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The Department offers majors in Spanish, French, Comparative Literature and Ancient Civilization. It is also possible, at the Department’s discretion, to major in more than one language (the combined foreign languages major). Minors are available in French, German, and Spanish. Additional courses in Chinese, Classical Greek, Hebrew, Japanese and Latin are offered. |
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German
The German program is in the process of being redefined. Currently, we offer courses in beginning and intermediate German (101-104). Although, at the present time, it is not possible to major in German, students may pursue a self-designed minor in German Studies through our study aboard program at the University of Trier, by taking advanced language courses at other courses in the Worcester Consortium for Higher education, and by taking related courses in German studies in Clark’s departments of Philosophy, History and through Clark’s Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Hebrew
Every semester three Hebrew courses are taught at three different levels.
Modern conversational Hebrew is taught in all levels along with reading
and writing skills. In each course Israeli literature is examined through
short stories, newspaper articles, poems and songs. Jewish and Israeli
culture is the main focus for teaching, therefore you can read, listen,
and taste this emphasis every semester in each of the classes taught.
Every semester classes video conference with students in Haifa University
in Israel. Video conferencing enables students in both countries
to share lectures and their opinions on the same different topics. Advanced
students interviewed Holocaust survivors and their translations from the
English to Hebrew were included in the publication Legacies for Life
- Voices from Three Communities: Boston, Haifa, Dnepropetrovsk: Student
Interviews with Holocaust Survivors, Atlas Press, Inc.
2005.
Japanese
Currently, we offer, every year, Beginning Japanese (101 in the fall, 102 in the spring) and Intermediate Japanese (103 in the fall and 104 in the spring). Students who wish to continue Japanese language study are urged to participate in Clark’s Study Abroad Program in Japan, at Kansai Gaidai.
In addition, Japanese 296, Advanced Topics, is available to students as a directed reading course.
Two courses in Japanese Literature, Japanese 180 (Japanese Literature and Culture in Translation), and Japanese 190 (Japanese Women Writers) give students a chance to explore Japanese literature in a cultural context. Both count towards the Asian Studies Concentration; both are cross-listed with Comparative Literature; and JAPN 190 is also part of the Women’s Studies Concentration. For these courses, all the readings are in English (though students may elect to do some/all of the readings in Japanese) and no knowledge of Japanese language or history is expected or assumed.
Other Languages
Course are also offered in Latin, Greek and Chinese.
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Academic Catalog & Requirements
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Additional Resources
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| Clark student Milosz Wozny '06 (left) with fellow students of the English Club on Kansai Gaidi campus.
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