Spring Term Schedule

2024 Courses

Below is comprehensive list of all courses associated with the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC) for the spring semester. This master list provides a summary of course offerings in all programs in MLC. Descriptions and room locations can be found in UR Student and CDCS.

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, please see our advising page to connect with a program advisor.

Courses and Modalities

Chinese (CHIN)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Chinese IITTh9:40AM10:55AMPing Pian
102-2Elementary Chinese IITTh3:25PM4:40PMGuoMing Tian
102-3Elementary Chinese II - RecMWF10:25AM11:15AMPing Pian
102-4Elementary Chinese II - RecMW3:25PM4:40PMGuoMing Tian
152-1Intermediate Chinese IITTh12:30PM1:45PMPing Pian
152-2Intermediate Chinese IIMW4:50PM6:05PMGuoMing Tian
152-3Intermediate Chinese II - RecTTh4:50PM6:05PMGuoMing Tian
152-4Intermediate Chinese II - RecMW12:30PM1:45PMPing Pian
203-1Advanced Intermediate Chinese IITTh11:05AM12:20PMPing Pian
206-2Advanced Chinese IITTh2:00PM3:15PMGuoMing Tian
217Writing Volatility and Processing Change: A Survey of the Literatures of China, Taiwan and Hong KongMW11:50AM1:05PMElizabeth Weber
219Monsters, Ghosts, Fairies, and Gods: Supernatural encounters n Classical Chinese literatureMW3:25PM4:40PMElizabeth Weber

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Courses taught in English: CLTR
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
200Topic in Critical Thinking: DesiresMW10:25AM11:40AMAndrew Korn
212Postwar Italian Directors: Fellini, Antonioni,
Cavani
MW2:00PM3:15PMAndrew Korn
214CDirector Studies: Akira KurosawaTTh11:05AM12:20PMJoanne Bernardi
215/415BRussian Cinema After the FallMW10:25AM11:40PMRita Safariants
217CWriting Volatility and Processing Change:
a Survey of the Literatures of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong
MW11:50AM1:05PMLiz Weber
219AMonsters, Ghosts, Fairies, and Gods:
supernatural encounters in Classical Chinese literature
MW3:25PM4:40PMLiz Weber
227C/427CReading the French RevolutionTTh9:40AM10:55AMLisa Cerami
230/430Film as ObjectTh2:00PM4:40PmJoanne Bernardi
230GNikolai Gogol & the Intervention of
Ukrainian Literature
TTh11:05AM12:20PMDimitry Bykov
231E/431EBlack ParisMW12:30PM1:45PMCilas Kemedjio
239/439Representing African Americans in the
African Imagination
MW10:25AM11:40AMCilas Kemedjio
242A/442APoe & HoffmanTTh9:40AM10:55AMSusan Gustafson
244C/444CMediated Miracles & Monsters: Religion
& Modernity in Korean Film & Television
MW3:25PM4:40PMJesse LeFebvre
252AKleist & KafkaTTh12:30PM1:45PMSusan Gustafson
389MLC Research SeminarMW4:50PM6:05PMJesse LeFebvre
260AHard Labor, Exile, Prison: The Culture of
Incarceration in Russia
TTh2:00PM3:15PMDimitry Bykov
263A/463A¿España es diferente?: Constructing Spanish Identityand History through StorytellingTTh3:25PM4:40PMVialcary Crisostomo
264Life and AnimeF4:50PM7:30PMWilliam Bridges
297ANarrative TheoryW4:50PM7:30PM

Robert Doran

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French (FREN)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
101-1Elementary French IMW12:30PM1:45PMJulie Papaioannou
101-2Elementary French I - RecTTh9:40AM10:55AMJulie Papaioannou
101-3Elementary French I - RecTTh11:05AM12:20PMJulie Papaioannou
102-1Elementary French IITTh9:40AM10:55 AMCarole Nasra
102-2Elementary French IITTh11:05AM12:20PMCarole Nasra
102-3Elementary French II - RecMW9:00AM9:50AMCarole Nasra
102-4Elementary French II - RecMW10:25AM11:15AMCarole Nasra
102-5Elementary French II - RecMW11:50AM12:40PMCarole Nasra
153-1Intermediate FrenchTR12:30PM1:45PMCarole Nasra
155-1French Conversation and CompMWF9:00AM9:50AMLouise Dolo
200-1Advanced FrenchMW10:25AM11:40AMJulie Papaioannou
202-1Introduction to the French LiteratureTTh4:50PM6:05PMRobert Doran
212/412French Literature in TranslationTTh12:30PM1:45PMJulie Papaioannou
239/439Representing African Americans in the
African Imagination
MW10:25AM11:40AMCilas Kemedjio
244/444Crimes of Passion: Love & Death on the
Classical French Stage
MW11:50AM1:05PMAnna Rosensweig
247/447Black ParisMW12:30PM1:45PMCilas Kemedjio
297/497Narrative TheoryW4:50PM7:30PMRobert Doran

