African and Asian Languages and Literatures
Credits: 3.
A general education course similar in philosophy and purpose to the basic sequence. Content selected from the philosophies, literature, arts and music of various African countries and regions. (H, N)
HUM 2424 African Cultures and Literatures
Credits: 3.
A culturally based study of folktales, proverbs, drama, poetry and novels - and how these forms are used to portray African arts and ideas. (H, N)
Credits: 3.
The role of language in the development of African societies. Language and nation building. (S, N)
Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: department permission.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course.
SSA 4930 Special Topics in African Studies
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
Variable topics course dealing with specific issues in African studies.
SST 2501 African Elements in the Americas
Credits: 3.
Traces African influence in the Americas from the arrival of Africans on the continent until the present.
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
Provides an overview of African oral literature, introduces methodological and theoretical problems, and examines the socio-political and cultural relevance of the literature.
Akan Language
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5; Prereq: AKA 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: AKA 1131 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: AKA 2200 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study.
Credits: 3; Prereq: AKA 2201 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 3; Prereq: AKA 3410 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continuation of advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Amharic Language
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, AHM 1131, constitute the beginning sequence in Amharic covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5; Prereq: AHM 1130 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: AHM 1131 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: AHM 2200 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: AHM 2201 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 3; Prereq: AHM 3410 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continuation of advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Arabic Language and Literature
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
A survey of classical Arabic literature in translation. The course covers pre-Islamic poetry and early Islamic poetry, Omayyad, Abbasid and Andalusian literatures. All readings in English. (H, N) (WR)
Credits: 3.
Introduction to Arabic culture with special reference to art, literature, religion and society. Emphasis on Arab contributions to philosophy, medicine, mathematics and architecture. All readings in English. (H, N) (WR)
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, ARA 1131, constitute the beginning sequence in Arabic covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5; Prereq: ARA 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 4; Prereq: ARA 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of the study of standard Arabic language. Course develops reading, writing, listening and speaking skills and helps students with comprehension of written and audio texts. Students can use their knowledge of the Arabic language to clearly express their personal views in a meaningful and well-structured language.
Credits: 4; Prereq: ARA 2220 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continues the study of Arabic language at the intermediate level, building on ARA 2220. Emphasis is on developing reading comprehension, writing, listening and speaking, as well as vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARA 2221 with a grade C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARA 3410 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 3.
Examines the role and status of Arab women in their respective societies. The course will examine the internal dynamic of Arab culture that influences the role of the Arab woman. (H, N, S) (WR)
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARA 3411 or the equivalent.
Development to an advanced level of speaking, hearing, reading and writing of spoken and mass communication and literary Arabic. (H, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: ARA 4400 or the equivalent.
Continuation of ARA 4400. Development of a more advanced level of speaking, hearing, reading and writing of spoken and mass communication and literary Arabic.(H, N)
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits. Prereq: ARA 3411 or the equivalent.
This course is intended for advanced students of Arabic. Its purpose is to teach the more complex grammar, idiomatic expressions and sophisticated stylistic forms of the language. Required for the Arabic minor.
Credits: 3. Prereq: ARA 1131 or LIN 3010.
This course describes and analyzes the sound system, word structure, and sentence structure of Arabic.
Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: instructor permission.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course.
Credits: 3; Prereq: one year of Hebrew or equivalent, one year of Arabic or equivalent, LIN 3010 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
One of the core courses in the Middle Eastern languages and cultures major offered through interdisciplinary studies. This course, however, is also useful for students in linguistics, religion, Arabic, Hebrew and Jewish studies.
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Chinese Language and Literature
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Course materials are designed for learners with no prior exposure to the language. Students with native background or education for four years or more in a Chinese speaking country must take a placement test before enrolling in any Chinese language class.
Credits: 5; Prereq: CHI 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 5; Prereq: CHI 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 5; Prereq: CHI 2230 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
CHI 2340 Chinese for Heritage Learners 1
Credits: 4.
For students with significant bilingual speaking and listening backgrounds. Emphasis is on recognition of the characters and writing, and pronunciation and speaking.
CHI 2341 Chinese for Heritage Learners 2
Credits: 4.
To consolidate the foundation that students have built in Chinese for Heritage Learners 1, to expand their vocabulary and to introduce them to more complex grammatical structures. Emphasis is on reading and writing. Students who successfully complete this course are eligible for CHI 3410.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHI 2231 or JPN 2231, or instructor permission.
Introductory study of the origin, composition, development, variations and aesthetic styles of Chinese characters with laboratory sessions for appreciating and practicing calligraphic skills. (H, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHI 2231 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures. (S, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHI 3410 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures. (S, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: completion of second-year Chinese required, or by permission.
Development of language skills and protocol issues used in Chinese business environments. Students will acquire vocabulary, phrases and sentence patterns essential for business transactions and develop oral presentations, business cards and resumes.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHI 1131 with a grade of C or better or LIN 3010, or instructor permission.
Introduction to phonological, grammatical and discourse structures of Mandarin Chinese, with an emphasis on its contrastive aspects with the English language. (S, N)
Credits: 1 to 5; can be repeated with a change in content up to 10 credits.
Includes all individual study courses offered by the Chinese section.
CHI 4930 Special Topics in Chinese Studies
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits.
Proseminar of variable content providing in-depth study of special topics in Chinese studies.
Credits: 3; Prereq: 3.5 GPA or better and instructor permission.
Student selects a Chinese faculty member to act as director for an independent research project that culminates in the preparation of an honors thesis.
Credits: 1 to 6.
Students gain practical experience to enhance their classroom learning.
Credits: 3.
An introduction to pre-modern Chinese literature in translation. Topics chosen from classical poetry, short stories, novels and drama. Emphasis is on the interplay between orthodox values and the folk tradition. All readings in English. (H, N) (WR)
CHT 3123 Pre-Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation
Credits: 3.
Pre-modern Chinese narrative from its philosophical and historical origins to the fiction at the turn of the 20th century. Emphasis will be on the 16th and 17th centuries when Chinese vernacular fiction flourished. (H, N)
CHT 3124 Modern Chinese Fiction in Translation
Credits: 3.
A survey of modern Chinese fiction in translation. Samples are from the early 20th century through the contemporary era and include writers of the early Republic, the P.R.C. and Taiwan. Focus is on fiction as a vehicle for social change. All readings in English.(H, N) (WR)
Credits: 3.
Introduction to Chinese culture with emphasis on its philosophy, language, society, art and people as a whole. All readings in English. (H, N)
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the general history and culture of Taoism in ancient and modern China: its thoughts, belief systems, cultural influences, practices and rituals.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHI 3500 or CHT 3110, or instructor permission.
Explores the intellectual and social life of traditional China through the 18th century epic novel, Story of the Stone. Interpretive theories of the novel, both Chinese and Western, will also be studied. All readings in English. (H, N, S) (WR)
CHT 4122 Religious Dimensions of Late Imperial Chinese Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission; Coreq: CHI 3500 recommended.
Religious themes, sentiments and assumptions in late imperial Chinese literature in translation.
Credits: 3; Prereq: one course in Chinese culture or instructor permission.
Exploration of traditional Chinese religious culture, cultural history and literacy expression through a 100-chapter novel known as Journey to the West, or Monkey.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHI 2231 with a grade of C or better, or instructor permission.
