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Foreign Language Course Offerings

Please see the section on "Course Description Symbols and Terms" in the University Catalog for an explanation of course description terminology and symbols, the course numbering system, and course credit units. All courses are lecture and discussion and employ letter grading unless otherwise stated. Some prerequisites may be waived with faculty permission. Many syllabi are available on the Chico Web.

A stylistic and thematic analysis of major works in French, German, Hispanic, Italian, and other literatures in English translation. Course content varies each semester according to language area taught.

This course is for special topics offered for 1.0–3.0 units. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered.

This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0–3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units. Credit/no credit grading only.

Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.

Study and practical application of research, theories, and issues related to second language learning methods and the introduction of technology into the curriculum. Course is taught in English.

French Course Offerings

Introduction to French language and culture. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN FREN 2.

Prerequisites: FREN 101 or equivalent.

Continuation of FREN 101. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing French. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN FREN 4.

Prerequisites: FREN 102 or equivalent.

Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in FREN 101 and FREN 102. This course includes composition and reading. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN FREN 8.

Prerequisites: FREN 201 or equivalent.

Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in FREN 101, FREN 102, and FREN 201. This course includes composition and reading. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN FREN10.

Prerequisites: FREN 102 or equivalent.

Practice in the spoken language. Focus on comprehension, expression, and vocabulary-building.

Prerequisites: FREN 202 or equivalent.

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Prerequisites: FREN 202 or equivalent.

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Prerequisites: FREN 202 or equivalent.

FREN 301 - FREN 303: Practice in speaking, writing, and reading. Focus on the development and accurate use of complex language patterns. These courses are non-sequential.

Prerequisites: FREN 202 or three yeras of high school French or equivalent.

A survey of French business practices. Designed for students interested in international business or affairs, or who intend to travel for business in French-speaking countries. The course includes films, readings, and class discussion focusing on the economic, political, and social aspects of French culture.

Prerequisites: FREN 202 or equivalent.

An introduction to French history and geography as well as French art, literature, philosophy, education, economy, social classes, and politics.

Prerequisites: FREN 301, FREN 302, or FREN 303.

A survey of French literature with special emphasis on genres, literary techniques, and methods of analysis, early French literature to the French Revolution.

Prerequisites: FREN 301, FREN 302, or FREN 303.

A survey of French literature with special emphasis on genres, literary techniques, and methods of analysis, Romantic to Contemporary Period.

This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0–3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units. Credit/no credit grading only.

Prerequisites: Six units from FREN 301, FREN 302, or FREN 303.

This course introduces students to the study of linguistics as it relates to French. Topics include the evolution of the language from Latin to modern French, as well as historical and contemporary states of the language as they relate to phonology, morphology, and semantics. Practical application of knowledge, and the improvement of students' pronunciation, are stressed. Taught in French.

Prerequisites: FREN 301, FREN 302, or FREN 303.

Varying content may emphasize the historical development of the theater or may choose the work of a single author.

Prerequisites: FREN 301, FREN 302, or FREN 303.

This course involves study of literature and society in Francophone Africa from the Maghreb (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria) through Senegal and West Africa to Madagascar and the Reunion Island, New France (Quebec), the French Caribbean, the South Pacific (Tahiti), and Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia).

Prerequisites: Six units from FREN 301, FREN 302, or FREN 303; FREN 340 or FREN 345.

Study of the baroque and classic periods, including the waning of the seventeenth century. Major focus on theater.

Prerequisites: Six units from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303; FREN 340 or FREN 345.

Study of the important trends of the period as seen through representative novels and plays.

Prerequisites: Six units from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303; FREN 340 or FREN 345.

Study of the various literary movements across the century (romanticism, Parnasse, realism, naturalism, symbolism) in both prose and poetry.

Prerequisites: Six units from FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303; FREN 340 or FREN 345.

Varying content may include writers of prose, poetry, and theater and literary movements such as surrealism, existentialism, the New Novel, and feminism.

