World Languages and Cultures B.A.
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BACHELOR OF ARTS - WORLD LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Lower-Division Language Requirement | ||
| Complete the two-year 101-202 sequence in a single language: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, or Russian. | 12-20 | |
| Lower-Division Cultures Requirement | ||
| Complete four of the following courses: | 12 | |
| Intro to South & S. East Asia | ||
| Intro Latin American Studies | ||
| Food and Culture | ||
| The Silk Road | ||
| Culture & Society | ||
| Central Asian Culture and Civilization | ||
| Classical Mythology | ||
| Environment & Nature in Classical World | ||
| The Epic | ||
| Greek Drama: Politics on Stage | ||
| Introduction to German Culture and Civilization | ||
| Japanese Culture & Civilization | ||
| Intro to Russian Culture | ||
| Introduction to India | ||
| Upper-Division Electives | ||
| Complete 27 credits of the following courses: | 27 | |
| The Arab World | ||
| Advanced Chinese I | ||
| Chinese Poetry in Translation | ||
| Traditional Chinese Literature | ||
| Chinese Folktales | ||
| Readings in Classical Chinese | ||
| Ancient Greek Civilization and Culture | ||
| Advanced Grammar/Oral and Written Expression | ||
| French Literature and Culture: Middle Ages and Renaissance | ||
| French Literature and Culture: 17th 18th Centuries | ||
| French Literature Culture: Long 19th Century | ||
| Literature and Culture III: French and Francophone Literatures and Cultures of the 20th Century | ||
| The French Cinema | ||
| Survey of African Cinema | ||
| French Civilization & Culture | ||
| Studies in French Prose | ||
| Studies in French Drama | ||
| Studies in French Poetry | ||
| Studies in German Language, Media, and Culture I | ||
| Studies in German Language, Media, and Culture II | ||
| Practicum in German Language | ||
| Introduction to German Literature | ||
| Introduction to Multicultural Literature in Contemporary Germany | ||
| Survey of German Cinema | ||
| Nature and the Environment in German Literature and Film | ||
| German Culture & Civilization | ||
| German Culture: Beginnings to Romanticism | ||
| Germ Culture: Romanticism to the Present | ||
| German Literature 1760-1832 | ||
| 19th Century German Literature | ||
| 20th and 21st Century German Literature | ||
| Seminar in German Studies | ||
| Ancient Greece | ||
| Ancient Rome | ||
| Literature in the Irish Lang | ||
| The Literature of pre-Norman Ireland | ||
| The Politics of Culture: Irish America, the Gaelic Revival, and the Easter Rising | ||
| Ireland and America in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution | ||
| The Irish Conflict: 1968-1998 | ||
| The Irish and their Language | ||
| Topics in Irish Studies | ||
| Contemporary Irish Women's Writing | ||
| Rockin' Rebels: Popular Irish Music from Traditional to Punk | ||
| Advanced Japanese | ||
| Advanced Japanese | ||
| Japanese for Business and Tourism | ||
| Jpns Lit Medieval to Mod | ||
| Japanese Film and Anime | ||
| Modern Japanese Writers and Thinkers | ||
| Introduction to Classical Japanese | ||
| Advanced Japanese for Professionals | ||
| Post-War Japanese Literature | ||
| Major Latin Authors | ||
| Russian: Oral & Written Expression I | ||
| Russian: Oral and Written Expression II | ||
| Evil and the Supernatural in Russian Literature | ||
| Beauty, Power and Pride in Russian Literature | ||
| 19th-Century Russian Authors | ||
| 20th-Century Russian Authors | ||
| Russian Short Story | ||
| Russian Poetry | ||
| Spanish: Oral and Written Expression | ||
| Spanish Phonetics | ||
| Intensive Spanish Abroad | ||
| Advanced Conversations | ||
| Contemporary Spanish Lit | ||
| Cultures and Societies of Latin America | ||
| Topics in Spanish Literature and Culture | ||
| Introduction to Spanish Linguistics | ||
| Spanish: Advanced Composition & Conversation | ||
| Latin American Literature | ||
| Spanish Literature: Renaissance and Golden Age | ||
| Spanish Literature: Modern & Contemporary | ||
| Total Hours | 51-59 | |