Courses
This course will provide students with an introduction to the Arabic language. Students will learn to read and write in the Arabic script and study basic grammar of the modern standard Arabic language. They will also acquire knowledge of Arab culture through the study of the language and basic colloquial conversation skills.
- Pre-Requisites: None
This course is an introduction to the Spanish language as a medium of communication, it will focus on the oral use of the language with work also in written drills, grammar and composition. One hour weekly attendance in the Language Laboratory is required. Closed to native speakers of Spanish.
- Pre-Requisites: None
- Co-Requisites: SPAL 101
This course is a continuation of the materials covered in SPAN 101. One hour weekly attendance in the Language Laboratory is required.
- Pre-Requisites: SPAN 101 and SPAL 101 or Permission of chairperson
- Co-Requisites: SPAL 102
A continuation of the materials covered in FREN 101. One hour weekly attendance in the Language Laboratory is required. Not open to native speakers of French or students with francophone proficiency.
- Pre-Requisites: FREN 101 or Permission of Chairperson
- Co-Requisites: FREL 102
The course is an introduction to the study of the Chinese (Mandarin) language as a medium of communication. It will focus primarily on the acquisition of pronunciation and production of fundamental speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. In this basic course, speaking is a priority and will be the foundation for students’ further development of their practice in Chinese (Mandarin). One hour weekly attendance in the Language Laboratory is required. The course is not open to native speakers of Chinese or students with prior exposure or acquired proficiency in the language.
The course is an introduction to the study of the Chinese (Mandarin) language as a medium of communication. It will focus primarily on the acquisition of pronunciation and production of fundamental speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. In this basic course, speaking is a priority and will be the foundation for students’ further development of their practice in Chinese (Mandarin). One hour weekly attendance in the Language Laboratory is required. The course is not open to native speakers of Chinese or students with prior exposure or acquired proficiency in the language.
This course is a continuation and completion of the study of materials covered in SPAN 101 and 102. Selected reading of modern texts. One hour weekly attendance in the Learning Laboratory is required.
- Pre-Requisites: SPAN 102 or Challenge Examination Department of Foreign-Languages Medgar Evers College, CUNY . 123
This course will teach students to perceive the language as a vehicle for culture. A broad range of texts in French will be read and discussed and will serve as linguistic models and as a basis for thematic discussion and composition. The study on texts of culture will be intensified. Literary texts, as well as films and texts dealing with current cultural and social activity in the francophone countries in the Americas, will be studied.
This course is a continuation of SPAN 201. Emphasis will be on analysis, discussion, and composition based on the reading of selected texts as an introduction to specialized literature courses.
- Pre-Requisites: SPAN 201 or Challenge Examination
This course will teach students to perceive the language as a vehicle for culture. A broad range of texts in French will be read and discussed and will serve as linguistic models and as a basis for thematic discussion and composition. The study on texts of culture will be intensified. Literary texts, as well as films and texts dealing with current cultural and social activity in the francophone countries in the Americas, will be studied.
- Pre-Requisites: FREN 201 or Permission of Chairperson
This course is a review of pronunciation, spelling, and selected aspects of the grammar that present special difficulties to the native speaker. This course is designed for students who have a good command of the spoken language but have had little or no formal instruction.
- Pre-Requisites: Permission of chairperson
SPAN 203 and 204 are a sequence. In SPAN 204, the student continues the study of the materials introduced in SPAN 203. Upon completion of both courses, the student will have acquired the basic skills needed to use his/her native language effectively and to proceed to major-level course work.
- Pre-Requisites: SPAN 203 or by Permission of chairperson
This course will explore the origins of Hispanic literature. Literary forms and movements, collective attitudes and creative approaches will be discussed in order to arrive at the basis for Spanish and Spanish-American literature and culture. Representative works will be read, analyzed, and discussed. The course will be conducted entirely in Spanish. Required for more advanced literature courses.
- Pre-Requisites: SPAN 202 or by Permission of chairperson
An introduction to the French language as a medium of communication, it will focus on the oral use of the language with work also in written drills, grammar and composition. One hour weekly attendance in the Language Laboratory is required. Not open to native speakers of French or students with francophone proficiency.
- Pre-Requisites: None
- Co-Requisites: FREL 101
This course presents the fundamentals of writing and reading for students whose knowledge of Haitian Creole is limited to spoken communication. Emphasis is put on writing, reading skills and the distinctions among various levels of dialect and language. It is designed to enhance students’ four abilities to communicate in a language: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Per se, this course takes a highly interactive approach towards presentation and practice of the language. It integrates cultural information and exchange. The textbook “ The Haitian Creole Language: History, Structure, Use and Education” offers the students a rich variety of insights to cultural, social and political realities of the entire Creole-speaking World composed of more than 20 million Speakers in the globe.
This course presents the fundamentals of writing and reading for students whose knowledge of Haitian Creole is limited to spoken communication. Emphasis is put on writing, reading skills and the distinctions among various levels of dialect and language. It is designed to enhance students’ four abilities to communicate in a language: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Per se, this course takes a highly interactive approach towards presentation and practice of the language. It integrates cultural information and exchange. The textbook “ The Haitian Creole Language: History, Structure, Use and Education” offers the students a rich variety of insights to cultural, social and political realities of the entire Creole-speaking World composed of more than 20 million Speakers in the globe.
The internship will provide interns with an in-depth experience and knowledge of interpreting services in the New York State Unified Court System, the administration and management of these services, and site visits to observe and assist with interpreted proceedings in various courts and case types throughout the New York City courts, particularly courts that use court interpreters on a frequent basis such as the NYC Citywide courts (Civil/Housing, Family and Criminal courts) and Supreme Courts.
The internship will provide interns with an in-depth experience and knowledge of interpreting services in the New York State Unified Court System, the administration and management of these services, and site visits to observe and assist with interpreted proceedings in various courts and case types throughout the New York City courts, particularly courts that use court interpreters on a frequent basis such as the NYC Citywide courts (Civil/Housing, Family and Criminal courts) and Supreme Courts.
The internship will provide interns with an in-depth experience and knowledge of interpreting services in the New York State Unified Court System, the administration and management of these services, and site visits to observe and assist with interpreted proceedings in various courts and case types throughout the New York City courts, particularly courts that use court interpreters on a frequent basis such as the NYC Citywide courts (Civil/Housing, Family and Criminal courts) and Supreme Courts.
French and Francophone culture in Paris is the cultural part of our study abroad program in Paris. It is a customized course that has been created in the context of the study abroad to emphasize culture by the means of having students actively involved in a research project that will be undertaken before during and after their stay in Paris. Students enrolled in this course will have the possibility to choose a topic in one of the following areas: Anthropology, History, Literature, Performing arts, Visual arts and any other discipline considered under a cultural perspective.