An introduction to French cinema as a narrative form, with emphasis on key films and directors from various periods of French film history. The class is taught in English. All films have English subtitles.

Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; upper-division standing; to be taken concurrently with another upper-division French literature course.

Writing essays in English on French literature. Purpose is to ensure ability to write correct English in a style suitable to general essay writing. This is a writing proficiency, WP, course; a grade of C- or better certifies writing proficiency for majors.

Prerequisites: Six units in FREN 301, FREN 302, FREN 303; 12 other upper-division French units; a grade-point average in the top 5% of French majors; an interview; faculty permission.

Intensive study of scholarly approaches to problems in French language, literature or culture and training in the use of secondary sources to back up original ideas, leading to the production and public presentation of a scholarly project involving substantial research and earning a grade of B or higher for the designation of Honors in the Major. To be taken under faculty supervision for a total of six units in consecutive semesters. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units.

German Course Offerings

Introduction to German language and culture. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing German. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.

Prerequisites: GERM 101 or equivalent.

Continuation of GERM 101. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing German. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.

Prerequisites: GERM 102 or equivalent.

Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in GERM 101 and GERM 102. This course includes composition and reading. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.

Prerequisites: GERM 201 or equivalent.

Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in GERM 101, GERM 102, and GERM 201. This course includes composition and reading. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN GERM10.

Prerequisites: GERM 102 or equivalent. Should be taken concurrently with GERM 201 or GERM 202.

Intensive practice in the spoken language with the objectives of developing fluency and increasing vocabulary through the study of cultural topics.

Prerequisites: GERM 102 or equivalent.

Further intensive practice in the spoken language. May be taken before or after GERM 211.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

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Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

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Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

GERM 301 - GERM 303: Review of grammar and syntax; vocabulary-building practice in conversation; synopses of short stories and compositions in German. Emphasis on accuracy in grammar and expression. These courses are non-sequential.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

Study and practice of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of modern German. Contrastive analysis of the sounds of German and English.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

A survey of some of the great figures and periods of German art, literature, music, and public life which have made significant contributions to the development of civilization in German-speaking countries.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

An introduction to selected works of prose, lyric, and drama. Includes early German literature through the eighteenth century.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

An introduction to selected works of prose, lyric, and drama. Includes nineteenth- and twentieth-century German literature.

This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0–3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units. Credit/no credit grading only.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

Primary emphasis on the classical works of Schiller and Goethe, with attention given as well to Lessing and the Sturm und Drang movement as precursors of the period.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

Study of prose and lyric works of Novalis, Tieck, Arnim, Brentano, Hoffman, Eichendorff, and other figures of the Romantic Period. Analysis of literary and intellectual trends within the period.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

A survey of the development of prose, drama, and lyric after Goethe and the Romantics to the twentieth century, including representative authors of poetic realism and naturalism.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

Readings in prose, drama, and lyric of the Expressionists, Rilke, Mann, Hesse, Kafka, Brecht, and others.

Prerequisites: GERM 202 or equivalent.

Study of ideas and trends in the novel, drama, and poetry of Bachmann, Boll, Durrenmatt, Frisch, Grass, Hochhuth, Jelinek, Weiss, Wolf, and other contemporary authors.

Class taught in English. All films have English subtitles. Historical survey of film classics from the Expressionist cinema, the Weimar Republic, and the Third Reich, with an introduction to the main currents in film aesthetics and theory from Kracauer to contemporary feminist film theories. Readings of major authors on films, including Brecht, Eisner, and Kracauer. Screening of films by Murnau, Lang, and von Sternberg.

Class taught in English. All films have English subtitles. Historical survey of representative films from the post-war era, the New German, and feminist cinema, including study of their cultural and social significance, with a component of significant film aesthetics and theories from Kluge to contemporary feminist film theories.

Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher; upper-division standing.

Writing essays in English on German literature and/or practice in translation from German to English. Ordinarily taken in conjunction with another upper-division German course. Purpose is to ensure ability to write correct English in a style suitable to general essay writing. This is a writing proficiency, WP, course; a grade of C- or better certifies writing proficiency for majors.

