Spring Term Schedule
2026 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 and .
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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| 102-01 | Elementary Chinese II | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Ping Pian |
| 102-02 | Elementary Chinese II | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 102-03 | Elementary Chinese II - Rec | MWF | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | Ping Pian |
| 102-04 | Elementary Chinese II - Rec | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 152-01 | Intermediate Chinese II | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Ping Pian |
| 152-02 | Intermediate Chinese II | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 152-03 | Intermediate Chinese II - Rec | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 152-04 | Intermediate Chinese II - Rec | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Ping Pian |
| 203-01 | Advanced Intermediate Chinese II | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Ping Pian |
| 206-02 | Advanced Chinese II | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | GuoMing Tian |
| 217 | Volatility & Change in 20th Century Literature | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Elizabeth Weber |
| 219 | Monsters, Ghosts, Fairies, and Gods: Supernatural Encounters in Classical Chinese Literature | MW | 3:25PM | 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: CLTR| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 20202B/402B | Holocaust: Affect and Absence | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | June Hwang |
| 217C | Volatility & Change in 20th Century Literature | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Elizabeth Weber |
| 219A | Monsters, Ghosts, Fairies, and Gods: Supernatural Encounters in Classical Chinese Literature | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Elizabeth Weber |
| 226/426 | I am a Cat: Self-Writing in Japanese Literature | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
| 237/437 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian
Metropolises in Literature and Film | TTh | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Lin Meng Walsh |
| 241 | Slow Reading Anna Karenina | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Dmitry Bykov |
| 246/446 | Italian Neorealist Directors: Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Andrew Korn |
| 247/447A | Politics and Culture in Fascist Italy | T | 3:25PM | 6:05PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 249/449 | Dust to Dust: Introduction to Eco-critical Perspectives on the Ground | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Martin Dawson |
| 253D | Dante’s Divine Comedy, Part II | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 260 | Journeys to Italy in Literature and Film | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Andrew Korn |
| 260A | Hard Labor, Exile, Prison: The Culture of Incarceration in Russia | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Dmitry Bykov |
| 267/467 | Soviet Cinema | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Rita Safariants |
| 286 | Surrealism @ 100: Is the World Still Surreal? | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Claudia Schaefer |
| 389 | MLC Research Seminar | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Cilas Kemedjio |
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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 | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 101-03 | Elementary French I - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 102-01 | Elementary French II | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55 AM | Carole Nasra |
| 102-02 | Elementary French II | TTh | 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 | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Carole Nasra |
| 155-01 | French Conversation and Comp | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Alix Cagnion |
| 200-01 | Advanced French | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 202-01 | Introduction to the French Literature | MW | 11:50AM | 1:05PM | Angeline Nies-Berger |
| 240 | Subversion and Satire in 17th Century France | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Angeline Nies-Berger |
| 270/470 | Women Write Women in French | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Julie Papaioannou |
| 271 | Introduction to Francophone Literature | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Cilas Kemedjio |
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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 | Una Lopez-Caparros Jungman |
| 102-03 | Elementary German II - Rec | Th | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Joel Ngoe |
| 102-04 | Elementrary German II - Rec | T | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Joel Ngoe |
| 152-01 | Intermediate German II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Tanja Beljanski |
| 202 | Introduction to German Studies | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Martin Dawson |
| 218 | Dust to Dust: Introduction to Eco-critical
Perspectives on the Ground | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Martin Dawson |
| 247 | Holocaust: Affect and Absence | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | June Hwang |
| 256 | Advanced German Studies: German Graphic Novels | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | June Hwang |
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Italian (ITAL)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 102-01 | 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 | Conversational Italian | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Andrew Korn |
| 152-01 | Intermediate Italian II | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Lucia Casiraghi |
