Graduate Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics

College of Arts and Sciences

Chair: Reinier Leushuis; Associate Chair (Graduate Studies): C. Weber; Associate Chair (Undergraduate Studies): Sunderman; Professors: Boutin, Galeano, González, Leeser, Leushuis, Munro, Pietralunga, Poey, Sunderman; Associate Professors: Álvarez, Efimov, Gomáriz, Howard, Joos, Lan, Maier-Katkin, Muntendam, Murray-Roman, Prichard, Reglero, Romanchuk, Soldat-Jaffe, Valisa, Wakamiya, Wang, A. Weber, C. Weber, Zanini-Cordi; Assistant Professors: Bumatay, Coggeshall, Goldmark, Juzek, Mewhinney, Qian; Teaching Faculty III: Brandl, Brudenell, Feng, Osborn, Schlenoff; Teaching Faculty II: Gutiérrez, Lababidi, Prantil; Teaching Faculty I: Badr, Flematti, MacManus Chu, Mejia, Romer-Mestas, Valentine, Vogel

The department offers graduate students unique opportunities for language, linguistics, literature/film, and culture study. With degree programs in the areas of East Asian, French, German, Italian, Slavic, and Spanish, the department prepares students for a variety of educational and future career opportunities. The teaching and research expertise of the department's faculty reflects the commitment to FSU's academic excellence. The Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics has been offering graduate work in French and Spanish since 1917. During the 1950s, master's programs were initiated in German and Slavic, as well as Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programs, first in Spanish, then in French. The master's program in Italian studies was inaugurated in 1999. Graduate programs leading to the Master of Arts (MA) are available in East Asian Languages and Cultures (Chinese and Japanese tracks), French, German Studies, Italian Studies, Slavic (concentration in Russian, with minor work available in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian and Ukrainian), and Spanish (with a concentration in Literary Studies or Linguistics). Programs leading to the PhD degree are offered in French and Spanish (with a concentration in Literary studies or Linguistics).

Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies: Supported by a generous bequest from the late Mrs. Ada Belle Winthrop-King, Florida State University's Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies is a center for interdisciplinary scholarship on France and the French-speaking world. Through its program of distinguished guest speakers, visiting professors, and conferences, together with undergraduate and graduate awards, the Institute offers outstanding opportunities for students, scholars and researchers who share the passion of Mrs. Winthrop-King for France, its civilization and language, and the wider French-speaking world. Through the Institute undergraduate and graduate scholarships are also available for study and research abroad.

Admission Requirements

The following items are required for applying to any one of the Department's graduate programs:

the University graduate application (see https://admissions.fsu.edu/gradapp)
a statement of purpose (in English)
a writing sample written in the target language of the program for which the candidate is applying (EALC candidates can provide a writing sample in English)
three letters of recommendation;
GRE scores (verbal and quantitative) including for international students. Average Verbal Reasoning scores for applicants the Department has accepted in the last five years have been around 155
the GRE is waived for MA applications up to and including Fall 2026
applicants for the French and Spanish PhD programs may request a GRE waiver if one of the following criteria is fulfilled:
- successful completion of the MA degree in relevant field with GPA 3.5 or higher, or
- authorship or co-authorship of a peer-reviewed paper in a relevant field
GPA of 3.0 or higher as an upper-division student
TOEFL scores (for international students whose native language is not English)
official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended and/or from which the student received a degree

January 15 is the official departmental application deadline for regular Fall admission. The department does not grant Spring semester admissions. For further practical details on graduate studies in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, including the availability of funding, please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website.

College Requirements

Please review all college-wide degree requirements summarized in the “College of Arts and Sciences” chapter of this Graduate Bulletin.

Requirements for the Master of Arts (MA) in East Asian Languages and Cultures

The MA degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures is expected to be completed in two years during which the student must successfully complete a minimum of 36 credit hours. At least 21 of these credit hours must be taken on a letter-grade basis. A minimum of 12 credit hours must be language courses. There are two primary tracks within the EALC MA program: Chinese and Japanese. For each track, the student must take four language courses in their designated primary language area (Chinese or Japanese, for a minimum of 12 credit hours, [native speakers of Japanese or Chinese might fulfill this requirement with the other program language]), as well as East Asian Humanities (3 credit hours). All required courses must be taken on a letter-grade basis. During the last semester (usually the second Spring semester of the two-year full-time MA study), the student chooses Option A (Comprehensive Examination) or Option B (Significant Research Project) to complete the Program.

In addition, students will also take 18 credit hours of elective courses (30 credit hours for native speakers of Japanese or Chinese). These courses should be graduate courses in the East Asian MA program.

Please see the MLL Graduate Studies Handbook for more detailed guidelines.

Requirements for the Master of Arts (MA) in French

Master of Arts (MA) in Global French Literature

Requirements for the MA in French Literature include coursework, comprehensive examinations, and a twenty-to-thirty-page research paper. A minimum of 32 semester hours in graduate courses (including minor, if any) must be earned and at least 21 of these must be taken for a letter grade.

Required courses include a distribution of coursework across the centuries, with students taking at least one course with each professor, scheduling permitting. In choosing their courses, students should be advised that many currently advertised positions require knowledge of critical theory and Francophone literature. Courses are not offered as exam preparation; rather, coursework provides the basis for the student to further synthesize and expand their knowledge during exam preparation.

Master of Arts (MA) in French with a Concentration in Contemporary French and Francophone Studies

Requirements for the MA in French with a Concentration in French and Francophone Studies include coursework, comprehensive examinations, and a twenty-to-thirty-page research paper. A minimum of 32 semester hours in graduate courses (including minor, if any) must be earned and at least 21 of these must be taken for a letter grade. The program normally takes two years but may be completed in as little as one year.

Required courses include 21 credit hours (seven courses) in French. At least 12 credit hours (four courses) must be chosen from among those offered in twentieth century or Francophone Studies, with a further nine credit hours (three courses) chosen from among other courses in French. In choosing other French courses, students are advised to consider the benefits of courses such as Critical Theory.

The MA Comprehensive Examination for both tracks is an examination in “Global French,” which will take place in the third and/or second to last week of the fall or spring semester and is based on courses taken by the candidate and on the exam text list. The student will take three written exams which will cover three main approaches: time, space, and an explication de texte (close reading), as well as one oral exam expanding on the written exams. Each written exam will last a maximum of two hours during which the candidate will write one essay based on a choice out of two possible questions and which will address texts read in more than one course. The essay will be a minimum of four pages and a maximum of five pages (Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins).

Formation of the committee: The exam questions will be provided by a committee of three French faculty members, including the MA Research Paper director who will choose the passage on which the explication de texte is based. Exams can be written at home or in the computer lab, at the discretion of the student. In both cases, students may consult online dictionaries but no other internet material. Students may not use notes. For the exams on time and space, one must be written in French at the determination of the student. The explication de texte will be written in French.

MA Research Paper: The 20-to-30-page research paper to fulfill the MA course requirement can be an expanded version of a paper done in a previously taken course. Besides being an exercise in research techniques, the paper is seen as the best expression of the student's written work in French. The topic should be chosen at the end of the second semester of beginning of the third semester. A draft of the paper is due to their advisor at the beginning of the fourth semester. The draft is due to the committee by the sixth week before the end of the fourth semester. After the committee has submitted their comments, the paper must be substantively revised with all revisions completed by the last day of classes (no summer submissions). If required, the committee will request an oral defense. There may be a colloquium where each student will give a presentation of his or her project.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

Requirements for the Master of Arts (MA) in German Studies

Requirements for the MA in German Studies include course work, a substantial research paper, and a written comprehensive examination. The MA in German Studies is expected to be completed in two years.

Course Work: A minimum of 30 semester hours in graduate courses (including a minor, if any) must be earned. Of these, at least 24 must be taken for a letter grade and 21 from courses with German or FOL course numbers. All regularly enrolled German MA students employed as Teaching Assistants in the German program are required to sign up for at least six credit hours of German course work per semester. (Exceptions need the approval of the German program's Graduate Student Adviser.)

The Master's Comprehensive Examination will be on six courses with German/FOL course numbers taken in the MA program at Florida State University. Questions will be specific in nature and are expected to elicit substantial, critical essay responses. The exams will be written in two periods of four hours each (normally on consecutive days). An oral examination, approximately one week after the written portion, is required when the student has failed one or more sections of the written examination.

MA Research Paper: At the end of the last semester (by the eighth week), students are required to submit the final version of a substantial research paper (around 20 pages in length). This is an extended course paper directed by the major professor who offered the course. The paper can be written in English or German. It will be reviewed by at least two German faculty members, one being the major professor and at least one other German faculty member identified by the student. An oral defense may be scheduled. If any faculty member considers revisions necessary, they can be requested and shall be satisfied within a period of two weeks.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

Requirements for the Master of Arts (MA) in Italian Studies

The MA in Italian studies is an interdisciplinary program with core courses in Italian correlated with graduate courses from related area(s) of interest. Related areas might include Art, Art History, Classics, Communications, Economics, English, Entrepreneurship, Film, History, Humanities, Interior Design, International Affairs, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Theatre, and Urban and Regional Planning.

The student must complete a minimum of 32 semester hours of coursework. At least 21 of these hours must be taken on a letter-grade basis. The core courses in Italian will include three semester credit hours in (ITA 5505) Italian Culture and Civilization and six semester hours of credit in Italian literature or language courses at the 5000 level or above.

Master's Comprehensive Examination: The examination is based on courses taken by the candidate and additional individualized readings prepared in collaboration with specific professors. Members of the examining committee will be chosen by the student and the division coordinator. MA examination questions are expected to elicit substantive critical essays. Questions will be written within a period of nine hours (normally in three periods of three hours on consecutive days). An oral examination, approximately one week after the written portion, is required when the candidate has failed one or more sections of the written examination.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

Requirements for the Master of Arts (MA) in Slavic

Two types of master's degree programs are available, the thesis-type and the course-type. The thesis-type program includes a minimum of 30 semester hours (including minor, if any). Of these, at least 18 must be taken for a letter grade and 18 from courses with Russian, Slavic, or FOL/FOW course numbers, and at least 6 hours of thesis credit. The course-type program includes a minimum of 30 semester hours in graduate courses (including minor, if any). Of these, at least 21 must be taken for a letter grade and 21 from courses with Russian, Slavic, or FOL/FOW course numbers and (1) a written comprehensive examination and translation or (2) a significant research project.

