Spring Term Schedule

2025 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 IITTh2:00PM3:15PMYangyang Fu
102-2Elementary Chinese IITTh3:25PM4:40PMYangyang Fu
102-3Elementary Chinese II - RecMW2:00PM3:15PMYangyang Fu
102-4Elementary Chinese II - RecMW3:25PM4:40PMYangyang Fu
152-2Intermediate Chinese IIMW4:50PM6:05PMGuoMing Tian
152-3Intermediate Chinese II - RecTTh4:50PM6:05PMGuoMing Tian
158Arts of ChinaTR4:50PM6:05PMTingting Xu
203-1Advanced Intermediate Chinese IIMW3:25PM4:40PMGuoMing Tian
206-2Advanced Chinese IITTh2:00PM3:15PMGuoMing Tian
222Gender, Sexuality, and Desire in 20th Century Chinese LiteratureMW11:50AM1:05PMElizabeth Weber
224Introduction to Chinese to English Literary TranslationF2:00PM4:40PMElizabeth Weber
238Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian
Metropolises in Literature and Film
TTh4:50PM6:05PMLin Meng Walsh

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Courses taught in English: CLTR
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
200Topics in Critical Thinking: DesiresTTh9:40AM10:55AMAndrew Korn
201BWords on the Street: Language, Street Art, and
Performance in Portuguese-Speaking Cultures
TTh12:30PM1:45PMTeresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo
212Postwar Italian Directors: Fellini, Antonioni,
Cavani
TTh12:30PM1:45PMAndrew Korn
222A/422AWomen Writers and RebelsTTh2:00PM3:15PMLisa Cerami
222C/422CGender, Love and FamiliesMW2:00PM3:15PMSusan Gustafson
224Gender, Sexuality, and Desire in 20th Century Chinese LiteratureMW11:50AM1:05PMLiz Weber
224C/424CIntroduction to Chinese to English Literacy TranslationF2:00PM4:40PMLiz Weber
224D/424DVisions, Gods, Warriors, and Women:
Japanese Illustrated Narrative
MW4:50PM6:05PMJesse LeFebvre
226C/426CTexts of Confession: I-novel, Essay, and Autobiographical Writings in Japanese LiteratureTTh12:30PM1:45PMLin Meng Walsh
230/430Film as ObjectTh2:00PM4:40PMJoanne Bernardi
231F/431FFoucault and the Ethics of TheoryTTh6:15PM7:30PMRobert Doran
236C/436CWriting and the World Wars: German and
English Language Film and Literature in Context
TTh9:40AM10:55AMLisa Cerami
237/437Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian Metropolises in Literature and FilmTTh4:50PM6:05PMLin Meng Walsh
239A/439AReflections of the Self: Visual Media and Culture in the German-speaking ContextTTh11:05AM12:20PMMartin Dawson
244C/444CMediated Miracles and Monsters: Religion
and Modernity in Korean Film and Television
MW3:25PM4:40PMJesse LeFebvre
248/448On the Move: Ethnographic FilmMW12:30PM1:45PMJune Hwang
253DDante's Divine Comedy; Pt. 2MW3:25PM4:40PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
257A/457AHeimatMW10:25AM11:40AMJune Hwang
260B/460BDecolonial Theory and Praxis: Resistance and
(Re) construction from the Global South
TTh2:00PM3:15PMVialcary Crisostomo Tejada
262D/462DThe Zelensky Phenomenon: Portrait against
the Background of a Nation
TTh11:05AM12:20PMDmitry Bykov
272BRussian Movies That RockMW10:25AM11:40AMRita Safariants
278/478Representing AlgeriaTTh11:05AM12:20PMAnna Rosensweig
289Dangerous TextsTTh2:00PM3:15PMDmitry Bykov
389MLC Research SeminarMW10:25AM11:40AMCilas Kemedjio

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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 FrenchTTh12:30PM1:45PMCarole Nasra
155-1French Conversation and CompMWF9:00AM9:50AMNicolas Ollivier
200-1Advanced FrenchMW10:25AM11:40AMJulie Papaioannou
202-1Introduction to the French LiteratureTTh4:50PM6:05PMRobert Doran
260/460France in AutobiographyTTh3:25PM4:40PMJulie Papaioannou
269/469Foucault and the Ethics of TheoryTTh6:15PM7:30PMRobert Doran
271/471Introduction to Francophone LiteratureMW12:30PM1:45PMCilas Kemedjio
278/478Representing AlgeriaTTh11:05AM12:20PMAnna Rosensweig

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German (GRMN)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary German IIMW10:25AM11:40AMTanja Beljanski
102-2Elementary German IIMW2:00PM3:15PMMoritz Stahn
102-3Elementary German II - RecTh2:00PM3:15PMAnna-Lena Klass
102-4Elementrary German II - RecT11:05AM12:20PMAnna-Lena Klass
152-1Intermediate German IIMW2:00PM3:15PMTanja Beljanski
202-1Introduction to German StudiesTTh12:30PM1:45PMMartin Dawson
221-421Gender, Love and FamiliesMW2:00PM3:15PMSusan Gustafson
224/424Women Writers and RebelsTTh2:00PM3:15PMLisa Cerami
236/436Writing and the World Wars: German and
English Language Film and Literature in Context
TTh9:40AM10:55AMLisa Cerami
239/439Reflections of the Self: Visual Media and Culture in the German-speaking ContextTTh11:05AM12:20PMMartin Dawson
248/448On the Move: Ethnographic FilmMW12:30PM1:45PMJune Hwang
257/457HeimatMW10:25AM11:40AMJune Hwang

