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Next: Classical Languages Up: Courses of Instruction Previous: Chemistry (CHE)
Classical and Modern Languages
Jan Boney, Charles Connell, Diane Crowder,
Sally Farrington-Clute,
John Gruber-Miller,
Lynne Ikach (chair), Carol Lacy-Salazar, Marcela Ochoa
Adjunct Faculty/Academic Staff: Hernan Salazar
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 Olomuoc or Prague), Dutch (in Amsterdam), French (in Geneva, Toulouse(intensive study , or several African countries: Cameroon, Madagascar, Mali ), German (in Berlin), Modern Greek (on Lesvos), Hindi, Kannada, or Marathi (in India), Indonesian (in Bali), Italian (in Florence),(ACM or FLAP) Japanese (in Tokyo), Lugandu (in Uganda), Mandarin (in Kunming), Mongolian (in Ulaanbaatar), Nepali (in Kathmandu), Portuguese (in Brazil(Amazon or Fortaleza ), Russian (in Krasnodar), Samoan (in Samoa), Shona or Ndebele (in Zimbabwe(ACM or SIT) ), Spanish (in Central and South America or Spain), Setswana (in Botswana), Swahili (in Kenya(Coastal or Upcountry) or Tanzania(Coastal Ecology or Wildlife Ecology) ), Tibetan (in India or Nepal), Twi (in Ghana(Arts and Culture or Crossroads of the African Diaspora) ), Vietnamese (in Ho Chi Minh City), Xhosa (in Cape Town), and Zulu (in Durban). See Off-Campus Programs, especially SIT and ACM programs. Also described there is the Department's Foreign Language Abroad Program (FLAP), which covers programs abroad run by other institutions in modern languages taught at Cornell.
Cornell students also have the opportunity to study some less-widely taught languages during the summer at Beloit College.
In addition, the Department offers one-term courses taught by Cornell faculty in Germany (GER 281), Greece (CLA 381), Italy (CLA 382), Mexico (SPA 206, 302, and 303), Quebec (FRE 206 and 302), Russia (RUS 384), and Spain (SPA 303 and 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, and 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 216 Classical Mythology
- CLA 264 Women in Antiquity
- 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 Russian Literature, 1800-1880
- RUS 351 Russian Literature, 1880-1932
- RUS 355 Russian Literature, 1932-present
Subsections
- Classical Languages
- Modern Languages
- Language and Linguistics (LAL)
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
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