The Comprehensive Examination will be on five courses with Russian, Slavic, or FOL/FOW course numbers taken in the MA program at Florida State University. Questions will be specific in nature and will elicit substantial narrative responses. The exams will be written in two periods of four hours each (normally on consecutive days). An oral examination, approximately one week after the written portion, is required when the student has failed one or more sections of the written examination.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details on the translation component of the comprehensive examination option and the significant research project option.

The Thesis-Type MA includes a minimum of 30 semester hours (including minor, if any). Of these, at least 18 must be taken for a letter grade and 18 from courses with Russian, Slavic, or FOL/FOW course numbers, and at least 6 hours of thesis credit, a minimum of 2 of which must be in the final semester. The student must constitute an MA Supervisory Committee made up of the student's Major Professor, one Minor Professor (if any), and two other faculty members. All of those must hold Graduate Faculty Status. The composition of the Supervisory Committee must be communicated to the Graduate Program Coordinator or to the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies for registration with the Graduate School no later than the second week of classes in the semester that the student intends to graduate. The student must also enroll in SLL 5971 Thesis and submit a thesis to the Supervisory Committee that reveals independent investigation and knowledge of the methods of scholarship within the student's major or minor field. The student must register for SLL 8976 Thesis Defense, in the semester the defense is to take place. The thesis must be submitted to the Supervisory Committee at least ten days before the oral defense of the thesis. The initial version of the thesis must also be submitted to the Graduate School's Manuscript Clearance Advisor by the Initial Format Submission Deadline of the semester they intend to graduate. After approval by the oral examining committee, the student should submit the final version of the thesis electronically (the so-called “ETD” format) to the Graduate School's Manuscript Clearance Advisor by the Final Manuscript Submission and Forms Deadline of the semester in which they intend to graduate.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

Requirements for the Master of Arts (MA) in Spanish

For the MA in Spanish, students may choose either a thesis-type program or a course-type program. For the thesis-type program, the student must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours of credit including thesis credit. At least 21 of these hours must be taken on a letter-grade basis (A, B, C). The minimum/maximum number of thesis hours for completion of a master's degree shall be six hours. For the course-type program, the student must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours of coursework. At least 21 of these hours must be taken on a letter-grade basis (A, B, C). For both the thesis and course-type MAs in Spanish, students may choose from three tracks for specialization:

Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures
Hispanic Linguistics
Hispanic Linguistics and Literature

Regardless of specialization, all students must complete LIN 5744 Introduction to Language Learning and Instruction during the Fall semester of their first year. Upon recommendation by the graduate advisor, graduate students may be required to take SPN 5900 Advanced Spanish Composition and Translation, which will not count toward the course-area requirement but will count toward the hour requirements for graduation. No graduate credit can be transferred from another school to count toward the MA degree at FSU. In general, undergraduate courses taken at FSU will not apply toward graduate credit.

Specialization in Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures

Students pursuing the track in Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures must complete a minimum course requirement of five courses in various areas. At least two of these courses must be in Iberian Literatures and Cultures (from different time periods) and two in Latin American Literatures and Cultures (from different time periods). Courses corresponding to each area can be found on the Spanish program's website. In addition, all students must complete SPW 6806 Research Methods and Bibliography in Literary and Cultural Studies.

Specialization in Hispanic Linguistics

Students pursuing the track in Hispanic Linguistics must complete a minimum course requirement of five courses in various areas. At least two of these courses must be in Formal Linguistics (in areas such as Spanish Phonetics and Phonology, and Spanish Syntax) and two in Applied Linguistics (in areas such as Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition, and Sociolinguistics). Courses corresponding to each area can be found on the Spanish program's website. In addition, all students must complete LIN 5932 Quantitative Research Methods in Language Studies.

Specialization in Hispanic Linguistics and Literature

Students pursuing the track in Hispanic Linguistics and Literature must complete a minimum course requirement of five courses in various areas. At least one course must be in Iberian Literatures and Cultures, one in Latin American, one in Formal Linguistics, and one in Applied Linguistics. In addition, all students must complete either SPW 6806 Research Methods and Bibliography in Literary and Cultural Studies, or LIN 5932 Quantitative Research Methods in Language Studies.

Master's Comprehensive Examination (for both thesis-type and course-type program)

The MA Comprehensive Examination will be offered once in the fall, and once in the spring. To take an exam in a particular area the student must have taken (or be currently enrolled in) an approved, corresponding course from that area. MA exams cannot be taken if the student still has a grade of “Incomplete” for any required course. The examination in the Literatures and Cultures areas is based on coursework and the MA reading lists. The MA examination in Linguistics is based on course work and reading lists prepared in consultation with the examining professor(s). The examination panel will be composed of all Spanish and Portuguese program faculty members from the corresponding areas with Graduate Faculty Status. The Comprehensive Examination will cover three areas from the areas listed above for each specialization, unless the student is pursuing a thesis-type program. In this case, the exam most closely associated with the MA thesis will be replaced by the MA thesis. Each area will be covered in one exam. Students in the specialization in Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures must take at least one exam in Iberian and one exam in Latin American literature and cultures. Similarly, students in the specialization in Hispanic Linguistics must take at least one exam in Formal Linguistics and one exam in Applied Linguistics. Students in the specialization in Hispanic Linguistics and Literature must take at least one exam in Linguistics and one exam in Literature. The exam for each area is scheduled for a maximum of three hours on three separate days. It is the student's responsibility to register for SPW 8966 Comprehensive Exam during the regular registration period. In the semester the student expects to receive the degree, it is also the student's responsibility to make an application for graduation within the first two weeks of the term and to make all necessary arrangement with the Graduate Program Coordinator concerning their diploma, fees, and degree clearance.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

MA Thesis

Students who choose the thesis-type program will take two MA Comprehensive Examinations. In addition, the student must submit a thesis that reveals independent investigation and knowledge of the methods of scholarship within the major field. Students interested in pursuing an experimental/data collection project for their MA thesis should contact their proposed advisor(s) by mid-January during their second semester of study at the latest, except in exceptional circumstances, in order to establish the feasibility of their proposed project and to agree on an appropriate timeline to conduct it. For the thesis, the student needs to constitute an MA Supervisory Committee made up of a Major Professor and two other faculty members from the Spanish and Portuguese program holding Graduate Faculty Status. The composition of the Supervisory Committee must be communicated to the Graduate Program Coordinator for registration with the Graduate School no later than the second week of classes in the semester that the student intends to graduate. A thesis prospectus must be approved by the Supervisory Committee before registered for SPW 5971 Thesis. It is the responsibility of the major professor to supervise the preparation of the prospectus and the thesis. A copy of this prospectus, bearing the signatures of all committee members, must be submitted by the student for inclusion in the student's folder. The typical language of the MA thesis is English. Under special circumstances the Chair, the Major Professor, and the Supervisory Committee may approve writing the body of the MA thesis dissertation in a language other than English if doing so is essential for scholarly reasons. All committee members must be completely proficient in the alternative language. The student must register for SPW 8976 Thesis Defense in the semester the defense is to take place. Graduate student defenses will not occur in the summer, except in exceptional circumstances as determined by the advisor/committee. Copies of the thesis must be submitted to the Supervisory Committee at least two weeks before the Oral Defense of the thesis. The defense must be conducted in English. The initial version of the thesis must also be submitted to the Graduate School's Manuscript Clearance Advisor by the Initial Format Submission Deadline of the semester they intend to graduate. After approval by the oral examining committee, the student should submit the final version of the thesis electronically (the so-called “ETD” format) to the Graduate School's Manuscript Clearance Advisor by the Final Manuscript Submission and Forms Deadline of the semester in which they intend to graduate. Formatting and clearance guidelines for the final electronic submission copy may be accessed by contacting the Manuscript Clearance Advisor. The final approved version of the thesis must be submitted electronically to the manuscript clearance advisor in the Graduate School with 60 days of the defense date or the student must be re-examined.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in French

The Doctor of Philosophy in French is a research degree designed to foster mastery of the language together with advanced knowledge and analytical and critical skills in appropriate areas of French and Francophone studies. The student is expected to become familiar with past and current achievements in the field and demonstrate the ability for original scholarly research.

Course Requirements: A minimum of three academic years of graduate study (at least 60 semester hours) beyond the baccalaureate degree (or equivalent) is normally required in the doctoral program. Credits acquired at the master's level count towards this. On progressing beyond the master's level, candidates for a PhD in French will be expected to take ten three-credit courses and thereby fulfill requirements in three categories, consisting of four, four, and two courses respectively as follows: a major/minor category that will consist of four courses, a Distribution category (see below) that will also consist of four courses, and two courses in an unrelated field that will serve as an Elective category. Although students will be required to adhere to the four-four-two pattern in fulfilling the requirements, there is considerable flexibility in the exact choice of courses. Some courses may help to fulfill requirements in more than one category (e.g. both the “major/minor” and “Distribution” categories), thus enabling students to take additional courses in areas of particular interest to them while remaining within the ten-course total overall. Course selection will be made by the student in consultation with the major advisor and the program's graduate advisor.

Major/Minor Requirements: In fulfilling these requirements, students will typically take two to three courses in the major and one to two courses in the minor.

Distribution Requirements: Students will be required to take four courses across the fields represented by the French faculty. Specifically, students will be required to take two pre-1900 courses and two post-1900 courses to be determined in consultation with the major advisor and the graduate advisor. Courses taken to satisfy the distribution requirement can also be counted toward the major or minor. By the same token, additional courses could be taken in the major/minor or distribution fields while respecting the ten-course total overall.

Unrelated Field (Electives): Based on the overlapping four-four-two distribution system, two of the student's courses will be in unrelated fields, hence electives. In choosing electives students should keep in mind the need for intellectual coherence. No more than two courses can be taken outside of the department, and all courses in the first semester must be taken within the department. If acceptable to the Graduate Advisor, some courses on the 4000-level in both the major and minor field may be counted as graduate credit toward the PhD degree provided no comparable 5000-level course is available. No more than six semester hours of 4000-level courses in French may be counted towards the degree and no more than six semester hours of 4000-level courses may be taken in the minor field without the permission of the Graduate Advisor. The doctoral student is expected to include two 6000-level courses.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

Language Requirement: Prior to the Doctoral Preliminary Examination, the student must demonstrate reading knowledge in one language other than French and English which is germane to the research in the student's proposed specialty area. The language is determined in consultation with the Graduate Advisor and the major professor. The requirement can be satisfied in one of three ways:

By passing the Reading Knowledge Examination offered for several languages by the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics (such as SPA 5069, GER 5069, etc.)
By completing a 2200-level course in that language with a grade of “B” or better (please note: the College of Arts and Sciences does not allow tuition waivers to cover undergraduate courses)
Through documentary evidence of the candidate's personal experience in and exposure to the language, for instance by having accomplished a period of work in the language, or by having resided during a substantial period in a country where the language is widely used. In the latter case, the Graduate Advisor and major professor determine whether the evidence is sufficient or if further assessment of competence is needed, and of what nature. Courses taken in high school do not satisfy the requirement. The language requirement must be satisfied before taking the Preliminary Examination.