Introduction to classical Chinese prose with texts drawn mainly from early histories and philosophical writings (500 BC - AD 100). Emphasis on reading comprehension, grammar analysis and translation.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHW 4120 or instructor permission.
Continuation of CHW 4120 focusing on classical Chinese prose with texts drawn from early historical and philosophical texts to belles lettres of the medieval era and later periods. Emphasis on reading comprehension, grammar analysis and translation.
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits. Prereq: CHI 3410 or the equivalent.
The course introduces advanced language students to a sampling of Chinese writers. Materials chosen from classic or modern/contemporary Chinese literature rotated across semesters. All readings in Chinese. (H, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: CHI 3410 or instructor permission.
Development of ability to understand and translate the documentary prose style used in Chinese newspapers and academic journals. Introduces literary function words and grammar structures, with comparison to the vernacular. Most readings in the simplified character form used in the PRC; all readings in Chinese. Applications for research on modern China.
Czech Language and Culture
CZE 1130 Introduction to Czech Language and Culture 1
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, CZE 1131, offer a comprehensive introduction to Czech, using interactive methods to develop competence in speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural interaction.
CZE 1131 Introduction to Czech Language and Culture 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: CZE 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or its equivalent.
Continuation of a comprehensive introduction to Czech, using interactive methods to develop competence in speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural interaction.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CZE 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or its equivalent.
This course is designed to build reading and writing skills while continuing to develop conversational ability and listening comprehension. Using a communicative approach, this course will also offer an overview of Czech grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CZE 2200 with a grade of C or better, or S, or its equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study. Goal is to further develop student's speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CZE 2201.
Instruction in Czech language, culture, history, politics and contemporary daily life.
Credits: 3; Prereq: CZE 3400.
Continuation of instruction in Czech language, culture, history, politics and contemporary daily life.
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
Readings and discussion in advanced topics of Czech studies.
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved study abroad program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Credits: 4.
Examination of principal developments and major directions of modern Czech cinema with emphasis placed on the visual and narrative techniques that distinguish Czech cinema from Hollywood and other national cinema. (H, N) (WR)
CZT 3564 Modern Czech Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Overview of Czech literature, film, music, pop culture and visual arts as they were shaped by the events from 1918 to the present. (H, N)
CZT 3930 Special Topics in Czech Studies
Credits: 3 to 4; can be repeated with a change in content up to 12 credits.
Variable topics in Czech literature, culture and society. Course taught in English.
Dutch Language
The 10-credit language requirement can be fulfilled by the sequence DUT 1130 and 1131.
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, DUT 1131, constitute the basic sequence in Dutch for the development of overall skill in the language.
Credits: 5; Prereq: DUT 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of the basic sequence in Dutch for the development of overall skill in the language.
French Language, Literature and Culture
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, FRE 1131, constitute the basic sequence in French for the development of overall skill in the language. Open to students with little or no background in French.
Credits: 5; Prereq: FRE 1130 or FRE 1180 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent as proven by placement test score.
Continuation of the the basic sequence in French for the development of overall skill in the language.
FRE 1180 Elementary French: Review and Progress
Credits: 3.
For students who have previous experience in French but who are not yet prepared for advanced elementary work in the language. FRE 1180 confirms overall skill in the language and prepares students for FRE 1131.
FRE 1182 Preparation for Intermediate French
Credits: 3; Prereq: Not for students with FRE 1180 or FRE 1115 credits.
Alternative to FRE 1131 for students who have had four years of high school French or equivalent, but whose placement scores are not high enough for FRE 2200. This course combines the material of FRE 1130 and 1131 in one semester. Course meets three times per week. FRE 2200 follows this course in the sequence.
Credits: 4; Prereq: FRE 1131 or FRE 1182.
Devoted to grammar review and composition as well as to the advancement of spoken proficiency, this course and its sequel, 2221, develop reading and writing skills in French.
Credits: 4; Prereq: FRE 2200.
Continued grammar review. Emphasizes practice in reading and developing vocabulary as well as improving spoken proficiency. Selected readings in French and Francophone fiction.
FRE 2242 Intermediate French Conversation 1
Credits: 2; Coreq: FRE 2200.
Develops conversational skills.
FRE 2243 Intermediate French Conversation 2
Credits: 2.
Continuation of the series to develop conversational skills. (H, N)
Credits: 6; Prereq: FRE 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent as proven by placement test score.
An immersion language course integrating the experience, observations and impressions of students living abroad with a French family (site announced annually). Emphasis on development of language proficiency and cultural awareness. Class meets 12 hours a week. The course enhances speaking, reading, writing proficiency and the ability to communicate with native speakers.
FRE 3070 Accelerated Introduction to French
Credits: 5.
An accelerated introduction to French. Assumes no previous knowledge of French. Offers a four-skill introduction to the language for those who have completed intermediate level study in another Romance language.
Credits: 1 to 5; can be repeated with a change in content up to 5 credits. Prereq: FRE 2242 or instructor permission; 3 credits can count toward the major or minor.
French-language reading and discussion section designed to accompany and complement courses of diverse content offered in other departments. Readings and discussions will be in French to develop specific vocabulary and fluency related to the content of the companion course, as well as to provide students an international perspective on the issues of the main course. (N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 2274 or AP score of 5, IB score of 6 or SAT2 score of 700 and above. First course of major sequence.
Systematic examination of French grammar. Practice of writing at several levels (summary of texts, descriptions, compositions). Textual analysis of literary and journalistic materials.
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3300 or the equivalent.
Develops advanced writing skills through the stylistic study of literary and journalistic texts. Writing assignments will focus on development of a variety of skills, including summaries, literary analyses, argumentative essays, etc. Aspects of French grammar will be highlighted along with analytical terms and key vocabulary from texts.
Credits: 2; Prereq: FRE 2201.
Develops and refines oral and comprehension skills relating to different domains. New vocabulary ranging from the colloquial to the most refined of discourses allows students to recognize and use words and expressions in the proper context; course material allows students to move from discussions about themselves to situations they are likely to encounter in daily life abroad, through interviewing techniques and professional interaction.
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 2201 or the equivalent.
Introduction to business practices in France with particular emphasis on active use of business vocabulary and salient cultural differences. Major topics include written business communication, financial institutions, trade and advertising. (S, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3300 or instructor permission.
Continues the acquisition of business language with special attention paid to technical readings, marketing, case studies and the role of France in the European Union. Emphasis is also placed on oral communication skills and contrasting U.S. and French business culture.
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 2201 or the equivalent.
A study of France within context of the principal historical events that have formed and transformed the nation state, its mentality and its cultural production. Special attention is given to the significant political, intellectual, religious, social and artistic currents that have marked France and its image from ancient times to the present. (H, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 2201 or the equivalent.
A study of the cultures of countries or regions where French is used as the (or one of the) official language(s) or, in a less official capacity, by a segment of the population. Study of some of the historical, conceptual, practical and problematic aspects of Francophonie. The course also concentrates on one specific area (the Caribbean or West Africa or Quebec, etc., on a rotating basis). Literary samples are included.(H, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 2201 or the equivalent.
An overview of contemporary France that may include the study of politics, economics, education and the arts as well as ideas of national and ethnic identity and France's place in the EU. (H, N)
Credits: 2; Prereq: FRE 2201 or the equivalent.
