Department of World Languages & Cultures

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Department of World Languages & Cultures 
Behavioral & Social Sciences 206
707-826-3226, fax 826-4320

Department Chair
Mary Scoggin, Ph.D.

Program Leader 
Matthew Dean, Ph.D.

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World Languages and Cultures Faculty Listing    

Program Leader, French & Francophone Studies, German Studies
Joseph Diémé, Ph.D.

Program Leader, Spanish
Lilianet Brintrup, Ph.D.

Programs

• French and Francophone Studies, B.A.
• Spanish, B.A.

• French and Francophone Studies Minor
• German Studies Minor
• Spanish Media Minor
• Spanish Minor

• French and Francophone Studies, B.A. MAP
• Spanish, B.A. MAP

Courses

• AHSS 109 - Bilingual Experience in California

• FREN 100 - Enlightenment and Post-Colonialism
• FREN 105 - French Level I
• FREN 106 - French Level II
• FREN 106L - French Laboratory Level II
• FREN 107 - French Level III
• FREN 107L - French Laboratory Level III
• FREN 207 - French IV and Intro to Francophone Studies
• FREN 207L - French Laboratory Level IV
• FREN 280 - French Conversation and Retreat
• FREN 300 - African Storytelling
• FREN 306 - Sex, Class and Culture: Gender and Ethnic Issues in International Short Stories
• FREN 310 - Nouvelles en Français: Variable Topics
• FREN 311 - French V and Stories from the Francophone World
• FREN 312 - French VI and (R)evolution in Modern French Literature
• FREN 314 - Cultural History Topics in Early French Masterpieces
• FREN 324 - Introduction to Language OR Intensive French Language: Regional Studies
• FREN 325 - French Cultural Journal: Regional Studies
• FREN 326 - Culture and Civilization: Regional Studies
• FREN 340 - Topics in Francophone Culture
• FREN 341 - Current Event Topics in the Francophone World
• FREN 370 - French Weekend Retreat
• FREN 390 - Topics in Cinema of the Francophone World
• FREN 420 - French Peer Tutoring
• FREN 480 - Upper Division Seminar/Retreat
• FREN 482 - Francophone Internship Abroad
• FREN 492 - Senior Honors Thesis or Project
• FREN 499 - Directed Study

• GERM 105 - German Level I
• GERM 105L - German Laboratory Level I
• GERM 106 - German Level II
• GERM 106L - German Laboratory Level II
• GERM 107 - German Language and Culture III
• GERM 107L - German Laboratory Level III
• GERM 207 - German Language and Culture IV
• GERM 207L - German Laboratory Level IV
• GERM 280 - Lower Division Retreat/Seminar
• GERM 306 - Sex, Class and Culture: Gender and Ethnic Issues in International Short Stories
• GERM 480 - Undergraduate Seminar
• GERM 499 - Directed Study

• SPAN 105 - Spanish Language and Culture I
• SPAN 106 - Spanish Language and Culture II
• SPAN 106L - Spanish Laboratory Level II
• SPAN 107 - Spanish Language and Culture III
• SPAN 107L - Spanish Laboratory Level III
• SPAN 108 - Level III Heritage Speakers
• SPAN 108S - Level III Heritage Speakers
• SPAN 207 - Spanish Language and Culture IV
• SPAN 207L - Spanish Laboratory Level IV
• SPAN 208 - Level IV Heritage Speakers
• SPAN 208S - Level IV Heritage Speakers
• SPAN 280 - Lower Division Weekend Retreat/ Seminar
• SPAN 305 - Hispanic Civilization: Regional Studies
• SPAN 306 - Sex, Class and Culture: Gender and Ethnic Issues in International Short Stories
• SPAN 308S - Introduction to Translation and Interpretation
• SPAN 310 - Spanish Advanced Oral Skills
• SPAN 311 - Spanish Level V, Advanced Grammar and Composition
• SPAN 313 - Spanish Peer Tutoring
• SPAN 315S - Field Experience: Teaching Spanish as a Second Language
• SPAN 321 - Advanced Writing Skills
• SPAN 325 - Grammar: Regional Studies
• SPAN 335 - Reading and Writing: Regional Studies
• SPAN 340 - Critical Reading in Spanish I
• SPAN 341 - Critical Reading in Spanish II
• SPAN 342 - Cervantes
• SPAN 343 - The Golden Age
• SPAN 344 - Modern Hispanic Theater Workshop
• SPAN 345 - Hispanic Cinema
• SPAN 346 - Borges and the Contemporary Spanish American Short Story
• SPAN 347 - The “Boom” of the Latin American Novel
• SPAN 348 - Contemporary Hispanic Poetry
• SPAN 349 - Contemporary Spanish Novel
• SPAN 365S - Field Experience: Regional Studies
• SPAN 370 - Spanish Retreat/Seminar
• SPAN 396 - International Latino Film Seminar
• SPAN 401 - Hispanic Civilization: Spain
• SPAN 402 - Hispanic Civilization: Latin America
• SPAN 408S - Field Experience: Translation and Interpretation
• SPAN 435 - Spanish Applied Linguistics
• SPAN 480 - Undergraduate Seminar
• SPAN 492 - Senior Project
• SPAN 499 - Directed Study

Also see Chinese, French, German, and Spanish.

• WLC 110 - Language Laboratory
• WLC 480 - Special Topics

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