Fall Term Schedule

2026 Courses

Below is comprehensive list of all courses associated with the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures for the fall semester. This master list provides a summary of course offerings in all programs in MLC. Descriptions and room locations can be found on UR Student and the CDCS webpages.

If you have specific questions about individual courses, we recommend that you reach out to the instructor for the course. If you have general questions about clusters, minors or majors, see the undergraduate advisors page to connect with a program advisor.

Fall Courses


Chinese (CHIN)
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
CHIN 101-2Elementary Chinese IMW3:25PM4:15PMGuoming Tian
CHIN 101-3Elementary Chinese ITR9:40AM10:30AMPing Pian
CHIN 101-5Elementary Chinese I - RecMW10:25AM11:15AMPing Pian
CHIN 101-7Elementary Chinese I - RecTR3:25PM4:15PMGuoming Tian
CHIN 103-1Chinese for Heritage Speakers ITR2:00PM3:15PMGuoming Tian
CHIN 103-2Chinese for Heritage Speakers I - RecF2:00PM2:50PMGuoming Tian
CHIN 151-2Intermediate Chinese IMW4:50PM6:05PMGuoming Tian
CHIN 151-3Intermediate Chinese ITR11:05AM12:20PMPing Pian
CHIN 151-5Intermediate Chinese I - RecMW11:50AM1:05PMPing Pian
CHIN 151-6Intermediate Chinese I - RecTR4:50PM6:05PMGuoming Tian
CHIN 202-1Advanced Intermediate ChineseTR12:30PM1:45PMPing Pian
CHIN 205-1Advanced Chinese IMW2:00PM3:15PMGuoming Tian
CHIN 214Dream of the Red ChamberMW11:50AM1:05PMLiz Weber
CHIN 215Snakes and Robots: The Non-Human in East
Asian Literature and Media
TR6:15PM7:30PMLin Meng Walsh
CHIN 223Memory and Meaning in Post-Mao LiteratureMW3:25PM4:40PMLiz Weber
CHIN 228Global Chinese Media CulturesTBDTBDTBDShiqi Lin

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Courses taught in English: CLTR
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
CLTR 200Topics in Critical Thinking (Travelers)TR11:05AM12:20PMMartin Dawson
CLTR 208Boccaccio's DecameronT3:35PM6:05PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
CLTR 209DAfter the Quake: Introduction to Disaster Literature and Cinema in JapanTR4:50PM6:05PMLin Meng Walsh
CLTR 212Postwar Italian Directors: Fellini, Antonioni, CavaniTR11:05AM12:20PMAndrew Korn
CLTR 215/415Russian Cinema After the FallMW2:00PM3:15PMRita Safariants
CLTR 217Snakes and Robots: The Non-Human in East Asian
Literature and Media
TR6:15PM7:30PMLin Meng Walsh
CLTR 220Dante's Divine Comedy IMW3:25PM4:40PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
CLTR 223/423Modern Anti-Semitism in GermanyWF10:25AM11:40AMLisa Cerami
CLTR 228/428Topics in Critical Thinking (Travelers)TBDTBDTBDShiqi Lin
CLTR 238Dream of the Red ChamberMW11:50AM1:05PMLiz Weber
CLTR 241Slow Reading (The Brothers Karamazov)TR12:30PM1:45PMJohn Givens
CLTR 241A/421APerformance StudiesTR11:05AM12:20PMAnna Rosensweig
CLTR 243/443Revolution and Genre 1918|1968|1989TR9:40AM10:55 AMLisa Cerami
CLTR 248On the Move: Ethnographic FilmMW3:25PM4:40PMJune Hwang
CLTR 255/455Intro to Continental PhilosophyW4:50PM7:30PMRobert Doran
CLTR 263Speculative Fiction: East/WestTR2:00PM3:15PMDmitry Bykov
CLTR 268Memory and Meaning in Post-Mao LiteratureMW3:25PM4:40PMLiz Weber
CLTR 282/482French Fantasy on FilmMW11:50AM1:05PMAngeline Nies-Berger
CLTR 389/489MLC Research SeminarTR3:25PM4:40PMVialcary Crisostomo Tejada

