Associate Professors. C. Ariga, S. Amirsoleimani, E. Elias, J. Hacking, S. Katz, E. Laursen, C. Morrow, G. Root, S. Sternfeld, R. Stewart, J. Svendsen, J. Watzinger-Tharp, F. Wu.

Assistant Professors. R. Bassiouney, K. Baumgartner, T. DeRaedt, I. Dulfano, G. Guevara, C. Jones, E. Mayer, J. Metz, E. O’Connell, F. Rubio, M. Szumilak, M. Wan.

Assistant Professors/Lecturers. O. Bourderionnet, K. Cho, K. Dickson, L. Millay, M. Schmid, M. Toscano.

Instructors/Lecturers. Y. Azuma, N. Fallahi, T. Golub, J. Kerr, J. Kuhre, G. Marple, L. Rubio, M. Schmid, C. Zafran-Rona.

The department offers language courses to satisfy the B.A. language requirement. Undergraduate majors and minors are offered in Chinese, Classics (with Latin or Greek emphasis), French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. A teaching major is offered in Spanish. Undergraduate minors are offered in Chinese, Classics, Classical Civilization, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. A teaching minor is offered in Spanish. Additional courses are offered in Arabic, American Sign Language, Comparative Literature, Greek (modern), Hebrew, Italian, Korean, Latin, Navajo, Persian, Portuguese, and Turkish. A Translator’s Certificate in German is also offered.

Students planning majors or minors should contact the department early in their studies for a list of required courses. Early in their final year of course work, students should contact the department to set up a department file. Students with questions about their major or minor that cannot be answered by the department administrative staff, should make an appointment with one of the departmental undergraduate advisors. Those students with transferred language credit from another college or university should see a faculty advisor early in their studies regarding major or minor course equivalents.

Students must earn a grade of C or better in all course work that is to count toward a department major or minor (graduate or undergraduate, teaching, or non-teaching). Courses taken for “credit/no-credit” will not count toward a major or minor, but will count toward the B.A. language requirement. (Special Credit is also available to students completing an approved upper-division grammar course with a B- or better.) Special Credit is limited to non-native speakers who have acquired advanced language proficiency in a non-academic setting. Contact department for details.

The department also offers graduate degrees in various areas of specialization (see below).

Interdepartmental undergraduate programs are available in linguistics, Middle East language and area studies, and Asian studies. Interdepartmental graduate programs are available in Linguistics, International Studies, Latin America Studies, and Middle East language and area studies. For details, see program descriptions in this catalog. Secondary school teacher certification, which incorporates this department’s teaching major and teaching minor, is offered through the Graduate School of Education.

1 Completing a fourth-semester (fifth-quarter under the quarter system) or upper-division language course (or its equivalent elsewhere, if such credit has been transferred to the University of Utah) with a minimum grade of C- or CR.

2 Taking a department-approved test in an approved language, placing beyond the fourth-semester (or fifth-quarter) level.

3 Students whose native language is not English may use English to meet the B.A. language requirement by: (1) scoring at least 500 on the TOEFL exam and passing WRTG 2010 (WRTG 112 or 210 under the quarter system), or ESL 1060 (ESL 106 under the quarter system) with a grade of at least C- or CR. Contact the undergraduate director in the Department of Languages and Literature to ensure that you can use English as a second language.

4 Passing an Advanced Placement (AP) test of a foreign language in high school with a score of 4 or 5. Contact the Department of Languages and Literature (581-7561) for additional information.

Undergraduate Program

Degrees. B.A. in Chinese, Classics, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish.

Placement Level. Students who intend to enroll in a French, German, or Spanish course, who have had any background in the language, must take the Placement Exam for that language (see the receptionist in 1400 LNCO). Students who intend to take a course in any other language in which they have had some background should contact a department instructor for that language to determine the appropriate level at which to begin their language study.

Exceptions. Students who are native speakers or who have otherwise acquired advanced language proficiency are ineligible to take any course below 3060. These students (except native speakers) may also be eligible for Special Credit; see the department for details. Students with no background in a language must begin at the 1010 level.

