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 Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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102-1 | Elementary Chinese II | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Yangyang Fu |
102-2 | Elementary Chinese II | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Yangyang Fu |
102-3 | Elementary Chinese II - Rec | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Yangyang Fu |
102-4 | Elementary Chinese II - Rec | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Yangyang Fu |
152-2 | Intermediate Chinese II | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | GuoMing Tian |
152-3 | Intermediate Chinese II - Rec | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | GuoMing Tian |
158 | Arts of China | TR | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Tingting Xu |
203-1 | Advanced Intermediate Chinese II | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | GuoMing Tian |
206-2 | Advanced Chinese II | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | GuoMing Tian |
222 | Gender, Sexuality, and Desire in 20th Century Chinese Literature | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Elizabeth Weber |
224 | Introduction to Chinese to English Literary Translation | F | 2:00PM | 4:40PM | Elizabeth Weber |
238 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian Metropolises in Literature and Film | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
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Courses taught in English: CLTRCourse # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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200 | Topics in Critical Thinking: Desires | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Andrew Korn |
201B | Words on the Street: Language, Street Art, and Performance in Portuguese-Speaking Cultures | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
212 | Postwar Italian Directors: Fellini, Antonioni, Cavani | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Andrew Korn |
222A/422A | Women Writers and Rebels | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Lisa Cerami |
222C/422C | Gender, Love and Families | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Susan Gustafson |
224 | Gender, Sexuality, and Desire in 20th Century Chinese Literature | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Liz Weber |
224C/424C | Introduction to Chinese to English Literacy Translation | F | 2:00PM | 4:40PM | Liz Weber |
224D/424D | Visions, Gods, Warriors, and Women: Japanese Illustrated Narrative | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Jesse LeFebvre |
226C/426C | Texts of Confession: I-novel, Essay, and Autobiographical Writings in Japanese Literature | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
230/430 | Film as Object | Th | 2:00PM | 4:40PM | Joanne Bernardi |
231F/431F | Foucault and the Ethics of Theory | TTh | 6:15PM | 7:30PM | Robert Doran |
236C/436C | Writing and the World Wars: German and English Language Film and Literature in Context | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Lisa Cerami |
237/437 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian Metropolises in Literature and Film | TTh | 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 |
244C/444C | Mediated Miracles and Monsters: Religion and Modernity in Korean Film and Television | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Jesse LeFebvre |
248/448 | On the Move: Ethnographic Film | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | June Hwang |
253D | Dante's Divine Comedy; Pt. 2 | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
257A/457A | Heimat | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | June Hwang |
260B/460B | Decolonial Theory and Praxis: Resistance and (Re) construction from the Global South | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Vialcary Crisostomo Tejada |
262D/462D | The Zelensky Phenomenon: Portrait against the Background of a Nation | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Dmitry Bykov |
272B | Russian Movies That Rock | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Rita Safariants |
278/478 | Representing Algeria | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Anna Rosensweig |
289 | Dangerous Texts | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Dmitry Bykov |
389 | MLC Research Seminar | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Cilas Kemedjio |
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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 - Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Julie Papaioannou |
101-3 | Elementary French I - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Julie Papaioannou |
102-1 | Elementary French II | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55 AM | Carole Nasra |
102-2 | Elementary French II | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Carole Nasra |
102-3 | Elementary French II - Rec | MW | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Carole Nasra |
102-4 | Elementary French II - Rec | MW | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Carole Nasra |
102-5 | Elementary French II - Rec | MW | 11:50AM | 12:40PM | Carole Nasra |
153-1 | Intermediate French | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Carole Nasra |
155-1 | French Conversation and Comp | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Nicolas Ollivier |
200-1 | Advanced French | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Julie Papaioannou |
202-1 | Introduction to the French Literature | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Robert Doran |
260/460 | France in Autobiography | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Julie Papaioannou |
269/469 | Foucault and the Ethics of Theory | TTh | 6:15PM | 7:30PM | Robert Doran |
271/471 | Introduction to Francophone Literature | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Cilas Kemedjio |
278/478 | Representing Algeria | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Anna Rosensweig |
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German (GRMN)Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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102-1 | Elementary German II | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Tanja Beljanski |
102-2 | Elementary German II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Moritz Stahn |
102-3 | Elementary German II - Rec | Th | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Anna-Lena Klass |
102-4 | Elementrary German II - Rec | T | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Anna-Lena Klass |
152-1 | Intermediate German II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Tanja Beljanski |
202-1 | Introduction to German Studies | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Martin Dawson |
221-421 | Gender, Love and Families | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Susan Gustafson |
224/424 | Women Writers and Rebels | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Lisa Cerami |
236/436 | Writing and the World Wars: German and English Language Film and Literature in Context | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Lisa Cerami |
239/439 | Reflections of the Self: Visual Media and Culture in the German-speaking Context | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Martin Dawson |
248/448 | On the Move: Ethnographic Film | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | June Hwang |
257/457 | Heimat | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | June Hwang |
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Italian (ITAL)Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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102-1 | Elementary Italian II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Teresa Murano |
102-2 | Elementary Italian II- Rec | F | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Teresa Murano |
102-3 | Elementary Italian II- Rec | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:15PM | Teresa Murano |
114-1 | Conversational Italian | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Teresa Murano |
152-1 | Intermediate Italian II | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Andrew Korn |
196-1 | Dante's Divine Comedy; Pt. 2 | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
202-1 | Art and Citizenship: A Bilingual Introduction to Italian Culture | T | 3:25PM | 6:05PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
