Approved Courses
The following list includes undergraduate courses that have been approved as of June 2010. Courses added after that date do not appear in this list. Courses eliminated after that date may still appear. Not every course is offered regularly. Students should consult the Schedule of Classes at www.testudo.umd.edu to ascertain which courses are actually offered during a given semester.
COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM
| Number |
|
Eligibility |
| 000-099 |
|
Non-credit course |
| 100-199 |
|
Primarily freshman course |
| 200-299 |
|
Primarily sophomore course |
| 300-399 |
|
Junior, senior course not acceptable for credit toward graduate degrees |
| 386-387 |
|
Campus-wide internship courses; refer to information describing Experiential Learning |
| 400-499 |
|
Junior, senior course acceptable for credit toward some graduate degree |
| 500-599 |
|
Professional School course (Dentistry, Architecture, Law, Medicine) or post-baccalaureate course |
| 600-899 |
|
Course restricted to graduate students |
| 799 |
|
Master Thesis credit |
| 899 |
|
Doctoral Dissertation credit |
Use the search box below to view the approved courses.
Courses in "SLLC-School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures"
SLLC - School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
SLLC 169 Special Topics in Study Abroad I (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
SLLC 199 Special Topics in Language Study (1-3)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Language and topic to be announced when offered.
SLLC 269 Special Topics in Study Abroad II (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
SLLC 283 Introduction to Cinema Studies (3)
Introduction to the critical study of film, focusing on cinema from
myriad cultures in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa, with special
attention to form analysis and the way that form affects and creates
cultural meaning in such contexts as gender, race, colonialism,
political ideology, and technology.
SLLC 284 Language, Power and Society (3)
Introduction to language variation along social, ethnic and regional
identity lines.Taught in English.
SLLC 299 Special Topics in World Cultures (1-6)
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
Topic to be announced when course is offered.
SLLC 300 World Film History (3)
A historical and critical survey of film as an art form, an institution,
and a medium of communication through a selection of major aesthetic
movements and masterpieces of world cinema.
SLLC 305 Language, Identity and Diversity in the U.S. (3)
Introduces issues of linguistic diversity in the framework of the U.S.
as a multilingual society. Special emphasis is placed on attitudes
toward language diversity, specifically, how regional, social,
generational, ethnic, racial and gender differences in language use
contribute to notions of identity.
SLLC 309 Languague Partner Program (1)
One hour of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-School of Languages, Literatures, and
Cultures department. Restriction: For intermediate- to advanced-level
language majors. Repeatable to 3 credits.
For intermediate- to advanced-level language study. Conversations
entirely in target language with native speaker.
SLLC 369 Special Topics in Study Abroad III (1-6)
Repeatable to 15 credits if content differs.
Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.
SLLC 386 Experiential Learning (3)
Prerequisite: Learning Proposal approved by the Office of Experiential
Learning Programs, faculty sponsor and the student's internship sponsor.
Restriction: Junior standing or higher.
SLLC 400 Articulatory Phonetics for Second Language Acquisition and Application (3)
Restriction: Junior standing or higher. Credit only granted for:
SLLC400.
The mechanical capabilities of the human vocal apparatus for producing
speech sounds, and their terminology and transcription in the
International Phonetic Alphabet. Emphasis is on the practical needs of
the teacher and student of foreign language, rather than the theoretical
linguist or the hearing-and-speech pathologist. The phonetics of major
languages are also introduced, with attention to the pedagogy of their
phonetics.
SLLC 471 The Cultural Environment of Global Business (3)
Restriction: Sophomore standing or higher. Credit only granted for:
ARHU439B, ARHU439E, ARHU439T, ENES472, SLLC471, SLLC472, or SLLC473.
Formerly: ARHU439B.
The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of
cultural aspects pertaining to global business, and thereby increasing
their awareness of the cultural factors that motivate decisions and
behavior in the business world. Students will gain an understanding of
how the business cultures in the rest of the world diverge from the
American, and develop the cultural understanding, attitudes, and
communication skills needed to function appropriately within an
increasingly global and multicultural working environment.
SLLC 472 International Business Cultures in Engineering and Technology (3)
Restriction: Sophomore standing or higher. Also offered as: ENES472.
Credit only granted for: ARHU439B, ARHU439E, ARHU439T, ENES472, SLLC471,
SLLC472, or SLLC473. Formerly: ARHU439T.
The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of
cultural aspects pertaining to global business and engineering, and
thereby increasing their awareness of the cultural factors that motivate
decisions and behavior in the business world. Students will gain an
understanding of how the business cultures in the rest of the world
diverge from the American, and develop the cultural understanding,
attitudes, and communication skills needed to function appropriately
within an increasingly global and multicultural working environment.
SLLC 473 European Business Cultures (3)
Restriction: Sophomore standing or higher. Credit only granted for:
ARHU439B, ARHU439E, ARHU439T, ENES472, SLLC471, SLLC472, or SLLC473.
Formerly: ARHU439E.
The goal of this course is to provide students with an understanding of
cultural aspects pertaining to European business, and thereby increasing
their awareness of the cultural factors that motivate decisions and
behavior in the European business world. Students will gain an
understanding of how the European business cultures diverge from the
American, and develop the cultural understanding, attitudes, and
communication skills needed to function appropriately within an
increasingly global and multicultural working environment.
SLLC 499 Special Topics in World Cultures (3)
Repeatable to 12 credits if content differs.
Interdisciplinary, transnational or cross-language course; specific
topic to be announced.
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