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CLA BS Core III - Language and Linguistic Diversity Selective List

Location(s): West Lafayette

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Choose one option below.

Option I (6-9 credits)

Demonstrate proficiency through Level III in one world language.

Option II (6-9 credits)

Demonstrate a proficiency through Level II in one world language plus two courses below.
* indicates a course taught in English.

Arabic

ARAB 23000 - Arabic Literature In Translation Credits: 3.00 *
ARAB 23900 - Arab Women Writers (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
ARAB 28000 - Arabic Culture (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
ARAB 28100 - Introduction To Islamic Civilization And Culture Credits: 3.00 *
ARAB 33000 - The Middle East On Film Credits: 3.00 *
ARAB 33400 - North African Literature And Culture Credits: 3.00 *
ARAB 49000 - Special Topics In Arabic Credits: 1.00 to 4.00 *
ARAB 58700 - Modern Arab Thought Credits: 3.00 *

American Sign Language

ASL 28000 - American Deaf Community: Language, Culture, And Society Credits: 3.00 *

Chinese

CHNS 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Chinese Literature (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
CHNS 28000 - Topics In Chinese Civilization And Culture (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CHNS 28100 - Introduction To Chinese Food Culture Credits: 3.00 *
CHNS 33000 - Introduction To Chinese Cinema (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CHNS 34100 - Chinese Literature I: Traditional Chinese Literature Credits: 3.00
CHNS 34200 - Chinese Literature II: Modern Chinese Literature Credits: 3.00

Classics

CLCS 18100 - Classical World Civilizations (UCC: BSS) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 22000 - Topics In Classical Literature Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 23010 - Survey Of Greek Literature In Translation (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 23100 - Survey Of Latin Literature (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 23200 - Classical Roots Of English Words (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 23300 - Comparative Mythology (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 23400 - Medical And Scientific Terminology From Greek And Latin Roots Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 23500 - Introduction To Classical Mythology (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 23600 - Ancient World Onscreen Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 23700 - Gender And Sexuality In Greek And Roman Antiquity (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
CLCS 23800 - The Tragic Vision (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 23900 - The Comic Vision (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 28000 - Topics In Classical Civilization Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 33700 - The Ancient Epic Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 38000 - Alexander The Great And Hellenistic World (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 38100 - Julius Caesar: Statesman, Soldier, Citizen Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 38300 - The Roman Empire Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 38400 - Ancient Western Medicine Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 38500 - Science, Medicine And Magic In The Ancient West (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 38600 - Ancient Greek Religion Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 38700 - Roman Religion Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 48000 - Potters And Society In Antiquity Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 48100 - Culture And Society In The Age Of Pericles Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 48300 - Republican Rome Credits: 3.00 *
CLCS 49900 - Special Topics In Classics Credits: 1.00 to 4.00 *

French

FR 23000 - French Literature In Translation Credits: 3.00 *
FR 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of French Literature Credits: 3.00
FR 28000 - Second-Year French: Special Topics Credits: 3.00
FR 33000 - French Cinema (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
FR 38000 - Special Topics In French Culture And Civilization Credits: 3.00
FR 39400 - Special Topics In French Literature Credits: 3.00
FR 44300 - Introduction To Francophone Literature Credits: 3.00
FR 48000 - French Civilization Credits: 3.00

German

GER 23000 - German Literature In Translation (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
GER 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of German Literature Credits: 3.00
GER 28000 - German Special Topics Credits: 3.00 *
GER 33000 - German Cinema (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
GER 34100 - German Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The 18th Century Credits: 3.00
GER 34200 - German Literature II: From The 18th Century To The 21st Century Credits: 3.00
GER 48000 - German Civilization Credits: 3.00
GER 49800 - Advanced Topics In German Credits: 3.00

Greek

GREK 34300 - Greek Oratory Credits: 3.00
GREK 34400 - Greek Epic Credits: 3.00
GREK 35300 - Greek Tragedy Credits: 3.00
GREK 35400 - Greek Comedy Credits: 3.00
GREK 44600 - Greek Historians Credits: 3.00

Hebrew

HEBR 28400 - Ancient Near Eastern History And Culture Credits: 3.00 *
HEBR 38000 - Israel And The Modern World: Cinema, Literature, History And Politics (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
HEBR 38300 - Kabbalah And Jewish Mysticism: Secret Knowledge In Judaism Credits: 3.00 *
HEBR 38500 - The Holocaust In Modern Hebrew Literature Credits: 3.00 *

