"If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can't hear them anymore." - Michele Ruiz
Check out important announcements and course highlights for some (not all) of the courses we'll be offering in Fall 2021. Good luck with finals and have a great summer!
Sydney Webb is the Academic Advisor for the School of Global Integrative Studies and the Modern Languages department. You can make an appointment with her through MyPLAN.
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FREN 303 filled up quickly, so our French faculty have opened up another section! Our new section will be offered at the same time (MWF 12:30-1:20pm).
Present your research to a global audience through ICUR! ICUR is a two-day academic conference showcasing multi-disciplinary undergraduate research from across the globe supported by Monash University in Australia and the University of Warwick in England, open to partner institutions, including UNL. Continue reading…
More details at: https://teaching.unl.edu/international-conference-undergraduate-research-icur-2021-0/
Fall 2021
FREN 203: Intermediate Grammar and Conversation
3 credits
Sections:
MWF 9:30-10:20am with Dr. Erica Schauer
MWF 1:30-2:20pm with Alex Claussen
Fall 2021
FREN 445: L'Amour et la Mort
TR 3:30-4:45pm with Dr. Nora Peterson
3 credits | ACE 10
We will consider both the "everyday" varieties of how people expected (and were expected) to love and die, as well as a variety of scandals, taboos, and intrigues. Continue reading…
Fall 2021
FREN 483: French and Francophone Theater
MWF 1:30-2:20pm with Dr. Julia Frengs
3 credits | ACE 10
This course examines the dramatic genre throughout the centuries in the French-speaking world, with a focus on the question of alterity and engagement with the notion of "Otherness." Continue reading…
Fall 2021
GERM 204: Communication & Composition
MWF 1:30-2:20pm with Christiane Jensen
3 credits
Diverse communication approaches, oral skills development, and in-depth composition.
Fall 2021
CZEC/JUDS/GERM 388: Women Totalitarian Experience
TR 2:00-3:15pm with Dr. Hana Waisserova
3 credits
Do you want to learn about women experience at extraordinary times? Continue reading…
If you've completed second-year Russian by Fall 2021, consider enrolling in RUSS301! The best way to study a foreign language is by doing-- in this class students will be painting, drawing, visiting galleries and museums, and exploring various virtual tours!
MWF 11:30am-12:20pm with Dr. Tytarenko Continue reading…
RUSS 331 explores the Soviet machine of propaganda and cultural life in general through the medium of film. Enroll in RUSS331 and complete three credits of area studies towards your Russian degree this Fall.
MWF 1:30-2:20pm with Dr. Tytarenko Continue reading…
Fall 2021
SPAN 202: Second-Year Spanish II
3 credits
5 sections offered! Section 5 (MWF 9:30-10:20am) features an emphasis on medicine. Continue reading…
Fall 2021
SPAN 203: Intensive Conversation
3 credits
5 sections offered! Continue reading…
Fall 2021
SPAN 204: Intensive Writing
3 credits
Section 1: TR 9:30-10:45am
Section 2: MWF 10:30-11:20am
Section 3: MWF 11:30am-12:20pm
Fall 2021
SPAN 220: Intensive Spanish for the Professions: Medical Translation and Interpretation
MWF 11:30-12:20pm, TR 11:00am-12:15pm with Yoanna Greenwood
6 credits
**Credit cannot be earned for SPAN 220 and SPAN 203/204**
Fall 2021
SPAN 300A: Advanced Writing and Reading for Comprehension
MWF 9:30-11:20am
6 credits | ACE 1/CDR A
SPAN 300A is a course specifically for heritage speakers of Spanish!
**Credit cannot be earned for SPAN 300A and SPAN 303/304**
SPAN 461: History and Fiction in Latin America
M 3:30-5:50pm with Dr. Ingrid Robyn
3 credits | ACE 10
Analysis of the relationships between history and fiction in Latin American literature, movies, and/or other cultural artifacts.
This new ACE 9 or CDR E course offered for the first time this fall will engage students with a diverse set of foodways right here in our community! Examine how food behaviors are shaped by culture. This course is funded by the Global Experiences and all associated costs will be covered. Continue reading…
Fall 2021
MODL 291/UHON 298H: Becoming American: How Identities are Created and Re-Created
3 credit
Reflect on the process, experience and impact of "becoming American" and explore the tension that sometimes exists between embracing diversity and cultivating a shared American identity and culture. Continue reading…
Fall 2021
ARAB 288: Exploring Love, Sexuality, and Femininity in the History of Arabic Culture
TR 11:00am-12:15pm with Dr. Abla Hasan
3 credits | ACE 9
Learn concepts of love, sexuality, and femininity as studied in their historical, religious, and sociological contexts.
Fall 2021
CHIN 303: Third Year Chinese
TR 2:30-3:45pm with Dr. Sijia Yao
3 credits
Fall 2021
JAPN 201: Second-Year Japanese I/JAPN 202: Intermediate Grammar and Reading I
**JAPN 201 and 202 should be taken together Continue reading…
Fall 2021
JAPN 387: Ecocriticism in Japanese Literature and Media
TR 2:00-3:12pm with Dr. Ikuho Amano
3 Credits
Exploration of environmental issues prevalent in representative Japanese literature and media sources that are inspired by particular social and political conditions.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Professional Masters Program has extended the application deadline for Fall 2021 to June 20, 2021. The program is returning to in-person instruction beginning in September.
If interested, please contact Program Director Ritt Deitz at mdeitz@wisc.edu.
On May 7, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will honor the more than 700 international students who have graduated in the last academic year at a virtual reception with special remarks from the university community and selected students. Continue reading…
More details at: https://go.unl.edu/intl2021
The University of Miami School of Law is offering a three-week online Summer Legal Academy. The program will run from July 5-July 23. Classes will be taught by Miami Law faculty, and will expose students to the traditional first-year curriculum at no cost!
*Must have 30 credit hours completed
Huskers After-School & Learning Opportunities (HALO) -- Learn, teach, give back. Get paid $12/hr during the summer 2021 term!
Want to learn more? Contact the Honors Program!
Email: uhon-office@unl.edu
Phone: 402-472-5425
Check out this Summer 2021 course!
EMAR 160: Computation and Media Studio I
Summer Pre-Session
ACE 3 | 3 credits
Computer Programming for interactive media -- Learn skills within the context of Emerging Media Arts!