Language, Literature, and Culture Concentration (12-16 credits)

Learn a language at a high level and broaden your horizons as a globally adept engineer.

IDE students who wish to pursue the language, literature and culture concentration must already have fourth-semester-level proficiency in the chosen language. This may be demonstrated through a Foreign Language Assessment Test or by completing the equivalent of a fourth-semester CU course (e.g. SPAN2120 or SPAN2150). 

The Language, Literature, and Culture Concentration will consist of one of the following sets of options. Students may not pick and choose from among the different languages.

Combined, many of these courses support the pursuit of a language minor.

General Language Requirements
  • 3-5 credits upper division grammar content
  • 3 credits upper division literary content
  • 3 credits upper division cultural content
  • 3-5 credits upper division literary, cultural, or additional language content

take required course (3 credits)

Arabic Required Course

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Arabic 1

ARAB 3110

3 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses, three courses total (9 credits)

Arabic Literature Courses (choose 1)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

In the Footsteps of Travelers: Travel Writing in Arabic Literature

ARAB 3231

3 credits

The Arabic Novel 

ARAB 3330

3 credits
Arabic Culture Courses (choose 1)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Islamic Culture and the Iberian Peninsula

ARAB 3230

3 credits

Representing Islam

ARAB 3340

3 credits

Gender, Sexuality and Culture in the Modern Middle East

ARAB 3410

3 credits
Arabic Additional Courses (choose 1)

Additional Courses (choose 1)

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Arabic 2 

ARAB 3120

3 credits

Art in Islamic Cultures 

ARAB 3241

3 credits

Narrating the City: Literary Mappings of the Urban Landscape 

ARAB 3350

3 credits

Arabic Media 

ARAB 4250

3 credits

Additional course from Literature or Culture categories

various

3 credits
Chinese Required Course

Required course 

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Chinese 1

CHIN 3110

5 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses, three courses total (9 credits)

Chinese Literature Courses (choose 1)

Literature Course Namees

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Writing Topics on Chinese & Japanese Literature and Civilization

CHIN 3200

 3 credits

Chinese Narrative Tradition

CHIN 3334

 3 credits

Literary Culture in Contemporary China 

CHIN 3342

 3 credits

Women and the Supernatural in Chinese Literature 

CHIN 3361

 3 credits
Chinese Culture Courses (choose 1)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

The Dao and the World in Medieval China

CHIN 3311

3 credits

Literature and Popular Culture in Modern China

CHIN 3341

3 credits

Topics in Chinese Film

CHIN 3371

3 credits
Chinese Additional Courses (choose 1)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Chinese 2

CHEN 3120

5 credits

Culture and Literature of Ancient China

CHIN 3321

3 credits

Culture and Literature of Late Imperial China

CHIN 3331

3 credits

Reality and Dream in Traditional Chinese Literature

CHIN 3351

3 credits

Additional course from Literature or Culture categories

various

3 credits
French required courses

Course names

Course codes

Credits

French Composition 1 or French Composition 2

FREN 3050 or FREN 3060

3 credits

Introduction to Critical Reading and Writing in French Literature

FREN 3100

3 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses, two courses total (6 credits)

French Literature Courses (choose 1)

 Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Main Currents of French Literature 1

FREN 3110

3 credits

Introduction to Literary Theory and Advanced Critical Analysis

FREN 3200

3 credits

French Current Events: Conversation and Composition

FREN 3500)

3 credits

Business French 1

FREN 3600

3 credits

Francophone Literature

FREN 4170

3 credits

Medieval and Renaissance Readings

FREN 4250

3 credits

Theatre and Modernity in 17th Century France

FREN 4300

3 credits

Moliere and 17th Century French Comedy

FREN 4330

3 credits

French Enlightenment

FREN 4350

3 credits

Survey of 19th Century French Literature

FREN 4430

3 credits

20th Century French Theatre and Poetry

FREN 4470

3 credits

20th Century French Novel

FREN 4480

3 credits

Postmodernist French Novel in Translation

FREN 4800

3 credits
French Culture Courses (choose 1)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

French Culture Through Fashion

FREN 3300

3 credits

Culture, Performance and Development in Dakar, Senegal

FREN 3400

3 credits

French-American Cultural Differences

FREN 3700

3 credits

France and the Muslim World

FREN 3800

3 credits

Topics in French Film

FREN 4600

3 credits

Encountering Animals: contemporary Discourse and the Dialog of Species

FREN 4700

3 credits

War, Trauma, and Memory: Amnesias, Revisions, and Representations of Traumatic History 

FREN 4860

3 credits
German Required Course

Course name

Course codes

Credits

Advanced German 1

GRMN 3010

3 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)

German Literature (choose one course)

