2024-2025 Catalog
Languages and Literatures
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Languages and Literatures
Associate Professor Trautmann (Chair); Professor Criser; Associate Professors Adell, Bettencourt, Biers; Assistant Professors Frey, Killian; Lecturers Acevedo, Cebriá, Jayne, Olson
The Department of Languages and Literatures offers a variety of courses in Cherokee, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. Students can pursue a major concentration in Spanish, or a minor in French, German or Spanish. The Department provides excellent instruction in the target languages, recognizing that efficient communication requires the appreciation and the understanding of socio-linguistic skills, as well as the learning and acquisition of those languages in meaningful cultural and historical contexts. The integrated curriculum across languages provides our students with opportunities to enhance their political and intercultural awareness through the appreciation and study of varied histories, traditions, and literatures. Students will be provided with tools for critical text analysis to actively and ethically evaluate authentic sources in order to understand how media reflects and influences language and culture. Many departmental courses integrate community-engaged pedagogies, and we constantly review our curriculum so it remains designed in consideration of inclusive pedagogies. We encourage and also design study abroad programs to promote students’ learning outside the classroom.
Languages and Literatures
CoursesCherokeeCherokee - Special TopicsFrenchFrench - Special TopicsGermanGerman - Special TopicsLanguages and LiteraturesPortuguese
In addition to the following courses in Portuguese, advanced students may choose courses offered through the N.C. Portuguese Consortium. UNC Asheville is a founding member of the consortium, an organization consisting of universities in the UNC system that enhance their Portuguese curricula through distance learning arrangements. Each semester advanced students at these campuses may take one upper-level course taught by a faculty member at another member institution.
Portuguese - Special TopicsSpanishSpanish - Special Topics
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