A group of undergraduate students standing in front of a mural painted on a wall in Candeleria, Bogota, Colombia.

The Certificate in Global Cultures, Languages, and Education (GCLE) educates students about global cultural, sociolinguistic, literacy and language policy and planning perspectives.

Students explore key questions about the relationships among cultural diversity, social inequality, and language. Skills are developed to facilitate working globally, within and beyond schools, in the field of culture, communication, and education.

How to Get in

All current UW-Madison undergraduates are eligible to complete the Certificate in Global Cultures, Languages, and Education. To declare the certificate, students should visit the School of Education's Certificate Programs page to complete the declaration form.

Students pursing the Educational Policy Studies major or the Certificate in Educational Policy Studies are not eligible to complete the Certificate in Global Cultures, Languages, and Education.

Requirements

The Certificate in Global Cultures, Languages, and Education requires the following course distribution for a minimum of 12 credits. At least 6 credits must be completed in residence.

Completion of the certificate requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 in certificate coursework.

Required Course

This course provides students with foundational knowledge about global cultures, languages, and education that they can build from and connect to their other coursework and assignments as part of the certificate. 

ED POL 205Language and Social Inequality3

Language, Culture and Schooling

Select one of the following courses (3 credits):

ED POL 240Comparative Education3
ED POL/​ANTHRO  570Anthropology and Education3
ED POL 595Language Politics and Education3
CURRIC 312Foundations of ESL Education3

Global Education

Select one of the following Global Education courses (3 credits):

ED POL 112Global Education through Film3
ED POL 197Listening to the Land3
ED POL/​INTL ST  220Human Rights and Education3
ED POL 245Education in East Asia3
ED POL 260Introduction to International Education Development3
ED POL/​INTL ST  335Globalization and Education3
ED POL 337Wealth, Poverty and Education3
ED POL 460Immigration, Education, and Equity3
ED POL 675Introduction to Comparative and International Education3
CURRIC 292Globalizing Education3
CURRIC 366Internationalizing Educational Knowledge3

Global Studies 

Select one of the following courses (3 credits):

