Fall Term Schedule
2023 Courses
Below is comprehensive list of all courses associated with the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures for the fall semester. This master list provides a summary of course offerings in all programs in MLC. Descriptions and room locations can be found on UR Student and the CDCS webpages.
If you have specific questions about individual courses, we recommend that you reach out to the instructor for the course. If you have general questions about clusters, minors or majors, see the undergraduate advisors page to connect with a program advisor.
Fall Courses
Chinese (CHIN)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-2 | Elementary Chinese I | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 101-3 | Elementary Chinese I | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Ping Pian |
| 101-5 | Elementary Chinese I - Rec | MWF | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Ping Pian |
| 101-7 | Elementary Chinese I - Rec | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 151-2 | Intermediate Chinese I | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 151-3 | Intermediate Chinese I | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Ping Pian |
| 151-5 | Intermediate Chinese I - Rec | MWF | 11:50AM | 12:40PM | Ping Pian |
| 151-6 | Intermediate Chinese I - Rec | TTh | 4:50 PM | 6:05PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 202-1 | Advanced Intermediate Chinese | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Ping Pian |
| 205-1 | Advanced Chinese I | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 216 | Writing Discontentment:Political Turmoil
Social Critique and Civic Responsibility in
Late Qing Literature | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Elizabeth Weber |
| 221 | Laborers, Sojourners, Immigrants: Chinese Journeys to the Americas | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Elizabeth Weber |
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Comparative Literature (CLTR)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 116/253C | Dante's Divine Comedy I | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 200 | Topic in Critical Thinking: Fairy Tales | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Lisa Cerami |
| 202B | Holocaust: Affect & Absence | M | 3:25PM | 6:05PM | June Hwang |
| 208A | Vengeance, Longing, and Salvation: Topics in “Traditional” Japanese Culture | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Jesse LeFebvre |
| 208H/408H | Cultures of Enlightenment: Meditation, Materiality, and the Literary Cultures of Japanese Buddhism | MW | 6:15PM | 7:30PM | Jesse Lefebvre |
| 209A | Russian Civilization: Myth, Culture, History | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | John Givens |
| 210 | Hayao Miyazaki & Planet Ghibli | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Joanne Bernardi |
| 212/412 | Monsters, Ghosts, and Aliens | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Susan Gustafson |
| 216 | Writing Discontentment:Political Turmoil
Social Critique and Civic Responsibility in
Late Qing Literature | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Elizabeth Weber |
| 221/421 | Mutilated Bodies | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Cilas Kemedjio |
| 222/422 | Gender, Love and Families | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Susan Gustafson |
| 242/442B | Capitalism, Culture, Controversy: The Revolutionary Cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Andrew Korn |
| 247/447A | Politics & Culture Fascist Italy | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 250/450 | Nabokov-Unusual ÉMIGRÉ | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Anna Maslennikova |
| 256B | Don Quijote: The Book, The Myth, The Image | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Ryan Prendergast |
| 264D | Straitjacket Society: Juzo Itami's Cinema | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Joanne Bernardi |
| 264E | Japanese Science Fiction and Planetary
Possible Futures | F | 2:00PM | 4:40PM | William Bridges |
| 269 | Laborers, Sojourners, Immigrants:
Chinese Journeys to the Americas | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Elizabeth Weber |
| 275A | Hip Hop Japan | F | 4:50PM | 7:30PM | William Bridges |
| 277/477 | Postmodernism: Fiction, Philosophy, Media | W | 4:50PM | 7:30PM | Robert Doran |
| 389/489 | MLC Research Seminar | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Anne Rosensweig |
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French (FREN)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-1 | Elementary French I | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 101-2 | Elementary French I | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 101-4 | Elementary French I - Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 101-5 | Elementary French I - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 101-6 | Elementary French I - Rec | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 102-1 | Elementary French II | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55 AM | Carole Nasra |
| 102-2 | Elementary French II - Rec | MW | 9:00AM | 10:15AM | Carole Nasra |
| 102-3 | Elementary French II - Rec | MW | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Carole Nasra |
| 153-1 | Intermediate French | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Carole Nasra |
| 153-2 | Intermediate French | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Carole Nasra |