Doctoral Supervisory Committee: Five faculty members constitute the preferred minimum, four faculty members the required minimum. The Supervisory Committee shall include the major professor, minor professor and a University Representative, who may also be the minor professor, and an additional two or three other faculty members from the French faculty. All the minimum constituency of the Supervisory Committee must hold Graduate Faculty Status and three of them - major Professor, Representative of the Graduate Faculty, as well as one other member - must hold Doctoral Directive Status. The University Representative must be a tenured professor. The Graduate Advisor will approve the composition of the student's proposed Supervisory Committee and forward the list to the Graduate Program Coordinator or to the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies who will register the committee with the Graduate School. The definite composition of the Supervisory Committee must be communicated to the Graduate School no later than the second week of classes in the semester that the student intends to graduate.

Doctoral Preliminary Examination: The examination is prepared by the Supervisory Committee in coordination with the Major Professor. The Doctoral Preliminary Examination will take place in the third or second to last week of the Spring semester. It will consist of four essay-style questions each to be answered in an in-class written exam taking place in a four-hour time slot on four separate days during one week. The four questions will be on:

the dissertation topic (in the major area),
the minor area,
the unrelated field, and
a subject satisfying the distribution requirement (or, if this has already been satisfied, a further question on the major area or a question on another field in which the student has taken courses).

If any one question of the written examination is considered unsatisfactory by any member of the committee, an oral exam may be required to reexamine the student in that area. If the student does not pass two or more questions, the entire written examination must be retaken at least four months after the original examination. All requirements for the doctorate must be completed within five calendar years from the time the student passes the Preliminary Examination, or the exam must be repeated. The formal status of candidate for the doctoral degree (the so-called “ABD” status) is granted after the student has passed the Doctoral Preliminary Exam and an “admission to candidacy” form has been filed with the Office of the University Registrar (please see the Graduate Program Coordinator for this form). No student can register for dissertation hours prior to the point in the semester in which the preliminary examination was passed. After completion of the admission-to-candidacy process, a student may retroactively add dissertation hours for that semester, but only if the preliminary examination was passed by the end of the seventh week of the semester. A minimum lapse of at least six months between achieving admission-to-candidacy status and the granting of the PhD degree is required.

Prospectus of Dissertation: After completing the Preliminary Examination but no later than the end of the semester following the Preliminary Examination, the candidate must submit an acceptable Prospectus of Dissertation to the Supervisory Committee and orally defend the prospectus. The Committee members must receive the prospectus two weeks in advance of the oral defense of the prospectus. A copy of the Prospectus bearing the approval signatures of all the members of the committee must be submitted by the student for inclusion in the student's file.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

Dissertation: The doctoral Dissertation must be on a topic connected with the major field and must constitute a significant research contribution to knowledge. The candidate must register for FRW 6980r, Dissertation, during each term in which he or she works substantially with the Supervisory Committee or uses the research facilities of Florida State University (minimum of two dissertation hours per term). The student must be registered for at least two semester hours of dissertation during the term in which the defense is held. A minimum of 24 semester hours of FRW 6980r for credit is required. There is no fixed limit for the maximum. If the dissertation research concerns human subjects, the student must include a copy of the IRB (Institutional Review Board) Approval Letter and sample copies of any Informed Consent Forms in the appendices of his/her manuscript.

Oral Defense of Dissertation: The student must register for FRW 8985, Dissertation Defense, in the semester the defense is to take place. Copies of the dissertation with an abstract of 350 words must be submitted to the Supervisory Committee at least four weeks before the Oral Defense of the dissertation. Responsibility for suggesting the date, time, and place of the oral defense of the dissertation rests with the major professor. Further requirements for the oral defense, as well as the submission of the dissertation to the Graduate School's Manuscript Clearance Adviser, are entirely those imposed by the Graduate School. The date, time, and place of the Oral Defense of Dissertation must be announced by memo from the major professor at least two weeks in advance to the Supervisory Committee, the Candidate, the Coordinator and the Advisory Board, the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, the Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, the Dean of the College, and the Dean of Graduate Studies.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Spanish

A minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate credit in Spanish and/or approved related fields beyond the MA degree at or above the 5000 level is normally required in the doctoral program. The two tracks for specialization are Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures (Early, Modern, Contemporary) and Hispanic Linguistics (Formal Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition).

Minimum area requirements for students in the Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures track are: 12 hours in the major area, six in the secondary area, three in the remaining area, and nine for electives.

Minimum area requirements for students in the Hispanic Linguistics track are: six hours in Linguistic Theory, three in Applied Linguistics (sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, etc.), six in Second Language Acquisition, six in Research Methods and Statistics, and nine for electives.

All coursework should be arranged with the Graduate Advisor or, after the first year at the latest, with the major professor. Courses taken for the MA degree may be used to satisfy this distribution requirement. Permission from the Spanish and Portuguese program is required to use courses taken for the BA to satisfy this requirement. All PhD candidates are also required to take:

LIN 5932 Quantitative Research Methods in SLA (only for linguistics specialists),
LIN 5744 Introduction to Language, Language Learning, and Language Instruction, and
FOW 5025 Critical Theory and Its Applications to Non-English Literatures (only for literature specialists).

These courses should be taken as early in the student's program as possible and must be taken before the Preliminary Examination. After students have earned the MA degree in Spanish or 30 semester hours of graduate credit in Spanish, they must spend on the Florida State University campus a period of continuous enrollment of at least 24 graduate semester hours of credit in any period of 12 consecutive months.

Language Requirement: The language requirement for the doctoral degree consists of reading knowledge in one language other than Spanish and English which is germane to research in the student's proposed specialty area. The student's Supervisory Committee determines which language is germane. The requirement can be satisfied by one of the following options:

Passing the reading knowledge examination offered by the Department of MLL (FRE 5069, GER 5069, etc.),
Completing a 2200-level course with a grade of “B” or better at FSU or another institution (please note: the College of Arts and Sciences does not allow tuition waivers to cover undergraduate courses). Courses taken in high school do not satisfy this requirement,
Having advanced proficiency as evidenced by a relevant degree, or by an advanced certificate from an accredited institution in that language, or
Providing evidence of native-like proficiency. The language requirement must be satisfied before taking the Preliminary Examination.

Doctoral Supervisory Committee: The Supervisory Committee should be appointed as soon as possible after students have begun PhD studies, that is, no later than in the second semester on campus. A prerequisite to setting up the committee is that students have a general idea of their area of specialization, since the Major Professor must necessarily be a person with special competence in that area. The Supervisory Committee will consist of a minimum of four members with Graduate Faculty Status. It will consist of the Major Professor and at least two members of the Spanish graduate faculty, plus a University Representative (drawn from outside MLL) who must be a tenured professor. The committee must include a representative from each area in which the student is to be examined on the Preliminary Examination. The Graduate Advisor will approve the composition of the student's proposed Supervisory Committee, which has to be communicated to the Graduate School no later than the second week of classes in the semester that the student intends to graduate.

Doctoral Preliminary Examination: Before taking the preliminary examination, the student must have a Major Professor and Supervisory Committee, an approved Program of Studies form, have completed the language requirement, and have taken any required courses (see above).

The PhD examination in Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures will consist of three sections. Two parts will be from the following areas of specialization: Early, Modern, and Contemporary. The third part of the examination will be on the student's dissertation topic. In consultation with the major professor, the student will create a substantive reading list for the dissertation area. The examination questions, based on this reading list, will relate generally to the dissertation topic. The exam format is to be determined by the major professor and will either be an in-class written exam or a take-home written exam. The in-class exam is a 12-hour examination consisting of four hours on three separate days during one week. Questions should be written in consultation with all faculty members with expertise in the area. Questions will be specific in nature and may include identifications, essays, problem-solving questions, etc. The use of a dictionary is not permitted during the in-class exam. Each take-home exam will be completed over the course of a seven-day week. All three take-home exams must be taken within a one-month period. If parts of the exam are considered marginal, the student's PhD exam committee will decide if an oral defense in those areas is appropriate.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

The PhD examination in the Hispanic Linguistics track will consist of three sections to be determined in consultation with the major professor. Possible areas include Formal Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition, and Dissertation Topic. The examination questions will be based on reading lists and coursework. The exam format is to be determined by the major professor and will either be an in-class written exam or a take-home written exam. The in-class exam is a 12-hour examination consisting of four hours on three separate days during the course of a week. Questions should be written in consultation with all faculty members with expertise in the area. Questions will be specific in nature and may include identifications, essays, problem-solving questions, etc. The use of a dictionary is not permitted during the in-class exam. Each take-home exam will be completed over the course of a seven-day week. All three take-home exams must be taken within a one-month period. If parts of the exam are considered marginal, the student's PhD exam committee will decide if an oral defense in those areas is appropriate.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

All requirements for the doctorate must be completed within five calendar years from the time the student passes the Preliminary Examination, or the exam must be repeated. The formal status of candidate for the doctoral degree (the so-called “ABD” status) is granted after the student has passed the written and oral portions of the Preliminary Examination and an admission-to-candidacy form has been filed in with the Office of the University Registrar (please see the Graduate Program Coordinator for information). No student can register for dissertation hours prior to the point in the semester in which the preliminary examination was passed. After completion of the admission-to-candidacy process, a student may retroactively add dissertation hours for that semester, but only if the preliminary examination was passed by the end of the seventh week of the semester. A minimum lapse of at least six months between achieving admission-to-candidacy status and the granting of the PhD degree is required.

Prospectus of Dissertation: After completing the Preliminary Examination but no later than by the end of the semester following the Preliminary Examination, the candidate must submit an acceptable Prospectus of Dissertation to the Supervisory Committee and orally defend the prospectus. The committee members must receive the prospectus two weeks in advance of the oral defense. A copy of this Prospectus bearing the approval signatures of all the members of the committee must be submitted by the student for inclusion in the student's file.

