Foreign Language Requirement
Foreign Language Requirement
Students following the 2016-2018 catalog, or an earlier catalog must demonstrate intermediate proficiency in a single foreign language.
Students following the 2018-2020 catalog must satisfy a foreign language and culture requirement in one of the following ways: (a) Demonstrating intermediate proficiency in a single foreign language; (b) Taking two consecutive courses in one language and one approved culture course in a culture that is relevant to the language.
Please review the course options by clicking on the appropriate tab, below.
Moody College students following the 2018-2020 catalog must satisfy a foreign language and culture requirement in one of the following ways: (a) Demonstrating intermediate proficiency in a single foreign language; (b) Taking two consecutive courses in one language and one approved culture course in a culture that is relevant to the language.
Students may petition to count an applicable course that is not found on a list below. Petitions will not be reviewed during registration or add/drop periods.
Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, K’iche’, Nahuatl, Quechuan
ARH 347N Aztec Art and Civilization
ART 320K Cultural Photography (unnumbered topic)
GOV 337M.8 International Politics of Latin America
GOV 337M.16 Politics of Development in Latin America
GOV 337M.6 Politics of Mexico (Same as LAS 337M.11)
HIS 310M: Film and History in Latin America: Colonial Period
HIS 363K: Medicine, Health, and Violence in Latin America
J 328S Reporting in Espanol (CD, WR)
J 340J Documentary Traditions of Latin America (GC; Same as LAS 322)
J 347F Reporting Latin America (GC, WR; Same as LAS 322)
J 354F Journalism Press/Freedom in Latin America (GC; Same as LAS 322.20)
LAS 301 Key Ideas and Issues in Latin America
LAS 310.1 Latin Amer Civ: Colonial Exp OR 366 2-Colonial Latin America
LAS 310.2 Lat Am Civ: Natl Experience OR 366 3-Modern Latin America
LAS 310.5 Film and History in Latin America: Colonial Period
LAS 315.1 Anthropology of Latin Amer
LAS 315.2 Intro Mesoamer Archaeol
LAS 315.3 Intro to Jewish Latin America
LAS 319 Geography of Latin America
LAS 324L All Topics
LAS 326 History of Mariachi Music (unnumbered topic)
LAS 328 All Topics
LAS 337M MEX VIOLENCE/POLS/RULE OF LAW
LAS 366 All Topics
MUS 334.2 Music of Latin America
PRC 320E All Topics
RTF 345.3 History of Mexican Cinema
RTF 359S.9 Latina Feminisms and Media
RTF 359S.11 Brazilian Media
RTF 359S.13 Latin American Television (CD)
RTF 359S.14 Latino Images in Film
SOC 335 Society of Modern Mexico
SPC 320E All Topics
SPN 329S Spanish Civilization and Culture (unnumbered topic)
Language: French
E 344L.6 Writer-Directors: European Literary Cinema
EUS 350 Governments and Politics of Western Europe
F C 339 Development of the French Film
F C 340M Continuity and Change in Modern France
F C 341 Exploring the Gastronomic History, Culture and Politics of Paris, France and the World
F C 345 All Topics
F C 349 All Topics
TXA 365 French Fashion: History and Techniques (unnumbered topic)
Languages: Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish
GSD 301 Intro to Study of Northern Europe
GSD 311D Race/Gend Stereotypes Germany
GSD 311G Luther's World
GSD 321W German Cultural History
GSD 330 All Topics
GSD 331C Films of Ingmar Bergman
GSD 331D Wmn Film in Nrth/Cntl Eur
GSD 341C European Folktale
GSD 341E Hans Christian Andersen
GSD 341F Women and the Holocaust
GSD 341G Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen
GSD 341J Contemp Scandinavian Stories
GSD 341K Scandvn Contrib World Lit
GSD 351C Lang, Cul, Texas-German Exper 360 All Topics
GSD 361C Intro Germanic Religion/Myth
GSD 361D Medieval Women Mystics
GSD 361E Tolerance in Dutch Culture
GSD 361G Northrn Gods/Northrn Faiths
GSD 361J Protest/Revolt in W Germany
GSD 361K German Nationalisms
HIS 309K Western Civilization in Medieval Times
HIS 309L Western Civilization in Modern Times
UGS 303 The European Folk Tale