203-1 | Italian Women Writers: A transformative influence on the Society in the 19th and 20th century. | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Teresa Murano |
221-1 | Dante's Divine Comedy; Pt. 2 | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
243-1 | Postwar Italian Directors: Fellini, Antonioni, Cavani | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Andrew Korn |
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Japanese (JPNS)Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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102-1 | Elementary Japanese II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Shizuka Hardy |
102-2 | Elementary Japanese II -Rec | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Shizuka Hardy |
102-3 | Elementary Japanese I -Rec | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Shizuka Hardy |
102-4 | Elementary Japanese II | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Yuki Taguchi |
102-5 | Elementary Japanese II -Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Yuki Taguchi |
102-6 | Elementary Japanese II -Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Yuki Taguchi |
102-7 | Elementary Japanese II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Yuki Taguchi |
102-8 | Elementary Japanese II -Rec | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Yuki Taguchi |
102-9 | Elementary Japanese II - Rec | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Yuki Taguchi |
115-1 | Intermediate Conversational Japanese II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Yuki Taguchi |
152-1 | Intermediate Japanese II | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Shizuka Hardy |
152-2 | Intermediate Japanese II -Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Shizuka Hardy |
152-3 | Intermediate Japanese II - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Shizuka Hardy |
152-4 | Intermediate Japanese II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Mariko Tamate |
152-5 | Intermediate Japanese II -Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Mariko Tamate |
152-6 | Intermediate Japanese II - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Mariko Tamate |
202-1 | Adv. Intermediate Japanese II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Mariko Tamate |
204-1 | Adv. Conversational Japanese II | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Shizuka Hardy |
206-1 | Advanced Japanese II | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Mariko Tamate |
207-1 | Film as Object | Th | 2:00PM | 4:40PM | Joanne Bernardi |
224-1 | Visions, Gods, Warriors, and Women: Japanese Illustrated Narrative | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Jesse LeFebvre |
226-1 | Texts of Confession: I-novel, Essay, and Autobiographical Writings in Japanese Literature | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
235-1 | Japanese Calligraphy in Japanese | F | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Keiko Nishioka |
237-1 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian Metropolises in Literature and Film | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
244-4 | Mediated Miracles and Monsters: Religion and Modernity in Korean Film and Television | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Jesse LeFebvre |
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102-1 | Elementary Korean II | MWF | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Myounghee Cho |
102-2 | Elementary Korean II | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Myounghee Cho |
102-3 | Elementary Korean II- Rec | T | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Myounghee Cho |
102-4 | Elementary Korean II- Rec | T | 9:40AM | 10:30AM | Myounghee Cho |
152-1 | Intermediate Korean II | MWF | 11:50AM | 12:40PM | Myounghee Cho |
152-2 | Intermediate Korean II -Rec | T | 12:30PM | 1:20PM | Myounghee Cho |
202-1 | Advanced Intermediate Korean II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Myounghee Cho |
237 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East AsianMetropolises in Literature and Film | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
244 | Mediated Miracles and Monsters: Religionand Modernity in Korean Film and Televison | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Jesse LeFebvre |
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102-1 | Elementary Polish II | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Malgorzata Wojciechowska |
202-1 | 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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102-1 | Elementary Portuguese II | TTh | 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 |
201 | Words on the Street: Language, Street Art, and Performance in Portuguese-Speaking Cultures | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | 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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102-1 | Elementary Russian II | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Laura Givens |
102-2 | Elementary Russian II - Rec | MW | 11:50AM | 12:40PM | Laura Givens |
102-3 | Elementary Russian II - Rec | MW | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Laura Givens |
152-1 | Intermediate Russian II | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Laura Givens |
152-2 | Intermediate Russian II -Rec | W | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Laura Givens |
152-3 | Intermediate Russian II -Rec | Th | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Laura Givens |
209-1 | Advanced Russian Through Film | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Rita Safariants |
262-1 | The Zelensky Phenomenon: Portrait against the Background of a Nation | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Dmitry Bykov |
272-1 | Russian Movies That Rock | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Rita Safariants |
289-1 | Dangerous Texts | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Dmitry Bykov |
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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 | Michelle Brown |
101-2 | Elementary Spanish I -Rec | T | 12:30PM | 1:20PM | Michelle Brown |
101-3 | Elementary Spanish I | MWF | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Raquel Alfaro |
101-4 | Elementary Spanish I -Rec | T | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Raquel Alfaro |
102-1 | Elementary Spanish II | MWF | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Michelle Brown |
102-2 | Elementary Spanish II | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Kirt Komocki |
102-3 | Elementary Spanish II | MWF | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Michelle Brown |
102-4 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 9:40AM | 10:50AM | Kirt Komocki |
102-5 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Michelle Brown |
102-6 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Michelle Brown |
151-1 | Intermediate Spanish I | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
151-2 | Intermediate Spanish I | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
152-1 | Intermediate Spanish II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Kirt Komocki |
152-2 | Intermediate Spanish II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Kirt Komocki |
152-3 | Intermediate Spanish II | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
161-1 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
162-1 | Advanced Conversational Spanish | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
200-1 | Advanced Spanish Composition | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Raquel Alfaro |
200-2 | Advanced Spanish Composition | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Kirt Komocki |
200-3 | Advanced Spanish Composition | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Vialcary Crisostomo Tejada |
230-1 | Madrid and Barcelona: Laboratories of Modernity, Public Spaces, Urban Planning and the Language of Place | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Claudia Schaefer |
260/460 | Decolonial Theory and Praxis: Resistance and (Re) construction from the Global South | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Vialcary Crisostomo Tejada |
270-1 | El cuento hispánico | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Raúl Rodríguez-Hernández |
275-1 | Marx and Freud in Latin America | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Raúl Rodríguez-Hernández |
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