A survey of the units of speech cast in practical terms and organized by classes of sounds with particular emphasis on rhythm, vowels, nasalization, diphthongs and the complex phenomena that occur at word transitions in French. The course is taught in French, in an audio laboratory, with the instructor as monitor and with a manual designed for individualized instruction.
Credits: 2; Prereq: FRE 3410 or the equivalent.
Oral practice with emphasis on the structure of oral communication and oral presentation. Students learn to utilize organizational frames, highlight transitions and make their oral reports clear and accessible. Speech acts and alternative options in communication are given ample attention. Especially useful to persons planning to use French in a variety of professions.
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 or instructor permission.
Advanced writing course that provides a systematic study (or review) of French syntax, vocabulary and style with the help of drill sessions. The course also may include some training in literary translation. A number of quizzes and written compositions.
FRE 4780 Introduction to French Phonetics and Phonology
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320; LIN 3010 recommended.
An introduction to French phonological processes, providing explanatory evidence for the production of speech sounds, for the classification of sounds, for their interrelationship with one another (gliding, nasalization, assimilation), for morphological and syllable structure, for specifically French phenomena such as liaison, elision, final consonant drop, schwa drop, and for the relationship of morphology to phonology, especially in the verb system.
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320; LIN 3010 recommended.
Sociolinguistic issues in the French-speaking world: language variation, discourse analysis, attitudes toward varieties of French and contact with speakers of other languages.
FRE 4850 Introduction to the Structure of French
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320; LIN 3010 recommended.
Explores the French language as a system of communication and mental representation. This course analyzes the morphological, syntactic and semantic aspects of contemporary French, and emphasizes the historical, psychological and sociological dimension of linguistic investigation.
Credits: 1 to 4; Prereq: department permission; only three credits can count toward the minor or major.
For advanced major and minors who seek independent work not offered in another course. Must be arranged individually with French faculty.
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: 3.5 minimum GPA.
Directed research leading to a 30-40 page essay on a topic approved by the thesis director; registration for two semesters is highly recommended. The course is not a substitute for a required course in the French major.
FRE 4930 Revolving Topics in French Studies
Credits: 1 to 5; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits. Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
Variable topics course dealing with specific issues in French studies.
Credits: 1 to 18; can be repeated with a change in content up to 18 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Credits: 3.
Selected readings in English translation of major works of French literature. Designed for students with no knowledge of French; not for credit in the major. (H, N) (WR)
FRT 2930 Special Topics in French Literature and Culture
Credits: 3.
Rotating topics in French literature and culture, taught in English.
Credits: 4-8; can be repeated with a change in content up to 8 credits.
A critical, theoretical and historical study of French cinema. Topics vary from year to year and will be announced. Past courses introduced the study of key directors, 1930s cinema, nostalgia and masculinity in 1980s films, World War II cinema, Colonial and Postcolonial cinema. The class is open to French majors and non-majors and is taught in English. Topics may vary. (H, N)
FRT 3561 Women in French Literature and/or Cinema
Credits: 3 to 4.
Introduction to the rich heritage of feminist traditions in France and Francophone countries through an exploration of women writers and thinkers (filmmakers, theorists), primarily of the 19th and 20th centuries. Selected topics include L'écriture féminine (Writing the Feminine), autobiographical writing by French and Francophone women, women in French cinema and representations of women in French film and literature. Students will read, discuss and analyze a broad spectrum of primary and secondary sources from a feminist viewpoint. (H, N, S)
FRT 4523 European Identities, European Cinemas
Credits: 4.
Provides knowledge of different cultures, languages and identities that make up contemporary European cinemas.
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 18 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
A rotating topics course that provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
FRW 3100 Introduction to French Literature 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 2201 or the equivalent.
Overview of French Medieval, Renaissance and classical literature and culture. Acquaints students with major literary, intellectual and historical trends through study of representative works from each period. Emphasis is placed on close reading of texts to train students to read critically and to familiarize them with major authors, genres and interpretations. (H, N)
FRW 3101 Introduction to French Literature 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 2201 or the equivalent.
Selected readings of outstanding authors of prose fiction, poetry and theatre from the 18th to the 20th century. Provides the historical context for major literary movements and authors, and trains students to read and write critically. The course is generally organized thematically. (H, N)
FRW 3282 Modern French Prose of Provencal Inspiration
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 2200 or instructor permission.
Through a selection of texts by authors such as Alphonse Daudet, Marcel Pagnol, Jean Giono and Henri Bosco, students will receive a progressive initiation to regional literature, and site visits will allow students to better understand the literary inspiration behind Provencal literature.
FRW 3930 Rotating Topics in French and Francophone Literature
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits. Prereq: FRE 3320 or instructor permission.
Variable topics course dealing with specific issues in French and Francophone studies.
FRW 4212 Readings in 17th Century French Prose
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
Selected readings with an emphasis on the history of ideas, the moralistes and culture in the early modern period. Texts include Descartes, Cyrano de Bergerac, Pascal, Fontenelle, La Rochefoucauld, La Fayette, La Bruyère and Sévigné.
FRW 4273 Readings in 18th Century French Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
Rotating topics course exploring the fiction, theatre or intellectual prose of the Enlightenment. Special emphasis placed on the cultural climate and productions of the Ancient Régime.
FRW 4281 Readings in the 20th Century French Novel
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
Examination of representative novels in 20th-century French literature from Proust to the New Novel and beyond. Emphasis may include study of genre, narrative techniques, literary modernism and major themes. Course combines an historical approach with close textual readings. Authors frequently studied include Proust, Gide, Malraux, Céline, Camus, Sartre, Robbe-Grillet, Butor, Sarraute and Duras.
FRW 4310 Seventeenth-Century French Drama
Credits: 3.
Theory and practice of dramaturgy in the classical period as reflected in plays of Corneille, Molière and Racine. Close textual analysis to disengage aesthetic and ideological problematics posed by each play.
FRW 4324 Readings in 20th Century French Theatre
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
A study of selected plays (by Jarry, Claudel, Giraudoux, Camus, Anouilh, Ghelderode, Beckett, Ionesco, Genet, etc.), dramatic techniques and the evolution of modern French theatre as a genre.
FRW 4350 Modern French Poetry from Baudelaire to the Present
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
Course combines an historical approach with close readings of poetic texts. It also introduces students to a number of theoretical and critical writings. Although traditional poetic texts will be studied, students are also presented with the works of less frequently taught poets.
Credits: 4; Prereq: FRE 3300.
A critical and historical study of the representation of gender and ethnicity in French cinema.
FRW 4532 Survey of French Romantic Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
A rotating topics course tracing the development and the main tenets of 19th-century French Romanticism. Course concentrates on various themes and genres, including poetry, theater and the novel as well as the socio-economic and cultural matrices that fostered the movement. Emphasizes the relationship between literature and the visual arts, constructions of gendered, cultural and artistic subjectivities, exoticism (spatial, temporal and mystical voyages) and representations of Paris and French society. Beginning with pre-Romantic authors, the course moves on to Lamartine, Stendhal, Hugo, Vigny, Balzac, Sand, Musset, Desbordes-Valmore, Nerval and Baudelaire.
FRW 4552 Introduction to Realism and Naturalism
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
A rotating topics course tracing the development and the main tenets of latter 19th-century literary, artistic and cultural productions. Course concentrates on various themes and genres, including poetry, theatre and the novel as well as the socio-economic and cultural matrices that fostered movements arising between 1850 and the fin de siècle. Specific attention may be devoted to definitions of Realism, Naturalism and Symbolism; representations of modern life and the industrialization of the literary market; the infiltration of scientific and mechanistic thought into literary productions (poetry or prose); and representations of women and the female body, of Paris and Parisian society.
