Skip to main content
A total of 5 courses have been found.
Introductory conversational skills and basic American Sign Language grammar; introduction to the ASL cultural community through readings and videos. Taught in American Sign Language.

This is an introductory course in American Sign Language (ASL).  This is not a course in “Signed English”.  ASL is a distinct, natural language with rules of grammar and usage as different from English as any language.  A course in ASL is comparable to, and no less difficult or rigorous than, other world language courses.  As a flipped learning course (labeled as hybrid by the registrar), students will meet synchronously two times per week in the classroom at the designated days and times to participate in interactive dialogues and signing activities.  Outside of class (asynchronously), students will watch video lectures and complete lab activities and other coursework.  In addition, this course requires attendance at ASL Events, which are held at various times throughout the semester.  All class meetings and events are conducted in ASL, without the use of spoken English.  Like all language classes, this course encourages students to interact daily in the target language, ASL.  Grading will be based on exams, projects/presentations, papers, class attendance and participation, ASL event attendance, and culturally appropriate behavior.  Exams test both expressive and receptive skills, including the use of appropriate vocabulary, grammar, facial expressions, and cultural knowledge about the Deaf Community.  This is the first course in a four-semester sequence of courses.  An average of 75% or better on expressive and receptive elements of the course is highly encouraged to move forward with ASL II.

World Languages First Level Proficiency
Focus on reading Latin and on Roman culture.

An introduction to the Latin language. Using Wheelock’s Latin (Chapters 1-20), students learn the fundamentals of the Latin language (forms, syntax, and vocabulary), while reading excerpts from ancient authors and studying the historical and cultural contexts in which these authors wrote. While the emphasis is on translating from Latin into English, some composition from English into Latin also is required. Grades are based on daily assignments, weekly quizzes, and four exams. Support materials and a free tutoring service are available. An attendance requirement permits seven absences before the final grade is lowered. The course is taught by a qualified graduate student supervised by a professor.

World Languages First Level Proficiency
Introduction to reading, writing, listening, and speaking; for students who have no knowledge of French.


No experience in French required.

FREN:1001 is the first semester of a two-semester elementary French sequence. It is designed for students who have had no prior experience in French as well as those students who have had less than a year and a half of high school French. Students with two or more years of high school French who want to review a full year of first year French should enroll in FREN:1010, the First-Year Review course, in which one year of French is covered in just one semester. The goal of FREN:1001 is to provide students with the linguistic elements necessary for basic proficiency in French. This includesthe ability to cope with simple conversations in French; asking and answering questions on topics of daily life; the ability to extract meaning from authentic documents including video, text and audio materials; the ability to write simple but coherent sentences in French with reasonable accuracy and to compose simple paragraphs that describe and narrate. Students will gain knowledge of the basic structures of French such as subject and object pronouns, verb conjugations, primarily in the present tense, adjective placement and agreement, as well as some knowledge about France, the Francophone world.

This course meets four days per week in the classroom for 4 s.h. The remaining 1 s.h. is earned through completion of out of class activities that include (but not limited to) online lab assignments and written papers

World Languages First Level Proficiency
Understanding and speaking "everyday German"; reading and writing skills; acquaintance with the German-speaking world through discussion, readings, videos.

A basic introduction to the German language and to the culture of German-speaking countries. In this course you will learn to communicate about everyday topics such as friends, family, hobbies, food, travel, and university life. You will also develop enhanced understanding of the geography, culture, politics, and history of the German speaking countries.

Elementary German I is designed for students very little or no previous study of German. Students who have studied German previously should take the German placement exam to receive a course recommendation.

World Languages First Level Proficiency
Emphasis on oral and written skills. Taught in Spanish. World Languages First Level Proficiency