AFRICAN 212Introduction to African Popular Culture3
AFRICAN/​FRENCH  216Modern and Contemporary Francophone Topics3
AFRICAN/​AFROAMER  220HipHop, Youth Culture, and Politics in Senegal3
AFRICAN 230Introduction to Yoruba Life and Culture3
AFRICAN 231Introduction to Arabic Literary Culture3
AFRICAN 300African Literature in Translation3
AFRICAN/​INTL ST  302Arabic Literature and Cinema3
AFRICAN 303African Literature and Visual Culture3
AFRICAN 304Soccer in Africa3
AFRICAN 323Third Semester Arabic4
AFRICAN 324Fourth Semester Arabic4
AFRICAN 329Fifth Semester Arabic3
AFRICAN 330Sixth Semester Arabic3
AFRICAN 333Third Semester Swahili4
AFRICAN 334Fourth Semester Swahili4
AFRICAN 341Third Semester Summer Arabic4
AFRICAN 342Fourth Semester Summer Arabic4
AFRICAN 343Fifth Semester Summer Arabic4
AFRICAN 344Sixth Semester Summer Arabic4
AFRICAN 373Third Semester Yoruba4
AFRICAN 374Fourth Semester Yoruba4
AFRICAN 393Third Semester-A Language of West Africa4
AFRICAN 394Fourth Semester-A Language of West Africa4
AFRICAN 405Topics in African Cultural Studies3
AFRICAN 406Topics in African Literature3
AFRICAN 409Topics in US and Global Black Music Studies3
AFRICAN 412Contemporary African Fiction3
AFRICAN/​AFROAMER  413Contemporary African and Caribbean Drama3-4
AFRICAN/​RELIG ST  414Islam in Africa and the Diaspora3
AFRICAN 435Fifth Semester Swahili3
AFRICAN 436Sixth Semester Swahili3
AFRICAN/​FRENCH  440African/Francophone Film3
AFRICAN/​PORTUG  451Lusophone African Literature3
ANTHRO 104Cultural Anthropology and Human Diversity3
ANTHRO/​FOLKLORE/​INTL ST/​LINGUIS  211Global Language Issues3
ANTHRO 237Cut 'n' Mix: Music, Race, and Culture in the Caribbean3
ANTHRO/​AFROAMER/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC/​SPANISH  260Latin America: An Introduction3-4
ANTHRO/​AFRICAN/​AFROAMER/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI/​SOC  277Africa: An Introductory Survey4
ANTHRO 300Cultural Anthropology: Theory and Ethnography3
ANTHRO/​AMER IND  314Indians of North America3
ANTHRO 330Topics in Ethnology3-4
ANTHRO 340Music, Race, And Culture in Brazil3
ANTHRO/​RELIG ST  343Anthropology of Religion3-4
ANTHRO 345Family, Kin and Community in Anthropological Perspective3
ANTHRO 348Economic Anthropology3-4
ANTHRO 350Political Anthropology3-4
ANTHRO 357Introduction to the Anthropology of Japan3-4
ANTHRO 415The Anthropological Study of Children & Youth3
ANTHRO/​LINGUIS  430Language and Culture3-4
ANTHRO/​AMER IND/​FOLKLORE/​GEN&WS  437American Indian Women3
ANTHRO/​GEN&WS  443Anthropology by Women3
ANTHRO 455Study Abroad: Topics in Cultural Anthropology1-6
ANTHRO 456Symbolic Anthropology3-4
ANTHRO 477Anthropology, Environment, and Development3
ANTHRO/​ED POL  570Anthropology and Education3
ANTHRO 690Problems in Anthropology3-4
ART HIST 305History of Islamic Art and Architecture3
ART HIST 307From Tomb to Temple: Ancient Chinese Art and Religion in Transition3
ART HIST 308The Tastes of Scholars and Emperors: Chinese Art in the Later Periods3
ART HIST 354Cross-Cultural Arts Around the Atlantic Rim: 1800 to the Present3-4
ART HIST/​RELIG ST  373Mecca, Cairo, Istanbul, Delhi: Great Cities of Islam3
ART HIST/​ASIAN  379Cities of Asia3
ART HIST 413Art and Architecture in the Age of the Caliphs3
ART HIST/​ASIAN  428Visual Cultures of India3
ART HIST 440Art and Power in the Arab World3
ASIALANG 201Third Semester Chinese4
ASIALANG 202Fourth Semester Chinese4
ASIALANG 203Third Semester Japanese4
ASIALANG 204Fourth Semester Japanese4
ASIALANG 205Third Semester Korean4
ASIALANG 206Fourth Semester Korean4
ASIALANG 221Third Semester Asian Language4
ASIALANG 222Fourth Semester Asian Language4
ASIALANG 223Third Semester Filipino4
ASIALANG 224Fourth Semester Filipino4
ASIALANG 225Third Semester Hmong4
ASIALANG 226Fourth Semester Hmong4
ASIALANG 227Third Semester Indonesian4
ASIALANG 228Fourth Semester Indonesian4
ASIALANG 229Third Semester Thai4
ASIALANG 230Fourth Semester Thai4
ASIALANG 231Third Semester Vietnamese4
ASIALANG 232Fourth Semester Vietnamese4
ASIALANG 233Third Semester Hindi4
ASIALANG 234Fourth Semester Hindi4
ASIALANG 235Third Semester Modern Tibetan4
ASIALANG 236Fourth Semester Modern Tibetan4
ASIALANG 237Third Semester Persian4
ASIALANG 238Fourth Semester Persian4
ASIALANG 239Third Semester Urdu4
ASIALANG 240Fourth Semester Urdu4
ASIALANG 241Third Semester Sanskrit3-4
ASIALANG 242Fourth Semester Sanskrit3-4
ASIALANG 311First Semester Classical Chinese3
ASIALANG 312Second Semester Classical Chinese3
