This course aims to help students acquire skills and knowledge needed to promote understanding of individuals/groups from diverse backgrounds, without reinforcing stereotypes in the name of "cultural difference." Toward this end, this course will (1) utilize, as a guide/lead, the concept of "contact zones," zones of exchange that divide but simultaneously connect "us" and "them"; and (2) have each student conduct a semester-long ethnographic project concerning the contact zone.

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 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.

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.

This Language Practicum course provides students the opportunity to engage in structured, focused, target-language work in a specific topic or area that is the subject of a corresponding MCLLC course taught in English in the same semester or provide specialized instruction in aspects of language not currently offered in other language courses. Students may be required to enroll in the English-taught course to which this Language Practicum corresponds. Course may be repeated up to 5 times for credit with different subtitles.

This Language Practicum course provides students the opportunity to engage in structured, focused, target-language work in a specific topic or area that is the subject of a corresponding MCLLC course taught in English in the same semester or provide specialized instruction in aspects of language not currently offered in other language courses. Students may be required to enroll in the English-taught course to which this Language Practicum corresponds. Course may be repeated up to 5 times for credit with different subtitles.

This Language Practicum course provides students the opportunity to engage in structured, focused, target-language work in a specific topic or area that is the subject of a corresponding MCLLC course taught in English in the same semester or provide specialized instruction in aspects of language not currently offered in other language courses. Students may be required to enroll in the English-taught course to which this Language Practicum corresponds. Course may be repeated up to 5 times for credit with different subtitles.

This Language Practicum course provides students the opportunity to engage in structured, focused, target-language work in a specific topic or area that is the subject of a corresponding MCLLC course taught in English in the same semester or provide specialized instruction in aspects of language not currently offered in other language courses. Students may be required to enroll in the English-taught course to which this Language Practicum corresponds. Course may be repeated up to 5 times for credit with different subtitles.