The Language and Diplomacy MA Concentration
The structure of the MA Language and Diplomacy concentration is as follows. Students will be able to select 4 courses from 1) target language courses, and 2) courses in translation and interpretation.
At least two of the concentration courses must be in a target language.
Embedded in this concentration is the following possibility:
- If students choose three of their courses in Translation and Interpreting, they’ll have earned the Graduate Certificate in Translation and Interpreting after taking the two-credit hour “TIS” practicum (TIS 479).
Students fulfilling the requirements of this concentration have the possibility of choosing to take courses in more than one language, but it is more likely that they will focus on one language. Students selecting this concentration for their MA in Applied Diplomacy are expected to work closely with an advisor, in order to insure that their course selections both fulfill the requirements of the concentration and are best tailored to fit with their vocational trajectory.
TARGET LANGUAGE COURSES
Arabic
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARB 400 | ARABIC GRAMMAR | 4 |
| ARB 401 | ARAB BROADCAST MEDIA | 4 |
| ARB 402 | ARABIC PRINT MEDIA | 4 |
| ARB 411 | ARABIC SHORT STORIES | 4 |
| ARB 413 | ARABIC FILM | 4 |
| ARB 420 | BUSINESS ARABIC | 4 |
| ARB 430 | ARABIC TRANSLATION | 4 |
| ARB 450 | ARABIC LITERATURE | 4 |
| ARB 495 | FOREIGN LANGUAGES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM | 2 |
| ARB 497 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ARABIC | 4 |
Chinese
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHN 401 | ADVANCED SPEAKING | 4 |
| CHN 402 | ADVANCED READING & WRITING | 4 |
| CHN 403 | ADVANCED GRAMMAR & DISCOURSE | 4 |
| CHN 405 | TANG DYNASTY LITERATURE AND CULTURE | 4 |
| CHN 419 | CONTEMPORARY CHINESE LITERATURE | 4 |
| CHN 420 | CHINESE FOR BUSINESS | 4 |
| CHN 421 | CHINESE TRANSLATION | 4 |
| CHN 430 | MODERN CHINESE LITERATURE: 1919 - 1949 | 4 |
| CHN 454 | INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE LINGUISTICS | 4 |
| CHN 460 | CHINESE POPULAR CULTURE AND SOCIAL MEDIA | 4 |
| CHN 470 | CHINESE CULTURE THROUGH FILM | 4 |
| CHN 497 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN CHINESE | 4 |
French
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| FCH 401 | THE MIDDLE AGES | 4 |
| FCH 402 | SURVEY OF 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY FRENCH LITERATURE | 4 |
| FCH 403 | ROMANTICS, REALISTS AND REBELS | 4 |
| FCH 404 | FRENCH CIVILIZATION I | 4 |
| FCH 405 | RENAISSANCE | 4 |
| FCH 406 | SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE | 4 |
| FCH 407 | AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 4 |
| FCH 408 | THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT | 4 |
| FCH 409 | THE FRENCH NOVEL | 4 |
| FCH 410 | FRENCH DRAMA | 4 |
| FCH 411 | FRENCH POETRY | 4 |
| FCH 412 | TWENTIETH CENTURY WRITERS | 4 |
| FCH 413 | THE SURREALIST REVOLUTION | 4 |
| FCH 414 | CONTEMPORARY FRENCH WRITERS | 4 |
| FCH 415 | CONTEMPORARY FRENCH CRITICISM | 4 |
| FCH 416 | FRANCOPHONE LITERATURE OF AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 4 |
| FCH 417 | THE LITERATURE OF FRENCH CANADA | 4 |
| FCH 419 | FRENCH WOMEN WRITERS | 4 |
| FCH 420 | FRENCH FOR BUSINESS | 4 |
| FCH 421 | FRENCH TRANSLATION I | 4 |
| FCH 422 | FRENCH GRAMMAR AND USAGE | 4 |
| FCH 423 | FRENCH TRANSLATION II | 4 |
| FCH 424 | FRENCH TRANSLATION III | 4 |
| FCH 426 | FRENCH STYLISTICS | 4 |
| FCH 429 | FRENCH CINEMA | 4 |