Italian Course Offerings

Introduction to Italian language and culture. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Italian. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN ITAL 2.

Prerequisites: ITAL 101 or equivalent.

Continuation of ITAL 101. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Italian. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN ITAL 4.

Prerequisites: ITAL 102 or equivalent.

Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in ITAL 101 and ITAL 102. This course includes composition and reading. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.

Prerequisites: ITAL 201 or equivalent.

Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in ITAL 101, ITAL 102, and ITAL 201. This course includes composition and reading. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.

Intensive training in oral practice, aiming at correct pronunciation. Conversation designed to develop self-expression and to increase vocabulary.

Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

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Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

ITAL 301 and ITAL 302: Emphasis on fluency and development of literary style; composition in the Italian language; review of grammar and syntax. These courses are non-sequential.

Prerequisites: ITAL 202, ITAL 211 or equivalent.

Continued intensive practice in the spoken language. Practice and review of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntactics as they apply to the learning and teaching of Italian.

Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

Survey of some of the greatest figures in literature, philosophy, science, art, music, politics, geography, and history of Italy.

Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

Study of the most important writers of Italian literature from Dante to modern times. Emphasis on genre, textual analysis, and interpretation. Readings, discussions, and reports.

Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

The main literary and intellectual trends from Dante to the eighteenth century. Readings, discussions, and reports.

Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

The main literary trends from the eighteenth century to the present. Readings, discussions, and reports.

A study of the major events in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy and their influence upon other European countries. Taught in English. This is an approved General Education course.

This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0–3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units. Credit/no credit grading only.

This course is the study of the arrival, presence, and contributions of the Italian immigrants in the Americas, especially in the United States and California. The course emphasizes the complex dynamics of cultural assimilation and ethnic differentiation of Italian immigrants in the adopted countries.

Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

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Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

ITAL 440 - ITAL 441: History of the Italian drama from the beginning to the twentieth century. Will include the Commedia dell'Arte and its influence on western drama, and the survey of operatic authors.

Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

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Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

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Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

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Prerequisites: ITAL 202 or equivalent.

ITAL 460 - ITAL 463: Study of a major figure, genre, movement, or period in Italian letters.

The Italian Cinema as a creative art form has had a profound and lasting impact on world cinematography. The course wil include Italian film history and the study of major trends and techniques. The relationship of the Cinema to socio-political, economic, and literary events in Italy and the world will be studied: Neorealism, The Felliniesque, Spaghetti Western, Commedia all'Italiana, and more recent trends. The class is taught in English and all films have English subtitles.

Consists of a series of related in-depth monographic studies of such great film directors as De Sica, Visconti, Rossellini, Fellini, Antonioni, Bertolucci, Pasolini, The Tavianis, and Scola. The class is taught in English and all films have English subtitles.

Japanese Course Offerings

Introduction to the Japanese language and culture. Emphasis on the development of fundamental skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with clear understanding of basic sentence structures. Acquisition of Hiragana and Katakana characters (phonetic symbols). 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN JAPN 2.

Prerequisites: JAPN 101 or faculty permission.

Continuation of JAPN 101. Special attention to different verb forms and essential auxiliary expressions. Appropriate language use in a variety of social settings. Acquisition of 110 Kanji characters (ideographic symbols). 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN JAPN 4.

Prerequisites: JAPN 102 or faculty permission.

Review of major grammatical structures and further development of the student's cultural awareness and proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Japanese. Special attention to logical discourse development. Acquisition of 200 Kanji characters (ideographic symbols). 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.

Prerequisites: JAPN 201 or faculty permission.

Continuation of review of major grammatical structures and further development of the student's cultural awareness and proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing Japanese. Special attention to refining and expanding discourse. Acquisition of 300 Kanji characters (ideographic symbols). 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.

Prerequisites: JAPN 201.

