Chinese I

EALC 103ab, EALC 104
The sound system of modern Chinese; aural comprehension, oral expression, basic patterns practice, writing system.

Chinese II

EALC 106
Dialogue practice and conversation; reading of simple stories and essays; comparison of Chinese and English grammar; writing of paragraphs. Prerequisite: EALC 104.

Chinese III

EALC 204
Conversational practice: reading of stories and essays; writing of short essays. Prerequisite: EALC 106.

Chinese IV

EALC 206
Continuation of 204, with emphasis on reading and writing, frequent interaction with native speakers. Prerequisite: EALC 204.

Advanced Modern Chinese I

EALC 304
Reading selections from different styles of modern Chinese writings, analysis of stylistic techniques and syntactic structure, composition, and translation. Prerequisite: EALC 206.

Advanced Modern Chinese II

EALC 306
Continuation of EALC 304; composition exercises in different styles of writing. Prerequisite: EALC 304.

Advanced Modern Chinese III

EALC 404
Readings in modern Chinese literary, documentary, and epistolary styles; stylistic and syntactic analysis; composition; translation. Prerequisite: EALC 306.

Advanced Modern Chinese IV

EALC 406
Continuation of EALC 404.

Japanese I

EALC 120
Basic Japanese conversation practice, basic grammar and building proficiency of reading and writing Hiragana and Katakana (Japanese alphabetical systems).

Japanese II

EALC 122
Continuation of EALC 120. Basic Japanese conversation practice, basic grammar and building proficiency of reading and writing Hiragana and Katakana and basic kanji. Prerequisite: EALC 120.

Japanese III

EALC 220
Continuation of EALC 122. Conversation practice, basic to intermediate grammar, and building proficiency of reading and writing Hiragana and Katakana with additional kanji. Prerequisite: EALC 122.

Japanese IV

EALC 222
Continuation of EALC 220. More sophisticated grammar and vocabulary for natural conversation. Enhancing fundamental reading and writing skills, expanding the knowledge of kanji. Prerequisite: EALC 220.

Advanced Japanese I

EALC 320
Strengthen intermediate Japanese language proficiency. Oral/aural communication skills as well as reading and writing skills. Promote an understanding of the present-day Japanese culture. Prerequisite: EALC 222.

Advanced Japanese II

EALC 322
Continuation of EALC 320. Improve and strengthen abilities to speak, listen, read and write, coping with more involved materials and situation. Prerequisite: EALC 320.

Business Japanese

EALC 413
Practical advanced level Japanese business terms and their usage in a variety of business situations; cultural insights on Japanese customs that underline business transactions in Japan. Prerequisite: EALC 322.

Advanced Japanese III

EALC 422
Students develop advanced levels of Japanese linguistic knowledge and communication skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing activities using authentic Japanese texts and discourse. Prerequisite: EALC 322.

Advanced Japanese IV

EALC 424
Students continue to improve their Japanese language competence in the course of acquiring Japanese pragmatic skills and cultural knowledge. Prerequisite: EALC 422.

Korean I

EALC 115
EALC 115 introduces the fundamentals of standard Korean in all four levels of communication (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). The course provides practice in basic Korean conversations as well as fundamental grammar.

Korean II

EALC 117
This course focuses on the low-intermediate Korean conversations, basic reading, and writing , as well as grammar.

Korean III

EALC 215
Korean III deals with four areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, but more emphasis will be put on reading and writing than in Korean I and II. In Korean III, you will learn more complicated grammatical structures and useful expressions.

Korean IV

EALC 217
Advanced level reading of modern Korean and exercises in written composition.

Advanced Korean I

EALC 315
Advanced reading in modern Korean materials; improvement of skills in conversation, composition, and translation.

Advanced Korean II

EALC 317
Advanced Korean II deals with all the areas, speaking, listening, reading, and writing Korean, but more emphasis will be put on reading and writing of Chinese characters (Han-Ja). In Advanced Korean II, you will learn more complicated grammatical structures and useful expressions with Han-Ja.

Advanced Korean III

EALC 415
Advanced Korean III deals with the three areas of speaking, reading, and writing, but more emphasis is put on reading and writing of Chinese characters in modern written Korean. In Advanced Korean III, students will read Korean stories and essays written in mixed script and learn more complicated grammatical structures and useful expressions with about 500 additional Chinese characters.

Advanced Korean IV

EALC 417
Advanced Korean IV is the continuation of Advanced Korean III. This course deals with the three areas of speaking, reading, and writing, but more emphasis is put on reading and writing of Chinese characters in modern written Korean. In Advanced Korean IV, students will read advanced-level Korean stories and essays written in mixed script, and learn more complicated grammatical structures and useful expressions with about 700 additional Chinese characters.

Basic Language Courses

Spanish 120

Spanish 150

Spanish 220

Spanish 240

Spanish 250

Portuguese 120

Portuguese 150

Portugues 220