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Department of Foreign Languages

Marketta Laurila, Chairperson

DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY: Phillip J. Campana, Colleen B. Hays, Marketta Laurila.

No degree is offered in Foreign Languages but courses may be used (with advisory committee approval) as electives in other fields of study.

COURSES

ESLP

ESLP 4100 (5100). ESL Methodology and Materials for PreK-12. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.

Prerequisites: SEED 4125 and LING 4500, or consent of instructor. Current approaches, methodologies, techniques, and materials for teaching ESL primarily in preK-12 situations; developing literacy skills appropriate for age and language proficiency levels. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

ESLP 4200 (5200). ESL Assessment: Reading and Writing. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.

Prerequisites: ESLP 4100 (5100), SEED 4125, and LING 4500, or consent of instructor. Assessing proficiency for ESL placement and eventual integration into school curriculum (mainstreaming) with special emphasis on language literacy skills: reading and writing. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

ESLP 4300 (5300). Field Experience in ESL. Cr. 3.

Prerequisites: ESLP 4100 (5100) and ESLP 4200 (5200), or consent of instructor. Teaching ESL in preK-12 under supervision of experienced ESL staff: writing objectives, planning lessons, materials evaluation, testing. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

French (FREN)

FREN 4100 (5100). Advanced Listening. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.

Prerequisite: FREN 2020 or equivalent. Development of listening acuity and general comprehension of commercially produced as well as authentic spoken texts. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

FREN 4600 (5600). Middle Ages and 16th Century Literature. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Selections from one or more of: La Chanson de Roland or other epics; Rabelais, Montaigne. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

FREN 4610 (5610). 17th Century Literature. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Selections from one or more of: Pascal, Corneille, Racine, Moliere. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

FREN 4620 (5620). 18th Century Literature. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Selections from one or more of: Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Marivaux, Beaumarchais. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

FREN 4630 (5630). 19th Century Literature. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Selections from one or more of: Balzac, Stendhal, Lamartine, Vigny, Hugo, Musset. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

FREN 4640 (5640). 20th Century Literature. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Selections from one or more of: Proust, Mauriac, Malraux, Camus, Sartre. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

FREN 6010. Special Topics in French. Read. 1-4. Cr. 1-4.

Concentrated readings in areas of special interest. Available to graduate students minoring in French, with consent of departmental chairperson (Maximum of 12 credits.)

German (GERM)

GERM 4100 (5100). Advanced Listening. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.

Prerequisite: GERM 2020 or equivalent. Development of listening acuity and general comprehension of commercially produced as well as authentic spoken texts. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

GERM 4610 (5610). 18th Century Literature. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Selections primarily from Lessing, Schiller, or authors of the Sturm and Drang. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

GERM 4620 (5620). Goethe. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Goethe’s poetry, plus, upon demand, Goethe’s dramas or prose. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

GERM 4630 (5630). Romanticism. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Selections from the poetry and prose of one or more of the major writers of the period, including Heinrich von Kleist. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

GERM 4640 (5640). 19th Century Literature. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Selections from the prose or drama of one or more of the major writers of the period, including Keller, Storm, Meyer, Hebbel, Hauptmann. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

GERM 4650 (5650). Thomas Mann. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Shorter works such as Tonio Kroeger, Tod in Venedig, Tristan, etc. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

GERM 4660 (5660). Kafka. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

A selection of short stories. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

GERM 4670 (5670). Brecht. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

One or two selected dramas. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

GERM 4680 (5680). Post World War II Literature. Sem. 1. Cr. 1.

Choice of authors such as Boell, Grass, Duerrenmatt, Frisch, etc. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

GERM 6010. Special Topics in German. Read. 1-4. Cr. 1-4.

Concentrated readings in areas of special interest. Available to graduate students minoring in German, with consent of departmental chairperson. (Maximum of 12 credits.)

Spanish (SPAN)

SPAN 4010 (5010). Introduction to the Literature of Spain. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or equivalent. Selections from the literature of Spain. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

SPAN 4020 (5020). Introduction to the Literature of Spanish America. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or equivalent. Selections from the literature of Spanish America. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

SPAN 4110 (5110). Culture and Civilization of Spain. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or equivalent. Lectures, readings, and discussion in Spanish on the culture and civilization of Spain. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

SPAN 4120 (5120). Culture and Civilization of Spanish America. Lec. 3. Cr. 3.

Prerequisite: SPAN 3010 or equivalent. Lectures, readings, and discussion in Spanish on the culture and civilization of Spanish America. Students enrolled in the 5000-level course will be required to complete additional work as stated in the syllabus.

SPAN 6010. Special Topics in Spanish. Read. 1-4. Cr. 1-4.

Concentrated readings in areas of special interest. Available to graduate students minoring in Spanish, with consent of departmental chairperson. (Maximum of 12 credits.)

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