Advising Sheets

Graduate Advising Sheets

Students are encouraged to review their Academic Advising sheet to identify the courses and exit requirements needed to complete their degree. Download your advising sheet to review your requirements and progress in the program:

Graduate course requirements for the MA in Languages and Cultures are as follow:

3 Core Courses (9 credits)

Three required core courses:

  • LNC 501 Linguistic Studies
  • LNC 502 Interpretive Strategies
  • LNC 503 Cultural Studies

6 Target-Language Courses (18 credits)

Select at least six courses in your target language: French, German, or Spanish.

French

  • French Culture
    • FRE 501 French Business Culture
    • FRE 504 Francophone Literature 
    • FRE 510 French Theater
    • FRE 512 French Narrative
    • FRE 513 French Poetics
    • FRE 514 Contemporary France
    • FRE 515 Francophone Civilization  
    • FRE 520 Topics in Francophone Literature: Québec
    • FRE 521 Topics in French Literature: Provence
    • FRE 522 Topics in French Literature
    • FRE 550 French Film Studies
  • French Communication
    • FRE 503 Oral Proficiency
    • FRE 505 Writing Proficiency
    • FRE 523 Translation Techniques

 

German

  • German Culture
    • GER 500 20th Century German Culture
    • GER 501 Post-Wall German Literature and Film
    • GER 504 Postwar German Literature and Film
    • GER 505 Survey of German Film
    • GER 508 Modern German Drama
    • GER 518 Contemporary German Literature
    • GER 522 Austrian Literature and Culture
    • GER 550 German Literary Genres
  • German Communication
    • GER 525 German Linguistics

 

Spanish

  • Spanish Culture
    • SPA 514 Contemporary Latin America
    • SPA 530 Spanish Comedia of the Golden Age
    • SPA 532 Spanish Literature of the Golden Age
    • SPA 533 Cervantes
    • SPA 536 The Generation of 1898
    • SPA 541 Colonial Latin America
    • SPA 542 Shaping National Identity in Latin America
    • SPA 543 Contemporary Latin American Literature
    • SPA 544 Latin American Theatre
    • SPA 545 Mapping Latin America: From Jungle to City
    • SPA 547 Hispanic Women Writers
    • SPA 549 Art and Culture of Spain
    • SPA 556 Graduate Seminar. Repeatable for credit. Topics vary according to the professor’s research area. Topics may include:
      • Extraction: Andes to the Amazon 
      • Hybrid Identities: 21st Century Transnational Cultures
      • Latin American Science Fiction
      • Memory Studies in 20th Century Fiction
      • Migrant Children: Latinx Literature and Culture
      • Spanish Youth Culture
      • The Taste of Poetry: Early Modern Poets, Poems and Poetics
      • The Utopian Impulse in Latin America
    • SPA 558 Violence in Latin American Cinema
    • SPA 559 Adaptation: Literature to Film in Latin America
    • SPA 560 Nobel Laureates in Hispanic Letters
  • Spanish Communication
    • SPA 510 Spanish Phonetics and Applied Linguistics
    • SPA 511 Spanish Through Time and Space
    • SPA 512 Advanced Grammar and Stylistics 
    • SPA 513 Living in Two Languages

 

2 Electives (6 credits)


Electives may include any two graduate courses from the following options:

  • Graduate courses in the target language from the Culture and/or Communication areas
  • LAN 500-level courses such as LAN 525 Internship in Foreign Languages (in your target language) or LAN 555 Computer Applications for Language Learning
  • Graduate course in another language (such as French or German)
  • Graduate courses in fields such as Education, ESL Certificate, Language Pedagogy, Latin American Philosophies of Education (LAPE Certificate), Linguistics, PA K-12 Certification courses, or others (consult with your Graduate Coordinator for additional options)
  • Pre-approved Study Abroad graduate courses