FRW 4762 Readings in Francophone Literatures and Cultures (excluding the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa)
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits. Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
Rotating topics in the literatures and cultures of the Francophone world, including North America (Quebec), Europe (Belgium, Switzerland and regional France), Asia (Vietnam, Indian Ocean) and the Middle East.
FRW 4770 African and Caribbean Literatures
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
The production of Sub-Saharan African writers from its inception to the present through examination of representative works and figures, genres (epics, poetry, drama, novels), discourses and critics that inform the productions. Particular attention is paid to historical, political and cultural issues that figure in the development and orientation of African literature in French. Occasional inclusion of Caribbean literature for purpose of comparison.
FRW 4822 Introduction to French Critical Theory
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101, or the equivalent.
Review and comparative analysis of approaches to literature from Romanticism to Deconstructionism. Reading and writing are examined through the eyes of Sainte-Beuve, Taine, Lanson, Bachelard, the Geneva School, Ricoeur, Bataille, Blanchot, Barthes, Foucault, Genette, Lacan, Kristeva, Todorov, Derrida and others.
FRW 4932 Senior Seminar in French Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: FRE 3320 and FRW 3100 or 3101.
A rotating topics course for French majors and minors in the senior year. Topics rotate given research interests or field of specialization of the teaching faculty. Recent topics have included La Poésie du Voyage; L'Ecriture Féminine; Le Discontinu chez La Rochefoucauld et La Bruyére; Charles Baudelaire: poète/critique de la vie moderne; Qu'est-ce que la Révolte?
German Language, Literature and Culture
The 10-credit language requirement can be fulfilled by three sequences: GER 1120, 1101 and 1104; GER 1125 and 1126; or GER 1130 and 1131.
Credits: 3. Prereq: GER 1120 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
This course and its sequel, GER 1104, continue the basic sequence in German for the development of overall skill in the language.
Credits: 3. Prereq: GER 1120 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Final course in the basic sequence in German for the development of overall skill in the language.
Credits: 4.
This course and its sequels, GER 1101 and GER 1104, constitute the basic sequence in German for the development of overall skill in the language.
Credits: 5.
The first semester of a two-semester sequence that includes GER 1126. In this innovative online course, students will acquire basic skills in the German language and use the Internet as a resource to explore aspects of German culture and everyday life.
Credits: 5; Prereq: GER 1125.
Continuation of GER 1125. Students will continue acquiring basic skills in the German language using the Internet to explore aspects of German culture and everyday life.
Credits: 5; no previous knowledge of German required.
This course and its sequel, GER 1131, emphasize spoken German. Reading, writing and grammar are also included in the program. Communication in German is enhanced by the use of multimedia and regular meetings with tutors. Supervised homework and drill sessions in small groups.
Credits: 5; Prereq: GER 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of sequence emphasizing spoken German. Reading, writing and grammar are also included in the program. Communication in German is enhanced by the use of multimedia and regular meetings with tutors. Supervised homework and drill sessions in small groups.
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 1104 or GER 1126 or GER 1131, or the equivalent.
Participants will improve their skills in the four basic areas (reading, writing, listening comprehension, speaking) by reviewing elements of grammar, particularly morphology (i.e., word forms), and by expanding vocabulary. Upon successful completion, students may go directly to Advanced German.
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 1104 or GER 1126 or GER 1131, or the equivalent.
Objectives include improving reading and speaking skills at the intermediate level. Upon completion participants will be able to pronounce German words more accurately, listen with greater comprehension to German and respond to questions about a variety of recorded texts. Upon successful completion, students may go directly to Advanced German.
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240.
Upon completion, students will be able to read literary and nonliterary texts and to identify the more common syntactical, stylistic and rhetorical elements.
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240.
Students will be introduced to German civilization through grammar review, vocabulary building, reading and essay writing. Upon completion, students will be able to discuss cultural and literary concepts in German. (H)
Credits: 3. Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240.
Students will review German grammar, using the vocabulary of cultural and literary history. They will understand and use concepts and vocabulary common to discussions of German cultural history and they will transition from speaking about everyday situations to discussing cultural and literary documents.
GER 3332 Topics in German Film and Culture
Credits: 1; Prereq: GER 1104 or GER 1126 or GER 1131, or equivalent, and one 2000-level GER course.
GER 3224 is a one-credit course taught as a FLAC accompaniment to various courses. A discussion forum covering different topics in German film and culture. All materials and class discussions will be in German.
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240, or undergraduate coordinator permission.
Study of German language syntax (i.e., sentence structure) is combined with reading and discussing prose texts, videos, short essays. Successful completion of Advanced German 1 and 2 will increase fluency and vocabulary and enable students to understand and discuss relatively complex texts.
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240, or undergraduate coordinator permission. With instructor permission, students may enroll in this course before taking GER 3401.
Continuation of GER 3401. Students develop fluency and ability to understand and utilize complex texts by studying the relationship of meaning to sentence structure and by working with different kinds of written texts and video materials.
GER 3413 German Listening, Comprehension and Speaking
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240, or instructor permission.
Develops student's ability to understand and produce basic kinds of speech (descriptions, simple stories, etc).
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 2200 or GER 2240.
Study of Wirt-schaftsdeutsch and the ability to read and write texts in German for international business transactions. Students acquire the ability to communicate in German in professional business settings. (S, N)
GER 4482 Cultural Identity and Intercultural Competence
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 3410 or instructor permission.
Listening comprehension and speaking ability in work involving German cultural identity, online and in class.
GER 4850 The Structure and Stylistics of German
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 3234, GER 3401 or GER 3402.
Study of the elements of contrastive grammar and translating from German to English more effectively.
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved study abroad program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Credits: 3; not for credit in the major.
Knowledge of German is not required. Upon completion participants will be able to discuss major works of German literature, mainly from the 18th to the 20th century. Texts and lectures in English. (H) (WR)
GET 3003 German Culture and Civilization 1
Credits: 3.
Knowledge of German is not required. Introduction to German civilization from the earliest times to the beginning of the 19th century. Upon completion, students will be acquainted with German literature, philosophy, art, music and architecture. Readings and discussions in English.
GET 3004 Modern German Culture and Civilization
Credits: 3.
Knowledge of German is not required. Introduction to German civilization in the 19th and 20th centuries. Participants will be able to discuss developments in German literature, philosophy, art, music and architecture. Texts and lectures in English.
Credits: 3.
A study of the chivalric literature written in the northern, German-speaking regions of the Holy Roman Empire during the High Middle Ages (ca. 1200). Students will explore the political and historical foundations of knighthood in this region, the narrative traditions to which different chivalric works are related and the significance of adventures, tournaments and quests. (H) (WR)
GET 3501 History, Literature and Arts of Berlin
Credits: 3.
Upon completion of this course, students will have a working knowledge of the history and culture of Berlin from 1871 to the present by exploring literature, painting and film. Authors and artists will include Mann, Brecht, Dix and Wenders.
Credits: 4.
An historical overview of the most influential films of German classical cinema, including how they relate to the social reality of the 1920s and 30s.
GET 3580 Representations of War in Literature and Visual Media
Credits: 3.