Dissertation: The Dissertation must be on a Hispanic topic and must constitute a significant research contribution to knowledge. The student must register for two hours of SPN 6980, Dissertation, every term in which he/she uses the resources of FSU. A minimum of 24 semester hours of SPN 6980 credit is required. In case the dissertation research concerns human subjects, the student must include a copy of the IRB (Institutional Review Board) Approval Letter and sample copies of any Informed Consent Forms in the appendices of his/her manuscript.

Oral Defense of Dissertation: The student must register for SPW 8985, Dissertation Defense, in the semester the defense is to take place. Copies of the dissertation with an abstract of 350 words must be submitted to the Supervisory Committee at least four weeks before the Oral Defense of the dissertation. Responsibility for suggesting the date, time, and place of the oral defense of the dissertation rests with the major professor. Further requirements for the oral defense, as well as the submission of the dissertation to the Graduate School's Manuscript Clearance Adviser, are entirely those imposed by the Graduate School.

Please see the departmental Graduate Studies Handbook available on the Department's website for further details.

Definition of Prefixes

ASN—Asian Studies

CHI—Chinese

CHT—Chinese Culture in Translation or Translation Skills

CHW—Chinese Literature (Writings)

FOL—Foreign Languages

FOT—Foreign Language (In Translation)

FOW—Foreign Languages, Comparative Literature (Writings)

FRE—French Language

FRT—French Culture in Translation or Translation Skills

FRW—French Literature (Writings)

GER—German

GET—German Culture in Translation or Translation Skills

GEW—German Literature (Writings)

HUM—Humanities

ITA—Italian Language

ITW—Italian Literature (Writings)

JPN—Japanese

JPT—Japanese Culture in Translation or Translation Studies

JPW—Japanese Literature (Writings)

LIN—Linguistics

POR—Portuguese Language

POW—Portuguese Literature (Writings)

RUS—Russian Language

RUT—Russian Culture in Translation or Translation Skills

RUW—Russian Literature (Writings)

SEC—Serbo-Croatian Language

SLL—Slavic Languages

SPN—Spanish Language

SPW—Spanish Literature (Writings)

Graduate Courses

Note: For the most current information on course numbers, prefixes, titles, and content, please always check the departmental website at https://www.modlang.fsu.edu/ or the Class Search at https://my.fsu.edu/.

Chinese

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

CHI 4400r. Chinese-English Translation (3). Prerequisite: CHI 3422. This course introduces students to basic concepts of translation theory, and helps them to obtain fundamental skills and techniques in Chinese-English translation.

CHI 4410r. Advanced Chinese I (3). Prerequisite: Two CHI 3000-level courses or instructor permission. This course is designed for students who have had three years of Chinese language courses or equivalent learning experience. Students study both advanced-level language skills and Chinese culture in the original language. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

CHI 4411r. Advanced Chinese II (3). Prerequisite: One 4000-level course with the CHI or CHW prefix. This course aims to develop fluency and accuracy in advanced-level Chinese in using complex vocabulary and sentence patterns, grasping basic forms of expository and argumentative prose, and discussing real-life issues of contemporary China both in writing and conversation. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

CHI 4503. Readings in Chinese History (3). Prerequisite: Instructor permission. This course introduces a sketch of Chinese history. Students are taught to read the text in Chinese so they can expand their vocabulary to include those words necessary to understand Chinese culture and tradition.

CHI 4855r. Introduction to Classical Chinese (3). Prerequisites: Two 3000-level Chinese language courses, or instructor permission. This course introduces students to the grammar, vocabulary, and style of classical Chinese. It also helps students who desire to read modern Chinese texts in the formal, professional, and academic styles.

CHI 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). In this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake specialized study in areas outside of or in addition to the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

CHI 4930r. Special Topics (3). Prerequisite: Divisional permission. This course allows students to study literary topics of a special kind, depending on student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

Note: Graduate students must obtain permission of the Chinese coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies to take these courses for credit.

Graduate Courses

CHI 5505r. Reading in Chinese Literature (3). Prerequisite: Instructor permission. This course is to help those students whose interest is focused on literature. Students may choose a particular author from either ancient or modern time and do a thorough analysis of his or her works. Students may also choose a certain field or period and do extensive reading in that field or period. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

CHI 5856r. Classical Chinese (3). This course introduces students to the grammar, vocabulary, and style of classical Chinese, by reading, translating, and analyzing authentic writings that embody Chinese cultural traditions. It also helps students who desire to read modern Chinese texts in the formal, professional, and academic styles. Students are also expected to review major publications on learning classical Chinese.

CHI 5906r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

CHI 5910r. Supervised Research in Chinese (1–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

CHI 5940r. Teaching Practicum (0–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

CHT 5600r. Studies in Chinese Diasporic Literature and Cultures (3). This course allows students to study Chinese diasporic literature and cultures through examining literary works and films by major Chinese diasporic writers and filmmakers in North America, Western Europe, and Southeast Asia. May be repeated to a maximum of six (6) credit hours.

CHT 5931r. Special Topics in Chinese Studies (3). This course allows students to study special topics on modern Chinese literature and culture. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

CHT 5935r. Studies in Premodern Chinese Literature and Culture (3). This course allows students to study special topics on premodern Chinese literature and culture. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours within the same term.

CHW 8970r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0). This course is designed for Chinese-track graduate students of the MA Program in East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) who wish to exit the Program by taking a comprehensive examination. During the last semester of graduate studies, the student registers for this course to take the exam.

French

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

French Language

FRE 4410.* Advanced Conversation (3). This course is about oral expression, listening skills, and vocabulary acquisition in French with a variety of domains, using contemporary materials.

FRE 4422.* Advanced Grammar and Composition (3). Prerequisite: FRE 3421 or equivalent. This course, intended for students with a thorough grounding in French grammar, aims at developing writing and speaking ability through the reading of a variety of sophisticated French prose works and the compositions of essays based on these model texts.

FRE 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). In this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake specialized study in areas outside of or in addition to the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRE 4930r.* Special Topics (3). Prerequisite: Divisional coordinator permission. This course allows students to study literary topics of a special kind, depending on student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

Note: *Graduate students must obtain permission of the French coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies to take these courses for credit.

French and Francophone Literatures, Cultures and Civilizations

FRW 4420.* Medieval and Renaissance Literature (3). Prerequisite: FRW 3100. This course is an introduction to the poetry and prose of the medieval and early-modern periods. Emphasis is on the themes of love and friendship.

FRW 4433.* 17th- and 18th-Century Literature (3). Prerequisite: FRW 3100 or FRW 3101. This course surveys major works in the areas of theater, philosophy, and prose fiction. Special attention is given to the possible meanings of concepts such as Classicism and Enlightenment.

FRW 4460.* 19th-Century Literature (3). Prerequisite: FRW 3101. This course focuses on major themes and issues in 19th-century literature and culture.

FRW 4480.* 20th-Century Literature (3). Prerequisite: FRW 3101. This course is a survey of the major works (novel, theater, poetry) and movements of 20th-century French literature.

FRW 4761r. Studies in Francophone Literatures and Cultures (3). Prerequisite: FRW 3100 or FRW 3101. This course is an examination of selected aspects of cultural forms (books, film, music, etc.) associated with one or more French-speaking region located outside France, including North Africa, West Africa, the Antilles, Quebec, Indo-china, and French-speaking islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRW 4770r.* Francophone Caribbean/African Cultures (3). Prerequisite: FRW 3101. This course examines the literature of Africa and the Caribbean written in French with an emphasis on Negritude and/or Creolite. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

Note: *Graduate students must obtain permission of the French coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies to take these courses for credit.

Graduate Courses

French and Francophone Language and Culture

FRE 5060. Graduate Reading Knowledge in French (3). (S/U grade only). This course is designed to present structures of the French language and vocabulary to prepare graduate students majoring in other disciplines to read learned journals, books, and monographs written in French useful for the student's research in humanities, natural or social sciences.

FRE 5069r. Reading Knowledge Examination (0). (S/U grade only). This course is a translation examination to ascertain the student's ability to read research materials written in French. Use of translation software is prohibited.

FRE 5505r. French and Francophone Cultures (3). Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course covers developments in France and in the wider Francophone (French-speaking) world since the Second World War. The course explores the institutions of the Fifth Republic, the evolution of ideas since May 1968, and the emergence of new artistic movements in France. The course also examines the rise of Francophone cultures in the former colonies in Africa, the Caribbean, and elsewhere. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRE 5535. Post-Colonial Cultures in France (3). This course examines the new cultural practices being forged in France by writers, filmmakers and musicians mixing elements from African, Caribbean, French, American and other sources. It is taught in French.

FRE 5567. Introduction to Global French Studies (3). This course introduces graduate students to graduate work in French studies and traces the disciplinary shifts in this field. This course focuses on Global French studies as a way of understanding the literary and cultural production of the French-speaking world through its spatial and temporal relations.

FRE 5755. Old French (3). In this course, the primary objectives are to acquire a reading knowledge of the language and to learn basic concepts concerning its structure and development.

FRE 5756. Readings in Old French Language (3). Prerequisite: FRE 5755. This course is a diachronic study of short works written in Old French. The goal is to introduce students to major genres and authors and to increase their reading knowledge of the language.

FRE 5900r. Studies in French Language and Literature (3). This course varies in content as student's needs are addressed. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

FRE 5940r. Teaching Practicum (0–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

French Literature in Translation

FRT 5555. Immigration and National Identity in France (3). This interdisciplinary course examines the ways in which immigration and ethnicity have been reshaping the contours of contemporary French society and culture. It is taught in English.

French and Francophone Literatures, Cultures and Civilizations

FRW 5397. Global French Film Theory (3). This course introduces advanced students to film, new media, and lens-based arts through the critical theory and methodologies of Global French film-making. Course readings focus on the field's fundamental arguments as well as new scholarship. Students will develop greater understanding of this topic through their own consistent analysis and written work.

FRW 5415. Old French Literature I (3). Prerequisite: FRE 5755. Recommended prerequisite: FRE 5756. This course is a study of works in Old French organized around a specific topic.

