2006-2007 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
Comparative Literature and Languages
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The following areas are administered by this department: Arabic, Asian
Studies, Chinese, Classics, English Language Program, German, Greek,
Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Linguistics, Literature in Translation, Modern
Greek, Russian, Swahili and World Literature. Each language or area is listed
alphabetically.
Comparative Literature (CLL)
Professor Leonard, Chairperson
Professor Donahue, Adviser
Professors D’Acierno, Donahue, Leonard, Mihailovic; Associate
Professors Lekatsas, Welch, Zhou; Assistant Professors I. Marchesi,
Yacoubi
NOTE: comparative literature courses on the 100-level are open to juniors and seniors.
All are given in English.
Arabic (ARAB)
Assistant Professor Yacoubi, Adviser
Asian Studies (ASST)
Assistant Professor of Japanese and Comparative Literature Welch, Director of Asian Studies.
Chinese (CHIN)
Associate Professor Zhou, Adviser
Classics
Assistant Professor Marchesi, Adviser
English Language Program (ELP)
Dr. Greaney, Director
The English Language Program is designed for students whose
native language is not English. Its purpose is to bring non-English
speaking students to college-level proficiency in speaking, reading and
writing English. It is an accelerated program providing intensive study
on a full-time basis. Students who are accepted into a degree-granting
program may earn up to 12 semester hours of liberal arts credit. The
Bachelor of Arts foreign language requirement may be fulfilled by
completing those intermediate (Level II: ELP 25) and advanced (Level
III: ELP 31, 35, 36) courses in the program which are designated for
degree credit.
Students will be accepted into degree-granting programs upon the successful completion of the following requirements:
- ELP courses as required, based upon the Hofstra ELP Placement Examination and the student’s progress;
- a TOEFL score of 500;
- completion of at least four University courses including ENGL 1 and any one course from the social sciences.
Students not admitted to a degree program are not eligible to take courses other than the English Language Program courses.
For further information, contact the Admissions Office, Admissions Center, or the Director of the English Language Program.
Level I, Introductory Intensive English: an accelerated program
providing intensive instruction and practice in reading, writing and
speaking English for students whose native language is not English.
Level I consists of two components: 1) Reading and Writing; 2)
Conversation and Language Laboratory. Each component is based on a grammatical syllabus.
No degree credit. This level includes the following courses: ELP 11A, 12A, 13A,
14A, 15A, 16A, 17A.
Level II, Intermediate Intensive English: an intermediate
level program providing intensive instruction and practice in reading,
writing and speaking English for students whose native language is not
English. Prerequisites: completion of ELP Level I and/or the
appropriate satisfactory score on the Hofstra ELPPlacement Examination. This level
includes the following courses: ELP 21B, 22B, 23B, 24B, 25.
Level III, Advanced Intensive English: an intensive program
providing instruction and practice in written and spoken English for
students whose native language is not English. Prerequisite:
satisfactory completion of Level II and/or the appropriate scores on
the Hofstra ELP Placement Examination. This level includes the
following courses: ELP 31, 32C, 33C, 34C, 35, 36.
German (GERM)
Professor Donahue, Adviser
Greek (GRK)
Hebrew, Modern (HEBR)
Japanese (JPAN)
Assistant Professor Welch, Adviser
Latin (LAT)
Assistant Professor Marchesi, Adviser
Linguistics (LING)
Literature in Translation (LIT)
Literature in Translation courses are given in English. Literature
in Translation courses are available under the prefix LIT, as well as
in French (FRLT), Italian (ITLT), and Spanish (SPLT). See
alphabetical listings of courses.
Modern Greek (MGRK)
Russian (RUS)
Professor Mihailovic, Adviser
Russian literature in translation courses can be found under the prefix LIT.
Swahili (SWAH)
Professor Leonard, Adviser
Swahili is a major lingua franca in Africa with millions of speakers throughout
the eastern part of the continent. A Bantu language of the Niger-Kordofanian family,
Swahili has a typical, complex Bantu structure. It utilizes, for example, some
13 noun classes, the equivalent of a Romance language having 13 genders.
The Swahili course sequence introduces the student to the basics of speaking, understanding,
reading, writing, and conversing. An important part of the course is the culture
of the Swahili people and of other speakers of the language. Readings on culture
are supplemented with guest lecturers. Language lab is required.
World Literature
Professor Donahue, Adviser
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