World and Classical Languages

CHN 1011, 5 credits, 22 class limit

Learn to speak and read modern standard Chinese through structured practice. You'll cover elementary Mandarin pronunciation, grammar, and orthography (in both Pinyin and characters) and have opportunities for using Mandarin Chinese in meaningful, real-life applications. 

CHN 1012, 5 credits, 22 class limit

Continue your exploration of speaking and reading modern standard Chinese with an emphasis on promoting communicative competency. Build also your listening and writing skills.

CHN 1015, 5 credits, 22 class limit

Have you had two to three years of Chinese language courses (or equivalent proficiency)? Ready to study Mandarin Chinese at an accelerated pace? In this course, you'll cover reading, writing, and standard pronunciation.

CHN 3016, 5 credits, 22 class limit

In this continuation of CHN 1015, study Mandarin Chinese with a concentration on reading, writing, and standard pronunciation. This course would be a good fit for you if you have oral/aural skills but little or no exposure to reading and writing, speak other Chinese dialects, or have other prior experience.

CHN 3021, 5 credits, 22 class limit

Further develop your modern standard Chinese skills through conversations, writing, reading. Feel confident handling a variety of basic communicative tasks and social situations such as ordering a meal, asking directions, or making purchases.

CHN 3022, 5 credits, 22 class limit

Continue your modern standard Chinese skills study through conversation and reading. Learn to listen to and understand basic topics such as weather, dining, lodging, travel, etc

FREN 1003, 5 credits, 24 class limit

Further your development of French reading, listening, writing, and speaking skills in the context of cultural themes related to the Francophone world.

FREN 1004, 5 credits, 24 class limit

This course will allow you to be much more confident in using comparisons, narrating (past and present), linking ideas together into longer discourse, describing, etc. Upon successful completion of this course, you should be solidly in the Intermediate ranges of proficiency in French, able to travel and/or use French for your own goals.

GER 1003, 5 credits, 26 class limit

Improve your German listening, reading, speaking, and writing. Strengthen grammar and vocabulary. Assignments include authentic readings and essay. Topics discussed include social life, travel and school.

GER 1004, 5 credits, 26 class limit

Further improve your German listening, reading, speaking, writing. Enhance your grammar and vocabulary. Course includes: authentic readings and essay assignments. Learn about German history and current events, and discuss cultural artifacts that influence our daily life, such as social media and film

GRK 1001, 5 credits, 22 class limit

Delve into this introduction to grammar and vocabulary of classical Greek as written in Athens in 5th/4th centuries BCE. Forms/simple constructions. Some reading of simple, heavily adapted passages from ancient texts.

GRK 1002, 5 credits, 22 class limit

Improve your skills with this continuation of Greek 1001. More complex constructions, including participles, clauses, indirect discourse. Some reading of adapted passages from ancient texts.

JPN 1011, 5 credits, 22 class limit

Begin your study of speaking, reading, and writing Japanese. Topics include: meeting people, shopping, and dining out; describing activities, locations, and events in the past; and making offers and requests.

JPN 1012, 5 credits, 22 class limit

Continue your introduction to speaking, reading, and writing Japanese. Topics covered include: describing appearance, giving advice, describing a plan, and making comparisons.

LAT 3003, 4 credits, 22 class limit

This is your introduction to Latin prose authors of 1st centuries BCE/CE. Cover readings of continuous passages of unadapted Latin texts (history, speeches, letters). Review grammar/vocabulary. Discuss major themes/issues in Roman culture as illustrated by texts.

LAT 3004, 4 credits, 22 class limit

Explore Roman epic poetry. Includes readings of selections from Vergil's Aeneid. Quantitative meter and poetic devices. Discuss major themes and issues as developed in Vergil's poetry.

SPAN 1003, 5 credits, 25 class limit

Improve your Spanish speaking and comprehension. Develop reading and writing skills based on materials from Spain/Spanish America. Includes: grammar review, compositions, and oral presentations.

SPAN 1004, 5 credits, 25 class limit

Further improve your Spanish speaking and comprehension. Developing reading and writing skills based on materials from Spain/Spanish America. Improve your grammar, compositions, and oral presentations. Engage in unrehearsed conversations, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.