Spring Term Schedule
2027 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
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Chinese (CHIN)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-01 | Elementary Chinese I | MW | 3:25PM | 4:15PM | Ping Pian |
| 101-04 | Elementary chinese I - Rec | TR | 3:25PM | 4:15PM | Ping Pian |
| 102-01 | Elementary Chinese II | TR | 9:40AM | 10:30AM | Ping Pian |
| 102-02 | Elementary Chinese II | MW | 3:25PM | 4:15PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 102-03 | Elementary Chinese II - Rec | MW | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | GuoMing Tian |
| 102-04 | Elementary Chinese II - Rec | TR | 3:25PM | 4:15PM | Yangyang Fu |
| 104-01 | Chinese for Heritage Speakers II | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 104-02 | Chinese for Heritage Speakers II-Rec | R | 4:50PM | 5:40PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 152-01 | Intermediate Chinese II | TR | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Ping Pian |
| 152-04 | Intermediate Chinese II - Rec | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Ping Pian |
| 203-01 | Advanced Intermediate Chinese II | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Ping Pian |
| 206-02 | Advanced Chinese II | TR | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 222-01 | Must I Be a Man? Gender, Sexuality, and Desire | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Elizabeth Weber |
| 231-01 | China Now: Documentary Cinema and Media | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Shiqi Lin |
| 236-01 | Digital Asias | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Shiqi Lin |
| 238-01 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian Metropolises in Literature and Film | TR | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
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Courses taught in English (CLTR)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 206-01 | Protest, Art, and Resistance | MW | 6:15PM | 7:30PM | Federica Parodi |
| 207-01/407-01 | Dante's Divine Comedy II | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 209-01/409-01 | The University: Past and Present | M | 3:25PM | 6:06PM | Lisa Cerami |
| 214R-01 | Russian folklore: Ballads, Romances, Tales, Proverbs, Anecdotes | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Dmitrii Bykov |
| 224-01 | Must I Be a Man? Gender, Sexuality, and Desire | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Liz Weber |
| 226-01/426-01 | I am a Cat: Self-Writing in Japanese Literature | TR | 6:15PM | 7:30PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
| 231-01/431-01 | China Now: Documentary Cinema and Media | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Shiqi Lin |
| 237-01/437-01 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian Metropolises in Literature and Film | TR | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
| 239A/439A | Reflections of the Self: Visual Media and Culture in the German-speaking Context | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Martin Dawson |
| 247-01/447A-01 | Politics and Culture in Fascist Italy | T | 3:25PM | 6:05PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 254-01/454-01 | Reading the French Revolution | TR | 9:40AM | 11:05AM | Lisa Cerami |
| 255E-01 | Poetics of Horror: Gothic, Thriller and Suspense Stories | TR | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Dmitrii Bykov |
| 258-01 | Planetary Perspectives: Utopias and Distopias in German-Language Science Fiction | TR | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Martin Dawson |
| 260-01 | Destination Italy: Foreign Travel in Film and Novels | TR | 3:35PM | 4:50PM | Andrew Korn |
| 271-01/471-01 | Digital Asias | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Shiqi LinsS |
| 272-01 | Soviet Literature | TR | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | John Givens |
| 274-01 | Screening the Past: History in the Movies | TR | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Andrew Korn |
| 281-01 | Encountering 'the Other' in Modern Japanese Literature | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Elsa Chanez |
| 283-01 | Representation of Modern Women in Japanese Litertature | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Elsa Chanez |
| 291-01/491-01 | Weimar Film and Film Theory | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | June Hwang |
| 293-01/493-01 | Philosophy of Music | R | 9:35AM | 12:25PM | Robert Doran |
| 389-01 | MLC Research Seminar | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Anna Rosensweig |
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French (FREN)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-01 | Elementary French I | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 101-02 | Elementary French I - Rec | TR | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 101-03 | Elementary French I - Rec | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 102-01 | Elementary French II | TR | 9:40AM | 10:55 AM | Carole Nasra |
| 102-02 | Elementary French II | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Carole Nasra |
| 102-03 | Elementary French II - Rec | MW | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Carole Nasra |
| 102-04 | Elementary French II - Rec | MW | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Carole Nasra |
| 102-05 | Elementary French II - Rec | MW | 11:50AM | 12:40PM | Carole Nasra |