Course names

Course codes

Credits

Literature in the Age of Goethe

GRMN 3502

3 credits

German Film Through World War II

GRMN 3503

3 credits

Dada and Surrealist Literature 

GRMN 3702

3 credits

Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School

GRMN 4051

3 credits

Sex, Love and Marriage in Literature and Philosophy 

GRMN 4231

3 credits

Seminar: Literature in Cultural Context

GRMN 4501

3 credits

Nietzsche: Literature and Values

GRMN 4502

3 credits

Goethe's Faust

GRMN 4504

3 credits
German Culture Courses (choose one)

Course names

Course codes

Credits

The Enlightenment: Tolerance and Emancipation

GRMN 3505

 3 credits

German Film and Society 1945-1989

GRMN 3513

3 credits

German Film & Society After 1989 

GRMN 3514

3 credits

Politics and Culture in Berlin 1900-1933 

GRMN 3802)

3 credits

Gender, Race and Immigration in Germany and Europe

GRMN 4301

3 credits
German Additional Courses (choose one course)

Additional courses (Choose one course)

Course codes

Credits

Advanced German 2

GRMN 3020

3 credits

Business German

GRMN 3030

3 credits

The German-Jewish Experience: From the Enlightenment to the Present 

GRMN 3501

3 credits

Topics in German Film

GRMN 3504

3 credits

Tracing the Criminal: Crime in 19th Century Society and Culture

GRMN 3506

3 credits

German Women Writers

GRMN 3601

3 credits

Marxism

GRMN 4251

3 credits

Nietzsche: Literature and Values

GRMN 4502

3 credits

Additional course from Literature or Culture categories

various

3 credits
Required Hebrew Class

Course name

Course codes

Credits

Third Year Modern Hebrew, first semester

HEBR 3010

3 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)

Hebrew Literature

Course Name

Course codes

Credits

Israeli Literature: Exile, Nation, Home 

JWST 4203

3 credits
Hebrew Culture (choose one course)

Course names

Course codes

Credits

History of Arab-Israeli Conflict 

JWST 3650

3 credits

Anthropology of Jews and Judaism (Cultures of Israel and Palestine) 

JWST 4050

3 credits

 

Hebrew Culture Courses (choose one)

Course names

Course codes

Credits

Third Year Modern Hebrew, Second Semester 

HEBR 3020

3 credits

Global Seminar: Justice, Human Rights and Democracy in Israel 

JWST 4302

3 credits

History of Modern Israel/Palestine 

JWST 4338

3 credits

Topics in Jewish History (Childhood in Modern Israel/Palestine)

JWST 4348

3 credits

Topics in Jewish History (Tel Aviv: Urban History and Culture)

JWST 4348

3 credits

Additional course from Culture category

various

3 credits

 

Required Hindu/Urdu Courses

Course names

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Hindi 1

HIND 3110

 3 credits

South Asian Diasporas: Imagining Home Abroad 

HIND 3661

3 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (6 credits)

Hindu/Urdu Literature (choose one course)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Living Indian Epics: The Ramayana and the Mahabharata in the Modern Political Imagination

HIND 3651

3 credits

Devotional Literature in South Asia 

HIND 3851

3 credits
Hindu/Urdu Culture (choose one course)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Screening India: A History of Bollywood Cinema

HIND 3441

3 credits

The Power of the Word: Subversive and Censored 20th Century Indo-Pakistani Literature

HIND 3811

3 credits

The Many Faces of Krishna in South Asia Literature and Culture

HIND 3831

3 credits
Italian Required Courses

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Composition 1 

ITAL 3015

 3 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)

Italian Literature (choose one course)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Once Upon a Time in Italy

ITAL 4600

 3 credits

Literary and Artistic Cultures in Italy 1: 1200-1800 

ITAL 3160

3 credits

Literary and Artistic Cultures in Italy 2: 1800-1900 

ITAL 3150

3 credits

Italian Theatre 

ITAL 4500

3 credits

Literary and Artistic Cultures in Italy 3: 1900-present

ITAL 3140

3 credits
Italian Culture Courses (choose one)

Course names

Course codes

Credits

Italian Conversation Through Cinema  

ITAL 3040

3 credits

Contemporary Italian Culture, Politics, and the Media 

ITAL 4030

3 credits

Topics in Italian Culture and Civilization from the Origins through the Renaissance 

ITAL 4200

3 credits

History of Modern Italy  

ITAL 4250

3 credits

Multiculturalism in Italy

ITAL 4300

 3 credits

Italian Feminisms: Culture, Theory, and Narratives of Difference 

ITAL 4730

3 credits
Additional Italian Courses (choose one course)

Course names

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Composition 2 

ITAL 3025 

3 credits

Business Italian Style

ITAL 4040

3 credits

The Age of Dante: Readings from The Divine Comedy 

ITAL 4140

3 credits

The Age of Dante in Italian

ITAL 4145

3 credits

Visualizing Dante's Inferno: A Global Seminar in Florence Italy

ITAL 4147

3 credits

Boccaccio's Decameron: Tales of Sex and Death in the Middle Ages

ITAL 4150

3 credits

Mafia and Terrorism: Organized Violence in Italy

ITAL 4260

3 credits

Topics in Italian Cinema

ITAL 4280

3 credits

Italian Culture Through Cinema

ITAL 4290

3 credits

From Wops to Dons to Movers and Shakers: The Italian-American Experience

ITAL 4350

3 credits

Languages Internship for Professions

ITAL 4930

3 credits

Italian Senior Honors Thesis

ITAL 4980

3 credits

Senior Seminar

ITAL 4990

 3 credits

Additional course from Literature or Culture categories

various

3 credits
Japanese Required Course

Course Name

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Japanese 1

JPNS 3110

 5 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)