| 155-1 | French Conversation and Comp | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | TBD |
| 200-2 | Advanced French | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Robert Doran |
| 204-1 | Contemporary French Culture | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 243/443 | Mutilated Bodies | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Cilas Kemedjio |
| 271/471 | Introduction to the Francophone Literature | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Cilas Kemedjio |
| 277/477 | Postmodernism: Fiction, Philosophy, Media | W | 4:50PM | 7:30PM | Robert Doran |
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German (GRMN)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-2 | Elementary German I | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Tanja Beljanski |
| 101-3 | Elementary German I | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | TBD |
| 101-5 | Elementary German I - Rec | Th | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | TBD |
| 101-6 | Elementrary German - Rec | T | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | TBD |
| 151-1 | Intermediate German I | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Tanja Beljanski |
| 151-2 | Intermediate German I | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Tanja Beljanski |
| 200-1 | Advanced Conversation and Comp | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | June Hwang |
| 203-1 | Intro to German Literature | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Lisa Cerami |
| 212/412 | Monsters, Ghosts, and Aliens | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Susan Gustafson |
| 221/421 | Gender, Love and Families | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Susan Gustafson |
| 247/447 | Holocaust: Affect & Absence | M | 3:25PM | 6:05PM | June Hwang |
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Italian (ITAL)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-1 | Elementary Italian I | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Teresa Murano |
| 101-2 | Elementary Italian I - Rec | F | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Teresa Murano |
| 114-1 | Conversational Italian | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Teresa Murano |
| 151-1 | Intermediate Italian I | MWF | 3:25PM | 4:15PM | Andrew Korn |
| 195/220 | Dante's Divine Comedy I | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 200 | Advanced Italian Conversation and Comp | MW | 4:40PM | 6:05PM | Teresa Murano |
| 242 | Capitalism, Culture, Controversy: The Revolutionary Cinema of Pier Paolo Pasolini | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Andrew Korn |
| 247 | Politics & Culture Fascist Italy | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
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Japanese (JPNS)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-1A | Elementary Japanese I | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 101-2 | Elementary Japanese I | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 101-3 | Elementary Japanese I -Rec | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 101-4 | Elementary Japanese I -Rec | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 101-5 | Elementary Japanese I -Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 101-6 | Elementary Japanese I -Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 101-7 | Elementary Japanese I | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 101-8 | Elementary Japanese I -Rec | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 101-10 | Elementary Japanese I - Rec | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 114-1 | Intermediate Conversational Japanese I | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 151-1 | Intermediate Japanese I | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 151-2 | Intermediate Japanese I | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 151-3 | Intermediate Japanese I - Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Mariko Tamate |
| 151-4 | Intermediate Japanese I - Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 151-6 | Intermediate Japanese I - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 151-11 | Intermediate Japanese I - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 201-1 | Adv. Intermediate Japanese I | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 203-1 | Adv. Conversational Japanese I | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 205-1 | Advanced Japanese I | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 210 | Vengeance, Longing, and Salvation: Topics in “Traditional” Japanese Culture | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Jesse LeFebvre |
| 216 | Cultures of Enlightenment: Meditation, Materiality, and the Literary Cultures of Japanese Buddhism | MW | 6:15PM | 7:30PM | Jesse LeFebvre |
| 235-2 | Japanese Caligraphy in Japanese | Th | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Keiko Nishioka |
| 270-1 | Straitjacket Society: Juzo Itami's Cinema | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Joanne Bernardi |
| 275-1 | Hip Hop Japan | F | 4:50PM | 7:30PM | William Bridges |
| 294-1 | Hayao Miyazaki & Planet Ghibli | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Joanne Bernardi |
| 245/445 | Japanese Science Fiction and Planetary Possible Futures | F | 2:00PM | 4:40PM | William Bridges |
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Korean (KORE)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-1 | Elementary Korean I | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Myounghee Cho |