| FCH 432 | FRENCH CIVILIZATION II | 4 |
| FCH 433 | PASTEUR, MICROBES AND 19TH CENTURY FRANCE | 4 |
| FCH 440 | CONTEMPORARY FRANCE | 4 |
| FCH 441 | INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH LITERATURE I | 4 |
| FCH 442 | INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH LITERATURE II | 4 |
| FCH 445 | THE AFRICAN PRESENCE IN FRANCE | 4 |
| FCH 450 | FRENCH PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS | 4 |
| FCH 497 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN FRENCH | 4 |
German
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GER 401 | INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LITERATURE I: FROM ORIGINS TO 1600 | 4 |
| GER 402 | PLAY, PERSONALITY, AND POLITICS IN SCHILLER'S LETTERS ON ART | 4 |
| GER 404 | WORD-SCRIPT-STAGE-WORLD: DAS THEATER | 4 |
| GER 405 | COMPOSING REALITY: WRITING IN GERMAN | 4 |
| GER 406 | THE NOVELLE | 4 |
| GER 407 | FROM SOUND TO STRUCTURE: GERMAN POETRY | 4 |
| GER 408 | GOETHE AND HIS ERA | 4 |
| GER 411 | BREAKING NEWS IN THE GERMAN-SPEAKING WORLD | 4 |
| GER 412 | GERMAN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY | 4 |
| GER 413 | TURN OF THE CENTURY VIENNA | 4 |
| GER 414 | BERLIN AND THE GOLDEN TWENTIES | 4 |
| GER 415 | LITERATURE AFTER 1945 (EAST AND WEST) | 4 |
| GER 417 | WOMEN WRITERS OF GERMAN EXPRESSION | 4 |
| GER 419 | MULTICULTURAL GERMANY: LITERATURE, FILM AND ART | 4 |
| GER 421 | GERMAN TRANSLATION | 4 |
| GER 425 | KAFKA AND THE KAFKAESQUE | 4 |
| GER 429 | MEISTERWERKE OF GERMAN CINEMA | 4 |
| GER 451 | GERMAN PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS | 4 |
| GER 496 | PRACTICUM IN GERMAN INSTRUCTION | 4 |
| GER 497 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN GERMAN | 4 |
Italian
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ITA 401 | ORIGINS OF ITALIAN LITERATURE | 4 |
| ITA 402 | WRITING THE SELF IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE | 4 |
| ITA 403 | LITERATURE OF THE SEICENTO & SETTECENTO | 4 |
| ITA 404 | ITALIAN CIVILIZATION I | 4 |
| ITA 405 | TOWARDS UNIFICATION: ROMANTICS, REVOLUTIONARIES AND REALISTS | 4 |
| ITA 406 | FUTURISM AND BEYOND: LITERATURE OF THE NOVECENTO | 4 |
| ITA 407 | DANTE'S INFERNO: THE WORLD OF THE CONDEMNED | 4 |
| ITA 408 | DANTE'S PURGATORY AND PARADISE: THE REALM OF SALVATION | 4 |
| ITA 409 | THE ITALIAN NOVEL | 4 |
| ITA 410 | PETRARCA AND BOCCACCIO | 4 |
| ITA 411 | ITALIAN POETRY | 4 |
| ITA 412 | ITALIAN DRAMA | 4 |
| ITA 418 | CONTEMPORARY MULTICULTURAL WRITERS IN ITALIAN | 4 |
| ITA 420 | ITALIAN FOR BUSINESS | 4 |
| ITA 421 | ITALIAN TRANSLATION | 4 |
| ITA 429 | ITALIAN FILM | 4 |
| ITA 432 | ITALIAN CIVILIZATION II | 4 |
| ITA 440 | ITALIAN CIVILZATION III | 4 |
| ITA 451 | HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE | 4 |
| ITA 452 | ITALIAN LANGUAGE IN THE SOCIETY OF COMMUNICATION | 4 |
| ITA 453 | ITALIAN PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS | 4 |
| ITA 497 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN ITALIAN | 4 |
Japanese
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| JPN 401 | ADVANCED JAPANESE IV | 4 |
| JPN 402 | ADVANCED JAPANESE V | 4 |
| JPN 403 | ADVANCED JAPANESE VI | 4 |
| JPN 404 | CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE LITERATURE | 4 |
| JPN 410 | JAPANESE CULTURE | 4 |
| JPN 411 | ADVANCED DISCUSSION AND READING I | 4 |
| JPN 412 | ADVANCED DISCUSSION AND READING II | 4 |
| JPN 413 | ADVANCED DISCUSSION AND READING III | 4 |
| JPN 420 | ADVANCED COMMERCIAL JAPANESE | 4 |
| JPN 430 | INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE LINGUISTICS | 4 |