ASIALANG 313Classical Japanese3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  218History of Medicine in South Asia3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  236Asia Enchanted: Ghosts, Gods, and Monsters3
ASIAN 253Japanese Popular Culture3
ASIAN/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  255Introduction to East Asian Civilizations3-4
ASIAN 268Tibetan Cultures and Traditions3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  274Religion in South Asia3
ASIAN 300Topics in Asian Studies3
ASIAN 301Social Science Topics in Asian Studies3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  306Hinduism3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  307A Survey of Tibetan Buddhism3
ASIAN 351Survey of Classical Chinese Literature3
ASIAN 352Survey of Modern Chinese Literature3
ASIAN 353Lovers, Warriors and Monks: Survey of Japanese Literature3
ASIAN 354Early Modern Japanese Literature3
ASIAN 355Modern Japanese Literature3
ASIAN 357Japanese Ghost Stories3
ASIAN 358Language in Japanese Society3
ASIAN 361Love and Politics: The Tale of Genji3
ASIAN 367Haiku3
ASIAN 371Topics in Chinese Literature2-3
ASIAN 376Manga3
ASIAN 378Anime3
ASIAN 403Southeast Asian Literature3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  405Gods and Goddesses of South Asia3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  430Indian Traditions in the Modern Age3
ASIAN 432Introduction to Chinese Linguistics3
ASIAN 433Topics in East Asian Visual Cultures3
ASIAN 434Introduction to Japanese Linguistics3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  460The History of Yoga3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  466Buddhist Thought3
ASIAN/​RELIG ST  473Meditation in Indian Buddhism and Hinduism3
CHICLA/​AFROAMER/​AMER IND/​ASIAN AM  102Introduction to Comparative US Ethnic, American Indian, and Indigenous Studies3
FOLKLORE 100Introduction to Folklore3
FOLKLORE/​MUSIC  103Introduction to Music Cultures of the World3
FOLKLORE/​RELIG ST  104Sacred Places and Journeys3
FOLKLORE/​GNS  200Folklore of Central, Eastern and Northern Europe3
FOLKLORE/​AFRICAN  210The African Storyteller3
FOLKLORE/​ANTHRO/​INTL ST/​LINGUIS  211Global Language Issues3
FOLKLORE 215Elementary Topics in Folklore1-3
FOLKLORE 220The Folk Tale3
FOLKLORE/​MEDIEVAL/​SCAND ST  235The World of Sagas3
FOLKLORE 315Intermediate Topics in Folklore1-3
FOLKLORE 317The Irish Tradition3
FOLKLORE/​RELIG ST  326The Supernatural in the Modern World3
FOLKLORE/​LITTRANS  327Vampires3
FOLKLORE/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST/​SCAND ST  342Nordic Mythology3
FOLKLORE/​LITTRANS/​MEDIEVAL/​SCAND ST  345The Nordic Storyteller3
FOLKLORE/​LITTRANS  347In Translation: Kalevala and Finnish Folk-Lore3-4
FOLKLORE/​RELIG ST  352Shamanism3
FOLKLORE 415Advanced Topics in Folklore1-3
FOLKLORE/​GEN&WS  428Gender and Expressive Culture3
FOLKLORE/​AMER IND/​ANTHRO/​GEN&WS  437American Indian Women3
FOLKLORE 439Foodways3
FOLKLORE/​SCAND ST  443Sami Culture, Yesterday and Today4
FOLKLORE/​MEDIEVAL/​SCAND ST  446Celtic-Scandinavian Cultural Interrelations3
FOLKLORE 460Folk Epics3
FOLKLORE/​MUSIC  515Proseminar in Ethnomusicology3
FOLKLORE/​MUSIC  516Ethnographic Methods for Music and Sound3
FOLKLORE 530Topics in Folklore1-3
FRENCH 203Third Semester French4
FRENCH 204Fourth Semester French4
FRENCH 228Intermediate Language and Culture3-4
FRENCH 271Literature, Comics, and Film in French3-4
FRENCH 311Advanced Composition and Speaking3
FRENCH 312Advanced Writing Workshop3
FRENCH/​INTL BUS  313Professional Communication and Culture in the Francophone World3
FRENCH/​INTL BUS  314Contemporary Issues in Business, Government and NGOs3
FRENCH 321Medieval and Early Modern French Literature3
FRENCH 322Modern French and Francophone Literature3
FRENCH 325Visual Culture in French/Francophone Studies3
FRENCH 347Knights, Priests and Peasants: France 800-17893
FRENCH 348Modernity Studies3
FRENCH 350Applied French Language Studies1-3
GERMAN 203Third Semester German4
GERMAN 204Fourth Semester German4
GERMAN 213Third Semester Dutch4
GERMAN 214Fourth Semester Dutch4
GERMAN 245Topics in Dutch Life and Culture3
GERMAN 249Intermediate German - Speaking and Listening3
GERMAN 258Intermediate German-Reading3
GERMAN 262Intermediate German-Writing3
GERMAN 264Culture in 20th Century Berlin3
GERMAN 267Yiddish Song and the Jewish Experience3-4
GERMAN/​JEWISH/​LITTRANS  269Yiddish Literature and Culture in Europe3
GERMAN 272Nazi Culture3
