2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Academic Catalog

French and Francophone Studies Minor

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Language, Literature and Culture Overview

The Language, Literature and Culture Department aims to promote students’ competency in learning other languages, and to broaden and enrich their education through in-depth study of other cultures. Mastering a language includes listening, speaking, reading and writing proficiency. Students can easily apply these skills to other disciplines at Clark and to their future professions.

Students can study Arabic, ASL, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin and Spanish at Clark, and can major in Ancient Civilization, Comparative Literature, French or Spanish. It is also possible, at the department’s discretion, to major in more than one language taught at Clark (the Combined Languages major). Students can also apply skills in Asian languages to an Asian Studies major and skills in Hebrew to a concentration in Jewish Studies.

The Language, Literature and Culture Department is part of the Alice Coonley Higgins School of Humanities.

For more information, please visit the Language, Literature and Culture Department’s website.

Language Placement

Please use the chart on the department’s main web page to determine what course level to take, depending on how many previous years of the language you’ve had. The University reviews transcripts to ensure that students are not over-qualified for a particular course. Students with native or near-native fluency in a language should consult with the coordinator in that language to determine the appropriate level.

For more on language placement, please consult the Department’s Language Placement Guidelines page.

Study Abroad

Participation in a Study Abroad program gives you a chance to view the interests and issues you care about from the perspective of another culture. Students in LL&C are encouraged to study abroad in exciting cities in Chile, China, the Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Senegal, and Spain. The staff in Clark’s Office of Study Abroad can help you find an experience that fits your requirements.

French and Francophone Studies Minor Requirements

A minor program in language, literature and culture is offered in French, Spanish and German.

To qualify, a student must complete six courses in the chosen discipline at a level of difficulty that would count toward a major in that field (FREN 120 or above). Some courses may be replaced by courses outside the field of study but related to it (a course in Existentialist philosophy, African art, or French History, for example, as well as The National Imagination might be counted as a course toward a minor in French). Three of the six courses must be taken at Clark. The Capstone courses required of majors (FREN 297) are not required for the minor, but they may be taken for minor credit with permission of the instructor. Students must declare their intention of fulfilling a minor by the end of the junior year. Only course grades of C or better may be counted toward the minor.

Language, Literature and Culture Faculty

Program

María Acosta Cruz, Ph.D.
Eduard Arriaga-Arango, Ph.D.
Belén Atienza, Ph.D.
Odile Ferly, Ph.D.
Allison Fong, Ph.D.
Everett Fox, Ph.D.
Beth Gale, Ph.D.
Dolores Juan-Moreno, Ph.D.
Alexander Murphy, Ph.D.
Juan Pablo Rivera, Ph.D.

Adjunct

Sawsan Berjawi, M.A., M.Ed.
John Dunn
Lili Foti, Ph.D.
Tyran Grillo, Ph.D.
Kuylain Howard, M.A.
Talia Mugg
Elizabeth O’Connell-Inman, M.A.
Marcela Otálora, M.A.
Joanne Qu, Ph.D.
Chris Synodinos, Ph.D.
Yanna Zhang, Ph.D.

Emeriti

Carol D’Lugo, Ph.D.
Marvin D’Lugo, Ph.D.
Hartmut Kaiser, Ph.D.
Dorothy Kaufmann, Ph.D.
Constance Montross, Ph.D.
Walter Schatzberg, Ph.D.
Michael Spingler, Ph.D.

Languages, Literature and Culture Courses

Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Years

Listing by Fields of Specialization

Arabic

Chinese

Classics

Comparative Literature

French

Most advanced French courses listed as offered periodically are available once every three years.

German

Hebrew

Japanese

Spanish

The Spanish program is based on a three-year rotation. Advanced courses listed as offered periodically are generally available at least once every three years.