The mission of the Department of Modern Languages and Classics is to provide students with the language proficiency and the intercultural competence necessary for the global society of the 21st century. The department aims to instill in students informed and critical perspectives regarding other cultures and their own. The department is committed to providing this training by means of the best facilities and technology available, and relying on a staff of teachers and scholars with international experience and expertise. The MLC department offers degree programs leading to the master of arts in German, the master of arts in Romance languages, and the doctor of philosophy in Romance languages. All three degree programs incorporate a variety of options.
Faculty
Chair
- Toman, Cheryl
Graduate Program Director
- Cipria, Alicia
Professors
- Corbalán, Ana
- Fox, Thomas A.
- Summers, Kirk
- Toman, Cheryl
Associate professors
- Cipria, Alicia
- Drewelow, Isabelle
- Drozd, Andrew M.
- Edmunds, Bruce T.
- Koronkiewicz, Bryan
- Lazda-Cazers, Rasma
- Lightfoot, Douglas
- Mayer, Carmen
- Moody, Sarah
- O'Rourke, Erin
- Robin, Jean Luc
- Rodeño, Ignacio F.
- Romanelli, Claudia
- Shannon-Henderson, Kelly
- Tsakiropoulou-Summers, Tatiana
- Worden, Bill
Assistant professors
- Elnaili, Safa
- Feminella, Matthew
- Goethals, Jessica
- Granja, Xabier
- McKay, Micah
- Montalbano, Alessandra
- Range, Regina
- Stamm, Gina
Courses
Classics Courses
French Courses
Intensive introduction to French grammar and vocabulary. Emphasis on reading and translation skills. Preparation of the French reading examination. For students in graduate programs campus-wide.
Continued study of grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on further developing reading and translation skills.
German Courses
GN 551, GN 552, GN 571, and GN 576 may be repeated for credit when the content varies substantially. A period course (GN 515, GN 520, GN 525, or GN 540)
may vary in emphasis during different semesters; when this is the case, students may take the course a second time, but credit for the course may be applied only once toward the minimum hours required for the degree.
Introduction to German grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on developing basic reading and translation skills.
Continued study of grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on further developing reading and translation skills.
Latin Courses
No description available.
Romance Languages Courses
Advanced introduction to various levels of historial language change. Variety of language families used for examples.
In this course students are introduced to statistical methods that are commonly used in quantitative linguistics research, with examples drawn from a variety of languages and dialects. In doing so, they will gain an understanding of the types of computations involved, as well as a familiarity with some of the software currently used in statistical analysis. Students will also gain experience in how to interpret and explain statistical findings in relation to data sets. The goals of this course are to prepare students to be conversant in basic statistical methods in order to understand published research findings in linguistics, to discuss research design with statistical consultants, and to conduct their own field research projects, targeting any language or dialect, according to common data collection techniques. The course if repeatable for credit when curriculum varies.
Spanish Courses
In-depth analysis of fundamental concepts in foreign language learning and teaching. Topics include grammar and vocabulary acquisition, classroom discourse, reading and listening comprehension, writing and principles of language testing.
Introduction to Spanish grammar and vocabulary, with emphasis on developing basic reading and translation skills.