Language: Italian
HIS 309K Western Civilization in Medieval Times
HIS 309L Western Civilization in Modern Times
ITC 349 Italian Literature in Translation
ITC 360 Italian Civilization
ITC 338 Italian Television Advertising
Languages: Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian/Croatian, Ukranian, Uzbek
REE 301 Introduction to Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
REE 302 Topics in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
REE 325 Topics in Language, Literature, and Culture
Language: Chinese
RTF 345.10 Chinese Auteurs
RTF 370.3 Asian Horror Film
ANS 301M.3 Hist of East Asia to 1800
ANS 301M.4 Hist of East Asia since 1800
ANS 301M.11 Introduction to Buddhism
ANS 301M.13 Forbiddn Romnce Mod Chi Lit
ANS 301M.14 East Asian Martl Art Film
ANS 302C Introduction to China
ANS 340.6 Relign/Rebelln in Mod E Asia
ANS 340L Post-Mao China: Change/Trans
ANS 340M Modern China
ANS 361.27 Anthropol of the Himalayas
ANS 361.28 The Chinese in Diaspora
ANS 361.30 Why Chinese Has No Alphabet
ANS 361.32 Hist of Chinese Lang/Translatn
ANS 361.34 Modernization in East Asia
ANS 361/HIS 364G History of Food and Healing in China and Taiwan
ANS 372.6 Chinese Film & Literature
ANS 372.7 Chinese Thought & Culture
ANS 372.10 Decoding Cla Chinese Poetry
ANS 372.11 Tale of Five Chinese Cities
ANS 372.21 Women and Gender in China
ANS 372.24 Buddhist Art
ANS 372.27 Hist/Archeol Early China
ANS 372.28 Pop Lit/Cul in Modern China
ANS 372.32 Confucianism
ANS 372.33 Self-Cultivatn in Tradit China
ANS 372.36 Supernat in Trad Chi Fic
ANS 372.42 Chinese Literati Art
ANS 372.45 Contemporary Chinese Art
Language: Japanese
RTF 370.3 Asian Horror Film
ANS 301M.3 Hist of East Asia to 1800
ANS 301M.4 Hist of East Asia since 1800
ANS 301M.16 Intro to Japanese Film
ANS 302J Introduction to Japan
ANS 340.6 Relign/Rebelln in Mod E Asia
ANS 340.9 Religion in Japanese History
ANS 341K Origins of Modern Japan
ANS 341M Imperial Japan
ANS 341N Postwar Japan
ANS 342D Political Economy of Japan
ANS 372 Japanese Popular Culture: Anime/Manga/Otaku
ANS 372.17 Women in Mod Japanese Fict
ANS 372.30 Gender & Sexuality in Japan
ANS 372.34 Mod Japanese Lit in Trans
ANS 372.35 Suicide in Japanese Fiction
ANS 372.41 Japanese Concepts of Body/Self
ANS 379.9 Art of Autobiography in JPN
Language: Korean
RTF 370.3 Asian Horror Film
ANS 301M.3 Hist of East Asia to 1800
ANS 301M.4 Hist of East Asia since 1800
ANS 302D Intro to Korean Cul and Hist
ANS 340.10 Ritual and Religion in Korea
ANS 361.24 The Two Koreas and the US
ANS 361.25 Captl/Consum/Civ Soc Korea
ANS 361 Political Economy of Development in Post-war Korea (unnumbered topic)
ANS 361N Self and Culture in North Korea
ANS 379.6 Transnational Korea
Languages: Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu
RTF 342S.2 Indian Cinema
ANS 301M.12 Introduction to Hinduism
ANS 302K Introduction to South Asia
ANS 307C Intro to the History of India
ANS 340.4 Hist of Hindu Relig Traditns
ANS 340.5 History of Indian Buddhism
ANS 340.8 Sufism & Islamic Mysticism
ANS 346C Ancient India
ANS 346D Medieval India
ANS 346M Early Modern India
ANS 346N Indian Subcontinent, 1750-1950
ANS 348C Geography of South Asia
ANS 361.3 Contemporary India
ANS 361.11 Musics of India
ANS 361.26 Natlism & Gender in S Asia
ANS 361.27 Anthropol of the Himalayas
ANS 361.33 Mughal India in Hist/Memory
ANS 372.2 Indian Philosophies
ANS 372.14 Veiling in Muslim World
ANS 372.15 Early Art of India
ANS 372.19 Diversity of Indian Traditions
ANS 372.25 Gend/Sex/Fam Indian Rel/Culs
ANS 372.29 South Indian Cultural Hist
ANS 372.31 Devotion in South India
ANS 372.38 Living Epics of India
ANS 372.39 Modern Indian Literature
ANS 372.40 Epics and Heroes in India
ANS 372.44 Noncnformist Thinkrs: India
Language: Yoruba
AFR 304 Intro to the Study of Africa
AFR 310K Introduction to Modern Africa
AFR 310L Introduction to Traditional Africa
AFR 317C All Topics
AFR 321 African Diaspora in the Americas
AFR 372G All Topics