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German (GRMN)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary German IIMW10:25AM11:40AMTanja Beljanski
102-2Elementary German IIMW2:00PM3:15PMFlorian Mettner
102-3Elementary German II - RecTh2:00PM3:15PMMira Schruff
102-4Elementrary German II - RecT11:05AM12:20PMMira Schruff
152-1Intermediate German IIMW2:00PM3:15PMTanja Beljanski
202-1Introduction to German StudiesTTh12:30PM1:45PMLisa Cerami
229/486Kleist & KafkaTTh12:30PM1:45PMLisa Cerami
230/430Poe & HoffmanTTh9:40AM10:55AMSusan Gustafson
227/256Reading the French RevolutionTTh9:40AM10:55AMSusan Gustafson

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Italian (ITAL)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Italian IIMW2:00PM3:15PMTeresa Murano
102-2Elementary Italian II- RecF2:00PM2:50PMTeresa Murano
114-1Conversational ItalianMW3:25PM4:40PMTeresa Murano
152-1Intermediate Italian IIMWF3:25PM4:15PMAndrew Korn
196-1Dante's Divine Comedy; Pt. 2MW3:25PM4:40PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
202-1Introduction to Italian CultureTTh3:25PM4:40PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
203-119th & 20th Century Italian Women WritersMW4:50PM6:05PMTeresa Murano
221-1Dante's Divine Comedy; Pt. 2MW3:25PM4:40PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
243-1Postwar Italian Directors: Fellini, Antonioni,
Cavani
MW2:00PM3:15PMAndrew Korn

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Japanese (JPNS)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Japanese IIMW2:00PM3:15PMShizuka Hardy
101-2Elementary Japanese II -RecTTh2:00PM3:15PmShizuka Hardy
102-3Elementary Japanese I -RecTTh3:25PM4:40PMShizuka Hardy
102-4Elementary Japanese IIMW12:30PM1:45PMYuki Taguchi
102-5Elementary Japanese II -RecTTh9:40AM10:55AMYuki Taguchi
102-6Elementary Japanese II -RecTTh11:05AM12:20PMYuki Taguchi
102-7Elementary Japanese IIMW10:25AM11:40AMYuki Taguchi
102-8Elementary Japanese II -RecTTh2:00PM3:15PMYuki Taguchi
102-9Elementary Japanese II - RecTTh3:25PM4:40PMYuki Taguchi
115-1Intermediate Conversational Japanese IIMW2:00PM3:15PMYuki Taguchi
152-1Intermediate Japanese IIMW10:25AM11:40AMShizuka Hardy
152-2Intermediate Japanese II -RecTTh9:40AM10:55AMShizuka Hardy
152-3Intermediate Japanese II - RecTTh11:05AM12:20PMShizuka Hardy
152-4Intermediate Japanese IIMW12:30PM1:45PMMariko Tamate
152-5Intermediate Japanese II -RecTTh9:40AM10:55AMMariko Tamate
152-6Intermediate Japanese II - RecTTh11:05AM12:20PMMariko Tamate
202-1Adv. Intermediate Japanese IIMW2:00PM3:15PMMariko Tamate
204-1Adv. Conversational Japanese IIMW4:50PM6:05PMShizuka Hardy
206-1Advanced Japanese IIMW3:25PM4:40PMMariko Tamate
207-1Film as ObjectTh2:00PM4:40PmJoanne Bernardi
229-1Japanese Caligraphy & GraphologyF2:00PM4:40PMKeiko Nishioka
244-4Mediated Miracles & Monsters: Religion
& Modernity in Korean Film & Television
MW3:25PM4:40PMJesse LeFebvre
285-1Director Studies: Akira KurosawaTTh11:05AM12:20PMJoanne Bernardi