FRW 5419r. Studies in Medieval French Literature: Figure or Genre (3). Prerequisite: FRE 5755. Recommended prerequisite: FRE 5756. This course is a study of a major medieval author or genre. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRW 5586r. Studies in 16th-Century Literature: Figure or Movement (3). This course is a study of the prose other than Rabelais and Montaigne alternates with an examination of the theater and poetry of the period. If interest warrants, a single author such as Marguerite de Navarre may be treated in depth. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRW 5587r. Studies in 17th-Century Literature: Figure or Movement (3). This course focuses on a major figure (e.g., Pascal) or intellectual-religious movement (e.g., Jansenism) or a genre (e.g., novel, poetry), depending on the semester. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRW 5588r. Studies in 18th-Century Literature: Figure or Movement (3). In this course, material alternates between preromanticism and enlightenment. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRW 5595r. Studies in 19th-Century French Literature (3). This course is a critical or thematic approach to the literature and culture of 19th-Century France. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours as content varies.

FRW 5599r. Studies in 20th-Century Post-War (1940 to the present) French Literature: Figure or Movement and/or Genre (3). This course covers post-WWII literary movements in the novel, theatre and poetry. Authors studied include Michel Butor, Albert Camus, Samuel Beckett, Jean Cocteau, Henri Michaux, and others. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRW 5765r. Studies in Francophone Literatures and Cultures (3). Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course is an examination of selected aspects of cultural forms (books, film, music, etc.) associated with one or more French-speaking region located outside France, including North Africa, West Africa, the Antilles, Quebec, Indochina, and French-speaking islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRW 5775r. Francophone Caribbean/African Cultures (3). Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course examines the literature of Africa and the Caribbean written in French with an emphasis on Negritude and/or Créolité. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FRW 5906r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

FRW 5910r. Supervised Research in French (1–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

FRW 6938r. Graduate Seminar in French Literature (3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

FRW 6980r. Dissertation (1–12). (S/U grade only). A minimum of 24 semester hours is required for the PhD.

FRW 8964r. Preliminary Doctoral Examination (0). (P/F grade only.)

FRW 8966r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0). (P/F grade only.)

FRW 8985r. Dissertation Defense (0). (P/F grade only.)

General Foreign Language Courses

ASN 5216. Advanced Seminar in East Asian Languages and Cultures (3). Prerequisite: Divisional Coordinator permission. This course, focused around a significant research project, prepares advanced MA students regarding professional research expectations, critical methods, and issues in East Asian languages and cultures.

ASN 5465. Conceptualizations of the Imagination in East Asia and Beyond (3). Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This graduate seminar critically examines the content, function, and limits of the “imagination” in the Chinese, Japanese, and English literary traditions. The course concentrates on poetry and literary works that are “poetic,” or that which makes us think of poetry. By also exploring how other literary forms, genres, and media are informed by the poetic tradition, students develop a thick description of the “imagination.”

ASN 5825r. East Asian Humanities (3). This course in Asian Humanities is designed as a continuous conversation with selected major historical, religious, philosophical, and literary works from East Asian traditions. Texts covered in the course, although formed and transmitted in the particular historical, geographical, and cultural contexts of East Asia starting about three millennia ago, nonetheless invite students to join in and carry on their discussions concerning general and common human conditions and issues that are still inevitably encountered in the present world. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

FOL 5500. Film Studies Theory (3). This course introduces students to theories and methodologies of film, new media, and lens-based arts. Through readings situating cinema movements (such as French new wave or Italian neo-realism, etc.) in their national linguistic and cultural contexts, students work through the fundamental arguments of the field alongside new scholarship and consistent written analysis.

FOL 5934r. Problems and Studies in Modern Languages and Literature (3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

FOT 5805. Translation Theory and Practice (3). In this course, students analyze and engage with theories and practice of translation. Enrollment limited to graduate students.

FOW 5025. Critical Theory and Its Application to Non-English Literatures (3). This course introduces graduate students to critical theories and their application to non-English literary texts. Members of the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics and invited faculty from other University departments team teach.

FOW 5595. Transnational Literature (3). This course considers contemporary literature and film in the context of recent economic, social, and cultural debates about globalization. Readings and discussions are in English.

FOW 6907r. Directed Readings (1–6). (S/U grade only). Prerequisite: Instructor or major professor permission. This course is for master and doctoral students in the Department of Modern Languages needing to fulfill credit hours that are not part of the regular course requirements, or of DIS and/or Research hours offered in their respective programs. To be used for instance for MA and PhD Prelim exam preparation.

HUM 5938r. Interdisciplinary Topics (3). This course provides students from any discipline with an integrated interdisciplinary learning experience. The course is taught by instructors from at least two different departments and/or colleges. Topics vary. May be repeated to a maximum of 18 semester hours.

German

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

GER 4420.* Advanced Composition (3). Prerequisite: Two 3000-level GER courses or instructor permission. In this course, the objective is to gain the ability to write with a developed personal style in German on intellectually demanding topics, including commentary on literature. Near mastery of German grammar is a prerequisite. The course is conducted in German.

GER 4480.* Modern German of the News Media (3). Prerequisite: Two 3000-level GER courses or instructor permission. This course is an advanced-level skills course. Discussion of current events and mass media in German-speaking countries and work with authentic texts (newspapers and audio-visual material).

GER 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). In this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake specialized study in areas outside of or in addition to the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

GET 4800.* Translation German-English/English-German (3). Prerequisite: GER 3400 or instructor permission. This course is an advanced-level skills course. Translating a variety of texts that illustrate important distinctions between German and English grammar, syntax, vocabulary, etc.

GEW 4591r.* Studies in an Author or Theme (3). Prerequisites: Two 3000-level courses or instructor permission. This course offers the opportunity to study either a single author in-depth or to follow a specific theme that may extend over a brief period or over centuries. Course material may include non-literary textual and audio-visual material. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

GEW 4592r.* Studies in a Period or Movement (3). Prerequisites: Two 3000-level courses or instructor permission. This course concentrates on a specific literary movement such as Romanticism, Realism, Expressionism, or on a period such as the Baroque, the Enlightenment, or the Weimar period. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

GEW 4930r. Special Topics (3). Prerequisites: Two 3000-level courses or instructor permission. In this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake study in areas outside the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

Note: *Graduate students must obtain permission of the German coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies to take these courses for credit.

Graduate Courses

German Language

GER 5060. Graduate Reading Knowledge in German (3). (S/U grade only). This course is designed to present structures of the German language and vocabulary to prepare graduate students majoring in other disciplines to read learned journals, books, and monographs written in German useful to the student's research in humanities, natural or social sciences.

GER 5069r. Reading Knowledge Examination (0). (S/U grade only). This translation examination is to ascertain the student's ability to read research materials written in German. Use of translation software is prohibited.

GER 5425. Essay Workshop (3). For this course, the objective is the ability to write in German at a level that approximates native use of the language for advanced cultural discourse in general and literary commentary in particular. The workshop setting is designed for collaborative learning through discussions of various styles in existing texts, for the purposes both of recognizing stylistic properties of different types of texts and of selecting styles for the student's own uses, and through collective critiques of the fellow student's writings. The course is conducted in German.

GER 5906r. Studies in German Language and Literature (3). In this course, the topic is determined by student and the faculty member directing the project. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

GER 5940r. Teaching Practicum (0–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

GER 6925r. Tutorial in Professional Issues (0–2). (S/U grade only). Prerequisite: GER 5940 or instructor permission. This course offers advanced professional preparation to acquaint students with issues of concern in their academic discipline. A maximum of three hours may count toward the degree. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

German Literature (Writings)

GEW 5208r. Studies in a Genre (3). This course is a study of German literature through generic approaches.

GEW 5595r. Studies in a Theme (3). This course offers the opportunity to follow a specific theme that may extend over a brief period or over centuries. Course material is often supplemented by audio visuals. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

GEW 5596r. Studies in an Author or Movement (3). In this course, either the works of an individual author or a number of authors composing a specific movement are read. Course materials are frequently supplemented with films, videos, and recordings. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

GEW 5597r. Studies in a Period: Special Topics (3). In this course, an understanding of a certain period or movement investigated is determined by the student's needs and by faculty expertise. May be repeated provided the course materials are different from previous materials presented under the course title. Examples of period literatures are 17th century and Post World War II literature in a comprehensive approach. Examples of movement literatures are Romanticism and Expressionism, literatures that are concurrent with other types of literature at a given time period. The course is conducted in German. Verbal participation (class discussion and/or reports) and written participation (examination and/or term paper) are required. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

GEW 5906r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

GEW 5915r. Supervised Research (1–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

GEW 5971r. Thesis (1–6). (S/U grade only). A minimum of six semester hours is required.

GEW 8966r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0). (P/F grade only.)

GEW 8976r. Master's Thesis Defense (0). (P/F grade only.)

German Literature in Translation

GET 5135. German Literature in Translation (3).

GET 5525r. German Cinema (3). This course studies the contextual and stylistic features of German cinema from its classical period in the 1920s to the recent New German Cinema of the 1970s. Focus is on methods of film analysis and film criticism. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

GET 5588r. Studies in a Theme (3). This course offers students the opportunity to study a recurring theme in German literature and culture (e.g., the Faust theme). The course may be structured around a specific interest of the teacher on topical issues and concerns. May be taken by students not majoring in German who read assigned materials in translation. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

Italian

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

Italian Language

ITA 4410.* Advanced Italian Conversation (3). Prerequisites: ITA 2240. This course is designed to develop fluency in conversation skills at the fourth-year level by means of extensive vocabulary building and practice.

ITA 4450.* Advanced Italian Composition and Style (3). Prerequisite: ITA 3421 or equivalent. This course stresses the morphological and syntactical order of Italian by means of extensive drill in controlled and free composition.

ITA 4500.* Italian Culture and Civilization (3). Prerequisites: ITA 3100 and ITA 3101, or equivalent. This course surveys Italian culture and civilization and provides a historical perspective to aspects of Italian society.

ITA 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). For this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake specialized study in areas outside of or in addition to the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.

ITA 4930r. Special Topics (3). Prerequisite: Divisional coordinator permission. This course allows students to study literary topics of a special kind, depending on student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ITA 4935r. Honors Work (3). This course may be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours, three hours of which may be applied to the requirements for the major with permission of the department. All honors work is directed by the students' honors committee.

Note: *Graduate students must obtain permission from the Italian coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies to take these courses for credit.

Italian Literature (Writings)

ITW 4400.* Renaissance Literature (3). Prerequisites: ITW 3100 and ITW 3101, or equivalent. This course offers selected readings and discussions of the literature of the Italian Renaissance including such figures as Alberti, Lorenzo deMedici, Poliziano, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Ariosto, and Tasso.

