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Next: Classical Studies Up: Courses of Instruction Previous: Chemistry (CHE)
Classical and Modern Languages
Carol Lacy-Salazar (chair), Jan Boney, Charles Connell, Diane Crowder, Sally Farrington-Clute, John Gruber-Miller, Lynne Ikach, Renato Martinez
Foreign Study: All students are strongly urged to develop their language skills through a semester or year of studying abroad. The College offers opportunities to study the following languages abroad: Arabic (in Morocco), Czech (in Czechoslovakia), French (in Toulouse or Tours; Cameroon, Madagascar, or Geneva, Switzerland), German (in Berlin or Tübingen), Modern Greek (in Greece), Hindi or Marathi (in India, either in Pune or in Udaipur), Indonesian (in Bali), Italian (in Florence or Siena), Japanese (in Osaka or Tokyo), Mandarin or Cantonese (in China or Hong Kong), Nepali (in Kathmandu), Portuguese (in Brazil or a second program in Brazil), Russian (in Krasnodar, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, or Volgograd), Shona (in Zimbabwe), Spanish (in Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, or Spain), Swahili (in Kenya, either Coastal Studies, Upcountry, or Tanzania), Setswana (in Botswana), Thai (in Thailand), Tibetan (in India and Nepal), Vietnamese (in either Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City), and Yoruba (in Nigeria). See Off-Campus Programs. Also described there is the Department's Foreign Language Abroad Program (FLAP).
In addition, the Department offers one-term courses taught by Cornell faculty in Greece (CLA 381), Italy (CLA 382), Mexico (SPA 206 and 302), Quebec (FRE 206 and 302), Russia (RUS 384), and Spain (SPA 381).
Concentration: A flexible program leading to the B.S.S. or B.Ph. degree or to an interdisciplinary major may involve work in other departments as well as in languages. Suggested concentrations include comparative literature, history, philosophy, religion, period studies, contemporary culture, area studies, international relations, international business.
Courses in Translation: In order to introduce other cultures and literatures to students who have not had the opportunity to study the particular foreign languages, the Department offers the following courses in English translation. Such courses require no knowledge of the foreign language. A full description of each course is given under the appropriate language.
- CLA 203. Plato and the Origins of Western Educational Thought
- CLA 216. Classical Mythology
- CLA 364. Masterpieces of Greek and Roman Theatre
- CLA 372. Epic Tradition
- CLA 373. Love and Romance in Greece and Rome
- FRE 254. French Women Writers
- GER 281. Contemporary Central Europe
- RUS 281. Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization
- RUS 341. Classics of Russian Literature
- RUS 342. Dostoevsky and Tolstoy
- RUS 351. Modern Russian Literature
- SPA 345. Mexican Revolution in Fiction and History
- Classical Studies
- Modern Languages
- Language and Linguistics (LAL)
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
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