| 101-2 | Elementary Korean I | MWF | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Myounghee Cho |
| 101-3 | Elementary Korean I- Rec | T | 9:40AM | 10:30AM | Myounghee Cho |
| 101-4 | Elementary Korean I- Rec | T | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Myounghee Cho |
| 151-1 | Intermediate Korean I | MWF | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Myounghee Cho |
| 151-2 | Intermediate Korean I -Rec | T | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Myounghee Cho |
| 151-3 | Intermediate Korean I | MWF | 3:25PM | 4:15PM | Myounghee Cho |
| 151-4 | Intermediate Korean I -Rec | T | 3:25PM | 4:15PM | Myounghee Cho |
| 201-1 | Advanced Intermediate Korean I | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Myounghee Cho |
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Polish (POLS)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-1 | Elementary Polish I | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Malgorzata Wojciechowski |
| 151-1 | Intermediate Polish | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Malgorzata Wojciechowski |
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Portuguese (PORT)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-1 | Elementary Portuguese | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
| 101-2 | Elementary Portuguese - Rec | W | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
| 151-1 | Intermediate Portuguese I | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
| 151-2 | Intermediate Portuguese I - Rec | W | 11:50AM | 12:40PM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
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Russian/Russian Studies (RUSS/RSST)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-1 | Elementary Russian I | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | John Givens |
| 101-2 | Elementary Russian I - Rec | MW | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Laura Givens |
| 101-3 | Elementary Russian I - Rec | MW | 11:50AM | 12:40PM | Laura Givens |
| 126/127 | Russia Now | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Nikita Maslennikova |
| 128 | Russian Civilization: Myth, Culture, History | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | John Givens |
| 151-1 | Intermediate Russian I | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Laura Givens |
| 151-2 | Intermediate Russian I -Rec | W | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Laura Givens |
| 151-3 | Intermediate Russian I -Rec | Th | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Laura Givens |
| 202-1 | Advanced Readings in Russian | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Laura Givens |
| 218-1 | Advanced Russian Literature in the Original III | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Anna Maslennikova |
| 240-1 | Nabokov-Unusual Émigré | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Anna Maslennikova |
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Spanish (SPAN)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-1 | Elementary Spanish I | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Kirt Komocki |
| 101-2 | Elementary Spanish I | MWF | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Michelle Brown |
| 101-3 | Elementary Spanish I | MWF | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Michelle Brown |
| 101-4 | Elementary Spanish I -Rec | T | 9:40AM | 10:30AM | Kirt Komocki |
| 101-5 | Elementary Spanish I -Rec | T | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Michelle Brown |
| 101-6 | Elementary Spanish I -Rec | T | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Michelle Brown |
| 102-1 | Elementary Spanish II | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Michelle Brown |
| 102-2 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 9:40AM | 10:30AM | Michelle Brown |
| 151-1 | Intermediate Spanish I | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 151-2 | Intermediate Spanish I | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 151-3 | Intermediate Spanish I | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Kirt Komocki |
| 152-1 | Intermediate Spanish II | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Kirt Komocki |
| 152-2 | Intermediate Spanish II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Kirt Komocki |
| 159 | Spanish for Heritage Speaker | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 161-1 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Raquel Alfaro |
| 162-1 | Advanced Conversational Spanish | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Raquel Alfaro |
| 200-1 | Advanced Spanish Composition | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Raquel Alfaro |
| 200-2 | Advanced Spanish Composition | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Claudia Schaefer |
| 200-3 | Advanced Spanish Composition | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Raúl Rodriguez-Hernandez |
| 215 | Don Quijote: The Book, The Myth, The Image | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Ryan Prendergast |
| 248 | Otras vanguardias: revolutionary artistic movements in the Americas | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Raúl Rodriguez-Hernandez |
| 259 | Exitos de taquilla: Blockbuster Films from Spain
and Spanish America | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Claudia Schaefer |
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