FRN-LNG 180      Special Elementary Foreign Languages Topics I
Instruction in foreign languages at the elementary level. Essentials of grammar, basic conversation and reading, practical vocabulary. May include introduction of new methods of foreign language teaching, special texts, and languages not offered through regular courses. As needed.
Credits: 2-5 hours
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FRN-LNG 190      Special Elementary Foreign Languages Topics II
Continuation of Foreign Languages and Literature 180. Prerequisite: Elementary I college-level course or equivalent. As needed.
Credits: 2-5 hours
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FRN-LNG 280      Special Intermediate Foreign Languages Topics I
Instruction in foreign languages at the second-year intermediate level. Further development of comprehension and communicative skills. Readings of moderate difficulty and grammar review. May include introduction of new methods of foreign language teaching, special texts and topics, and new languages not offered through regular courses. Prerequisite: Elementary I & II college courses or equivalent. As needed.
Credits: 2-4 hours
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FRN-LNG 290      Special Intermediate Foreign Languages Topics II
Continuation of Foreign Languages and Literature 280. Prerequisite: Third semester college level-courses or equivalent. As needed.
Credits: 2-4 hours
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FRN-LNG 300CM      Cluster Course: Mexico, Central America And The Human Condition
Faculty from at least two different departments (one of which must be a department in the Division of Humanities including history) may determine the topic and syllabus, subject to the approval of the director of Integrated Studies and the departments involved. This special topics course will satisfy the interdisciplinary course requirement for the B.A.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRN-LNG 300CS      Cluster Course: History Of Russian Culture
Faculty from at least two different departments (one of which must be a department in the Division of Humanities including history) may determine the topic and syllabus, subject to the approval of the director of Integrated Studies and the program's advisory committee in addition to the approval of the departments involved. This special topics course will satisfy the interdisciplinary course requirement for the B.A. Fall/winter.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRN-LNG 380      Special Topics
Treatment of a particular genre or area of literature or language normally not offered through regular courses. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. On demand.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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FRN-LNG 400CF      Courts and Culture in the Middle Ages
This cluster course offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the Middle Ages, focusing on medieval cultures in Europe. Arranged around a series of themes, the cluster will read a variety of documentary and literary texts to investigate not only the ""high culture"" of the courts but also the interactions of people from various social backgrounds in Western Europe. May be taken for French major with permission of instructor. Cross listed with ENGLISH 400CF and HISTORY 400CF.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRN-LNG 400CI      Cc:Culture,Kultur,Civilisation:Identity Formation In the Middle Classes
This cluster course will explore the dynamics of bourgeois class formation in Western Europe in the ""long"" 19th century (1750-1920) from historical, thematic, and theoretical perspectives. It will focus on how this class-based identity developed and functioned in the context of historical and cultural changes and how the bourgeoisie defined themselves vis a vis nobles, peasants, workers, ""primitives,"" and criminals. Class assignments will include historical, literary, theatrical, anthropological, and cinemagraphic sources.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRN-LNG 400CM      Nazi-Occupied Europe & The Holocaust
With the collaboration of many other nations, Nazi Germany attempted a genocidal war to systematically colonize, relocate and annihilate entire social groups, most notably the Jews. Employing an intentionally cosmopolitan perspective, this interdisciplinary cluster-course will explore how ordinary Europeans behaved in these circumstances and the different ways that scholars have attempted to comprehend, analyze and represent those choices.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRN-LNG 401      Linguistics And Language Teaching
A survey of issues in linguistics with particular emphasis on areas and applications pertaining to the teaching of foreign languages. Contrastive analysis of the history and structure of Germanic and Romance languages. Examination of social, cultural and biological aspects of language. Prerequisite: Two years of a foreign language at college level and junior/senior standing.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRN-LNG 402CC      CC: Making the Modern in France: Dance, Art, Music, and Literature
This cluster course will take an interdisciplinary approach to understand the way modernism developed within the arts, with a focus on late-19th, early 20th-century France. Developments in literature, art, dance, and music and their interconnectedness to cultural and historical events will be highlighted and explored. Cross-listed with Art-History 402CC and Conservatory 402CC.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRN-LNG 470A      Internship in Foreign Languages
Intern experience under faculty supervision involving the use of the appropriate foreign language with a local firm, non-profit organization, etc. students will compile a portfolio of their work under the direction of the internship supervisor to be submitted for evaluation by their chosen faculty mentor. Prerequisites: at least 9 hours prior FLL coursework in the appropriate language, junior standing, prior consent and arrangement.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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FRN-LNG 470B      School/Education Related Internship in Foreign Languages
Intern experience under faculty supervision involving the use of the appropriate foreign language at a local school. Students will keep a journal in the foreign language. Prerequisites: at least 9 hours of prior FLL coursework in the appropriate language, prior consent and arrangement..
Credits: 1-3 hours
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FRN-LNG 480      Special Topics
Each time this course is offered a particular genre or area of literature will be treated. Topics will be announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Permission of the department chairman required. On demand.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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FRN-LNG 480A      Special Topics
Each time this course is offered a particular genre or area of literature will be treated. Topics will be announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Permission of the department chairman required. On demand.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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FRN-LNG 480B      Special Topics
Each time this course is offered a particular genre or area of literature will be treated. Topics will be announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Permission of the department chairman required. On demand.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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FRN-LNG 494      Methods Of Teaching Foreign Languages
Teaching methods and materials for beginning and advanced classes in French, German, and Spanish. Modern language teaching methodology and material will be evaluated and demonstrated, together with effective use of the Language Resource Center, tapes, slides, film strips, and other audio-visual materials. Prerequisite: A 3.0 grade average in the foreign language to be considered for practice teaching. Does not count toward a major in foreign language. Offered in conjunction with the School of Education.
Credits: 3 hours
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FRN-LNG H400CM      (HONORS) Nazi-Occupied Europe & The Holocaust
With the collaboration of many other nations, Nazi Germany attempted a genocidal war to systematically colonize, relocate and annihilate entire social groups, most notably the Jews. Employing an intentionally cosmopolitan perspective, this interdisciplinary cluster-course will explore how ordinary Europeans behaved in these circumstances and the different ways that scholars have attempted to comprehend, analyze and represent those choices.
Credits: 3 hours
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