| JPN 442 | ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE I | 4 |
| JPN 443 | ADVANCED HIGH JAPANESE II | 4 |
| JPN 444 | JAPANESE TRANSLATION PRACTICUM I | 4 |
| JPN 497 | SPECIAL TOPICS IN JAPANESE | 4 |
Spanish
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SPN 401 | SPANISH LITERATURE I : MIDDLE AGES THROUGH THE GOLDEN AGE | 4 |
| SPN 402 | SPANISH LITERATURE II: THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE PRESENT | 4 |
| SPN 403 | LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE & CULTURE I | 4 |
| SPN 404 | LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE II | 4 |
| SPN 405 | LATIN AMERICAN NOVEL | 4 |
| SPN 406 | HISPANIC LITERATURE OF THE CARIBBEAN | 4 |
| SPN 408 | MEDIEVAL SPANISH LITERATURE | 4 |
| SPN 410 | GOLDEN AGE POETRY | 4 |
| SPN 411 | CERVANTES | 4 |
| SPN 412 | THE SPANISH NOVEL | 4 |
| SPN 414 | CONTEMPORARY HISPANIC LITERATURE | 4 |
| SPN 415 | MEXICAN LITERATURE | 4 |
| SPN 416 | THE HISPANIC ESSAY | 4 |
| SPN 417 | THE HISPANIC SHORT STORY | 4 |
| SPN 418 | THE HISPANIC THEATER | 4 |
| SPN 419 | CONTEMPORARY POETRY | 4 |
| SPN 420 | COMMERCIAL SPANISH II | 4 |
| SPN 421 | U.S. LATINO/A WRITERS | 4 |
| SPN 422 | HISPANIC WOMEN WRITERS | 4 |
| SPN 423 | REVOLUTION IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 4 |
| SPN 424 | THE BIRTH OF THE NOVEL IN SPAIN | 4 |
| SPN 425 | ADVANCED SPANISH TRANSLATION | 4 |
| SPN 427 | AREA STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE | 4 |
| SPN 428 | MODERN LATIN AMERICAN THEATRE | 4 |
| SPN 430 | LATIN AMERICAN, LATINO AND SPANISH CINEMA | 4 |
| SPN 431 | FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART | 4 |
| SPN 432 | NINETEENTH-CENTURY SPANISH NOVEL | 4 |
| SPN 433 | GOLDEN AGE THEATER | 4 |
| SPN 434 | ADVANCED TRANSLATION IN THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD: COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE LEARNING | 4 |
| SPN 435 | U.S. LATINA WRITERS | 4 |
| SPN 440 | SPANISH CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP | 4 |
| SPN 451 | SPANISH IN THE U.S. | 4 |
| SPN 452 | SPANISH PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS | 4 |
| SPN 453 | THE STRUCTURE OF SPANISH | 4 |
| SPN 454 | SPANISH SOCIOLINGUISTICS | 4 |
| SPN 455 | THE HISTORY OF THE SPANISH LANGUAGE | 4 |
| SPN 456 | BILINGUALISM IN THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD | 4 |
| SPN 471 | CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LEGACIES THROUGH FILM | 4 |
| SPN 472 | LITERATURE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 4 |
| SPN 473 | AFRO-HISPANIC LITERATURE | 4 |
| SPN 474 | LITERATURE OF THE CONQUEST | 4 |
| SPN 476 | SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ | 4 |
| SPN 477 | PERUVIAN REALITIES IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY: HSTORY, CULTURE, POLITICS, VIOLENCE & SOCIAL JUSTICE | 4 |
| SPN 478 | FOUNDATIONAL FICTIONS | 4 |
| SPN 491 | THE SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF HERITAGE LANGUAGE LITERACY | 4 |
| SPN 492 | TRANSNATIONALISM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | 4 |
Courses in Translation and Interpreting
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| TIS 470 | PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING | |
| TIS 471 | TRANSLATION AS AN ART & SCIENCE | |
| TIS 472 | TRANSLATION LANGUAGE-PAIR PRACTICE | |
| TIS 473 | CONSECUTIVE INTERPRETING | |
| TIS 474 | SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETING | |
| TIS 479 | TRANSLATION/INTERPRETING PRACTICUM |