ITW 4440r.* 18th- and 19th-Century Literature (3). Prerequisites: ITW 3100 and ITW 3101, or equivalent. This course offers readings and discussions of figures and movements of the 18th and 19th centuries including Goldoni, Alfieri, Foscolo, Manzoni, Leopardi, and Verga. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

ITW 4480.* 20th-Century Literature (3). Prerequisites: ITW 3100 and ITW 3101, or equivalent. This course offers readings and discussions of figures and movements in 20th century Italian literature.

ITW 4481.* Readings in Contemporary Italian Prose (3). Prerequisites: ITW 3100 and ITW 3101, or equivalent. This course offers readings and discussi

ons of works of contemporary Italian writers.

Note: *Graduate students must obtain permission from the Italian coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies to take these courses for credit.

Graduate Courses

Italian Language

ITA 5060. Graduate Reading Knowledge in Italian (3). (S/U grade only). This course is designed to present structures of the Italian language and vocabulary to prepare graduate students majoring in other disciplines to read learned journals, books, and monographs written in Italian useful for the student's research in humanities, natural or social sciences.

ITA 5069r. Reading Knowledge Examination (0). This translation examination is to ascertain the student's ability to read research materials written in Italian. Use of translation software is prohibited.

ITA 5455r. Advanced Italian Composition and Style (3). Prerequisite: Advanced standing. This course stresses the morphological and syntactical order of Italian by means of extensive drills in controlled and free composition. Theme writing at the advanced level. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ITA 5505r. Italian Culture and Civilization (3). Prerequisite: Advanced standing. This course surveys Italian culture and civilization and provides a historical perspective to aspects of Italian society. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ITA 5900r. Studies in Italian Language and Literature (3). Prerequisite: Fourth-year level language and/or literature courses. This course provides specialized study of topics, figures, and movements. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ITA 5940r. Teaching Practicum (0–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

ITA 8966. Master's Comprehensive Exam (0). (P/F grade only.) This examination is based on the Modern Language Association reading lists and represents the five areas of specialization.

Italian Literature (Writings)

ITW 5415r. Italian Renaissance Literature (3). Prerequisite: Advanced standing. This course offers selected readings and discussions of the literature of the Italian Renaissance including such figures as Alberti, Lorenzo de Medici, Poliziano, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Ariosto, and Tasso.

ITW 5445r. 18th- and 19th-Century Italian Literature (3). Prerequisite: Advanced standing. This course offers advanced readings and discussions of the figures and movements of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Goldoni, Alfieri, Foscolo, Manzoni, Leopardi, and Verga. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

ITW 5485r. 20th-Century Italian Literature (3). Prerequisite: Advanced standing. This course offers advanced readings and discussions of figures and movements in 20th-century Italian literature, including Moravia, Svevo, Pirandello, Silone, and others. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ITW 5486r. Readings in Contemporary Italian Prose (3). Prerequisite: Advanced standing. This course offers advanced readings and discussions of the works of contemporary Italian writers, including Pavese, Cassola, Sciascia, Berto, Ginzburg, Tomasi di Lampedusa, Buzzati, Vittorini, and Vigano. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ITW 5505. Italiane, italiani! – Gender in Italian Culture (3). This class explores modern Italian culture by discussing texts, movies, and social events from the standpoint of their gender politics.

ITW 5705r. The Trecento Writers (3). Prerequisite: Advanced standing. This course offers an advanced study of the Trecento writers: Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio and others. Advanced readings and discussions are available in both English and Italian. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ITW 5905r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

ITW 5910r. Supervised Research in Italian (1–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

Japanese

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

JPN 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). In this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake specialized study in areas outside of or in addition to the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

JPN 4930r. Special Topics (3). Prerequisite: Divisional coordinator permission. This course allows students to study literary topics of a special kind, depending on student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve semester hours.

JPW 4551r. Translating Modern Japanese Literature (3). Prerequisites: JPN 4413 and instructor permission. This course focuses on reading and translating contemporary Japanese fiction and essays. It is targeted toward advanced language students as they transition from being students of Japanese to being proficient readers of Japanese. Students read texts in the original Japanese from a wide variety of authors to develop the skills and confidence needed to tackle written Japanese as it is published and read in Japan today. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

Note: Graduate students must obtain permission of the Japanese coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies in order to take these courses for credit.

Graduate Courses

JPN 5900r. Studies in Japanese Language and Literature (3). Prerequisite: JPN 3230 or equivalent. This course is designed to introduce advanced Japanese syntax and to expose students to graded materials in the humanities and social sciences. The primary objective is to help students to gain a good insight into the intricacies of the Japanese language and culture and to develop adequate translation skills. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

JPN 5906r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

JPN 5915r. Supervised Research (1–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

JPN 5940r. Teaching Practicum (0–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

JPT 5506. War and Representation (3). This course examines how Japanese artists respond to war, how war shapes aesthetic thought, and how war is represented in literary form and other media from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century. Students will learn how aesthetic form affords an artist an ethical position about war. Texts include poetry, fiction, travelogue, memoir, reportage, painting, photography, and film.

JPT 5935r. Special Topics (3). This course allows students to study literary or cultural topics of a special kind, depending on student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated to a maximum of nine (9) semester hours within the same term.

JPW 5100r. The Art of Translating Japanese (3). This course examines the art of translating literary Japanese. Students read representative works of translation theory, explore how translators of Japanese have approached the task of translation, compare Japanese literary works in translation with the original, and participate in a collaborative workshop where students translate a Japanese literary work into English. May be repeated to a maximum of six credit hours.

JPW 5134r. Postwar Japanese Literature (3). Prerequisite: Advanced reading knowledge of Japanese or permission of Japanese program coordinator. This course examines selected texts in postwar (i.e., the 1940s through the present) Japanese literature and literary and cultural criticism. Students learn how to read and critically evaluate these texts with the help of secondary readings in English. Texts change with each offering of the course. All primary texts are presented in the original Japanese.

JPW 5135r. Prewar Japanese Literature (3). Prerequisites: Advanced reading knowledge of Japanese or permission of Japanese Program Coordinator. This course examines texts in prewar Japanese literature and literary and cultural criticism, concentrating on modern Japanese writers from Meiji (1867–1912) and Taisho (1912–1926) periods. Students learn how to read and critically evaluate these texts with the help of secondary readings in English. Texts change with each offering of the course. All primary texts are in Japanese.

JPW 5300r. Traditional Japanese Literature (3). This course offers a panoramic overview of Japanese literature from its beginnings through the classical, medieval, and early modern periods, up to the late 19th century. Students read the fundamental works of traditional Japanese literature in the original Japanese (using didacticized editions).

JPW 5400. Life-Writing in Japan (3). This course explores the theory, history, and practice of life-writing (roughly speaking, the recording of personal experiences) in Japan. This course focuses on various texts–including autobiographies, biographies, and memoirs, as well as diaries, letters, and oral histories–in the original Japanese.

JPW 8960r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0). This course is designed for Japanese-track graduate students of the MA Program in East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) who wish to exit the Program by taking a comprehensive examination. During the last semester of graduate studies, the student registers for this course to take the exam.

Linguistics

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

LIN 4030. Introduction to Historical Linguistics (3). This course is designed to familiarize students with the world language families, notion of relatedness, sound correspondence, comparative method, internal reconstruction, and the reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European languages. Several theories of sound change are also discussed.

LIN 4040. Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics (3). Prerequisite: LIN 3041. This course attempts to develop an understanding of the organization of language, to provide tools and techniques for describing language data, and to examine various models of linguistic description. May count toward the major in Slavic (Russian) and Spanish.

LIN 4201. Sounds of the World's Languages (3). Prerequisite: LIN 3041. This course covers sounds and sound patterns in the world's languages, focusing on sounds occurring both in majority and minority languages, with a special attention to those attested only in certain language families or used for special purposes.

LIN 4512. Introduction to Syntax (3). Prerequisite: LIN 3041. This course exposes students to the underlying principles of syntax. Students are taught the mechanics of syntactic theories dating from the late 1960s to the present.

LIN 4600. Sociolinguistics (3). Prerequisite: LIN 3041. This course explores language in its social context. The course focuses on the study of language as a means of communication and expression of identity, as the identity of the speaker and of the speech community define the choice of the language.

LIN 4623. Psycholinguistics Bilingualism (3). Prerequisite: LIN 3041 is recommended. This course introduces the psycholinguistics of bilingualism. In this course, students explore the relationship between language and cognition in individuals who speak and understand more than one language. Students examine issues such as spoken language processing, written language processing, language acquisition, and the bilingual brain.

LIN 4716. Child Language Acquisition (3). This course introduces the study of child language acquisition and development in both the monolingual and bilingual setting.

LIN 4811. The Semiotics of Emoji (3). Prerequisite: LIN 3041. This semiotics course explores and studies in an interdisciplinary manner emoji as a system of communication using critical thinking. Emoji is the study of semiotics in its social context. This course studies language primarily as the study of signs and symbols and their or interpretation.

LIN 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). In this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake specialized study in areas outside of or in addition to the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

LIN 4930r. Topics in Linguistics (3). In this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake study in areas outside the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a minimum of twelve semester hours. May be repeated within the same semester.

Note: *Graduate students must obtain permission of the linguistics coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies to take these courses for credit.

Graduate Courses

LIN 5035. Historical/Comparative Linguistics (3). This course parallels in breadth, but not in depth, the reading and other assigned outside work of the undergraduate course involving sound change, possible causes of sound change, several different theories of sound change, and other controversial problems.

LIN 5045. Descriptive Linguistics (3). This course parallels in breadth, but not in depth, the reading and other assigned work of the undergraduate course concerned with the scientific study of human language, analytic methods, and models of linguistic description.

LIN 5050. East Asian Linguistics (3). This course introduces important phonological, morphological, syntactic and other linguistics features of the Chinese and Japanese languages. The course also covers cognitive and neurophysiological profile in the processing of Chinese and Japanese sentences.

LIN 5215. Sounds of the World's Languages (3). This course presents a comprehensive overview of the sounds found in the world's languages. This course describes their articulatory and acoustic characteristics and provides practice pronouncing and distinguishing them perceptually. Students learn how to interpret articulatory, aerodynamic and acoustic displays and how to transcribe all human sounds using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

LIN 5305. Patterns of Sounds (3). Prerequisite: Prior completion of LIN 5215 is strongly recommended. This course explores the patterning of sounds across languages from a typological and theoretical perspective. It shows how sounds are organized in various prosodic domains, from syllables and feet to phonological words and phrases, and introduces the main frameworks used for phonological analysis: generative phonology; auto-segmental phonology; and constraint-based phonological approaches.