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Italian (ITAL)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Italian IIMW2:00PM3:15PMTeresa Murano
102-2Elementary Italian II- RecF2:00PM2:50PMTeresa Murano
102-3Elementary Italian II- RecTTh3:25PM4:15PMTeresa Murano
114-1Conversational ItalianMW3:25PM4:40PMTeresa Murano
152-1Intermediate Italian IITTh3:25PM4:40PMAndrew Korn
196-1Dante's Divine Comedy; Pt. 2MW3:25PM4:40PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
202-1Art and Citizenship: A Bilingual Introduction to
Italian Culture
T3:25PM6:05PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
203-1Italian Women Writers: A transformative
influence on the Society in the 19th and 20th
century.
MW4:50PM6:05PMTeresa Murano
221-1Dante's Divine Comedy; Pt. 2MW3:25PM4:40PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
243-1Postwar Italian Directors: Fellini, Antonioni,
Cavani
TTh12:30PM1:45PMAndrew Korn

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Japanese (JPNS)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Japanese IIMW2:00PM3:15PMShizuka Hardy
102-2Elementary Japanese II -RecTTh3:25PM4:40PMShizuka Hardy
102-3Elementary Japanese I -RecTTh2:00PM3:15PMShizuka Hardy
102-4Elementary Japanese IIMW10:25AM11:40AMYuki Taguchi
102-5Elementary Japanese II -RecTTh9:40AM10:55AMYuki Taguchi
102-6Elementary Japanese II -RecTTh11:05AM12:20PMYuki Taguchi
102-7Elementary Japanese IIMW12:30PM1:45PMYuki 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
224-1Visions, Gods, Warriors, and Women:
Japanese Illustrated Narrative
MW4:50PM6:05PMJesse LeFebvre
226-1Texts of Confession: I-novel, Essay, and Autobiographical Writings in Japanese LiteratureTTh12:30PM1:45PMLin Meng Walsh
235-1Japanese Calligraphy in JapaneseF12:30PM1:45PMKeiko Nishioka
237-1Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian Metropolises in Literature and FilmTTh4:50PM6:05PMLin Meng Walsh
244-4Mediated Miracles and Monsters: Religion
and Modernity in Korean Film and Television
MW3:25PM4:40PMJesse LeFebvre
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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
237Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East AsianMetropolises in Literature and FilmTTh4:50PM6:05PMLin Meng Walsh
244Mediated Miracles and Monsters: Religionand Modernity in Korean Film and TelevisonMW3:25PM4:40PMJesse LeFebvre
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Polish (POLS)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Polish IIMW11:50AM1:05PMMalgorzata Wojciechowska
202-1Polish ReviewMW2:00PM3:15PMMalgorzata Wojciechowska

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Portuguese (PORT)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Portuguese IITTh11:05AM12:20PMTeresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo
102-2Elementary Portuguese II RECW10:25AM11:15AMTeresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo
201Words on the Street: Language, Street Art, and
Performance in Portuguese-Speaking Cultures
TTh12:30PM1:45PMTeresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo

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Russian/Russian Studies (RUSS/RSST)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
102-1Elementary Russian IITTh9:40AM10:55AMLaura Givens
102-2Elementary Russian II - RecMW11:50AM12:40PMLaura Givens
102-3Elementary Russian II - RecMW10:25AM11:15AMLaura Givens
152-1Intermediate Russian IIMWF9:00AM9:50AMLaura Givens
152-2Intermediate Russian II -RecW2:00PM2:50PMLaura Givens
152-3Intermediate Russian II -RecTh11:05AM11:55AMLaura Givens
209-1Advanced Russian Through FilmMW2:00PM3:15PMRita Safariants
262-1The Zelensky Phenomenon: Portrait against
the Background of a Nation
TTh11:05AM12:20PMDmitry Bykov
272-1Russian Movies That RockMW10:25AM11:40AMRita Safariants
289-1Dangerous TextsTTh2:00PM3:15PMDmitry Bykov

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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 -RecT2:00PM2:50PMRaquel 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 CompositionMW10:25AM11:40AMRaquel Alfaro
200-2Advanced Spanish CompositionMW3:25PM4:40PMKirt Komocki
200-3Advanced Spanish CompositionTTh11:05AM12:20PMVialcary Crisostomo Tejada
230-1Madrid and Barcelona: Laboratories of Modernity,
Public Spaces, Urban Planning and the
Language of Place
MW12:30PM1:45PMClaudia Schaefer
260/460Decolonial Theory and Praxis: Resistance and
(Re) construction from the Global South
TTh2:00PM3:15PMVialcary Crisostomo Tejada
270-1El cuento hispánicoMW12:30PM1:45PMRaúl Rodríguez-Hernández
275-1Marx and Freud in Latin AmericaMW3:25PM4:40PMRaúl Rodríguez-Hernández

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