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French
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
FREN101-1Elementary French IMW12:30PM1:45PMJulie Papaioannou
FREN 101-2Elementary French IMW10:25AM11:40AMJulie Papaioannou
FREN 101-4Elementary French I - RecTR9:40AM10:55AMJulie Papaioannou
FREN 101-5Elementary French I - RecTR11:05AM12:20PMJulie Papaioannou
FREN 101-6Elementary French I - RecTR12:30PM1:45PMJulie Papaioannou
FREN 102-1Elementary French IITR9:40AM10:55AMCarole Nasra
FREN 102-2Elementary French II RecMW9:00AM10:15AMCarole Nasra
FREN 102-3Elementary French II recMW10:25AM11:15AMCarole Nasra
FREN 153-1Intermediate FrenchMW12:30PM1:45PMCarole Nasra
FREN 153-2Intermediate FrenchTR12:30PM1:45PMCarole Nasra
FREN 155-1French Conversation and CompositionMWF9:00AM9:50AMStaff
FREN 200-2Advanced FrenchMW2:00PM3:15PMJulie Papaioannou
FREN 204-1Contemporary French CultureMW2:00PM3:15PMAngeline Nies-Berger
FREN 237/437Performance StudiesTR11:05AM12:20PMAnna Rosensweig
FREN 245Revolution and RomanticismTR4:50 PM6:05PMRobert Doran
FREN 255Intro to Continental PhilosophyW4:50PM7:30PMRobert Doran
FREN 282/482French Fantasy on FilmMW11:50AM1:05PMAngeline Nies-Berger

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German
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
GRMN 101-2Elementary German IMW10:25AM11:40AMTaja Beljanski
GRMN 101-3Elementary German IMW2:00PM3:15PMStaff
GRMN 101-5Elementary German I - RecR12:30PM1:45PMStaff
GRMN 101-6Elementary German I - RecT2:00PM3:15PMStaff
GRMN 151-1Intermediate German IMW12:30PM1:45PMTaja Beljanski
GRMN 151-2Intermediate German ITR9:40AM10:55AMTaja Beljanski
GRMN 200-1Advanced Conversation and CompMW11:50AM1:05PMJune Hwang
GRMN 203-1Intro to German Literature (Love Songs)TR12:30PM1:45PMMartin Dawson
GRMN 226/426Modern Anti-Semitism in GermanyWF10:25AM11:40AMLisa Cerami
GRMN 238/438Revolution and Genre: 1918|1968|1989TR9:40AM10:55 AMLisa Cerami
GRMN 248/448On the Move: Ethnographic FilmMW3:25PM4:40PMJune Hwang

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Italian
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
ITAL 101-1Elementary Italian IMW2:00PM3:15PMLucia Casiraghi
ITAL 101-2Elementary Italian I - RecF2:00PM2:50PMLucia Casiraghi
ITAL 151-1Intermediate Italian ITR3:25PM4:40PMLucia Casiraghi
ITAL 200-1Advanced Italian Composition and ConversationTR2:00pm3:15PMAndrew Korn
ITAL 220-2Dante's Divine Comedy IMW3:25PM4:40PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
ITAL 222Boccaccio's DecameronT3:35PM6:05PMDonatella Stocchi-Perucchio
ITAL 243Postwar Italian Directors: Fellini, Antonioni, CavaniTR11:05AM12:20PMAndrew Korn

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Japanese
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
JPNS 101-04Elementary Japanese IMW10:25AM1:45PMYuki Taguchi
JPNS 101-05Elementary Japanese I - RecTR9:40AM10:55AMYuki Taguchi
JPNS 101-06Elementary Japanese I - RecTR11:05AM12:20PMYuki Taguchi
JPNS 101-07Elementary Japanese IMW2:00PM3:15PMShizuka Hardy
JPNS 101-08Elementary Japanese I - RecTR2:00PM3:15PMShizuka Hardy
JPNS 101-09Elementary Japanese I - RecTR3:25PM4:40PMShizuka Hardy
JPNS 101-12Elementary Japanese I - RecTR2:00PM3:15PMYuki Taguchi
JPNS 102-11Elementary Japnanese IIMW12:30PM1:45PMYuki Taguchi
JPNS 102-12Elementary Japnanese II-RecTR3:25PM4:40PMYuki Taguchi
JPNS 114-1Intermediate Conversational Japanese IMW2:00PM3:15PMYuki Taguchi
JPNS 151-01Intermediate Japanese IMW10:25AM11:40AMShizuka Hardy
JPNS 151-02Intermediate Japanese I-RecTR9:40AM10:55AMShizuka Hardy
JPNS 151-03Intermediate Japanese I-RecTR11:05AM12:20PMShizuka Hardy
JPNS 151-04Intermediate Japanese IMW12:30PM1:45PMMariko Tamate
JPNS 151-05Intermediate Japanese I-RecTR9:40AM10:55AMMariko Tamate
JPNS 151-06Intermediate Japanese I-RecTR11:05AM12:20PMMariko Tamate
JPNS 201-1Adv Intermediate Japanese IMW2:00PM3:15pmMariko Tamate
JPNS 203-1Adv Conversational Japanese IMW4:50PM6:05PMShizuka Hardy
JPNS 205-1Advanced Japanese IMW3:25PM4:40PMMariko Tamate
JPNS 209-1After the Quake: Introduction to Disaster Literature and Cinema in JapanTR4:50PM6:05PMLin Meng Walsh
JPNS 217Snakes and Robots: The Non-Human in East Asian
Literature and Media
TR6:15PM7:30PMLin Meng Walsh
JPNS 235Japanese Calligraphy and GraphologyF2:00PM4:40PMKeiko Nishioka

