Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures

Department Chair: Aparna Nayak

Office: Academic Services, Room 309
Telephone: (562) 985‑4317
Website: Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures Department 

RGRLL Language Coordinator: Nicolas Bordage

Single Subject Coordinator for World Languages: Cynthia Leathers

French Faculty: Clorinda Donato, Markus Muller, Aparna Nayak, María Sánchez-Reyes 

German Faculty: Robert Blankenship, Jeffrey L. High, Nele Hempel-Lamer

Italian Faculty: Clorinda Donato, Enrico Vettore

Spanish Faculty: Jeannette Acevedo Rivera, Alicia del Campo, Daniel Herrera Cepero, Bonnie Gasior, Daniela Suárez

Translation Studies Faculty: Clorinda Donato, Adrià MartÍn-Mor, Giulia Togato

Administrative Analyst/Specialist: Cindy Román

Students desiring information should contact the department office for referral to one of the faculty advisors. Single Subject Credential Coordinator, Undergraduate Advisor, Graduate Advisor.

College: College of Liberal Arts  

Related Programs: 

• French and Francophone Studies    
• German  
• Italian Studies    
• Russian  
• Spanish   
• Translation Studies  

Courses: RGR, ARAB    

Teaching Assistantships in French, German, Italian, and Spanish

Teaching Assistantships are available for qualified students in the French, German, Italian, and Spanish M.A. Programs. New applicants for Teaching Assistantships must have been accepted into the M.A. Program and must present a letter of application, a resume, a complete set of transcripts, and arrange for three confidential letters of recommendation to be sent to the Language Coordinator. Teaching Assistants are required to enroll in RGR 601 - Teaching Methodology . Students are also encouraged to apply for financial assistance under the Federal Work-Study Program.

Scholarships Available in the Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures Department

The Department disburses over $20,000 in scholarships awards annually. Please check the Beach Scholarships website for deadlines and other information.

Programs

• French and Francophone Studies, M.A.
• German, M.A.
• Italian Studies, M.A.
• Spanish, M.A.

• French and Francophone Studies, B.A.
• French and Francophone Studies, Interdisciplinary Option, B.A.
• German, B.A.
• Italian Studies, B.A.
• Spanish Option II: Interdisciplinary Studies
• Spanish, B.A.

• European Studies Minor
• French and Francophone Studies Minor
• German Minor
• Italian Minor
• Russian and Eurasian Studies Minor
• Spanish Minor
• Translation Studies Minor

• French Language Proficiency Certificate
• Italian Language Proficiency Certificate
• Professional Competencies for Heritage Spanish Speakers Certificate

Courses

• ARAB 101A - Elementary Arabic 1
• ARAB 101B - Elementary Arabic 2
• ARAB 201A - Intermediate Arabic 1
• ARAB 201B - Intermediate Arabic 2
• ARAB 250 - Arabic for Arabic Speakers

• RGR 100A - Uptown/Downtown: The City as Text
• RGR 314 - Introduction to Contemporary Europe
• RGR 315 - Contemporary European Society
• RGR 346 - The European Cinema of Communism, Fascism and Resistance
• RGR 360 - Spycraft: Modern Espionage in Global Perspective
• RGR 400 - Crime and Punishment
• RGR 401 - Elementary Language Study for Graduate Students
• RGR 402 - Intermediate Language Study for Graduate Students
• RGR 424 - Second Language Acquisition
• RGR 425 - Romance Linguistics
• RGR 450 - 1492 and Beyond
• RGR 470 - New Technologies in the Learning of Languages Other Than English
• RGR 485 - Intercomprehension among Romance Languages: a Road to Multilingualism
• RGR 490 - Selected Topics
• RGR 501 - Research Methods and Critical Theory
• RGR 524 - Second Language Acquisition
• RGR 525 - Romance Linguistics
• RGR 570 - New Technologies in the Learning of Languages Other Than English
• RGR 585 - Intercomprehension among Romance Languages: a Road to Multilingualism
• RGR 590 - Selected Topics
• RGR 601 - Teaching Methodology
• RGR 603 - Theory and Practice of Literary Translation
• TRST 465 - Community Interpreting
• TRST 565 - Community Interpreting

General Education Category A must be completed prior to taking any upper-division course except upper-division language courses where students meet formal prerequisites and/or competency equivalent for advanced study.

• SPAN 225 - Spanish for Healthcare
• SPAN 227 - Spanish for Mental Health