Study of the shifting cultural representations of war (literature/art) in the 20th century, focusing primarily on European history, culture and politics. Primary sources will include Mann, Remarque, Boll, Celan, Grosz and Kiefer.
GET 3581 Limits of Representation: The Literature and Arts of the Holocaust
Credits: 3.
Through an analysis of Holocaust literature, film and visual media, the course investigates the connections between history, trauma, witnessing and representation. Primary sources include Celan, Sachs, Kluger and Spiegelman.
GET 3930 Variable Topics in German Studies
Credits: 3 to 9.
Variable topics in German Studies in English translation.
GET 4930 Variable Topics in German Studies
Credits: 3 to 9; Prereq: 3 credits at 3000 level or above, or instructor permission.
Advanced topics in German Studies in English translation.
GET 4293 New German Cinema 1945 to Present
Credits: 4.
Introduction to New German Cinema from its inception in the 1960s to its demise and subsequent legacy in filmmaking and criticism.
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
The major periods and works of German literature from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. Texts in German. (H, N)
Credits: 3.
The major periods of German literature from the 18th century to the present. Authors include Goethe, Kleist, Kafka, Mann, Grass and Christa Wolf. Readings in German. (H)
GEW 3930 Variable Topics in German Studies
Credits: 3 to 9; Prereq: GER 2000 or instructor permission.
Variable topics in German Studies.
GEW 4301 Introduction to German Drama and Theater
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101, or the equivalent.
Survey of German drama from the late medieval period to the present. Introduction to major forms, periods and authors such as Lessing, Goethe, Schiller and Brecht. (H)
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Students read some shorter verse narratives dealing with love and chivalric adventures in the original language of the German Middle Ages (ca. 1200). In conjunction with this reading, students will learn some of the basic features of the poetic idiom (Middle High German) as well as some of the issues and problems involved in the production, transmission and editing of medieval manuscripts. (H)
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Introduction to the Romantic and Young Germany movements enables students to analyze social movements and their relationships to literature in the first half of the 19th century. Participants will also learn to recognize specific literary forms and styles. (H)
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
The major trends of German literature in the first half of the 20th century, including impressionism, expressionism, Neue Sachlichkeit, workers literature and Nazi culture. Works by Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse and Bertolt Brecht will be discussed. (H)
Credits: 3; Prereq: GEW 3100 and GEW 3101.
Participants will learn to discern the major trends of post WW II German literature. Students will be able to recognize the key features of works by such German authors as Böll, Grass, Weiss and Wolf, and by such Swiss and Austrian writers as Frisch, Dürrenmatt and Handke. (H)
Credits: 3; Prereq: any two 3000-level courses.
The image of women in representative works of German literature. Study of the main themes and structures in selected works by major women writers of German-speaking countries and their unique contribution to German culture and literature. Students will use an interdisciplinary approach to literature and will learn the basic tools of gender studies. (H)
Credits: 3; Prereq: GER 3234 or instructor permission.
Writings (prose, poetry, critical essays) of significant authors of non-German descent (i.e., Spaniards, Italians, Turks, Iranians) from the 1950s to the present. Insights into the lives and thinking of significant ethnic minorities in Germany during this period and the implications for German literary history and German identity. Films will also be screened and discussed.
Credits: 1 to 3; can be taken only once for credit toward the major. Available only by special arrangement.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course.
GEW 4930 Seminar in Germanic Languages and Literatures
Credits: 3; Prereq: any two 3000-level courses or instructor permission.
Variable topics course dealing with specific issues of a Germanic language or literature. (H)
Haitian Creole Language, Literature and Culture
Credits: 5; Prereq: bilingual students are encouraged to speak to the instructor as they may be able to enter directly into HAI 1131 to satisfy their foreign language requirement.
This course and its sequel, HAI 1131, constitute the basic sequence for development of conversational skills and grammar essentials in the language.
Credits: 5; Prereq: HAI 1130 or the equivalent.
Second part of the basic Haitian Creole sequence for development of conversational skills and grammar essentials in the language.
Credits: 3; Prereq: HAI 1131 or the equivalent.
This course concentrates on conversation and readings and provides an introduction to Haitian culture through music and film.
Credits: 3.
Continued concentration on conversation with added emphasis on reading and perspectives on issues related to the Haitian way of living.
Credits: 3.
Central aspects of history, politics, environment and development are addressed, including gender relations, medicine, education, work, race and class. No knowledge of Haitian Creole is required.
Credits: 1 to 4; Prereq: department permission.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course. Must be arranged individually with Haitian faculty.
HAT 3503 Haitian Culture and Literature in Translation
Credits: 3.
An examination of representations of Haiti and its culture through Haitian literature, art, film and music. (H, N)
Credits: 3.
Central aspects of history, politics, environment and development are addressed, including attention to gender relations, medicine, education, work, race and class. No knowledge of Haitian Creole is required. (H, N, S) (WR)
HAT 3700 Introduction to Haitian Creole Linguistics
Credits: 3.
Class examines the major sub-fields of linguistics by means of the Haitian Creole language. Haitian Creole syntax, morphology, phonology, semantics and lexicon are introduced in addition to sociolinguistics, dialectology, language planning, bilingualism and language contact. (H, N, D) (WR)
Hebrew Language and Literature
A placement test is given during the first class meeting.
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course is designed for students with no prior exposure to the language. Students with previous study of or exposure to Hebrew must enroll in HBR 2105 Hebrew for Heritage Learners 1.
Credits: 5; Prereq: HBR 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 5.
For students with significant speaking and listening backgrounds. Modern Hebrew emphasizing reading and writing. Covers first year Hebrew in one semester.
Credits: 5; Prereq: HBR 2132 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
First and second semester of second year Modern Hebrew. Students who successfully complete this course are eligible for HBR 3410.
Credits: 4; Prereq: HBR 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 4; Prereq: HBR 2220 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study.
Credits: 3; Prereq: HBR 222 or HBR 2133 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures. (H, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: HBR 3410 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of advanced study. (H, N)
Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: refer to the department.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course.
Credits: 3.
Proseminar of variable content providing an opportunity for in-depth study of special topics in Israeli literature, history or culture.
HBT 3223 Identity and Dissent in the Hebrew Short Story
Credits: 3.
Traces the tension between the individual and the collective in Zionist/Israeli society over the last 100-plus years as illustrated in Hebrew short fiction.
HBT 3233 Israeli History and the Contemporary Novel
Credits: 3.
This course studies Israeli history through the lens of the contemporary novel.
HBT 3562 Jews and Arabs in Modern Hebrew Fiction
Credits: 3.
Discusses the Arab-Israeli conflict as it is conveyed in 20th century Hebrew literature.
Credits: 3.
Depictions of women in 20th century Hebrew fiction. (H, N)
HBT 3564 Motherhood in Modern Hebrew Literature
Credits: 3.
Applied feminist theories regarding motherhood to the field of modern Hebrew literature.
HMW 4200 Readings in Modern Hebrew Literature 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: HMW 3411 or the equivalent.
Readings in modern Hebrew texts, short fiction and poetry. The study of literature is emphasized but some language work is presented to help with reading comprehension. Language of texts and instruction is in Hebrew.
HMW 4201 Readings in Modern Hebrew Literature 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: HMW 4200 or the equivalent.
Selection of texts is more contemporary and includes recently published stories and poems. Class is instructed in Hebrew.
Hindi-Urdu Language and Literature
Credits: 5.