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Korean
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
KORE 101-1Elementary Korean IMWF9:00AM9:50AMMyounghee Cho
KORE 101-2Elementary Korean IMWF10:25AM11:15AMMyounghee Cho
KORE 101-3Elementary Korean I - RecT9:40AM10:30AMMyounghee Cho
KORE 101-4Elementary Korean I - RecT11:05AM11:55AMMyounghee Cho
KORE 151-1Intermediate Korean IMWF2:00PM2:50PMMyounghee Cho
KORE 151-2Intermediate Korean I - RecT2:00PM2:50PMMyounghee Cho
KORE 151-3Intermediate Korean IMWF3:25PM4:15PMMyounghee Cho
KORE 151-4Intermediate Korean I - RecT3:25PM4:15PMMyounghee Cho
KORE 201-1Advanced Intermediate Korean IMW11:50AM1:05PMMyounghee Cho
KORE 217Snakes and Robots: The Non-Human in East Asian
Literature and Media
R3:25PM6:05PMLin Meng Walsh

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Polish
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
POLS 101-1ElementaryPolish IMW12:30PM1:45PMMalgorzata Wojciechowska
POLS 151-1Intermediate PolishMW2:00PM3:15PMMalgorzata Wojciechowska
Portuguese
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
PORT 101-1Elementary PortugueseTR11:05AM12:20PMTeresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo
PORT 101-2ElementaryPortuguese -RecW10:25AM11:15AMTeresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo
PORT 151-1Intermediate Portuguese ITR12:30PM1:45PMTeresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo
PORT 151-2Intermediate Portuguese I - RecW11:50AM12:40PMTeresa T.Valdez De F.Araujo

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Russian
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
RUSS 101-1Elementary Russian ITR9:40AM10:55AMJohn Givens
RUSS 101-2Elementary Russian I - RecMW10:25AM11:15AMLaura Givens
RUSS 101-3Elementary Russian I - RecMW11:50AM12:40PMLaura Givens
RUSS 126-1Russia NowTR11:05AM12:20PMDmitry Bykov
RUSS 151-1Intermediate Russian IMWF9:00AM9:50AMLaura Givens
RUSS 151-2Intermediate Russian I - RecW2:00PM2:50PMLaura Givens
RUSS 151-3Intermediate Russian I - RecR11:05AM11:55AMLaura Givens
RUSS 156-1Russian Language Community Engagement PracticumF10:25AM11:40AMLaura Givens
RUSS 202-1Advanced Readings in RussianTR9:40AM10:55AMLaura Givens
RUSS 212Literature and Culture in the OriginalMW10:25AM11:40AMRita Safariants
RUSS 234Slow Reading (The Brothers Karamazov)TR12:30PM1:45PMJohn Givens
RUSS 263Speculative Fiction: East/WestTR2:00PM3:15PMDmitry Bykov
RUSS 269Russian Cinema After the FallMW2:00PM3:15PMRita Safariants

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Spanish
Course #Course TitleDayBeginEndInstructor
SPAN 101-01Elementary Spanish IMWF9:00AM9:50AMKirt Komocki
SPAN 101-2Elementary Spanish IMWF10:25AM11:15AMTBD
SPAN 101-3Elementary Spanish IMWF2:00PM2:50PMTBD
SPAN 101-04Elementary Spanish I RECT9:40AM10:30AMKirt Komocki
SPAN 101-5Elementary Spanish I RECT2:00PM2:50PMTBD
SPAN 101-6Elementary Spanish I -RecT11:05AM11:55AMTBD
SPAN 102-1Elementary Spanish IIMWF9:00AM9:50AMTBD
SPAN102-2Elementary Spanish II - RecT9:40AM10:30AMTBD
SPAN 151-1Intermediate Spanish IMW10:25AM11:40AMLuisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi
SPAN 151-2Intermediate Spanish ITR3:25PM4:40PMLuisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi
SPAN 151-3Intermediate Spanish IMW12:30PM1:45PMKirt Komocki
SPAN 152-1Intermediate Spanish IIMW10:25AM11:40AMKirt Komocki
SPAN 152-2Intermediate Spanish IITR12:30PM1:45PMKirt Komocki
SPAN 159-1Spanish for Heritage SpeakerMW2:00PM3:15PMLuisa-Maria Rojas-Rimachi
SPAN 162Advanced Conversational SpanishTR2:00PM3:15PMStaff
SPAN 200-1Advanced Spanish CompositionTR2:00PM3:15PMVialcary Crisótomo Tejada
SPAN 200-3Advanced Spanish CompositionMW2:00PM3:15PMRaquel Alfaro
SPAN 203Representing Identities in the Early Modern
Hispanic World
MW10:25AM11:40AMRaquel Alfaro
SPAN 262/462Spanish-American Crime FictionTR12:30PM1:45PMRyan Prendergast

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