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Korean (KORE)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Korean IIMWF10:25AM11:15AMMyounghee Cho
102-2Elementary Korean IIMWF9:00AM9:50AMMyounghee Cho
102-3Elementary Korean II- RecT11:05AM11:55AMMyounghee Cho
102-4Elementary Korean II- RecT9:40AM10:30AMMyounghee Cho
152-1Intermediate Korean IIMWF11:50AM12:40PMMyounghee Cho
152-2Intermediate Korean II -RecT12:30PM1:20PMMyounghee Cho
202-1Advanced Intermediate Korean IIMW2:00PM3:15PMMyounghee Cho
244Mediated Miracles and Monsters: Religion
and Modernity in Korean Film and Televison
MW3:25PM4:40PMJesse LeFebvre

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Russian/Russian Studies (RUSS/RSST)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Russian IITTh9:40AM10:55AMJohn Givens
102-2Elementary Russian II - RecMW11:50AM12:40PMLaura Givens
102-3Elementary Russian II - RecMW10:25AM11:15AMLaura Givens
126Russia NowMW3:25PM4:40PMNikita Maslennikov
127Russia NowW3:25PM4:40PMNikita Maslennikov
128Russian Civilization: Myth, Culture, HistoryTTh12:30PM1:45PMJohn Givens
152-1Intermediate Russian IIMWF9:00AM9:50AMLaura Givens
152-2Intermediate Russian II -RecW2:00PM2:50PMLaura Givens
152-3Intermediate Russian II -RecTh11:05AM11:55AMLaura Givens
205-1Advanced Readings in Russian IIMW2:00PM3:15PMRita Safariants
212-1Advanced Russian Literature in the Original IIMW2:00PM3:15PMAnna Maslennikova
230-1Nikolai Gogol & the Intervention of
Ukrainian Literature
TTh11:05AM12:20PMDimitry Bykov
260-1Hard Labor, Exile, Prison: The Culture of
Incarceration in Russia
TTh2:00PM3:15PMDimitry Bykov
269-1Russian Cinema After the FallMW10:25AM11:40AMRita Safariants

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Spanish (SPAN)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
101-1Elementary Spanish IMWF9:00AM9:50AMMichelle Brown
101-2Elementary Spanish I -RecT12:30PM1:20PMMichelle Brown
101-3Elementary Spanish IMWF2:00PM2:50PMRaquel Alfaro
101-4Elementary Spanish I -RecT2:00PM3:15PMRaquel Alfaro
102-1Elementary Spanish IIMWF10:25AM11:15AMMichelle Brown
102-2Elementary Spanish IIMWF9:00AM9:50AMKirt Komocki
102-3Elementary Spanish IIMWF2:00PM2:50PMMichelle Brown
102-4Elementary Spanish II -RecT9:40AM10:50AMKirt Komocki
102-5Elementary Spanish II -RecT11:05AM11:55AMMichelle Brown
102-6Elementary Spanish II -RecT2:00PM2:50PMMichelle Brown
151-1Intermediate Spanish IMW2:00PM3:15PMLuisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi
151-2Intermediate Spanish IMW10:25AM11:40AMLuisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi
152-1Intermediate Spanish IIMW2:00PM3:15PMKirt Komocki
152-2Intermediate Spanish IIMW12:30PM1:45PMKirt Komocki
152-3Intermediate Spanish IITTh3:25PM4:40PMLuisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi
161-1Advanced Spanish GrammarTTh12:30PM1:45PMLuisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi
162-1Advanced Conversational SpanishTTh12:30PM1:45PMLuisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi
200-1Advanced Spanish CompositionTTh11:05AM12:20PMRaquel Alfaro
200-2Advanced Spanish CompositionMW3:25PM4:40PMKirt Komocki
200-3Advanced Spanish CompositionTTh2:00PM3:15PMVialcary Crisostomo Tejada
202-1The Forging of a Nation: From the Romantics
to Democratic Spain
MW12:30PM1:45PMRaul Rodriguez-Hernandez
235/435Caribbean Women Writings: Words on Freedom, Unfreedom & Radical LoveTTh4:50PM6:05PMVialcary Crisostomo Tejada
263/463¿España es diferente?: Constructing Spanish Identityand History through StorytellingTTh3:25PM4:40PMRyan Prendergast
287AMexican FilmMW3:25PM4:40PMRaul Rodriguez-Hernandez

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