Introduces reading, writing, listening and speaking with emphasis on acquisition of devanagari script.
Credits: 5. Prereq: HIN 1130 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent, or instructor permission.
Continued study with emphasis on grammar and vocabulary essential to basic communicative functions.
Credits: 3; Prereq: Beginning Hindi 2 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: HIN 2200 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Continuation of intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content. Prereq: HIN 2201 or equivalent, or instructor permission.
Proseminar of variable content with in-depth study of prose or poetic genres in Hindi and/or Urdu. Supplementary critical readings in English.
Italian Language, Literature and Culture
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, ITA 1131, constitute the basic sequence in Italian. Emphasis on the development of broad competence in the language. Oral-aural approach ensures competence in the four skills.
Credits: 5; Prereq: ITA 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of the basic sequence in Italian. Emphasis on the development of broad competence in the language. Oral-aural approach ensures competence in the four skills.
Credits: 4; Prereq: ITA 1131 or the equivalent.
This course is designed to enhance the student's knowledge of Italian in all four skills: listening, reading, speaking and writing. The goal is to create communicative competence that will allow students to advance to third year study and to benefit from their visits to Italy. (H, N)
Credits: 4; Prereq: ITA 2220 or the equivalent.
Completes second year sequence with emphasis on composition, literature and communication skills. (H, N)
ITA 3070 Accelerated Introduction to Italian
Credits: 5; Prereq: fourth semester of another romance language or instructor permission.
An intensive course designed primarily for speakers or students with knowledge of another Romance language or strong linguistic abilities in another foreign language. Assumes no prior study of Italian and offers a complete four-skill (listening, speaking, reading and writing) introduction to the language.
Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: ITA 2221 or instructor permission. Not for credit in the major.
Italian-language reading and discussion to accompany and complement courses in other departments. Readings and discussions will be in Italian to develop vocabulary and fluency related to the content of the companion course and to provide an international perspective on the issues of the main course. (N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: ITA 2221 or equivalent.
Intensive language course designed to master grammatical principles, increase vocabulary and enhance writing and composition skills.
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits. Prereq: ITA 2221 or the equivalent, or section coordinator or undergraduate adviser permission.
Variable topics class that introduces Italian civilization in historical, artistic and literary contexts. (H, N)
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits. Prereq: ITA 2221 or the equivalent, or section coordinator or undergraduate adviser permission.
Variable topics class focusing on modern Italy through literature, art and mass media, and current events. (H, N)
Credits: 1 to 4; Prereq: program coordinator permission.
Only three credits can count toward the minor. For advanced minors who seek independent work not offered in another course. Must be arranged individually with Italian faculty.
Credits: 3; not for credit in the major.
Study of modern Italian narrative and its adaptation to film by major Italian directors. (H, N)
Credits: 3.
Through lectures, readings and discussions in English, this course considers the continuing presence of Rome and other Italian cities as metaphors and focal points of Italian artistic and literary sensibilities.(H, N)
Credits: 4 to 8; can be repeated with a change in content up to 8 credits.
A critical and historical study of Italian film and directors. Topics may vary. (H, N)
ITT 3930 Special Topics in Italian Literature and Culture
Credits: 3.
Selected topics in Italian literature, civilization and culture, including crossover influence of media. Can focus on one epoch's influence on another.
Credits: 1 to 18; can be repeated with a change in content up to 18 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved study program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
ITW 3100 Introduction to Italian Literature 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: ITA 2221 or the equivalent, or section coordinator or undergraduate adviser permission.
The origins of early Italian literature, its central themes and the cultural factors that influenced its development. The course develops an ability to read in Italian and to read critically. (H)
ITW 3101 Introduction to Italian Literature 2
Credits: 3 to 9; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits. Prereq: ITA 2221 or the equivalent, or section coordinator or undergraduate adviser permission.
The major Italian authors from the Renaissance through the 20th century. (H)
Japanese Language, Literature and Culture
Credits: 5. Prereq: placement test.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. This course has a strict attendance policy: If registered students miss two or more class meetings during drop/add, they may be dropped from the class upon notification by the instructor.
Credits: 5; Prereq: JPN 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent as proven by placement test.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar. This course has a strict attendance policy: If registered students miss two or more class meetings during drop/add, they may be dropped from the class upon notification by the instructor.
Credits: 5; Prereq: JPN 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent as proven by placement test.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar. This course has a strict attendance policy: If registered students miss two or more class meetings during drop/add, they may be dropped from the class upon notification by the instructor.
Credits: 5; Prereq: JPN 2230 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent as proven by placement test.
Continuation of intermediate study. This course has a strict attendance policy: If registered students miss two or more class meetings during drop/add, they may be dropped from the class upon notification by the instructor.
Credits: 3; Prereq: JPN 2231 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent as proven by placement test.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures. This course has a strict attendance policy: If registered students miss two or more class meetings during drop/add, they may be dropped from the class upon notification by the instructor. (H, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: JPN 3410 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent as proven by placement test.
Continuation of advanced study. This course has a strict attendance policy. If registered students miss two or more class meetings during drop/add, they may be dropped from the class upon notification by the instructor. (H, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: JPN 2231 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Course provides grammatical structures and essential business vocabulary, develops conversation strategies and presentation skills, and raises awareness of the customs and cultural differences in Japanese business interactions.
Credits: 3.
Analysis of variation in regional dialects: gender-based differences, pragmatics of interpersonal communication, language acquisition and discourse structure. (S, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: JPN 1131 or instructor permission.
Linguistic analysis of modern standard Japanese. Topics include phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and writing. Readings and discussions in English. (S, N)
Credits: 1 to 5; can be repeated with a change in content up to 10 credits. Available only by special arrangement.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course.
JPN 4930 Special Topics in Japanese Studies
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
Proseminar of variable content providing in-depth study of special topics in Japanese studies.
Credits: 3; Prereq: 3.5 GPA or better and instructor permission.
Student selects a Japanese faculty member to act as director for an independent research project that culminates in an honors thesis.
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor and department permission.
Faculty (or delegated authority) supervised student internship. A written post-internship report is required.
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
A mechanism for course work taken at a foreign university as part of an approved study abroad program. Credits will transfer and count toward UF graduation.
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism for course work taken at a foreign university as part of an approved study abroad program. Credits will transfer to UF and will appear on the student's transcript, but such credits may or may not count toward UF graduation, as determined by the student's adviser.
Credits: 3.
An investigation of literary texts from the 8th through the 17th centuries presented within the framework of Western literary and feminist criticism. (H, N) (WR)
JPT 3120 Modern Japanese Fiction in Translation
Credits: 3.
A critical examination of stories, autobiographies and secondary criticism from the 19th century to the present. Students become familiar with the forms and topics of criticism through Japanese and Western sources. (H, N) (WR)
JPT 3121 Contemporary Japanese Literature: Postwar to Postmodern
Credits: 3.
Companion course to JPT 3120 that reflects the increasing clarity with which contemporary Japanese literature (1945 - present) is emerging as a separate field with its own set of issues, major texts and significance for the American student of Japan. Writers range from Dazai and Oe Kenzaburo to Murakami Haruki, and issues range from subjectivity to cybernetics.
Credits: 3.
Examination of narratives written by women who published during the Taisho (1912-25), Showa (1925-89), and Heisei (1989 -) periods. (H, N)
Credits: 3.