| 196 | Dante's Divine Comedy; Pt. II | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 203 | Literature, Migration, and Community Storytelling | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Lucia Casiraghi |
| 221 | Dante's Divine Comedy; Pt. 2 | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 246 | Italian Neorealist Directors: Rossellini, De Sica, Visconti | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Andrew Korn |
| 247 | Politics and Culture in Fascist Italy | T | 3:25PM | 6:05PM | Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio |
| 260 | Journeys to Italy in Literature and Film | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Andrew Korn |
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Japanese (JPNS)| Course # | Course Title | Day | Begin | End | Instructor |
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| 101-10 | Elementary Japanese I | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 101-11 | Elementary Japanese I - Rec | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 102-01 | Elementary Japanese II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 102-02 | Elementary Japanese II -Rec | TTh | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 102-03 | Elementary Japanese I -Rec | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 102-07 | Elementary Japanese II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 102-08 | Elementary Japanese II -Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 102-09 | Elementary Japanese II - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Yuki Taguchi |
| 102-10 | Elementary Japanese II - Rec | TTh | 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 | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 152-03 | Intermediate Japanese II - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 152-04 | Intermediate Japanese II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 152-05 | Intermediate Japanese II -Rec | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | Mariko Tamate |
| 152-06 | Intermediate Japanese II - Rec | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 202-01 | Adv. Intermediate Japanese II | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 204-01 | Adv. Conversational Japanese II | MW | 4:50PM | 6:05PM | Shizuka Hardy |
| 206-01 | Advanced Japanese II | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Mariko Tamate |
| 226-1 | I am a Cat: Self-writing 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 |
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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 | Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei: East Asian
Metropolises in Literature and Film | TTh | 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 |
| 201-01 | 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 | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
| 102-02 | Elementary Portuguese II REC | W | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
| 152-01 | Intermediate Portuguese II | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Teresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo |
| 152-02 | Intermediate Portuguese II REC | W | 10:25AM | 11:15AM | 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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| 102-01 | Elementary Russian II | TTh | 9:40AM | 10:55AM | John 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 |
| 156-01 | Russian Language Community Engagement
Practicum | F | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Laura Givens |
| 205-01 | Advanced Readings in Russian II | MW | 10:25AM | 11:40AM | Rita Safariants |
| 234 | Slow Reading Anna Karenina | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Dmitry Bykov |
| 260 | Hard Labor, Exile, Prison: The Culture of Incarceration in Russia | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Dmitry Bykov |
| 267 | Soviet Cinema | MW | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | 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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| 101-01 | Elementary Spanish I | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Jonathan Pye |
| 101-02 | Elementary Spanish I -Rec | T | 12:30PM | 1:20PM | Jonathan Pye |
| 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 | Jonathan Pye |
| 102-02 | Elementary Spanish II | MWF | 9:00AM | 9:50AM | Kirt Komocki |
| 102-03 | Elementary Spanish II | MWF | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Jonathan Pye |
| 102-04 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 9:40AM | 10:50AM | Kirt Komocki |
| 102-05 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 11:05AM | 11:55AM | Jonathan Pye |
| 102-06 | Elementary Spanish II -Rec | T | 2:00PM | 2:50PM | Michelle Brown |
| 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 | TTh | 11:05AM | 12:20PM | Kirt Komocki |
| 152-02 | Intermediate Spanish II | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Kirt Komocki |
| 152-03 | Intermediate Spanish II | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 161-01 | Advanced Spanish Grammar
1/20/2026-3/6/2026 | TTh | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Luisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi |
| 162-01 | Advanced Conversational Spanish
3/16/2026-5/10/2026 | TTh | 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 | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Claudia Schaefer |
| 200-03 | Advanced Spanish Composition | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Raúl Rodriguez-Hernandez |
| 204 | Coming to Terms: Spanish American Literature | MW | 3:25PM | 4:40PM | Raúl Rodriguez-Hernandez |
| 218 | Saints, Sinners and Sovereigns | TTh | 2:00PM | 3:15PM | Ryan Prendergast |
| 286 | Surrealism @ 100: Is the World Still Surreal? | MW | 12:30PM | 1:45PM | Claudia Schaefer |
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