31 courses with the subject MLG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MLG 100Introduction to World Languages3
This course will introduce students to the wide variety of languages across the globe. What are language “families”? How are they similar? How are they different? How and why do languages change over time? How do different languages express thought and emotion through words and sentence structure? The relationship of a particular language to history, geography, politics and society will be emphasized throughout this course, with the help of a user-friendly companion website. Course Offered: Fall, Summer Credits: (3,0)
Selected international films will be viewed, analyzed, and discussed in terms of their historical, social, political, and economic context as well as for their aesthetic value. Readings, lectures, and class discussions are organized to teach coherency in reading filmic works. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)
Representative Italian films, from the post-war and Neorealism to the present, will be viewed, analyzed and discussed. Films are selected to provide a broad historical and social perspective as seen through the artistic vision of individual directors. The course will be conducted in English and all films have English subtitles. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)
In this course, representative Spanish and Latin American movies that cover periods from Romanticism to contemporary times will be analyzed, viewed and discussed. Films will be chosen to discuss social, philosophical, political and identity problems as well as its interpretation according to the artistic vision and directors' achievements and goals. Theory and history of film genres of Spain and Latin America cinema will be studied. The course will be conducted in English and all movies have English subtitles. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Summer Credits: (3,0)
An examination of contemporary France and its political, economic and social development. French cultural life and institutions in France will also be considered. This course may not be used to satisfy the foreign language proficiency requirement. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)
This course examines a diverse body of motion pictures produced in the Arab world. Through films, critical readings and in class discussion, students will acquire and develop an understanding of Arabic culture and a great appreciation for the art history of Arab Cinema from across the 22 Arab nations. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)
This course focuses on the works of major Latin-American women writers from the 17th to the 20th century. We will analyze poems, short stories and novels and how women have been portrayed in literature. The theoretical approach to this class will be based on contemporary feminist critics. We will study the works of the first 17th century Mexican feminist writer, The Nun, Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz, as well as the works of Elena Poniatowska, Julia Alvarez and Laura Ezquivel among others. Note: Students completing this course may not receive credit for SPA 310. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)
MLG 313Science, Literature, and Film in the Hispanic World
This course takes an integrated vision of reality in which the sciences and technologies, together with the humanities, take active part in the sociocultural system. This course synthesizes two supposedly antagonistic systems: the humanities and the sciences, and creates a communication between humanists and scientists. The course traces how the Hispanic world represented scientific activities in history and examines the interplay between sciences and humanities through Hispanic literature and film. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall Credits: Credits:3 (3,0)
Fiction like film is a narrative storytelling art form. In this class students will study the adaption of written, fictional works and their correspondent films. Students will also study the narrative devices, techniques and formal properties used to tell a story that are particular to film but not found in literature, such as camera angle, camera distance, editing, cross-cutting, montage, framing, and camera movement. This course will take a critical approach to examining the narrative language utilized by fiction and film with the objective of developing a more critical eye for interpreting both mediums. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall Credits: (3,0)
Study of Spain, a multicultural and multilingual nation, not as a homogeneous entity but rather as a heterogeneous tapestry of various culture and languages. The corpus of cultural texts studied will be derived from the realms of literature, film, architecture, music and the visual arts. They will be analyzed within their socio- historical context as well as their aesthetic value. Note: Students completing this course cannot receive credit for SPA 315. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)
This course will examine the assimilation of Arab immigrants within the United States and their unique contribution in creating a rich multicultural society. The course will allow students to learn about the Arab-American community through history, literature and sociology by using creative media tools such as art, music, films and documentaries. In addition, the course will examine political and social stereotypes of Arab-Americans as portrayed in current events. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)
Selected films on Italian emigration to the Americas-North and South-will be viewed, analyzed, and discussed in terms of their historical, social, political, and economic context as well as for their aesthetic qualities and the process behind their creation. Films are selected to provide a broad historical and social perspective as seen through the artistic vision of individual directors, both Italian and non-Italian. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 with a grade of C or higher Credits: Credits:3 (3,0)
The development of Latino literature and culture in the United States, with emphasis on the 20th century. Major writings of Mexican, Cuban, Dominican Republican, Puerto Rican and other Latinos will be analyzed in relation to each group's particular experience and its relation to main stream society. Particular attention given to how gender, race, ethnicity, and class interaction affects the formation of the diverse cultural experience of the U.S. Latino. This course will be taught in English. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer Credits: (3,0)
This course focuses on the major works of Latin American writers and their contribution to the literary world. Relevant novels from the 18th to the 20th century literary movements will be analyzed, including topics such as Colonialism, Romanticism, Magic Realism will be analyzed. Several Nobel Prize winners like Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Miguel Angel Asturias will be included, as well as renowned women writers Laura Restrepo, Elena Garro, and Elena Poniatowska among others will be studied. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Course Offered: Fall Credits: (3,0)
MLG 324Italian Horror Films: Sex, Murder and Social Criticism3
Italian horror films escape easy classification, but offer a glimpse into the cultural, economic, and political anxieties which inspired their directors. Characterized by carefully crafted soundtracks, non-sensical plots, saturated with color, violence, and nudity, these movies are cultural artifacts that invite profound reflections on issues of gender discrimination, economic inequality, racism and even anti-colonial criticism. During the semester students will acquire and sharpen analytical and critical skills that will allow them to dissect, eviscerate, analyze, and "take a stab" at interpreting Italian, and American societies. As a 300 level class, students are expected to complete weekly assignments which include writing short reflection essays, and reading scholarly articles. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Credits: (3,0)
MLG 326French and Francophone Literature through the Arts3
This course explores the interplays between literary texts originating in the French-speaking world and a wide range of art forms and cultural expressions. Students will read a selected text or texts and examine the ways in which these inspire and are reinterpreted by forms as diverse as an opera, a comic book, an engraving, or a video game, to name a few. Inversely, the course may also examine allusions to non-literary works such as, for example, a painting or a film, within literary texts when applicable. Among the questions considered will be the contexts in which the studied literary and nonliterary works emerged as well as the various "readings" and interpretations that can be found throughout their adaptations. Studied works and topics will vary. Texts will be read in English translations. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Credits: (3,0)
This course offers an introduction to Indigenous Studies in Latin America by exploring the formation of Indigenous peoples' identity after the European invasion and their struggle against ongoing colonization and modernization. Students will discuss Indigenous peoples' ancestral and cotemporaneous knowledge regarding the natural environment, gender relations, politics, economics, and the arts. The course will showcase Indigenous epistemologies that challenge hegemonic understandings of economic growth and human and non-human relations. Moreover, students will compare and contextualize the experiences and perspectives of Indigenous peoples from Latin America, North America, and other world regions. Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 Credits: Credits:3 (3,0)
This course will analyze the rich diversity of languages across the globe. How are language “families” determined? What do all human languages have in common, and how do they differ? What roles do history, politics, geography, and culture play in the development of a particular language? We will also study the building blocks of oral and written language: grammar and syntax. What are the differences between a “language”, a “dialect”, and a “slang”? Using the textbook and many internet resources, students will interpret data from linguistic charts, graphs, and maps. By the end of this course, unfamiliar languages and peoples will have been discovered, and familiar languages and peoples will have been re- discovered Prerequisite(s): EGL 102 with a grade of C or higher Credits: Credits:3 (3,0) MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE (MLS)