Historical survey of traditional Japanese poetry (waka) from the 8th to the 16th century. (H, N)
Credits: 3; Coreq: JPT 3500 recommended.
Explores the historical and cultural stimuli that led to war, recorded later as war narratives. Supported by images of architecture, narrative picture scrolls, and extant military accoutrements. (H, N)
Credits: 4.
Introduction to the formal and historical features of Japanese film that have given it a unique position in film history. Emphasizes formal and critical analysis as well as the intellectual stakes in studying non-Western film. (Cross-listed with ENG 4135)
Credits: 3.
Introduction to Japanese culture with emphasis on tracing the origin and development of important aspects of Japanese literature, art, religion and society. All readings in English. (H, N) (WR)
Credits: 3.
Investigation of the 11th-century masterpiece and its pervasive influence on Japanese literature, past and present. (H, N)
Credits: 3.
Study of native belief systems and the supernatural as reflected in the folk practice of ritual observance and in tales, myths, songs and proverbs. (H, N)
JPT 4510 Representations of Japan's Modern Empire
Credits: 3; Coreq: JPT 3500 recommended.
Examines a variety of literary, historical, anthropological and theoretical texts to explore racial and social issues related to Japan's imperial past. (H, N)
Credits: 1 to 15 ; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved student program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism for course work taken at a foreign university as part of an approved study abroad program to be transferred to UF. Credits taken under this course will be entered in the student's transcript and (may or) may not count toward graduation, at the discretion of major's advisers.
Credits: 3; Prereq: JPN 2231 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Introduction to classical Japanese texts with emphasis on reading comprehension, grammar analysis and translation.
Credits: 3; Prereq: JPN 3143 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Complex texts in classical Japanese with focus on comprehension, grammar, literature and culture.
JPW 4130 Readings in Japanese Literature
Credits: 3; Prereq: JPN 3411with a grade of C or better (or S), or the equivalent as proven by placement test.
A fourth-year language course based on literary texts, incorporating advanced reading skills and the analysis of literature in the original. (H, N)
Credits: 3; Prereq: JPN 3411 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent as proven by placement test.
Course complements JPW 4130, Readings in Japanese Literature, and focuses on contemporary issues as encountered in a variety of Japanese media.
Korean Language
Credits: 5; Prereq: placement test.
Introduces speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural interaction.
Credits: 5; Prereq: KOR 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continued study of speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural interaction.
Credits: 5; Prereq: KOR 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 5; Prereq: KOR 2230 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Lingala Language
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5; Prereq: LGL 1130 with a minimum grade of C, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: LGL 1131 with a minimum grade of C, or the equivalent
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: LGL 2200 with a minimum grade of C, or the equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: LGL 2201 with a minimum grade of C, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 3; Prereq: LGL 3410 with a minimum grade of C, or the equivalent.
Continuation advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Polish Language, Literature and Culture
Credits: 4.
Introductory survey of more than one thousand years of Polish history, illustrated on film. (H, N)
PLT 3504 19th Century Polish Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Introduction to major literary, cultural and social movements of 19th century Poland. Readings from fiction, poetry, essays and political writings. Course situates Polish letters in the complex political and social contexts of partitioned Poland. Taught in English.
Credits: 4.
Examination of principal developments and major directors of modern Polish cinema with emphasis on the visual and narrative techniques that distinguish Polish cinema from Hollywood and other national cinemas. Taught in English. (Cross-listed with ENG 4135.)
PLT 3564 Modern Polish Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Examination of Polish culture since 1900: fiction, essays, selections from social and cultural history, historical documents and films. Taught in English. (H, N)
PLT 3930 Special Topics in Polish Studies
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits.
Variable topics in Polish literature, culture and society. Course taught in English.
Credits: 1 to 10; Prereq: undergraduate coordinator permission.
This course, available by special arrangement, consists of reading, conferences and reports.
POL 1130 Introduction to Polish Language and Culture 1
Credits: 5.
A two-semester Polish language sequence that introduces students to the basics of Polish language and culture.
POL 1131 Introduction to Polish Language and Culture 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: POL 1180, POL 1130 or placement test.
Second in the two-semester sequence. Course helps students expand their vocabulary and command of Polish grammar and their ability to speak Polish.
POL 1180 Elementary Polish: Review and Progress 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
Alternative to POL 1130 for students with previous experience in Polish who are not yet ready for intermediate work in the language. Course reviews basic grammar and improves reading, writing and listening skills.
POL 1182 Elementary Polish: Review and Progress 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor permission.
For students with experience in Polish. Reviews basic grammar and improves reading, writing and listening sills. Prepares students for POL 2200.
Credits: 4; Prereq: POL 1131, POL 1182 or placement test.
Students will improve their speaking, reading, writing and listening comprehension skills by reviewing and expanding the language principles introduced in POL 1130 and 1131, or POL 1180 and 1182.
Credits: 4; Prereq: POL 2200 or placement test.
Students will improve their speaking, reading, writing and listening comprehension skills by reviewing and building upon the language principles introduced in POL 2200.
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
Revolving topics course and mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Russian Language, Literature and Culture
Credits: 3.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
RUS 1130 Introduction to Russian Language and Culture 1
Credits: 5.
This course and its sequel, RUS 1131, offer a comprehensive introduction to Russian, using interactive methods to develop competence in speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural interaction.
RUS 1131 Introduction to Russian Language and Culture 2
Credits: 5; Prereq: RUS 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or its equivalent.
Continuation of introductory language and cultural study.
Credits: 4; Prereq: RUS 1131 or its equivalent.
Intermediate study with exercises in sentence patterns, vocabulary building and oral and written discourse in Russian.
Credits: 3; Prereq: instructor or undergraduate coordinator permission.
A practical overview of Russian grammar and writing for students with significant bilingual speaking and listening backgrounds. Devotes special attention to reading, writing and vocabulary development.
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 1131 or its equivalent.
Development of advanced speaking and listening skills in conversational Russian.
Credits: 4; Prereq: RUS 2220 or its equivalent.
Continued study with exercises in sentence patterns, vocabulary building and sustained oral and written discourse.
RUS 4300 Advanced Grammar and Composition
Credits: 3; Prereq: one 3000-level Russian course or its equivalent.
Study of advanced grammar and composition in Russian.
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3240.
Continued development of advanced speaking and listening skills based on authentic written, audio and video texts from contemporary Russian culture.
RUS 4501 Russian Studies Research Seminar
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3400, RUW 3100, RUW 3101 or higher.
Introduces students to significant trends and ideas in Russian literary, cultural, historical, and critical studies. Students develop ability to understand and produce critical scholarly argument in a variety of formats, including class discussion, formal presentation and a written research project.
RUS 4502 Language and Culture of the Russian Business World
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101 or its equivalent, or instructor permission.
Combines advanced language training, a practical introduction to the language and culture of the contemporary Russian business world, and extensive practice translating and interpreting texts used in business settings. Focuses on issues such as starting companies and joint ventures, advertising, and setting up and conducting official meetings and telephone calls. Basic Russian business ethics will also be studied.
RUS 4503 Theory and Practice of Russian-English Translation 1
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101 or instructor permission.
The first part of a two-course translation series focusing on the theory and practice of conveying word semantics in Russian-English and English-Russian translation.
RUS 4504 Theory and Practice of Russian-English Translation 2
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101 or instructor permission.
