2017-2018 Catalog

Group Language

Overview

Students interested in the study of more than one foreign language from the perspectives of literature or linguistics may combine two languages or one language and linguistics into a Group Language major.

Major Requirements

A total of eleven courses is required for the Group Language major: five courses for each half of the major and one course emphasizing methods or theory.

COURSEWORK

Course requirements for each half of the Group Language major are listed below. For all the languages listed, only two of the five courses may be taken outside the Occidental language departments. Students must receive a grade of B or higher in the 202 level course for both languages to be eligible for the major.
Chinese (5 courses)

CHIN 202 and above (only one of which may be a course taught in English).

French (5 courses)

FREN 202 and four courses numbered 300 and above. FREN 490 is recommended.

German (5 courses)

GERM 202 and above (two of which may be in related areas such as history, art history, politics, language learning/linguistics). Participation in at least one of the GERM 370 seminars is required.

Japanese (5 courses)

JAPN 202 and above (only one of which may be a course taught in English).

Linguistics (5 courses)

LING 301; a second course in linguistics; one semester of a foreign language from one of the following categories: 1) Greek or Latin, 2) Spanish or French, 3) German or Russian, 4) Arabic, Chinese, or Japanese (the course must be in addition to and in a different category from the language used to fulfill the Core language requirement); and two additional courses with a language focus (such as one more foreign language course, another course in linguistics, COGS 330, PHIL 370, or EDUC 205).

LING 301 must be taken before the senior year.

Russian (5 courses)

RUSN 202 and above (two of which may be in related areas such as history, art history, language learning/linguistics).

Spanish (5 courses)

SPAN 202 or SPAN 211 plus four courses numbered 300 and above. Two of these four courses must be in either literature or linguistics. One must be numbered 340 or above. Only one course may be taken in English.

Methods or Theory Courses:

LING 301Introduction to Linguistics

4 units

SPAN 490Senior Seminar: Genre and Literary Theory

4 units

GERM 370Seminar on a Selected Topic

4 units

JAPN 273Popular Culture and Literary Traditions of Tokugawa Japan

4 units

CHIN 273Contemporary Chinese Writers in Exile

4 units

All courses taken outside of the Occidental language departments, including those taken on study abroad programs, must be approved in advance by the appropriate language department. Students combining a language with linguistics must take LING 301 before the senior year.

SECOND-STAGE WRITING REQUIREMENT

COMPREHENSIVE REQUIREMENT

HONORS

Courses

Group Language Courses:

Chinese Courses

French Courses

German Courses

Japanese Courses

Linguistics Courses

Russian Courses

Spanish Courses

Faculty

Advisory Committee

Sarah Chen

Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

Robert Ellis

Norman Bridge Distinguished Professor of Spanish, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles

Hanan Elsayed

Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., Montclair State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University; Graduate Certificate in African Studies, Rutgers University

Motoko Ezaki

Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., M.A., Seinan Gakuin University; M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles

Salvador Fernández

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., U.C. Riverside; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles

Susan Grayson

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

A.B., M.A., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles; Ph.D., Wright Institute Los Angeles Attestation d’études, Université de Bordeaux

Felisa Guillén

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., M.A., University of Madrid; Ph.D., U.C. Santa Barbara

Mary Johnson

Assistant Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Linguistics; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Adelaida López

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Walter Richmond

Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Professor, Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

Arthur Saint-Aubin

Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Michael Shelton

Associate Professor, Spanish and French Studies; Cognitive Science; Affiliated Faculty, Linguistics; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies; Advisory Committee, Group Language

B.S., St. Cloud State University; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University