| 153-01 | Intermediate French | TR | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Carole Nasra |
| 155-01 | French Conversation and Comp | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Ellie Vannel |
| 200-01 | Advanced French | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 202-01 | Introduction to the French Literature | TR | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Robert Doran |
| 260-01 | Topics in the 20th Century (France at War) | TR | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 296-01/496-01 | Philosophy of Music | R | 9:35AM | 12:25PM | Robert Doran |
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German (GRMN)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 102-01 | Elementary German II | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Tanja Beljanski |
| 102-02 | Elementary German II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Kira Heintz |
| 102-3 | Elementary German II - Rec | R | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Andriane Helios |
| 102-4 | Elementrary German II - Rec | T | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Andriane Helios |
| 152-01 | Intermediate German II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Tanja Beljanski |
| 202-01 | Introduction to German Studies | TR | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Martin Dawson |
| 208-01 | The University: Past and Present | M | 3:25PM | 6:06PM | Lisa Cerami |
| 227-01 | Reading the French Revolution | TR | 9:40AM | 11:05AM | Lisa Cerami |
| 256-01 | Advanced Studies in German (German Short Stories | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | June Hwang |
| 258-01/458-01 | Planetary Perspectives: Utopias and Distopias in German-Language Science Fiction | TR | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Martin Dawson |
| 261-01 | Weimar Film and Film Theory | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | June Hwang |
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Italian (ITAL)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 102-01 | Elementary Italian II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Lucia Casiraghi |
| 102-02 | Elementary Italian II- Rec | F | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Lucia Casiraghi |
| 114-01 | Conversation Through Popular Italian Music | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Andrew Korn |
| 152-01 | Intermediate Italian II | TR | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Lucia Casiraghi |
| 202-1 | Introduction to Italian Culture (Migration and Community Storytelling | TR | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Lucia Casiraghi |
| 212-01 | Screening the Past: History in the Movies | TR | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Andrew Korn |
| 221-01 | Dante's Divine Comedy II | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 223-01 | Protest, Art, and Resistance | MW | 6:15PM | 7:30PM | Federica Parodi |
| 247-01 | Politics and Culture in Fascist Italy | T | 3:25PM | 6:05PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 260-01 | Destination Italy: Foreign Travel in Film and Novels | TR | 3:35PM | 4:50PM | Andrew Korn |
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Japanese (JPNS)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-05 | Elementary I - Rec | TR | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 101-10 | Elementary Japanese I | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 101-11 | Elementary I - Rec | TR | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 102-01 | Elementary Japanese II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 102-02 | Elementary Japanese II -Rec | TR | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 102-03 | Elementary Japanese I -Rec | TR | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 102-07 | Elementary Japanese II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 102-09 | Elementary Japanese II -Rec | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 102-10 | Elementary Japanese II - Rec | TR | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 115-01 | Intermediate Conversational Japanese II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 152-01 | Intermediate Japanese II | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 152-02 | Intermediate Japanese II -Rec | TR | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 152-03 | Intermediate Japanese II - Rec | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 152-04 | Intermediate Japanese II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 152-05 | Intermediate Japanese II -Rec | TR | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Mariko Tamate |
| 152-06 | Intermediate Japanese II - Rec | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 202-01 | Advanced Intermediate Japanese II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 204-01 | Advanced Conversational Japanese II | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 206-01 | Advanced Japanese II | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 218-01 | Encountering 'the Other' in Modern Japanese Literature | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Elsa Chanez |
| 221-01 | Representation of Modern Women in Japanese Litertature | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Elsa Chanez |
| 226-01 | I am a Cat: Self-Writing in Japanese Literature | TR | 6:15PM | 7:30PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
