World Languages and Cultures (15)

This certificate is designed to enhance individuals’ knowledge of language, literature, and culture in their chosen language and should be of interest to teachers who desire continuing education but who do not wish to commit to the M.A. program, as well as to post-baccalaureate students with general, business, or translation interests. This certificate may be of particular interest to graduate students in business or the social sciences.

Requirements (15)

Five courses at the graduate level in either French (FLFR), German (FLGE), or Spanish (FLSP). All credits must be taken in the same language.

Choose five of the following French courses:

FLFR 500 - Special Topics in French Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture Credits: 3
FLFR 512 - French for Business Credits: 3
FLFR 524 - Study Abroad: France Credits: 3
FLFR 530 - French and Francophone Film Credits: 3
FLFR 537 - Authors in Context Credits: 3
FLFR 540 - Postcolonial Studies and Francophone Culture Credits: 3
FLFR 542 - Linguistic Analysis of Informal French Credits: 3
FLFR 545 - Feminism in France Credits: 3
FLFR 546 - Studies in French Genres Credits: 3
FLFR 563 - La France Contemporaine Credits: 3
FLFR 564 - Paris: City of Lights Credits: 3
FLFR 565 - Experiments in Autobiography Credits: 3
FLFR 580 - French Publishing Atelier Credits: 3
FLFR 581 - Advanced French Phonetics and Phonology Credits: 3
FLFR 582 - History of the French Language Credits: 3
FLFR 583 - Translation Theory and Practice Credits: 3
FLFR 584 - Advanced Translation Credits: 3
FLFR 590 - Practicum in French Credits: 3

OR

Choose five of the following German courses:

FLGE 500 - Special Topics in German Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture Credits: 3
FLGE 511 - Communicating in Modern German Credits: 3
FLGE 512 - Practical Business German Credits: 3
FLGE 514 - German Business Communication Credits: 3
FLGE 532 - German Literary Genres Credits: 3
FLGE 533 - German Cinema Credits: 3
FLGE 534 - Popular Literature in German-Speaking Countries Credits: 3
FLGE 535 - Autobiographies Credits: 3
FLGE 537 - Authors in Context Credits: 3
FLGE 561 - German Cultural Studies: Reading Texts in Contexts Credits: 3
FLGE 563 - Deutschland Heute Credits: 3
FLGE 581 - Breaking it Down: The Structure of Modern German Credits: 3
FLGE 582 - Approaches to Translation Credits: 3
FLGE 584 - Translation Practice Credits: 3
FLGE 585 - History of the German Language Credits: 3

OR

Choose five of the following Spanish courses:

FLSP 500 - Special Topics in Spanish Language, Literature, Linguistics or Culture Credits: 3
FLSP 530 - Mapping the Marginalized in Contemporary Spanish Literature Credits: 3
FLSP 533 - Classical Spanish Drama Credits: 3
FLSP 534 - Cervantes: The Quixote Credits: 3
FLSP 535 - Spanish Golden Age Prose Credits: 3
FLSP 538 - Contemporary Spanish Literature Credits: 3
FLSP 539 - Women Authors in Hispanic Literature Credits: 3
FLSP 540 - Spanish American Poetry and Theater Credits: 3
FLSP 541 - Spanish American Novel Credits: 3
FLSP 552 - Literature of the Caribbean Credits: 3
FLSP 554 - Mexican Literature, Culture, and Film Credits: 3
FLSP 555 - Spanish-American Short Story Credits: 3
FLSP 556 - Colonial Latin American Literature Credits: 3
FLSP 557 - 19th Century Spanish American Literature Credits: 3
FLSP 558 - Spanish American Modernismo and Vanguardias: 1880-1945 Credits: 3
FLSP 559 - Spanish American Historical Novels Credits: 3
FLSP 560 - Contemporary Spanish American Literature Credits: 3
FLSP 561 - Seminar on the Cultures of Spain Credits: 3
FLSP 562 - Seminar on the Cultures of Latin America Credits: 3
FLSP 563 - Hispanic Culture through Film Credits: 3
FLSP 580 - Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics Credits: 3
FLSP 581 - Spanish Phonology Credits: 3
FLSP 582 - Foundations in Spanish Sociolinguistics Credits: 3
FLSP 583 - Techniques of Translation Credits: 3
FLSP 584 - Advanced Translation Credits: 3
FLSP 585 - Spanish Syntax Credits: 3
FLSP 586 - Contrastive Grammatical Structures in Spanish and English Credits: 3
FLSP 587 - Hispanic Dialectology Credits: 3
FLSP 589 - Techniques of Interpretation Credits: 3
FLSP 591 - History of the Spanish Language Credits: 3