Courses

Experiential learning either in the business community or in university-sponsored programs outside the United States. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.

The general aim of this introductory-level course is to ground students in a basic understanding of the social, political, economic and cultural realities of language around the globe, including the importance of mastering one or more languages other than one's native tongue.

A survey of literature from Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Nineteenth- century Realism and Naturalism, and the Modern World, featuring selections in translation. Core course.

A survey of literature from the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, featuring selections in translation. Core Course.

This course is a survey of world literature from its inception to the mid-seventeenth century. Emphasis is placed on representative works and writers of this period and on the literary, cultural, historical, and philosophical forces that shaped these works and that are reflected in them.

This course surveys selected world masterpieces of literature–some in translation. Emphasis is placed on the ancient, medieval, and Renaissance periods.

This course is a study of the wide variety of literary works which appeals to adolescent and/ or adult readers from several nations, beginning with classical Greece and continuing through 20th century European, African, Latin American, and Asian works.

An introduction to the fiction and poetry of various world cultures, excluding British and major American writers.

An introduction to the fiction and poetry of various world cultures, excluding British and major American writers.

Survey of world literatures that tracks the development of literary themes and genres across diverse cultures beyond the U.S. and U.K., using the principles and practices of literary interpretation, research methodology, and other skills and terminology essential to the discipline.