Courses - Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures at PSU

Please Note: Not all courses are taught every year. Please see the published class schedule for a listing of courses and sections available in any given term!

Course numbers ending in 99, 40X, 50X, as well as numbers 410 and 510 designate variable content courses that are occasional offerings. Please see the course schedule for the current terms offerings.

FL Prefix Courses	German	Persian
Arabic	Hebrew	Portuguese
Chinese	Heritage Courses	Russian
Danish	Italian	Spanish
Finnish	Japanese	Swedish
French	Korean	Swahili
Greek-Ancient	Latin	Turkish
Greek-Modern	Norwegian	Non-Credit Courses

NON-CREDIT FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSES

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers a non-credit option along with their a number of their full credit courses. The fee for these courses is $250.00 and you can register for the courses even if you are not a regularly registered student by enrolling as a quick entry student and then using the CRN (5 digit course code) to add the class online or in person at the Registration counter located on the1st floor of Neuberger Hall (NH). Please click on the link below for a list of the current non-credit courses offered for this term.

FL (FOREIGN LANGUAGES) PREFIX DEPARTMENTAL COURSES

Courses that carry an FL designation are departmental courses that are one of the following:

a) A regular courses taught in English, with no language prerequisites;
b) An occasional offering with variable title and content, taught in English;
c) A foreign language for which a regular catalog number is not available.

Note: FL Prefix courses DO count toward a foreign language major or minor; restrictions apply. Please consult your advisor for details. If they are language courses, they may also fulfill BA, International Studies, or MA language requirements. Please refer to the FLL Department and your academic advisor for more information.

FL 101, 102, 103 First-year Modern Greek (4, 4, 4)
The course is addressed to students with no-little knowledge of Modern Greek and places equal emphasis on the acquisition of speaking, listening, reading and writing. Classes focus on the study of grammar, syntax and vocabulary as well as elementary reading passages.

FL 201, 202, 203 Second-year Modern Greek (3,3,3)
This course is addressed to students who have completed 1st year Modern Greek or have advanced language awareness through contact with Modern Greek in other ways. It places equal emphasis on the improvement of oral, reading, writing and listening skills.

FL 199 Special Studies (Credit to be arranged.)

FL 299 Special Studies (Credit to be arranged.)

FL 331 Women in the Middle East (4)
Aims to explore the role and status of women in the contemporary Middle East with respect to institutions such as the family, law, education, work and politics-areas which intersect and overlap with broader cultural questions about women and their place in tradition, modernity, nation-building, Islam and the West. This course is the same as Intl 331 and WS 331; course may only be taken once for credit. Conducted in English.

FL 335 Icelandic Sagas (4)
Explores the sagas and the cultural milieu in which they were created. Conducted in English. Recommended prerequisite: Sophomore inquiry.
[Course taught every other year.]

FL 447/457 Major Forces in World Literature (4)
A study of literary forms, theories, and movements, such as Classical Drama, Medieval Romance, Existentialism, Structuralism, The Absurd, Nativism and Roots.
Recommended prerequisite: 12 credits of literature. Conducted in English.
[Not taught every year.]

FL 448/548 Major Figures in World Literature (4)
Concentrated study of the canon of one or more major writers: for example, Dostoevsky, Cervantes, Goethe.
Recommended prerequisite: 12 credits of literature. Conducted in English.

FL 448U/548 Dostoevsky Syllabus

FL 449/549 Major Topics in World Literature (4)
Study of the treatment of topics in one or more cultures of the world. Such topics as Europe as self and other, Don Juan, exile, the quest, outlaws and bandits, ghosts, fairies and gods.
Recommended prerequisite:12 credits of literature. Conducted in English.
[Not taught every year.]

FL 493/593 Language Proficiency Testing and Teaching (4) Application of proficiency standards in testing and teaching at the novice and intermediate levels. Introduction to ILR/ACTFL/ETS/FSI guidelines and compatible testing methods. Discussion of pragmatic issues; testing technique and test validity; use of teaching materials; logistics.
Recommended prerequisite: three years of a foreign language. Conducted in English.
[Not taught every year.]

FL 498/598 Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages (4)
Study and analysis of various pedagogical theories as applied to the learning and teaching of foreign languages. Special emphasis on discourse and content analysis. Recommended for prospective language teachers. Conducted in English.
Recommended prerequisite: three years of a foreign language.