Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures

Department Chair: Markus Muller

Office: Academic Services, Room 309
Telephone: (562) 985‑4317
Website: http://www.cla.csulb.edu/departments/rgrll/

Program Directors
Clorinda Donato (Italian)
Jeffrey High (German)
Markus Muller (French)
Alexei Lalo (Russian)
Claire E. Martin (Spanish)

RGRLL Language Coordinator: Nicolas Bordage

Single Subject Coordinator for L.O.T.E.: Cynthia Leathers

French Faculty: Laura Ceia, Clorinda Donato, Aparna Nayak, Najib Redouane

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

Italian Faculty: Clorinda Donato, Enrico Vettore

Russian Faculty: Alexei Lalo

Spanish Faculty: Maria Carreira, Alicia del Campo, Daniel Herrera Cepero, Bonnie Gasior, Claire E. Martin, Alexander Rainof, Jeannette Acevedo Rivera

Administrative Analyst/Specialist: Alessandro Russo

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

College: College of Liberal Arts  

Related Departments: 

• French  
• German  
• Italian  
• Russian  
• Spanish   

​​Courses: RGR, ARAB, PORT  

Teaching Assistantships in French, German, Italian, and Spanish

Teaching Assistantships are available for qualified students in the French, German, Italian, and Spanish M.A. Program. 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 awards over $20,000 of scholarships annually. Please contact the department office for application deadlines or visit our website at csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/RGRLL.

Programs

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

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

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

• French Language Proficiency Certificate
• Italian Language Proficiency Certificate
• Professional and Conversational Competence for Spanish Heritage Speakers Certificate

Courses

• ARAB 101A - Fundamentals of Arabic
• ARAB 101B - Fundamentals of Arabic
• ARAB 201A - Intermediate Arabic
• ARAB 201B - Intermediate Arabic

• PORT 100 - Fundamentals of Portuguese
• PORT 200 - Intermediate Portuguese

• 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 400 - Crime and Punishment
• 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
• RGR 604 - Cultures, Politics and Markets in Contact
• RGR 605 - Cultures, Migrations, and Human Experience in Contemporary Transnational Cinema
• RGR 606 - Cultures and the Modern Metropolis