French, Italian and Spanish

The Department of Modern Foreign Languages offers majors in French, Italian and Spanish, courses in language and culture that fulfill the Foundation requirement of the core curriculum and encourages participation in study abroad programs.

For more information on the study abroad programs see Study Abroad.

Courses

All courses listed here are taught in English.

151. CULTURE AND LANGUAGE, FOCUS ON FRANCE (3)
This course will enable students to understand the ways in which people use language to define themselves and their relations with others. Through the exploration of other cultures, students will gain greater awareness of cultural differences and the skills and strategies necessary to communicate across these differences. This course will explore the culture of France. Not open to students who have completed Modern Foreign Language 152, 153 or 154

152. CULTURE AND LANGUAGE, FOCUS ON ITALY (3)
This course will enable students to understand the ways in which people use language to define themselves and their relations with others. Through the exploration of other cultures, students will gain greater awareness of cultural differences and the skills and strategies necessary to communicate across these differences. This course will explore the culture of Italy. Not open to students who have completed Modern Foreign Language 151, 153 or 154

153. CULTURE AND LANGUAGE, FOCUS ON SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA (3)
This course will enable students to understand the ways in which people use language to define themselves and their relations with others. Through the exploration of other cultures, students will gain greater awareness of cultural differences and the skills and strategies necessary to communicate across these differences. This course will explore the culture of Spain and Latin America. Not open to students who have completed Modern Foreign Language 151, 152, 154

154. CULTURE AND LANGUAGE, FOCUS ON GERMANY (3)
This course will enable students to understand the ways in which people use language to define themselves and their relations with others. Through the exploration of other cultures, students will gain greater awareness ofcultural differences and the skills and strategies necessary to communicate across these differences. This course will explore the culture of Germany. Not open to students who have completed Modern Foreign Language 151, 152 or 153

The following courses do not fulfill the foundation requirement.

206. HISPANIC LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION (3)
Explores some of the important works of Hispanic literature through the ages, such as those by Miguel de Cervantes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende. This course does NOT count toward the major. This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.

260. ITALIAN-AMERICAN CULTURE (3)
An exploration through film and literature of the position of Italian-Americans in the United States during the 20th century. Listed also as Italian 260. This course will satisfy the fine arts core area requirement.

275. DANTE’S INFERNO (3)
Provides an understanding of Dante’s Inferno through an examination of the text, critical works and also, an exploration of visual commentary of the text. A study of manuscript art of the Inferno presents the historical context in which the work was circulated in its earlier years. Listed also as Italian 275. This course will satisfy the literature core area requirement.