ACADEMICS
The faculty of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures believe that language acquisition and cultural knowledge go hand-in-hand. To be able to communicate in another language involves not only learning to use appropriately the lexicon and grammatical structures, but also to understand a community's cultural history, social patterns, and most important literary and artistic products, to understand how its users think, feel, and view the world. To that end, LLC offers a wide range of courses that seek to provide students both with an enhanced communicative ability in another language and with a knowledge and appreciation of the various cultures specific to its speakers. LLC is committed to bringing the "World Within Reach" for UAlbany students.
For specifics on our program offerings, see below.
| Majors | Minors | Graduate | Other Languages | |||
| French | French | French | Arabic | |||
| Italian | Hebrew | Spanish | Dutch | |||
| Russian | Italian | German | ||||
| Spanish | Portuguese | Latin | ||||
| Russian | ||||||
| Spanish | ||||||
| Create a Major | Create a Minor |
On 3/24/11 the University at Albany’s president discontinued the FRE PhD, MA, and major; ITA major and minor; and the RUS major. Current students were encouraged to finish their degrees by 5/2012. The university is committed to helping current FRE graduate students complete their studies. The ITA minor was reinstated in January 2012. Students can once again minor in FRE, ITA and RUS. Students wishing to major in French or Russian Studies may do so by declaring a student-initiated interdisciplinary major as below.
Student-initiated Interdisciplinary Major
As a result students cannot declare a new major in FRE, ITA and RUS at this time. Students may individually request the creation of a student-initiated interdisciplinary major in these areas. Interested students should contact a faculty member in the language program of interest to begin the process as soon as possible. Contact the LLC office at 442-4222 or 442-4100 if questions.
What’s required:
- a minimum of 36 credits for majors and 18 credits for minors
- at least one course outside the language of interest (should be supplemental the major/minor language coursework)
- 1 language faculty sponsor for the minor or 2 faculty sponsors for the major (one in the language program and one in another department in which the student is taking coursework for that degree)
- a written proposal from the student with a proposed schedule of classes to be taken to complete the degree (for courses currently being offered: http://www.albany.edu/registrar/schedule_of_classes.html, for courses available at the university: http://www.albany.edu/undergraduate_bulletin/cas.html -- not all courses are offered every semester--check with the departments about upcoming offerings)
- a rationale from the student for why a separate student-initiated interdisciplinary degree is needed and why these courses were chosen
- then the completed proposal must be submitted to Undergraduate Studies in LC30 to be reviewed and approved by the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee
The PhD Foreign Language Translation Exam
The PhD Foreign Language Translation Exam is offered twice each year (November and April). Frequently askd questions about the exam and Guidelines for the exam are available at these links. Information on the Advanced Competency Exam for English PhD students is also available. The next exam will be held in April 12, 2012. Translation Exam Announcement
Leisure Reading
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Cubana (Contemporary Fiction by Cuban Women) (1998, Mirata Yañez)
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Dept of Languages, Literatures & Cultures
University at Albany, SUNY -
Humanities 235
1400 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12222
PH (518) 442-4100/4222
FAX (518) 442-4111
