The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in Chinese, French, German, Russian, or Spanish. Programs are also available in French, German, and Spanish as teaching fields under the interdepartmental major for teachers in secondary schools. Arabic, Italian, and Japanese are occasionally offered on the elementary and intermediate levels. Courses in Greek and Latin are the responsibility of the Department of Classical Studies.
Transfer Credit
In conjunction with the Registrar’s Office, transfer credit for language courses must be evaluated and approved by the language section in addition to the chair of the department. Such evaluation may include, but need not be limited to, the syllabus for the course and the test required of students showing competency in the language.
Modern Languages and Literatures
Taught in English and works read are in English.
Plan of Lower Division Language Courses
1000-level courses are beginning courses. Emphasis is on the spoken language, with extensive use of dialogues and drills designed to illustrate the basic structural features of the language and to develop oral proficiency.
Courses numbered 1402 are a continuation of 1401 and will generally complete the study of the basic grammatical features of the language.
Courses numbered 2301, 2401, 2302, or 2402 consist of intermediate level language study, focusing on speaking, reading, grammar, writing, and comprehension.
Language courses 1401, 1402, 1403, 1600, 2301, or 2401 may be taken pass/fail unless the student is using them to satisfy the foreign language requirement of the Pathways curriculum.
No credit will be given for any prerequisite course in the four-semester lower-division sequence once a student has received credit for a more advanced course.
Global Latinx Studies
Global Latinx Studies is an interdisciplinary analysis of the Latinx experience from the past to the present, in an interdisciplinary space that includes modern languages, and spans the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The major encompasses, but is not confined to, the communities of the Americas, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Caribbean. It especially focuses on the Latinx diasporas throughout the world, including communities with a shared colonial past with Spain and Portugal.
Students develop their knowledge of and commitment to Latinx Studies through coursework in leadership development, intercultural capacities, and linguistic fluency as well as disciplinary courses in history, economics, cultural studies, and religion.
In addition, the program fosters close ties between the University and the Latinx community in San Antonio through internships, service-learning, and other opportunities. Majors are strongly encouraged to participate in study-abroad programs.
A signature aspect of the major will be a senior portfolio that ties together the many strands of a Global Latinx major’s course of study. This reflects on the interdisciplinary links between at least three different courses and represents the culmination of personal and professional growth in the understanding of Latinx communities in the Americas and beyond.
Arabic (ARAB)
ARAB-1401 Beginning Modern Standard Arabic I
ARAB-1402 Beginning Modern Standard Arabic II
ARAB-2301 Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic I
ARAB-2302 Intermediate Modern Standard Arabic II
Chinese (CHIN)
CHIN-1100 Conversational Chinese I
CHIN-1401 Elementary Chinese I
CHIN-1402 Elementary Chinese II
CHIN-2311 Chinese Civilization
CHIN-2401 Intermediate Chinese I
CHIN-2402 Intermediate Chinese II
CHIN-3100 Conversational Chinese II
CHIN-3300 Advanced Placement Credit in Chinese
CHIN-3305 The Culture of Taiwan
CHIN-3310 Chengyu Tales
CHIN-3311 Reading Chinese Newspapers
CHIN-3312 Chinese Cinema: a Historical and Cultural Perspective
CHIN-3313 Cities of Strangers: Trans-Cultural Chinese Cinema
CHIN-3314 Chinese Literature in Translation
CHIN-3320 The Rise of Modern China
CHIN-3330 Global Business Culture
CHIN-3366 Governance and Public Policy in Contemporary China
CHIN-3367 Comparative Views of Modern China
