 |
3 credits |
|
Senior Seminar |
ITAL 4990 |
3 credits |
|
Additional course from Literature or Culture categories |
various |
3 credits |
|
Course Name |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Japanese 1 |
JPNS 3110 |
5 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Writing Topics on Chinese & Japanese Literature and Civilization |
JPNS 3200 |
3 credits |
|
Japanese Colonial and Transnational Literature |
JPNS 3311 |
3 credits |
|
Love, Death, and Desire: Classical Japanese Literature in Translation |
JPNS 3811 |
3 credits |
|
Travel and Travel Writing in Japanese Literature and Culture |
JPNS 3891 |
3 credits |
|
Critical Theory and Japanese Literature and Culture |
JPNS 4400 |
3 credits |
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Tradition and Transgression: Modern Japanese Literature in Translation |
JPNS 3841 |
3 credits |
|
Studies in Japanese Popular Culture |
JPNS 3851 |
3 credits |
|
Imagining the Samurai in Japanese Literature and Culture |
JPNS 3861 |
3 credits |
|
Horror and the Macabre in Japanese Literature, Film, Culture |
JPNS 3871 |
3 credits |
|
Environment, Nature and Disaster in Japanese Literature and Culture |
JPNS 3881 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Japanese 2 |
JPNS 3120 |
5 credits |
|
Fantasy and Sci-Fi in Japanese Literature, Film and Culture |
JPNS 3321 |
3 credits |
|
From Rebellion to Calamity: Contemporary Japanese Literature in Translation |
JPNS 3511 |
3 credits |
|
Monsters, Monks, and Mayhem: Medieval Japanese Literature in Translation |
JPNS 3821 |
3 credits |
|
The Floating World of Play and Passion: Early Modern Japanese Literature in Translation |
JPNS 3831 |
3 credits |
|
Additional course from Literature or Culture categories |
various |
3 credits |
|
Course names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Korean 1 |
KREN 3110 |
5 credits |
|
Modern Korean Literature in English Translation |
KREN 3841 |
3 credits |
|
Film and Korean Culture |
KREN 2441 |
3 credits |
|
Studies in Korean Popular Culture |
KREN 3851 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Advanced Portuguese Language Skills |
PORT 3003 |
3 credits |
|
Transatlantic Relations in the Portuguese Speaking World |
PORT 3230 |
3 credits |
|
Brazilian Literature |
PORT 4110 |
3 credits |
|
Literature of the Portuguese Speaking World |
PORT 4150 |
3 credits |
|
Required Course |
Course Codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Third-Year Russian 1 |
RUSS 3010 |
4 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature |
RUSS 4811 |
3 credits |
|
Twentieth-Century Russian Literature & Art |
RUSS 4821 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Introduction to Russian Culture |
RUSS 2211 |
3 credits |
|
|
Introduction to Modern Russian Culture |
RUSS 2221 |
3 credits |
|
|
Russian Culture Past & Present |
RUSS 3601 |
3 credits |
offered abroad only |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Third-Year Russian 2 |
RUSS 3020 |
4 credits |
|
History of Russian Cinema |
RUSS 3211 |
3 credits |
|
Contemporary Issues in Russian Film |
RUSS 3301 |
3 credits |
|
Russian Culture Past & Present |
RUSS 3601 |
3 credits |
|
Slavic Folk Culture: Ideals & Values in the Contemporary World |
RUSS 3701 |
3 credits |
|
American-Russian Cultural Relations |
RUSS 4301 |
3 credits |
|
Women in 20th Century Russian Culture |
RUSS 4471 |
3 credits |
|
19th Century Russian Literature |
RUSS 4811 |
3 credits |
|
20th Century Russian Literature & Art |
RUSS 4821 |
3 credits |
|
Contemporary Russian Literature |
RUSS 4831 |
3 credits |
|
Additional course from Literature or Culture categories |
various |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Literary Analysis |
SPAN 3100 |
3 credits |
|
Advanced Spanish Grammar |
SPAN 3120 |
3 credits |
Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for two courses total (6 credits)
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
Major Trends & Works of Modern & Contemporary Spanish American Literature: 1898-Present |
SPAN 4180 |
3 credits |
|
Special Topics in Spanish and/or Spanish American Literature |
SPAN 4220 |
3 credits |
|
Course Names |
Course codes |
Credits |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Spanish Culture |
SPAN 3200 |
3 credits |
|
|
Latin American Culture: Spanish America & Brazil |
SPAN 3220 |
3 credits |
|
|
Late 19th & 20th Century Argentine Narrative |
SPAN 3260 |
3 credits |
offered abroad only |
|
Barcelona: Understanding Local & Immigrant Cultures |
SPAN 3270 |
3 credits |
offered abroad only |
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