LIN 5510. Transformational Grammar (3). This course covers, in addition to the fundamentals of transformational grammar, more current developments in linguistic theory, such as X-bar syntax, Government and Binding, Relational Grammar, etc.

LIN 5521. Minimalist Syntax (3). Prerequisite: LIN 5510, SPN 5805, or equivalent. This course provides an introduction to the Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995, and subsequent work). In this course, students take the Government and Binding framework as a starting point and explores minimalist alternatives to central topics in syntactic theory.

LIN 5522. Advanced Spanish Syntax (3). Prerequisites: LIN 5510 or SPN 5805, or equivalent. This course provides an overview of Spanish syntax from a Minimalist perspective (Chomsky 1995, and subsequent work). This course focuses on advanced and in-depth discussion of central topics in the syntax of Spanish.

LIN 5602. Language Contact (3). This course is an introduction to the field of language contact. Topics include theories of language contact, methods, contact-induced change at different linguistic levels (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, etc.), endangered languages, pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages. The course covers a wide range of language pairs and contact situations across the world.

LIN 5626. Heritage Language Acquisition (3). Prerequisite: Familiarity with syntax, phonetics/phonology, and language acquisition in recommended. This course examines heritage language speakers (a specific type of unbalanced bilinguals) and their languages. Topics include definitions of heritage languages and heritage language speakers, methodological issues, the characteristics of heritage languages (e.g., vocabulary, morphology, syntax, interfaces, and phonetics/phonology), bilingual acquisition, theoretical approaches, and similarities and differences between heritage language speakers and native speakers/L2 learners. The course discusses studies on a range of heritage languages, including Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Turkish, Korean, Chinese, and Russian.

LIN 5627. Code-Switching (3). Prerequisites: Familiarity with syntax, phonetics/phonology, and sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics would be helpful. This course examines the main issues in the study of code-switching (the use of two languages in the same discourse by a bi/multilingual speaker). Topics include: methodological issues in the study of code-switching, grammatical aspects of code-switching, and sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic aspects of code-switching.

LIN 5628. Current Research in Bilingualism (3). In this course, students are exposed to the varied research veins of scholarship within the field of bilingualism. Through reading the latest empirical studies from a wide range of bilingualism journals, students gain a more thorough understanding of the most recent questions driving research on bilingualism.

LIN 5695. Psycholinguistics: Lexical Processing (3). This course examines the psycholinguistics of lexical processing by discussing the main experimental findings in lexical processing, experimental methods (including behavioral tasks, eye-tracking and ERP), and models of lexical processing.

LIN 5703. Psycholinguistics: Sentence Processing (3). Prerequisite: Familiarity with syntax, phonetics/phonology, and language acquisition is recommended. This seminar examines the psycholinguistics of sentence processing. The course discusses the main experimental findings in sentence processing, experimental methods (including behavioral tasks, eye-tracking and ERP), and models of sentence processing. In this course, students read studies on different languages, and different types of bilinguals (including L2 learners and heritage speakers) as well as monolinguals.

LIN 5723. Linguistic and Cognitive Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition (3). This course introduces the key constructs, theories, and scholarship within the field of second language acquisition (SLA).

LIN 5724. Current Research in Second Language Acquisition (3). Students become familiarized with the scope of the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and improve their ability to read and interpret empirical second language acquisition research articles.

LIN 5727. Quantitative Methods in Language Research (3). This course introduces students to specific research methodologies and statistical procedures used in quantitative experimental language research. All students are provided with the means to critically evaluate quantitative research in any area of language studies, and advanced students are provided with the basic tools to carry out their own data-based projects.

LIN 5744. Introduction to Language, Language Learning, and Language Instruction (3). This course provides an overview to the nature of language and how languages are learned. Furthermore, using insights from second language acquisition, the course explores current approaches to communicative, task-based language instruction.

LIN 5772. AI-Assisted Python Programming for Linguistic Research (3). This course covers programming the computer for research involving human language in such areas as theoretical and applied linguistics, literary analysis, and content analysis.

LIN 5908r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

LIN 5910r. Supervised Research (1–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

LIN 5932r. Topics in Linguistics (3). In this course, different topics are selected to suit the needs and interests of students. A special effort is made to select topics related to current theoretical and practical issues. May be repeated to a maximum of twelve semester hours.

LIN 5937. Seminar on Language Invention (3). Prerequisite: A background in linguistics is ideal but not required. This course provides an overview of constructed languages (‘conlangs'), their characteristics, and the motivations underlying language invention. It offers guided practice on designing unique, typologically consistent languages by combining basic linguistic building blocks. The conlangs created for this course will be grounded in an original fictional world comprising a map and a written system.

Portuguese (Brazilian)

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

POR 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). In this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake specialized study in areas outside of or in addition to the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

POR 4930r. Special Topics (3). Prerequisite: Divisional coordinator permission. This course allows students to study literary, cultural, or linguistic topics of a special kind, depending on student interest and faculty expertise. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

Graduate Courses

POR 5069r. Graduate Reading Knowledge Examination: Portuguese (0). (S/U grade only). This course consists of a translation examination to ascertain the student's ability to read research materials written in Portuguese. Use of translation software is prohibited.

POR 5930r. Studies in Portuguese (Brazilian) Language and Literature (3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

POR 5940r. Teaching Practicum (0–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

POW 5905r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

POW 5910r. Supervised Research in Portuguese (1–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

Russian

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

RUS 4410r.* Advanced Russian Conversation and Composition (3–6). Prerequisite: RUS 3400. This course focuses on the styles and levels of oral expression on a wide range of topics. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

RUS 4421.* Advanced Russian Grammar and Composition (3). Prerequisite: RUS 3420. This course focuses on the practical application of advanced language skills.

RUS 4780.* Phonetics (3). Prerequisite: RUS 2220 or instructor permission. This course provides an understanding of the phonetic and phonemic structure of Russian with extensive oral practice.

RUS 4840.* History of the Russian Literary Language (3). Prerequisite: RUS 3400. This course studies the development of the phonological and grammatical systems from the earliest records to the present.

RUS 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). In this course, students arrange with individual faculty members to undertake specialized study in areas outside of or in addition to the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

RUS 4930r. Special Topics (3). May be repeated to a total of twelve semester hours. Only three semester hours taken in any Summer session count towards the major.

RUS 4935r. Honors Thesis (1–6). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours, three hours of which may be applied to the requirements for the major with permission of the department. All honors work is directed by the student's honors committee.

RUW 4470r. Modern Russian Literature (3). Prerequisites: RUW 3100 and RUW 3101, or equivalent. This course studies the great works of major Russian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries, encompassing study of specific movements such as Romanticism, Realism, Modernism and Socialist Realism. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

Note: *Graduate students must obtain permission of the Slavic coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies to take these courses for credit.

Graduate Courses

Russian Language

RUS 5069r. Reading Knowledge Examination (0). (S/U grade only). This course is a translation examination to ascertain the student's ability to read research materials written in Russian. Use of translation software is prohibited.

RUS 5415r. Graduate Russian Conversation and Comprehension (3). (S/U grade only). This course consists of extensive conversation and comprehension practice on contemporary themes. May be repeated once for credit to a maximum of six semester hours. Not open to native speakers of Russian.

RUS 5845. History of the Russian Language and Reading of Old Russian Texts (3). This course focuses on the development of the phonological and grammatical systems from the earliest written records to the present.

RUS 5940r. Teaching Practicum (0–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

RUS 6925r. Tutorial in Professional Issues (0–2). (S/U grade only). Prerequisite: RUS 5940 or instructor permission. This advanced professional preparation course serves to acquaint students with issues in their academic discipline. A maximum of three semester hours may count toward the degree. Course may be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

Russian Literature in Translation

RUT 5115. Seminar: Russian Literature in English Translation (3). This course focuses on classics of Russian 19th- and 20th-century prose. No Russian required.

Russian Literature (Writings)

RUW 5335. Russian Poetry (3). This course studies the development of poetry, the major writers, and their representative works.

RUW 5375. Russian Short Story (3). This course studies the development of the short story in the 19th and 20th centuries, the major writers, and their representative works.

RUW 5559r. Seminar in 19th-Century Russian Literature (3). This course studies the development of Russian literature through its golden age and of the representative works of Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Goncharov, Leskov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

RUW 5579. Modern Russian Literature (3). This course studies the development of 20th-century literature from Modernism through the Soviet period to the glasnost era.

RUW 5906r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

RUW 5910r. Supervised Research in Russian (1–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

RUW 5930r. Special Topics (3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

Slavic

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

SLL 4905r. Directed Individual Study (3). This course allows students to arrange with individual faculty members to undertake specialized study in areas outside of or in addition to the regular curriculum. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

Note: Graduate students must obtain permission of the Slavic coordinator and associate chair for graduate studies to take this course for credit.

Graduate Courses

SLL 5205. Epic Song in Southern and Eastern Europe. (3). This course surveys the modern epic of southern and eastern Europe in historical context, the Parry-Lord theory of oral-formulaic composition, and the discipline of oral tradition to explore how oral-traditional epic (narrative) songs about the deeds and deaths of heroes—their comings of age and weddings, returns or rescues, and sieges of cities—have enthralled and unsettled audiences from time out of mind.

SLL 5906r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

SLL 5915r. Supervised Research (1–5). (S/U grade only). For this course, a maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

SLL 5971r. Thesis (3–6). (S/U grade only). This course requires a minimum of six semester hours.

SLL 8966r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0). (P/F grade only.)

SLL 8976. Master's Thesis Defense (0). (P/F grade only.)

Spanish

Advanced Undergraduate Courses

SPN 4420.* Advanced Spanish Composition and Translation (3). Prerequisites: SPN 3300 and SPN 3400. This course stresses composition in Spanish with less emphasis on translation from Spanish into English. For students with prior knowledge of essential points of Spanish grammar.

SPN 4700. Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (3). Prerequisites: SPN 3300 and SPN 3400; or SPN 3350 (Spanish for Heritage Speakers); LIN 3041 (highly recommended). This course examines the origin, development, and present-day variation of the Spanish language and provides an introduction to Spanish linguistics from a theoretical and empirical point of view.

SPN 4701. Spanish Second Language Acquisition (3). Prerequisites: SPN 3300 and SPN 3400; LIN 3041 and SPN 4700 are recommended. This course explores the cognitive processes involved in the acquisition of a second language in adult learners and provides a detailed understanding of acquisition theories and the various pedagogical interventions available to teach a second language.

