Mar 15, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Comparative Literature, Languages, and Linguistics


  

  


The following areas are administered by this department: American Sign Language, Arabic, Asian Studies, Chinese, Greek and Roman Studies, ESL, German, Ancient Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Linguistics, Literature in Translation, Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, and World Literature. Each language or area is listed alphabetically.

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson

Arabic (ARAB)

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson, and Adviser

Asian Studies (ASST)

Professor Welch, Director of Asian Studies

Chinese (CHIN)

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson, and Adviser

Greek and Roman Studies

Professor Steven Smith, Director of the Greek and Roman Studies Program

Comparative Literature (CLL)

Professors Donahue, Krapp, Lekatsas, Smith, Welch, Advisers

English as a Second Language (ESL)

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson

German (GERM)

Professor Donahue, Director of the German Program​

Greek (Ancient) (GRK)

Professor Smith, Adviser

Hebrew, Modern (HEBR)

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson and Adviser
(The Hebrew minor is not accepting new students in the 2025-2026 academic year. Courses in Hebrew language [HEBR] may not be offered in the 2025-2026 academic year.)

Japanese (JPAN)

Professor Welch, Director of the Japanese Program

Latin (LAT)

Professor Smith, Adviser

Linguistics (LING)

Professor Leonard, Director of Linguistics Programs
Professor Gales, Assistant Professor Visonà, Advisers 

Literature in Translation (LIT)

Literature in Translation courses are available under the prefix LIT, as well as in French (FRLT), Italian (ITLT), Romance Languages and Literatures (RLLT), and Spanish (SPLT). See Course Descriptions  for more information.

Russian and Post-Soviet Studies (RUS)

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson, and Adviser

World Literature

Associate Professor Krapp, Chairperson, and Adviser