The second part of the translation series focusing on the theory and practice of conveying sentence and paragraph semantics in Russian-English and English-Russian translation.
RUS 4700 Structure of the Russian Language
Credits: 3; Prereq: one 3000-level Russian course or its equivalent.
Introduction to the phonology, morphology and syntax of contemporary standard Russian from a formal and semantic standpoint. Also includes the development of Russian word stress and a survey of the development of Russian verb tense, aspect and mood.
RUS 4780 Corrective Phonetics and Intonation
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3100, RUW 3101 or instructor permission.
Develops advanced-level phonetic and intonational skills by exposing students to a variety of genres of authentic texts from Russian culture.
Credits: 1 to 3; Prereq: RUS 2220 or its equivalent. Available only by special arrangement.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course.
Credits: 3 to 9; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits.
New or experimental courses or one-time offerings.
Credits: 1 to 15; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: undergraduate adviser permission.
This revolving topics course provides a mechanism by which course work taken abroad as part of an approved program can be recorded on the transcript and counted toward UF graduation.
Credits: 3; not for credit in the major.
Readings and discussions in English. (H)
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the major 19th century Russian novelists and their contemporaries. Readings and discussions in English. (H)
Credits: 3 to 6; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
An examination of Russian everyday life and institutions of the 19th and 20th centuries through the media of literature and film. (H, N)
RUT 3452 Russian Literature of the Twentieth Century
Credits: 3.
Authors, movements and genres in Russian literature from the Revolution of 1917 to the present. Readings and discussions in English. (H, N) (WR)
Credits: 3.
An introduction to the culture of pre-revolutionary Russia. Philosophical, religious, artistic and literary currents in relation to Western civilization. Readings and discussions in English. (H, N)
RUT 3501 Contemporary Russian Culture and Society
Credits: 3.
Patterns of continuity and change in the philosophical and cultural values of Russian society as they explain the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia. Readings and discussions in English. (H)
RUT 3503 Violence and Terror in the Russian Experience
Credits: 3.
An examination of the impact of violence and terror on the human condition as reflected and expressed in well-known works of Russian literature (fiction and historical narratives), art and film. Taught in English. No knowledge of other languages required. (H, N) (WR)
Credits: 3.
Patterns of continuity and change in the philosophical and cultural values of Russian society as they explain the Soviet Union and contemporary Russia. Readings and discussions in English. (H, N) (WR)
Credits: 3.
A critical introduction to Russian fairy tales and folklore and an examination of the aesthetic, social, cultural and psychological values they reflect. (H, N)
RUT 3600 The Twentieth Century through Slavic Eyes
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the literature, film and culture of 20th century Eastern and Central Europe. (H, N)
RUT 3930 Variable Topics in Russian Studies
Credits: 1 to 9.
Variable topics in Russian studies, taught in English translation.
Credits: 3.
Major works of Russian literature written the first half of the 19th century. Readings and discussions in English. (H)
Credits: 3.
Introduction to the major artistic contributions of Russian modernism in the context of the political, social, and cultural upheavals of late Imperial to Stalinist Russia (1890 - 1939). (H, N)
RUT 4930 Variable Topics in Russian Studies
Credits: 1-9; Prereq: one 3000-level Russian course or instructor permission.
Advanced topics in Russian studies, taught in English translation.
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3400 or its equivalent.
An in-depth study of the vocabulary, structures, reading strategies and cultural background needed for understanding and interpreting contemporary Russian print media across a variety of issues and themes. (H)
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUS 3400 or its equivalent.
An in-depth study of the vocabulary, structures, reading strategies and cultural background needed for understanding and interpreting a broad range of Russian prose fiction. (H)
Credits: 3 to 6; can be repeated with a change in content up to 6 credits.
Study of plays and poems by major Russian writers from the 19th and 20th centuries. Readings in Russian. (H)
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits.
Critical study of selected Russian short stories. Readings in Russian. (H)
RUW 4630 Reading Eugene Onegin: Pushkin and Nabokov
Credits: 3; Prereq: RUW 3101 or the equivalent, or instructor permission.
An in-depth study of one of Russia's most revered literary works, combining close readings of Pushkin's original with analyses of operatic, artistic and cinematic adaptations by Chaikovsky, Nabokov and others. Readings and discussions primarily in Russian.
Credits: 1 to 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 9 credits. Prereq: one 3000-level course or its equivalent.
Special topic, author, genre or movement in Russian literature. (H)
Scandinavian/Swedish Literature
Swahili Language
Credits: 3.
Introduces various genres of Swahili oral literatures and shows their importance, relevance and function within Swahili culture.
Credits: 3.
Examines texts written by African women in order to understand how they address issues about race, ethnicity, gender, colonialism and religion.
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5; Prereq: SWA 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SWA 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SWA 2200 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SWA 2201 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 3; Prereq: SWA 3410 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: instructor permission.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course.
Vietnamese Language and Culture
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5; Prereq: VTN 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 4; Prereq: VTN 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 4; Prereq: VTN 2220 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
VTN 2340 Vietnamese for Heritage Learners 1
Credits: 4; Prereq: instructor permission.
For students with significant speaking and listening skills, but limited reading and writing skills. Emphasis on developing latter two skills.
VTN 2341 Vietnamese for Heritage Learners 2
Credits: 4; Prereq: VTN 2340with grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continuation of enhancing reading and writing skills for those with speaking and listening abilities.
Credits: 1 to 5; can be repeated with a change in content up to 10 credits. Available only by special arrangement.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course.
VTN 4930 Special Topics in Vietnamese Studies
Credits: 3; can be repeated with a change in content up to 10 credits. Available only by special arrangement.
In-depth study of special topics in Vietnamese studies.
Wolof Language
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5; Prereq: WOL 1130 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: WOL 1131 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: WOL 2200 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continuation of intermediate study.
Credits: 3; Prereq: WOL 2201 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 3; Prereq: WOL 3410 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continuation of advanced study.
Xhosa Language
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5; Prereq: XHO 1130 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: XHO 1131 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: XHO 2200 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent
Continuation of intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: XHO 2201 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 3; Prereq: 3410 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continuation of advanced study.
Yoruba Language and Literature
Credits: 5.
Beginning course covering four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Credits: 5; Prereq: YOR 1130 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: YOR 1131 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Intermediate study of the four skills with new vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: YOR 2200 with a grade of C or better, or S, or the equivalent.
Continued study of the four skills with additional vocabulary and grammar.
Credits: 3; Prereq: YOR 2201 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
Credits: 3; Prereq: YOR 3410 with a grade of C or better, or the equivalent.
Continuation of advanced study of the four skills with attention to more complex structures.
YOT 3500 Yoruba Diaspora in the New World
Credits: 3; Prereq: HUM 2420 or HUM 2424, or instructor permission.
Introduction to the scope and importance of Yoruban culture in the New World and its role and significance in the resilience of African cultures in North America, South America and the Caribbean.
Credits: 3; Prereq: YOR 1131 or instructor permission; Coreq: YOR 2200 or YOR 2201, or instructor permission.
Overview of the genres of Yoruban oral literature, stressing the importance of the spoken word in Yoruban culture and the training of Yoruban verbal artists and their place in Yoruban society. (H)
Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: instructor premission.
For students who seek independent work not offered in another course.
Credits: 3; Prereq: YOR 3411 or the equivalent.
Reading skills and the analysis of literature in the original language.