This course provides intensive training in writing and reading Kanji characters in context. A variety of reading materials are reviewed, such as newspapers, magazines, literature, business correspondences, etc. Writing exercises focus on increasing use of Kanji characters.

Practice of conversational patterns in a casual format aiming at improving fluency in day-to-day interactions with native Japanese speakers. In an attempt to provide real conversational settings, there are hands-on activities such as singing, cooking, observing tea ceremony, watching Japanese television programs, etc.

This course first explores different approaches to grammar, such as Case Grammar, Relational Grammar, Transformational Grammar, etc. Students then examine syntax, phonetics, semantics, morphology, and the socio-linguistic aspect of the Japanese language.

An introduction to Japanese history and geography, as well as Japanese art forms, literature, philosophy, education, economy, customs, language, and politics. Course also includes a comparison of Japanese and American organizational theories. This is an approved Non-Western course.

This course is taught in English. It examines a variety of Japanese films involving the following cultural themes: roles of men and women, society, history, politics, education, theater, sports, music, industry, comedy, etc. In the process, the students examine and analyze the myths and realities of Japanese people as portrayed in the films. Discussions are designed to increase students' awareness of intercultural communication to foster their preparedness for functioning in the complex order of Japanese society. All films have English subtitles. You may take this course more than once for a maximum of 6.0 units.

Prerequisites: JAPN 202 or faculty permission.

This course is for students who have attained an advanced level of fluency in Japanese and native speakers of Japanese. While this course explores a variety of teaching methodologies, students analyze the gap between syntax and semantics to formulate concise explanations and develop skills best suited for teaching Japenese to non-native learners. 1.0 hours lecture, 6.0 hours supervision.

Latin Course Offerings

Introduction to the Latin language and culture. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of reading, pronunciation and composition of Latin. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.

Spanish Course Offerings

Prerequisites: SPAN 101 is not available for credit to students with two or more years of Spanish within the last three years.

Introduction to Spanish language and culture. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN SPAN 2.

Prerequisites: SPAN 101 or equivalent.

Continuation of SPAN 101. Emphasis on the fundamental skills of understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN SPAN 4.

Prerequisites: SPAN 102 or equivalent. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 201 or SPAN 202.

Intensive practice in the spoken language with the objectives of developing fluency and increasing vocabulary through the study of cultural topics.

Prerequisites: SPAN 102 or equivalent.

Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in SPAN 101 and SPAN 102. This course includes composition and reading. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN SPAN 8.

Prerequisites: Faculty permission.

Reviewing and expanding of language skills possessed by speakers of Spanish who have not studied the language formally. This course includes composition and reading. Particular focus on the Mexican-American/Latino experience. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity.

Prerequisites: SPAN 201 or equivalent.

Reviewing and expanding of language skills and cultural concepts introduced in SPAN 101, SPAN 102, and SPAN 201. This course includes composition and reading. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course. CAN SPAN10.

Prerequisites: Faculty permission.

Further reviewing and expanding of language skills possessed by speakers of Spanish who have not studied the language formally. Builds on topics studied in SPAN 201N. This course includes composition and reading. Particular focus on the Mexican-American/Latino experience. 3.0 hours discussion, 2.0 hours activity. This is an approved General Education course.

Prerequisites: SPAN 201. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 202.

Reading practice and discussions designed to further acquaint the student with Hispanic culture and to improve comprehension and vocabulary in preparation for upper-division courses.

Prerequisites: SPAN 202 or equivalent. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 321 and/or SPAN 303.

Intensive review of grammar and its application in composition. This course or its equivalent is a prerequisite for all other upper-division courses. Required of all majors and minors.

Prerequisites: SPAN 301.

Emphasis on fluency, style, and syntax. Required of all majors and minors.

Prerequisites: SPAN 202 or equivalent. May be taken concurrently with SPAN 301 and/or SPAN 321.

Intensive practice in the spoken language at an advanced level of proficiency. Guided conversations and discussions, debates, and speeches. Enrollment will be limited. Native speakers should consult with instructor before enrolling.