This course is designed to introduce students to the theories, concepts, and practices of service-learning in an international setting. Service- learning engages the student in enhancing the common good through the application of learning to service.

This is a zero-credit course which will allow us to track the number of residents (housestaff) at the Univesity.

This course introduces students to some of the objects and methods of inquiry common to the different language areas and fields of study in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Students will examine the structure and use of spoken language and written language as well as their sociocultural aspects and explore basic linguistic principles, the roles and function of language, and issues involved in first- and second-language acquisition.

This course answers the following questions: What is a vampire? Where do they come from? Why do we have an obsession with the walking dead, especially with fanged monsters? How do we get rid of them (or attract them)? The course will explore the origin of the vampire in Slavic folklore and trace the movement of the legend across Europe into literature and then finally into today's films and pulp fiction. We will learn about the legends, rituals and folk religious beliefs associated with the vampire phenomenon and how they have been interpreted over the centuries by various peoples.

A humanities course for the 21st century; this class goes global in unprecedented ways. Team taught by expert instructors representing ten different linguistic and cultural traditions (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian), it trains students in the skill of close reading for the analysis of a wide range of media (literary text, folk text, still image, film, etc.) that challenge cultural identities and cross national boundaries.

This course will examine and compare literary autobiographical writings (defined broadly to include text and image) from Asian and European historical traditions. In addition to learning to read and interpret autobiographies as literature, this course will consider the process of creating a literary self through activities and exercises designed to engage with the stylistic elements of autobiography as literature.

An investigation of the history, literature, and experiences of women in Judaism.

An exploration of the ways in which the Holocaust has been represented in literature, film and historical writing and an assessment of the limits of representation of catastrophe and trauma.

Examination of a topic related to literary studies, cultural studies, or aspects of language. The course may be dedicated to the literature, culture or language of a particular group or nation or may compare literatures, cultures and languages. May be repeated up to 6 credits under different subtitles. This course counts as an elective for the MCL major.

MCL Capstone Research Project and Language Learning Portfolio, MCL 495, is a common Capstone experience shared by MCL majors in Arabic, Classics, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Russian. It is designed to provide an opportunity for majors to develop research projects in collaboration with faculty members and to gain research experience in MCL Studies, as well as to allow majors to explore the various content areas and scholarly approaches represented in MCL so as to enhance their understanding of the value of work across disciplines.