| 237-01 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian Metropolises in Literature and Film | TR | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
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Korean (KORE)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 102-01 | Elementary Korean II | MWF | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Myounghee Cho |
| 102-02 | Elementary Korean II | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Myounghee Cho |
| 102-03 | Elementary Korean II- Rec | T | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Myounghee Cho |
| 102-04 | Elementary Korean II- Rec | T | 9:40AM | 10:30AM | Myounghee Cho |
| 152-01 | Intermediate Korean II | MWF | 11:50AM | 12:40PM | Myounghee Cho |
| 152-02 | Intermediate Korean II -Rec | T | 12:30PM | 1:20PM | Myounghee Cho |
| 202-01 | Advanced Intermediate Korean II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Myounghee Cho |
| 237-01 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian Metropolises in Literature and Film | TR | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
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Polish (POLS)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 102-01 | Elementary Polish II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Malgorzata Wojciechowska |
| 202-01 | Polish Review | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Malgorzata Wojciechowska |
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Portuguese (PORT)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 102-01 | Elementary Portuguese II | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
| 102-2 | Elementary Portuguese II-Rec | W | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
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Russian (RUSS)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 102-01 | Elementary Russian II | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Laura Givens |
| 102-02 | Elementary Russian II - Rec | MW | 11:50AM | 12:40PM | Laura Givens |
| 102-03 | Elementary Russian II - Rec | MW | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Laura Givens |
| 152-01 | Intermediate Russian II | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Laura Givens |
| 152-02 | Intermediate Russian II -Rec | W | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Laura Givens |
| 152-03 | Intermediate Russian II -Rec | Th | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Laura Givens |
| 214-01 | Russian folklore: Ballads, Romances, Tales, Proverbs, Anecdotes | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Dmitrii Bykov |
| 255-01 | Poetics of Horror: Gothic, Thriller and Suspense Stories | TR | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Dmitrii Bykov |
| 265-01 | Soviet Literature | TR | 12:30 PM | 1:45PM | John Givens |
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Spanish (SPAN)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-01 | Elementary Spanish I | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Alice Seixas |
| 101-02 | Elementary Spanish I -Rec | T | 12:30PM | 1:20PM | Alice Seixas |
| 101-03 | Elementary Spanish I | MWF | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Raquel Alfaro |
| 101-04 | Elementary Spanish I -Rec | T | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Raquel Alfaro |
| 102-01 | Elementary Spanish II | MWF | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Alice Seixas |
| 102-02 | Elementary Spanish II | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Kirt Komocki |
| 102-03 | Elementary Spanish II | MWF | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Alice Seixas |
| 102-04 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 9:40AM | 10:50AM | Kirt Komocki |
| 102-05 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Alice Seixas |
| 102-06 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Alice Seixas |
| 151-01 | Intermediate Spanish I | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 151-02 | Intermediate Spanish I | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 152-01 | Intermediate Spanish II | TR | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Kirt Komocki |
| 152-02 | Intermediate Spanish II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Kirt Komocki |
| 152-03 | Intermediate Spanish II | TR | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 161-01 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | TR | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 162-01 | Advanced Conversational Spanish | TR | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 200-01 | Advanced Spanish Composition | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Raquel Alfaro |
| 200-02 | Advanced Spanish Composition | TR | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Vialcary Crisostomo Tejada |
| 217-01 | Beyond boders: Hispanic Writers in Exile | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Richard Ardila |
| 220-01 | From Page to Screen: Modern Spain Through Literatrue and Film | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Richard Ardila |
| 251-01/451-01 | Quemaremos el cielo si es preciso: subversive narratives of the Afro-Caribbean | TR | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Vialcary Crisostomo Tejada |
| 394-01 | Internship | TBD | | | Spanish Program Faculty |
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