Italian

ITAL 23100 - Dante’s Divine Comedy Credits: 3.00 *
ITAL 28000 - Italian Culture And Civilization (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
ITAL 28100 - The Italian Renaissance And Its Scientific And Cultural Impact On Western Civilization (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
ITAL 33000 - The Italian Cinema (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
ITAL 33300 - The Spirit Of Italian Comedy (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
ITAL 33500 - Italian-American Cinema Credits: 3.00 *
ITAL 34100 - Italian Literature I: From The Middle Ages To The Enlightenment Credits: 3.00
ITAL 34200 - Italian Literature II: From Romanticism To The Present Credits: 3.00
ITAL 39300 - Special Topics In Italian Literature Or Cinema Credits: 3.00 *
ITAL 49300 - Advanced Topics In Italian Literature Or Cinema Credits: 3.00 *

Japanese

JPNS 23000 - Japanese Literature In Translation Credits: 3.00 *
JPNS 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Japanese Literature Credits: 3.00
JPNS 28000 - Introduction To Modern Japanese Civilization Credits: 3.00 *
JPNS 33000 - Japanese Cinema Credits: 3.00 *
JPNS 34100 - Japanese Literature I: Modern Japanese Literature Credits: 3.00
JPNS 48500 - Culinary Culture Of Japan Credits: 3.00

Korean

KOR 28000 - Special Topics In Korean Language Credits: 3.00 *
KOR 38000 - Special Topics In Korean Culture Credits: 3.00 *
KOR 48000 - Special Topics In Korean Studies Credits: 3.00 *

Latin

LATN 31500 - Latin Paleography I Credits: 3.00
LATN 34300 - Roman Oratory (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
LATN 34400 - Roman Epic (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
LATN 34500 - Roman Elegy (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
LATN 34600 - Roman Rhetoric (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
LATN 34700 - Roman Comedy (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
LATN 44200 - Roman Lyric Poetry (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
LATN 44300 - Roman Satire (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
LATN 44400 - Roman Philosophers (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
LATN 44500 - Roman Encyclopedists (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00
LATN 44600 - Roman Historians (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00

Languages and Cultures

LC 23100 - Fairytale, Folktale, Fable Credits: 3.00 *
LC 23700 - Our Common Bond: Languages And Cultures In A Global Context Credits: 3.00 *
LC 23900 - Women Writers In Translation (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
LC 26600 - World Literature: From The Beginnings to 1700 A D Credits: 3.00 *
LC 26700 - World Literature: From 1700 A D To The Present Credits: 3.00 *
LC 28000 - Special Topics In Languages And Cultures Credits: 3.00 *
LC 33100 - Comparative Literature In Translation Credits: 3.00 *
LC 33300 - The Middle Ages On Film (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
LC 33800 - Language Through Films Credits: 3.00 *
LC 49000 - Special Topics In Foreign Languages And Literatures Credits: 1.00 to 4.00 *

Portuguese

PTGS 33000 - Brazilian, Portuguese, And African Cinema Credits: 3.00 *
PTGS 39800 - Topics In Portuguese Credits: 3.00
PTGS 49800 - Advanced Topics In Portuguese Credits: 3.00

Russian

RUSS 29800 - Special Topics In Russian Credits: 3.00 *
RUSS 33000 - Russian And East European Cinema (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
RUSS 34100 - Russian Literature In The Nineteenth Century Credits: 3.00
RUSS 34200 - Revolution, Repression, Renewal: Soviet Literature And Beyond Credits: 3.00
RUSS 38000 - Russian Culture And Civilization I Credits: 3.00 *
RUSS 38100 - Russian Culture And Civilization II Credits: 3.00 *
RUSS 49700 - Topics In Russian Literature Credits: 3.00 to 6.00 *
RUSS 49800 - Topics In Russian Culture Credits: 3.00 to 6.00 *

Spanish

SPAN 23100 - Cervantes’ Don Quixote Credits: 3.00 *
SPAN 23500 - Spanish American Literature In Translation Credits: 3.00 *
SPAN 24100 - Introduction To The Study Of Hispanic Literature Credits: 3.00
SPAN 28000 - Second-Year Spanish: Special Topics Credits: 3.00
SPAN 33000 - Spanish And Latin American Cinema (UCC: HUM) Credits: 3.00 *
SPAN 33500 - The Literature Of The Spanish-Speaking Peoples In The United States Credits: 3.00
SPAN 34100 - Hispanic Literature I: Poetry And Drama Credits: 3.00
SPAN 34200 - Hispanic Literature II: Prose Credits: 3.00
SPAN 38000 - Spanish Language And Culture Abroad Credits: 1.00 to 6.00
SPAN 39800 - Special Topics In Spanish Credits: 1.00 to 3.00
SPAN 48000 - Spanish Civilization Credits: 3.00
SPAN 48100 - Spanish Culture Credits: 3.00
SPAN 48200 - Latin American Civilization Credits: 3.00
SPAN 48300 - Latin American Culture Credits: 3.00
SPAN 48500 - Food And Culture In The Hispanic World Credits: 3.00
SPAN 49800 - Advanced Topics In Spanish Credits: 1.00 to 3.00