CHIN-3376 Contemporary Chinese Art
CHIN-3401 Advanced Chinese I
CHIN-3402 Advanced Chinese II
CHIN-3428 The Philosophies of China
CHIN-3433 Chinese Religions: Unity and Diversity
CHIN-3443 Chinese Foreign Policy
CHIN-4097 Chinese Internship
CHIN-4130 Quanqiu Shangwu Wenhua-Zhong-Mei Jiaodian (Global Business Culture)
CHIN-4190 Reading and Conference
CHIN-4191 Selected Topics
CHIN-4197 Chinese Internship
CHIN-4290 Reading and Conference
CHIN-4291 Selected Topics
CHIN-4297 Chinese Internship
CHIN-4310 Advanced Conversation and Composition I
CHIN-4311 Advanced Conversation and Composition II
CHIN-4321 Readings in Modern Chinese Literature
CHIN-4322 Readings in Contemporary Chinese Cinema
CHIN-4351 Classical Chinese
CHIN-4364 Internationalizing Intellectual Property
CHIN-4390 Reading and Conference
CHIN-4391 Selected Topics
CHIN-4397 Chinese Internship
CHIN-4491 Selected Topics
CHIN-4590 Reading and Conference
CHIN-4691 Selected Topics
French (FREN)
FREN-1401 Elementary French I
FREN-1402 Elementary French II
FREN-2301 Intermediate French I
FREN-2302 Intermediate French II
FREN-3300 Advanced Placement Credit in French
FREN-3301 Advanced Grammar
FREN-3302 Advanced Conversation and Composition
FREN-3303 French Civilization
FREN-3305 Introduction to French Literature I
FREN-3306 Introduction to French Literature II
FREN-3371 Introduction to Romance Linguistics
FREN-3398 Honors Readings
FREN-4190 Reading and Conference
FREN-4191 Selected Topics
FREN-4290 Reading and Conference
FREN-4291 Selected Topics
FREN-4303 Topics in French Literature of the Seventeenth Century
FREN-4304 Topics in French Literature of the Eighteenth Century
FREN-4305 Topics in French Literature of the Nineteenth Century
FREN-4306 Topics in French Literature of the Twentieth Century
FREN-4307 French Cinema
FREN-4308 Four Works of Nineteenth-Century Fiction
FREN-4309 Survey to Francophone Literature
FREN-4390 Reading and Conference
FREN-4391 Selected Topics
FREN-4398 Honors Thesis
FREN-4399 Honors Thesis
FREN-4491 Selected Topics
FREN-4591 Selected Topics
FREN-4691 Selected Topics
German (GERM)
GERM-1401 Elementary German I
GERM-1402 Elementary German II
GERM-2301 Intermediate German I
GERM-2302 Intermediate German II
GERM-3300 Advanced Placement Credit in German
GERM-3301 Advanced German I
GERM-3302 Advanced German II
GERM-3305 Introduction to German Literature and Culture I
GERM-3306 Introduction to German Literature and Culture II
GERM-3398 Honors Readings
GERM-4190 Reading and Conference
GERM-4191 Selected Topics
GERM-4290 Reading and Conference
GERM-4291 Selected Topics
GERM-4301 Genre Studies in German Literature
GERM-4310 Seminar in German Literature
GERM-4390 Reading and Conference
GERM-4391 Selected Topics
GERM-4398 Honors Thesis
GERM-4399 Honors Thesis
GERM-4491 Selected Topics
GERM-4590 Reading and Conference
GERM-4591 Selected Topics
GERM-4690 Reading and Conference
GERM-4691 Selected Topics
German Studies (GRST)
GRST-1314 Art and Architecture of Medieval Europe
GRST-2332 Play Structure and Analysis
GRST-2352 Acting II: Scene Study
GRST-2432 European Frontiers 1848 - Present
GRST-3307 Berlin: From Cabarets to Communists
GRST-3310 German Cinema
GRST-3311 Fairy Tales
GRST-3315 Decadence: German Literature Around 1900
GRST-3332 History of Theatre II: From Romanticism To Performance Art
GRST-3334 Modern Germany
GRST-3341 Music History I: Ancient Greece to Baroque
GRST-3342 Music History II: Classical Era to Present
GRST-3343 Mozart
GRST-3401 Yiddish Language, Culture and Film
GRST-3435 Global City Berlin
GRST-3438 History of the Holocaust
GRST-3440 Northern Renaissance Art in the Fifteenth Century
GRST-3444 Albrecht Durer and His World: Painting And Printmaking in the Age of Reform
GRST-3460 German Idealism
GRST-3461 Nietzsche and German Philosophy
GRST-3470 European Politics
GRST-3471 Comparative Political Economy of North America, Europe, and East Asia
GRST-3472 Masters of Suspicion: Contemporary Political Thought
Italian (ITAL)
ITAL-1401 Elementary Italian I
ITAL-1402 Elementary Italian II
ITAL-2301 Intermediate Italian I
ITAL-2302 Intermediate Italian II
ITAL-3371 Introduction to Romance Linguistics