Japanese Literature (choose one course)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Writing Topics on Chinese & Japanese Literature and Civilization

JPNS 3200

3 credits

Japanese Colonial and Transnational Literature 

JPNS 3311

3 credits

Love, Death, and Desire: Classical Japanese Literature in Translation

JPNS 3811

3 credits

Travel and Travel Writing in Japanese Literature and Culture

JPNS 3891

 3 credits

Critical Theory and Japanese Literature and Culture

JPNS 4400

3 credits
Japanese Culture Courses (choose one course)

Course names

Course codes

Credits

Tradition and Transgression: Modern Japanese Literature in Translation

JPNS 3841

3 credits

Studies in Japanese Popular Culture 

JPNS 3851

3 credits

Imagining the Samurai in Japanese Literature and Culture

JPNS 3861

3 credits

Horror and the Macabre in Japanese Literature, Film, Culture

JPNS 3871

3 credits

Environment, Nature and Disaster in Japanese Literature and Culture

JPNS 3881

3 credits
Japanese Additional Courses (choose one course)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Japanese 2 

JPNS 3120

5 credits

Fantasy and Sci-Fi in Japanese Literature, Film and Culture

JPNS 3321

3 credits

From Rebellion to Calamity: Contemporary Japanese Literature in Translation

JPNS 3511

3 credits

Monsters, Monks, and Mayhem: Medieval Japanese Literature in Translation 

JPNS 3821

3 credits

The Floating World of Play and Passion: Early Modern Japanese Literature in Translation 

JPNS 3831

3 credits

Additional course from Literature or Culture categories

various

3 credits
Required Korean Courses

Course names

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Korean 1

KREN 3110

 5 credits

Modern Korean Literature in English Translation 

KREN 3841

3 credits

Film and Korean Culture 

KREN 2441

3 credits

Studies in Korean Popular Culture

KREN 3851

3 credits
Portuguese Required Courses

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Advanced Portuguese Language Skills 

PORT 3003

3 credits

Transatlantic Relations in the Portuguese Speaking World 

PORT 3230 

3 credits

Brazilian Literature 

PORT 4110

3 credits

Literature of the Portuguese Speaking World 

PORT 4150

3 credits
Russian Required Course

Required Course

Course Codes

Credits

Third-Year Russian 1 

RUSS 3010

4 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for three courses total (9 credits)

Russian Literature (choose one course)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature

RUSS 4811

3 credits

Twentieth-Century Russian Literature & Art

RUSS 4821

3 credits
Russian Culture Courses (choose one)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

 

Introduction to Russian Culture

RUSS 2211

3 credits

 

Introduction to Modern Russian Culture

RUSS 2221

3 credits

 

Russian Culture Past & Present

RUSS 3601

 3 credits

offered abroad only
Russian Additional Courses (choose one course)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Third-Year Russian 2

RUSS 3020

4 credits

History of Russian Cinema

RUSS 3211

3 credits

Contemporary Issues in Russian Film 

RUSS 3301

3 credits

Russian Culture Past & Present

RUSS 3601

3 credits 

Slavic Folk Culture: Ideals & Values in the Contemporary World

RUSS 3701

3 credits

American-Russian Cultural Relations

RUSS 4301

 3 credits

Women in 20th Century Russian Culture

RUSS 4471

3 credits

19th Century Russian Literature

RUSS 4811

3 credits

20th Century Russian Literature & Art

RUSS 4821

3 credits

Contemporary Russian Literature 

RUSS 4831

 3 credits

Additional course from Literature or Culture categories

various

3 credits
Spanish Required Courses

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Literary Analysis 

SPAN 3100

3 credits

Advanced Spanish Grammar

SPAN 3120

3 credits

Take elective courses, choosing one from each set of courses for two courses total (6 credits)

Spanish Literature (choose one course)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Major Trends & Works of Modern & Contemporary Spanish American Literature: 1898-Present

SPAN 4180

 3 credits

Special Topics in Spanish and/or Spanish American Literature

SPAN 4220

3 credits
Spanish Culture (choose one course)

Course Names

Course codes

Credits

Notes

Spanish Culture

SPAN 3200

3 credits

 

Latin American Culture: Spanish America & Brazil

SPAN 3220

3 credits

 

Late 19th & 20th Century Argentine Narrative

SPAN 3260

3 credits 

offered abroad only

Barcelona: Understanding Local & Immigrant Cultures

SPAN 3270

 3 credits

offered abroad only