The Lewis P. and Elizabeth “Betsy” Brooks DiBona Center for Educational Technology. A modern language laboratory and computer facility is available for student use in practicing and developing listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Teachers may require laboratory attendance. The DiBona Center is located in 112 OSH.

Departmental Majors (Teaching and Non-Teaching). The department offers majors in Chinese, Classics, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. In general, each major requires at least 34 upper-division credit hours in the appropriate language (15 of which must be taken in residence) and C LIT 2010. See the department for a list of specific course requirements for each major. The department offers a teaching major in Spanish. Students with department majors should take as many courses as possible in their major within the limits prescribed by University and College of Humanities regulations.

Departmental Minors (Teaching and Non-Teaching). The department offers minors in Chinese, Classics, Classical Civilization, French, German, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. The department offers a teaching minor in Spanish. In general, each minor and teaching-minor requires at least 15-18 credit hours in the appropriate language (at least 6 in residence). See the department for a list of specific course requirements for each minor.

Teaching Major, Minor, Certification. Please refer to Education in the Colleges section for information on teaching major and minor course requirements and state secondary teacher certification.

Graduate Program

Degrees. M.A.L.P. (Master of Arts in Language Pedagogy), M.A., Ph.D. Contact the department office for specific information and requirements for all departmental degree programs and areas of specialization.

Areas of Specialization
M.A. Degree. The language/literature areas of French, German, Spanish, (peninsular or Latin-American emphasis), or Comparative Literature (primary language/literature emphasis and optional secondary emphasis in French, German, or Spanish; in special cases, an optional secondary emphasis may be approved in the language/literature area of Arabic, English, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish, or in an allied field in which graduate courses are offered at the University of Utah).

Ph.D. Degree. The language/literature areas of German, Spanish (peninsular or Latin-American emphasis), or Comparative Literature (primary language/literature emphasis and optional secondary emphasis in French, German, or Spanish; in special cases, an optional secondary emphasis may be approved in the language/literature area of Arabic, English, Hebrew, Persian, or Turkish, or in an allied field in which graduate courses are offered at the University of Utah).

M.A.L.P. Degree. The language areas of French, German, or Spanish; in special cases, other languages taught in the department may also be available as areas of specialization. A certificate in the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) is also available.

Specific Admission Requirements
Applicants must submit three letters of recommendation; demonstrate adequate proficiency in all languages in which they propose to do part of their graduate studies, including English for all non-native English speakers; and submit a sample of their critical writing and a statement of purpose.

The deadline for submission of all application materials is February 1. All application materials, including the application for a teaching fellowship or assistantship, must be received at the department office before February 1 in order for the applicant to be considered for a teaching fellowship or assistantship for the following academic year (beginning fall semester).

Specific Degree Requirements
M.A. Degree. A minimum of 10 departmental courses, including two core courses (bibliography and research, literary theory and criticism, or comparative literature courses), and seven courses in the area of specialization; one or two of these courses, possibly more in comparative literature, may be replaced by approved allied-field courses; for students writing a thesis, 6-10 thesis-research credit hours are required in lieu of two of these courses.

Ph.D. Degree. A minimum of 10 departmental courses beyond the M.A. requirements, including one core course and eight courses in the area of specialization; one of these courses, possibly more in comparative literature, may be replaced by approved allied-field courses; 14 dissertation-research credit hours must also be taken.

M.A.L.P. Degree. A minimum of 10 courses, including three core courses (bibliography and research, literary theory and criticism, one linguistics course), four courses in second-language teaching, and three courses listed under the language of the student’s area of specialization; for the TESOL certificate, two additional English courses are required.

Language Requirements.
M.A. Degree. Standard proficiency in one language other than English and the primary language/literature area. Exception: the Comparative Literature M.A. requires advanced proficiency in one—or standard proficiency in two—such languages.

Ph.D. Degree. Advanced proficiency in one language or standard proficiency in two languages other than English and the primary language/literature area. Exception: the Comparative Literature Ph.D. requires advanced proficiency in one and standard proficiency in another such language or standard proficiency in three such languages.

M.A.L.P. Degree. Standard proficiency in one language other than English and the language of the student’s area of specialization.

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