Office: Clark Hall 421

Telephone: 408-924-4602

Email: world-languages@sjsu.edu

Website: www.sjsu.edu/wll

Professors

Damian Bacich, Chair
Jean-Luc Desalvo
Romey Sabalius

Associate Professors

Eleanor Marsh
Yasue K. Yanai

Assistant Professors

Vanessa Fernandez
Avizia Long
Chunhui Peng
Ruby Ramirez
Cheyla Samuelson
Michiko Uryu

Overview

Connect with the world. Study abroad. Become multilingual. Deepen your understanding of other cultures. Read great works of literature. The Department of World Languages and Literatures helps students communicate effectively and thrive in a global context. Our programs are multifaceted, our faculty and students are multicultural, our curriculum is international.

We offer majors and minors in four of the most widely spoken languages in the world: Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, French, and Spanish, and an M.A. program in Spanish. We also offer language minors in International Business, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Latin American Studies, and a single subject teaching credential program in French, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.

We offer language and culture courses in Assyrian, Hebrew, Filipino/Tagalog, Russian and Vietnamese, as well as classes in Greek and Latin. Our graduates work as teachers, executives, translators, interpreters, civil servants, journalists, and hold many other occupations in global business and finance.

Proficiency Examination

A proficiency examination in the language is required of candidates for a teaching credential and is a prerequisite for enrollment in any graduate course.

Programs

• Chinese, BA
• French, BA
• French, Preparation for Teaching, BA
• Japanese, BA
• Spanish, BA

• Chinese Minor
• French Minor
• German Minor
• International Business Minor
• Italian Minor
• Japanese Minor
• Latin American Studies Minor
• Portuguese Minor
• Spanish Minor

• Spanish, MA

Courses

• JPN 1B - Elementary Japanese
• JPN 25A - Intermediate Japanese
• JPN 25B - Intermediate Japanese
• JPN 92 - International Program Studies
• JPN 101A - Advanced Japanese
• JPN 101B - Advanced Japanese
• JPN 101C - Advanced Conversational Japanese
• JPN 102A - Japanese Culture
• JPN 102B - Local and Minority Cultures in Japan
• JPN 103 - Japanese Ideography and Calligraphy
• JPN 105 - Media Japanese
• JPN 107 - Japanese for Business Professionals
• JPN 110 - Japanese Linguistics
• JPN 120 - Japanese Literature and Translation
• JPN 130 - Readings in Japanese Culture
• JPN 140 - Japanese Drama and Lyrics
• JPN 150 - Japanese Narratives and Life stories
• JPN 160 - Special Topics in Japanese Studies
• JPN 180 - Individual Studies in Japanese
• JPN 192 - International Program Studies

• LATN 1A - Elementary Latin
• LATN 1B - Elementary Latin
• LATN 92 - International Program Studies
• LATN 180 - Individual Studies in Latin

• PERS 1A - Elementary Persian Culture and Language I
• PERS 1B - Elementary Persian Language B
• PERS 25A - Intermediate Persian Culture and Language
• PERS 25B - Intermediate Persian Culture and Language

• PORT 1A - Elementary Portuguese I
• PORT 1B - Elementary Portuguese II
• PORT 1X - Elementary Portuguese - Individualized Learning
• PORT 1Y - Elementary Portuguese - Individualized Learning
• PORT 20A - Intermediate Portuguese
• PORT 20B - Intermediate Portuguese
• PORT 20X - Intermediate Portuguese - Individualized Learning
• PORT 20Y - Intermediate Portuguese - Individualized Learning
• PORT 92 - International Program Studies
• PORT 101A - Advanced Portuguese
• PORT 101B - Advanced Portuguese
• PORT 102A - Special Topics in Lusophone Cultures
• PORT 102B - Brazilian Culture
• PORT 180 - Individual Studies in Portuguese
• PORT 192 - International Program Studies

• RUSS 1A - Elementary Russian I

• SPAN 1A - Elementary Spanish
• SPAN 1B - Elementary Spanish
• SPAN 3 - Special Topics in Practical Spanish
• SPAN 4A - Basic Spanish I
• SPAN 4B - Basic Spanish II
• SPAN 20A - Spanish for Spanish Speakers
• SPAN 20B - Spanish for Spanish Speakers
• SPAN 25A - Intermediate Spanish
• SPAN 25B - Intermediate Spanish
• SPAN 92 - International Program Studies
• SPAN 101A - Advanced Spanish
• SPAN 101B - Advanced Spanish
• SPAN 102A - Spanish Culture
• SPAN 102B - Hispanic American Culture
• SPAN 105 - Spanish Phonology
• SPAN 110 - Spanish Morphology and Syntax
• SPAN 111 - Advanced Spanish Conversation
• SPAN 115 - Introduction to Literary Studies in Spanish
• SPAN 120A - Spanish Literature I
• SPAN 120B - Spanish Literature II
• SPAN 132 - Special Topics in Spanish for Careers
• SPAN 140A - Spanish American Literature
• SPAN 140B - Spanish American Literature II
• SPAN 160A - Hispanic Culture
• SPAN 160B - Hispanic Linguistics
• SPAN 160C - Hispanic Literature
• SPAN 170 - Spanish Translation: Theory and Practice
• SPAN 180 - Individual Studies in Spanish
• SPAN 192 - International Program Studies
• SPAN 201 - Modern Spanish
• SPAN 202 - Seminar in Hispanic Civilization and Culture
• SPAN 210 - Old Spanish
• SPAN 220 - Historical Spanish Linguistics
• SPAN 225 - Spanish Dialectology
• SPAN 250 - Seminar in the Siglo de Oro
• SPAN 260 - Seminar in “Modernismo” and the Generation of ‘98
• SPAN 270 - Seminar in Contemporary Literature of Spain and Spanish America
• SPAN 280 - Seminar in Romanticism in Spain and Spanish America
• SPAN 298 - Special Study
• SPAN 299 - Master’s Thesis or Project

• TAG 1A - Elementary Tagalog I
• TAG 1B - Elementary Tagalog II
• TAG 25A - Intermediate Tagalog I
• TAG 25B - Intermediate Tagalog II

• VIET 1A - Elementary Vietnamese
• VIET 1B - Elementary Vietnamese
• VIET 20A - Vietnamese Literacy for Vietnamese