SPN 4780.* Spanish Phonetics (3). Prerequisites: SPN 3300 and SPN 3400, or SPN 3350. This course involves training in the production of acceptable speech sounds in Spanish and a knowledge of when to use those sounds (allophonic distribution). The class meets both in the classroom and in the language laboratory. The nonnative speaker can profit most from this course.

SPN 4810. Bilingualism in the Spanish-speaking World (3). Prerequisites: SPN 3300 and SPN 3400; or SPN 3350. Recommended: LIN 3041. In this course, students explore the main topics in the study of bilingualism with an emphasis on bilingual communities in Spain, Spanish America, and the United States. The primary goals of this course are i) to develop an appreciation for the social, political, and cultural contexts of bilingual communities in the Spanish-speaking world, ii) to learn about the acquisition and processing of more than one language, and iii) to recognize the ideologies underlying language planning and bilingual education.

SPN 4840. History of the Spanish Language (3). Prerequisites: SPN 3300, SPN 3400, SPN 3350, and LIN 3041. This course examines the origin and development of Spanish in the context of Indo-European and Romance languages. The course explores the linguistics changes that took place from Latin to Spanish, and compares them to those undergone by related (co)dialects and languages.

SPN 4930r.* Studies in Hispanic Language and Literature (3). Prerequisites: SPN 3300 and SPN 3400 or instructor permission. May be repeated when content varies to a maximum of six semester hours.

SPN 4935r. Honors Work (3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours, three hours of which may be applied to the requirements for the major with permission of the department. All honors work is directed by the student's honors committee.

SPW 4190r.* Special Topics in Hispanic Languages and Literature (3). Prerequisite: One 3000-level course. This course consists of variable topics chosen from Spanish language movements, periods, figures, and problems. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

Note: *Graduate students must obtain permission from the Spanish coordinator and the associate chair for graduate studies to take these courses for credit.

Graduate Courses

Spanish Language/Linguistics

Note: Please refer to the ‘Linguistics' section above for additional courses in linguistics.

SPN 5060r. Graduate Reading Knowledge in Spanish (3). (S/U grade only). This course is designed to present structures of the Spanish language and vocabulary to prepare graduate students majoring in other disciplines to read journals, books, and monographs written in Spanish useful to the student's research. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours.

SPN 5069r. Reading Knowledge Examination (0). (S/U grade only). This course is a translation examination to ascertain the student's ability to read research materials written in Spanish. Use of translation software is prohibited.

SPN 5734. Spanish Sociolinguistics (3). Prerequisite: Advanced knowledge of Spanish. This course is an introduction to sociolinguistics, with a special emphasis on Spanish in Spain, Latin America, and the United State. Topics include sociolinguistic theory and methodology, linguistic attitudes, phonological variation, syntactic and morphosyntactic variation, the relationship between language and social factors (e.g., social class, gender, and ethnic identity), language variation and change, and bilingualism and language contact.

SPN 5776. Acquisition of Spanish Phonology (3). Prerequisite: SPN 5785 or SPN 5795. This course is an introduction to the fundamental theories, techniques and methodologies concerning the acquisition of second language phonetics and phonology and their application to Spanish.

SPN 5785. Acoustic Phonetics of Spanish (3). Miscellaneous requirement: This course assumes familiarity with the process of articulation, sound classification, and the sound inventory of speech. This course provides a thorough background in acoustic phonetics and its application for the description and analysis of Spanish sounds. The course offers an overview of the acoustic characteristics of Spanish sounds and suprasegmentals, and how they compare to English. The course also focuses on the practice and improvement of essential research skills, in particular writing effective abstracts, presenting and reviewing research articles, and designing original acoustic experiments.

SPN 5795. Phonology of Spanish (3). Prerequisite: A working knowledge of spoken Spanish. This course introduces the student to articulatory phonetics and the theory of Spanish phonology as a set of phonological rules determining allophonic distribution. Entails partial analysis of various dialects of Spanish during class and an assignment to make an analysis of the Spanish of some native speakers' dialect.

SPN 5805. Spanish Morphology and Syntax (3). Prerequisite: A working knowledge of Spanish. This course deals with syntactical and morphological rules based on early transformational grammar. Rules are tested in class discussion, and attempts are made to analyze prose and poetry according to the rules. Students make a syntactical analysis of one or more literary works, or parts of works, of their choice.

SPN 5845. History of the Spanish Language (3). This course is a study of the various phonetic, lexical, and syntactic changes that led to the development of modern Spanish from Classical Latin through vulgar Latin, old Spanish, and Renaissance Spanish, including the changes undergone by American Spanish.

SPN 5900r. Studies in Hispanic Language and Literature (3). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

SPN 5940r. Teaching Practicum (0–5). (S/U grade only). A maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

SPN 6925r. Tutorial in Professional Issues (0–2). (S/U grade only). Prerequisite: SPN 5940 or instructor permission. This course is an advanced professional preparation course to acquaint students with issues in their academic discipline. A maximum of three semester hours may count toward the degree. May repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

Spanish Literature (Writings)

SPW 5195r. Studies in Hispanic Literatures and Cultures (3). This course focuses on specific literary and cultural topics in the field of Hispanic Studies from any region or period of the Spanish-speaking world. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

SPW 5216. Spanish Golden Age Prose (3). This course includes reading and discussion of the great prose works from La Celestina to El Criticón. All Golden Age prose on the Spanish division graduate reading lists, with the exception of Cervantes' works, are covered.

SPW 5275r. Spanish 20th-Century Novel (3). This course focuses on the Spanish novel from the Generation of 1898 through the Post Civil War period. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

SPW 5287. Spanish American Modernismo(s): 1880-1930 (3). This course investigates the intersections of modernity and cultural identity in the literature produced around the turn of the 20th century, as Spanish America hastily journeyed into the whirlwind of Western Modernity and a new literary era known as Modernismo came into existence.

SPW 5315. Spanish Golden Age Theatre (3). This course consists of reading and discussion of representative comedias from Spain's Golden Age.

SPW 5337. Spanish Poetry to 1700 (3). This course is an intensive survey of Spain's lyric poetry from the jarchas through Góngora and Quevedo.

SPW 5338r. Spanish Poetry from 1700 to the Present (3). This course emphasizes close readings of poetic texts and major literary and artistic trends from Romanticism through the contemporary era. May be repeated to a maximum of six semester hours.

SPW 5356. Spanish American Poetry (3). This course is a study of the major tendencies and representative poets from the sixteenth century to the Modernist period.

SPW 5357. Contemporary Spanish American Poetry (3). This course is a comprehensive study of the major trends, figures, and schools of Spanish American poetry since Modernismo.

SPW 5365. Spanish American Prose: Nonfiction (3). This course studies the major tendencies and representative nonfictional prose writers up to the Contemporary period.

SPW 5385. Early and Modern Spanish American Prose Fiction (to 1927) (3). This course studies the major tendencies and representatives of prose fiction up to the Modernistas and Mundonovista novel and short story.

SPW 5386. Contemporary Spanish American Prose Fiction (since 1927) (3). This course is a comprehensive overview of Spanish American prose since the advent of Jorge Luis Borges' short stories and the genres of the novel and short story, covering trends from the avant-garde to neo-realism, neo-naturalism, cosmopolitanism, and sociopolitical content.

SPW 5405. Medieval and Early Renaissance Spanish Literature (3). This course is an examination of the major genres of the period together with readings of some secondary works. Topics for the course include epics and ballads, Clerecia literature, courtly lyric, Alfonsine works, and early drama.

SPW 5485. Spanish Peninsular Literature: Historical Contexts/Aesthetic Developments, 20-21st Centuries (3). This course focuses on aesthetic developments in contemporary Spanish literature in relation to specific historical contexts and social experiences in Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries.

SPW 5486. Contemporary Spanish Women Writers (3). This course is designed to introduce the student to the works of 20th-century Spanish women writers and the critical attention they have received.

SPW 5496. Spanish-American Women Writers (3). This course is a study of Spanish-American women writers, focusing on prose fiction, non-fiction and/or drama. Supplementary readings are taken from critical and theoretical works.

SPW 5586. Critical Inquiries into the Early Hispanic Episteme (3). This course begins with the premise that it is possible to trace certain important epistemological shifts in the Western world from the end of the Middle Ages to our own time. The course aims to heighten our awareness of how today the practice of professional cultural studies is systematically interpellated through the discourses specific to our own systems of knowledge and communication. Taking medieval and early modern Iberia, as well as its colonies, as a case study, examinations of a selection of texts from this geographic and temporal space revolve around the usefulness, or lack thereof, of some of the contemporary West's most prominent social constructions of subject formation, such as race, class, gender, and nationhood.

SPW 5606. Cervantes (3). This course is an individual survey of Cervantes' literary works, especially Don Quixote.

SPW 5908r. Directed Individual Study (3). (S/U grade only). May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

SPW 5910r. Supervised Research in Spanish (1–5). (S/U grade only). For this course, a maximum of three semester hours may apply to the master's degree. May be repeated to a maximum of five semester hours.

SPW 5971r. Thesis (1–6). (S/U grade only). For this course, a minimum of six semester hours is required.

SPW 6288. Family in Early Spanish America (3). This course addresses family and kinship structures in texts from early Spanish America, roughly the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. Students read a variety of genres, from literary texts to primary source bureaucratic documents, to study the formation of Spanish American nations.

SPW 6806. Research, Criticism and Professional Issues (3). (S/U grade only). This course is designed to prepare graduate students for professional research in the field of literary studies. The course includes a survey of references and research tools, readings and discussion on appropriate research techniques, critical theory, and familiarity with current professional issues for students and scholars in Hispanic studies.

SPW 6934r. Topics in Hispanic Language and Literature (3). This course is designed to cover topics not otherwise available in the curriculum. Topics vary and a particular topic is announced at least one semester in advance. May be repeated to a maximum of nine semester hours.

SPW 6980r. Dissertation (1–12). (S/U grade only). For this course, a minimum of 24 semester hours is required for the PhD.

SPW 8964r. Preliminary Doctoral Examination (0). (P/F grade only.)

SPW 8966r. Master's Comprehensive Examination (0). (P/F grade only.)

SPW 8976. Master's Thesis Defense (0). (P/F grade only.)

SPW 8985r. Dissertation Defense (0). (P/F grade only.)

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