Languages and Literature of Europe and the Americas
Undergraduate Study:
Bachelor of Arts (BA), or Certificate in Classics.
Bachelor of Arts (BA), or Certificate in French.
Bachelor of Arts (BA), or Certificate in German.
Bachelor of Arts (BA), or Certificate in Russian.
Bachelor of Arts (BA), or Certificate in Spanish.
Certificate in Latin America & Iberian Studies.
Academic Program
The Department of Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas is divided into five language divisions: Classics (Greek and Latin), French/Italian, German, Russian, and Spanish/ Portuguese/Latin American Studies. Courses in language instruction at the beginning and intermediate levels, as well as advanced courses in composition, conversation and linguistics. Courses in the literatures of France, the Francophone world, German-speaking countries, Italy, Latin America, Russia, Spain and Wales are offered in the original language, as are courses in classical literary texts written in Greek and Latin. Cultural studies courses that use a strong interdisciplinary approach and critical interpretive perspectives to consider the politics of representation, culture, and identity include Hispanic Cultural Studies, U.S. Latino Culture and Literature, Indigenous Peoples of Latin America, Latin American Cultural Perspectives, Spanish Cultural Perspectives, Freaks and Monsters, the Ethics of Otherness, French Civilization, French Culture for Americans, French and Italian Literature as Film. Courses designed to acquaint students from other fields with the traditions and cultures of Europe and the Americas are also available, both in English and in the target language and in advanced courses in specialized topics: Classical Foundations, Europeans in the Pacific, French and German civilization, and Russian Arts and Culture.
LLEA believes that the study of film allows for an array of interdisciplinary considerations ranging from the aesthetics and politics of representation to the socioeconomics of production and distribution. It enriches students’ literacy concerning visual arts, narrative, sound, movement and space, at the same time that it provokes their questioning of ethical, critical, social and moral assumptions. LLEA offers a wide range of courses focusing on the aesthetic and historical development of film in Europe and Latin America: History of World Film, International Film Criticism, French, German, Italian, Latin American, Russian, and Spanish Film.
Major-Related Skills
In addition to discipline specific content, LLEA language and literature majors have the ability to:
Click
here
for a form-fillable major declaration form.
Complete the first page of the Declaration of Major form and print two copies.
Make an appointment with a faculty advisor in the Department
of Languages and Literature of Europe and the Americas to
discuss your interests, major requirements, and course
selection. The advisor will complete the second page
of the form. Two copies of the completed form should
then be turned in to the service counter for Arts & Sciences
Student Academic Services.
Note: Click
here if you are
adding a second major - you will need to use a
declaration of major form that has not been pre-filled
to declare one of the LLEA majors as your first major. Click
here for concurrent degree requests (i.e., between
A&S and another college or different degree programs within
A&S, such as concurrent BA and BS degrees).
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