Languages: Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Tajiki, Turkish
RTF 352 Media & the Middle East
MEL 301 Gateway to the Middle East
MEL 321 All Topics
MES 301K Intro to the Middle East: Religious, Cultural, & Historical Foundations
MES 301L Intro to the Middle East: Adjustment/Change in Modern Times
MES 310.5 Intro Mus in World Cultures
MES 342 All Topics
Language: Greek
CC 301 Introduction to Ancient Greece
CC 303 Introduction to Classical Mythology
CC 304C.4 Greece/Rome: Film and Reality
CC 304C.6 Ancient Philosophy
CC 306M Med and Scientific Terminology
CC 307C Introduction to Greek Archaeology
CC 319D The Ancient Mediterranean World 3
CC 340.1 Greek Archeology
CC 340.3 Greek Architecture
CC 340.5 Hellenistic Art & Architecture
CC 340.8 Archaeology Greek Prehist
CC 348.16 Moral Agency & Greek Tragedy
Language: Latin
C C 302 Introduction to Ancient Rome
C C 303 Introduction to Classical Mythology
C C 304C.4 Greece/Rome: Film and Reality
C C 305 All Topics
C C 306M Intro to Medcl & Scientif Terminology
C C 307D Introduction to Roman Archaeology
C C 319D The Ancient Mediterranean World
C C 340.2 Art & Politics in Imperial Rome
C C 340.4 Rome Architecture
C C 340.7 Pompeii
C C 340.9 Topog & Monuments Anc Rome
C C 348.19 Nero
C C 348.20 Roman Philosophy & Science
Language: American Sign Language
CSD 308K Perspectives on Deafness
CSD 360M Communication and Deaf People
CSD 367C Communication, Culture, and Disability
ASL 326 Sign Languages and Signing Communities
ASL 352 Deaf Culture
Course numbers in bold represent "intermediate proficiency."
Western Europe
French: FR 601C and 611C (or) FR 406, 407, and 412K
Italian: ITL 601C and 611C
Portuguese: POR 601D, 610D, and 611D or POR 610S and 611S
Spanish*: SPN 601D, 610D, and 611D or SPN 604 and 612
Eastern Europe
Czech: CZ 506, 507, 412K, and 412L
Polish: POL 506, 507, 312K, and 312L
Russian: RUS 406, 407, and 412K (or) RUS 601C, and 611C
Serbian/Croatian: SC 506, 507, 312K, and 312L
Slavic/Eurasian: SEL 506, 507, 312K, and 312L
Northern Europe
Danish: DAN 604 and 612
Dutch: DCH 604 and 612
German: GER 506, 507, and 612 (or) GER 604 and 612
Norwegian: NOR 604 and 612
Swedish: SWE 604 and 612
Yiddish: YID 604 and 612
Classical Antiquity
Latin: LAT 506, 507, and 511K**
Greek: GK 506, 507, and 311**
**note that a student who completed LAT or GK 311 prior to Fall 2014 is required to take LAT or GK 312K to complete their intermediate proficiency
Middle East
Arabic: ARA 601C and 611C
Hebrew, Language: HEB 601C and 611C
Hebrew, Biblical: HEB 602C and 612C
Persian: PRS 601C and 611C
Turkish: TUR 601C and 611C
East Asia
Chinese: CHI 606, 607, 312K, and 412L or CHI 604 and 612
Japanese: JPN 601D, 610D, and 611D
Korean: KOR 606, 607, 312K, and 312L or KOR 604 and 612
South Asia
Bengali: BEN 506, 507, 312K, and 312L
Hindi: HIN 506, 507, 312K, and 312L or HIN 604 and 612
Malayalam: MAL 506, 507, 312K, and 312L
Sanskrit: SAN 506, 507, 312K, and 312L
Tamil: TAM 506, 507, 312K, and 312L
Telugu: TEL 506, 507, 312K, and 312L
Urdu: URD 506, 507, 312K, and 312L
Africa
Yoruba: YOR 601C and 611C
American Sign Language
ASL 601D, 610D, and 311D
Sequence Notes
- The sequences listed on this page are subject to change. Students should always consult the language department for updated course information.
- Some departments may offer multiple sequences. See your advisor to discuss appropriate coursework.
- Some languages start only in the fall.
- Students who have prior knowledge of a language should check with that department for placement test information.
- Some programs may offer intensive summer course sequences (e.g., Modern Greek).
- Sequences may vary if taken in transfer or through Study Abroad (e.g., Spanish).
- To achieve intermediate proficiency at another school or university, a student would take the UT equivalents of 306 or 406 or 506, 307 or 407 or 507, 312K and 312L. (except French)
- Sequences may vary for native speakers.
- In most cases, placement tests are required before beginning a language sequence.