ITAL-4190 Selected Topics
ITAL-4290 Selected Topics
ITAL-4390 Selected Topics
ITAL-4490 Selected Topics
ITAL-4590 Selected Topics
ITAL-4690 Selected Topics
Modern Languages and Literature (ML&L)
ML&L-3191 Selected Topics
ML&L-3291 Selected Topics
ML&L-3310 French Literature in Translation
ML&L-3311 French Cinema
ML&L-3330 Japanese Literature in Translation
ML&L-3340 Russian Literature in Translation I
ML&L-3341 Russian Literature in Translation II
ML&L-3342 The Peoples of Russia
ML&L-3343 The Culture of Russia
ML&L-3344 Russian Cinema
ML&L-3345 The History of Russia
ML&L-3350 Genres in Creative Writing
ML&L-3391 Selected Topics
ML&L-3401 Yiddish Language, Culture and Film
Russian (RUSS)
RUSS-1401 Elementary Russian I
RUSS-1402 Elementary Russian II
RUSS-2301 Intermediate Russian I
RUSS-2302 Intermediate Russian II
RUSS-3301 Advanced Russian I
RUSS-3302 Advanced Russian II
RUSS-3303 Russian Culture
RUSS-3305 Introduction to Russian Literature I
RUSS-3306 Introduction to Russian Literature II
RUSS-3398 Honors Reading
RUSS-4190 Readings and Conference
RUSS-4191 Selected Topics
RUSS-4290 Readings and Conference
RUSS-4291 Selected Topics
RUSS-4301 Genre Studies in Russian Literature
RUSS-4310 Seminar in Russian Literature
RUSS-4390 Readings and Conference
RUSS-4391 Selected Topics
RUSS-4398 Honors Thesis
RUSS-4399 Honors Thesis
RUSS-4491 Selected Topics
RUSS-4591 Selected Topics
RUSS-4691 Selected Topics
Spanish (SPAN)
SPAN-1403 Review of Elementary Spanish
SPAN-1600 Intensive Beginning Spanish
SPAN-2301 Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN-2302 Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN-2601 Spanish Language Immersion
SPAN-3191 Special Topics
SPAN-3291 Special Topics
SPAN-3301 Advanced Grammar
SPAN-3302 Advanced Composition and Conversation
SPAN-3303 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
SPAN-3311 Spanish Civilization
SPAN-3312 Latin American Civilization
SPAN-3321 Spanish Cinema
SPAN-3322 Spanish American Cinema
SPAN-3330 Introduction to Spanish Literature to 1700
SPAN-3331 Introduction to Spanish Literature Since 1700
SPAN-3332 Introduction to Spanish American Literature
SPAN-3341 Peoples of Spain
SPAN-3342 Madrid: Culture, Urban Identities and Glocality
SPAN-3346 La economia espanola y la Union Europea (The Spanish Economy and the European Union)
SPAN-3371 Introduction to Romance Linguistics
SPAN-3372 Practica profesional en Espana (Internship in Spain)
SPAN-3391 Special Topics
SPAN-3398 Honors Reading
SPAN-3491 Special Topics
SPAN-3591 Special Topics
SPAN-3691 Special Topics
SPAN-4190 Reading and Conference
SPAN-4191 Special Topics
SPAN-4197 Internship
SPAN-4290 Reading and Conference
SPAN-4291 Special Topics
SPAN-4297 Internship
SPAN-4301 Genres in Creative Writing
SPAN-4331 Medieval Spanish Literature
SPAN-4332 Spanish Golden Age: Drama
SPAN-4333 Don Quijote
SPAN-4334 Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature
SPAN-4335 Hispanic Modernism
SPAN-4336 Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature
SPAN-4338 Spanish Women Writers
SPAN-4342 Spanish American Lit Before Modernism
SPAN-4343 Twentieth-Century Spanish American Poetry
SPAN-4344 Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel
SPAN-4345 Twentieth-Century Spanish American Short Story
SPAN-4346 Twentieth-Century Spanish American Drama
SPAN-4347 National and Regional Literature of Spanish America
SPAN-4348 Spanish American Women Writers
SPAN-4349 Sexualities in Literature and Film
SPAN-4350 History of the Spanish Language
SPAN-4351 Transnational Mexican Popular Culture
SPAN-4390 Reading and Conference
SPAN-4391 Special Topics
SPAN-4397 Internship
SPAN-4398 Honors Thesis
SPAN-4399 Honors Thesis
SPAN-4491 Special Topics
SPAN-4591 Special Topics
SPAN-4691 Special Topics
Chinese (CHIN)
CHIN-4591 Selected Topics
German Studies (GRST)
GRST-1414 Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages
Japanese (JAPN)
JAPN-1401 First-Year Japanese I
JAPN-1402 First-Year Japanese II
JAPN-2301 Second-Year Japanese I
JAPN-2302 Second-Year Japanese II


























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