GERMAN 275Kafka and the Kafkaesque3
GERMAN/​LITTRANS  276Special Topics in German and World Literature/s3
GERMAN 278Topics in German Culture3
GERMAN/​JEWISH/​LITTRANS  279Yiddish Literature and Culture in America3
GERMAN 285Intermediate Intensive (Honors) German: Language, Culture, Texts6
GERMAN 305Literatur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts3-4
GERMAN 325Topics in Dutch Literature3
GERMAN 337Advanced Composition & Conversation3-4
GERMAN 351Introduction to German Linguistics3-4
GERMAN 352Topics in German Linguistics3-4
GERMAN 362Topics in German Literature3-4
GERMAN 372Topics in German Culture3-4
GERMAN 385Honors Seminar in German Literature3
GERMAN 411Kultur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts3-4
GERMAN/​JEWISH  510German-Jewish Culture Since the 18th Century3
GERMAN 560Topics in German Studies3
GERMAN 612German Literary Movements Since 17503
GERMAN 625Letterkunde der Lage Landen3-4
GERMAN 645Cultuurkunde der Lage Landen3-4
GERMAN 650History of the German Language3
GERMAN/​MEDIEVAL  651Introduction to Middle High German3
GERMAN 676Advanced Seminar in German Studies3
GERMAN 683Senior Honors Seminar in German Literature3
GNS/​FOLKLORE  200Folklore of Central, Eastern and Northern Europe3
GNS/​ENVIR ST  210Cultures of Sustainability: Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe3
GNS/​HISTORY  265An Introduction to Central Asia: From the Silk Route to Afghanistan3
GNS 270Introductory Topics in GNS3
GNS 324Literatures of Central Asia3
GNS 370Topics in GNS (Intermediate)3
GNS 375Philosophy, Theory, Criticism3
GNS 431Third Semester Kazakh4
GNS 432Fourth Semester Kazakh4
GNS 439Third Semester Turkish4
GNS 440Fourth Semester Turkish4
GNS 451Third Semester Central Eurasian Language4
GNS 452Fourth Semester Central Eurasian Language4
GNS 460Readings in Turkish: Contemporary Turkey through Literature and Media4
GNS 471Advanced Topics in East European and Central Asian Languages and Cultures1-4
GNS 531Fifth Semester Kazakh3-4
GNS 532Sixth Semester Kazakh3-4
GNS 539Fifth Semester Turkish and Azeri3-4
GNS 540Sixth Semester Turkish and Azeri3-4
GNS 551Fifth Semester Central Eurasian Language4
GNS 552Sixth Semester Central Eurasian Language4
GNS 624Proseminar in Central Asian History3
INTL ST 101Introduction to International Studies3-4
INTL ST/​ANTHRO/​FOLKLORE/​LINGUIS  211Global Language Issues3
INTL ST/​HISTORY/​LACIS  242Modern Latin America3-4
INTL ST 266Introduction to the Middle East3
INTL ST/​AFRICAN  302Arabic Literature and Cinema3
INTL ST 310International Learning Community Seminar1-3
INTL ST/​GEOG  311The Global Game: Soccer, Politics, and Identity3
INTL ST/​GEOG  315Universal Basic Income: The Politics Behind a Global Movement3
INTL ST 320Contemporary Issues in International Studies1-4
INTL ST/​POLI SCI  325Social Movements and Revolutions in Latin America3-4
INTL ST/​HISTORY  330Global History of Humanitarianism3-4
INTL ST/​HISTORY  332East Asia & The U.S. Since 18993-4
INTL ST/​ED POL  335Globalization and Education3
INTL ST/​HISTORY  366From Fascism to Today: Social Movements and Politics in Europe3-4
INTL ST/​A A E  373Globalization, Poverty and Development3
INTL ST/​A A E  374The Growth and Development of Nations in the Global Economy3
INTL ST 401Topics in Global Security3-4
INTL ST 402Topics in Politics and Policy in the Global Economy3-4
INTL ST 403Topics in Culture in the Age of Globalization3-4
INTL ST/​POLI SCI  431Contentious Politics3-4
INTL ST/​POLI SCI  434The Politics of Human Rights3-4
INTL ST/​POLI SCI  439The Comparative Study of Genocide3-4
INTL ST 501Study Abroad Topics in Global Security1-6
INTL ST 502Study Abroad Topics in Politics and Policy in the Global Economy1-6
INTL ST 503Study Abroad Topics in Culture in the Age of Globalization1-6
INTL ST 504Study Abroad Topics in Global Environment1-6
INTL ST 520Study Abroad Topics in International Studies1-6
INTL ST 523Study Abroad: International Internship or Research in the Sciences1-3
INTL ST/​GEN&WS  535Women's Global Health and Human Rights3
INTL ST 601Topics in Global Security1-4
INTL ST 602Topics in Politics and Policy in the Global Economy1-4
INTL ST 603Topics in Culture in the Age of Globalization1-4
INTL ST 620Topics in International Studies1-4
ITALIAN 203Third Semester Italian4
ITALIAN 204Fourth Semester Italian4
ITALIAN 205Accelerated Intermediate Italian4
ITALIAN 230Modern Italian Culture3
ITALIAN 311Advanced Italian Language3
ITALIAN 312Writing Workshop3
ITALIAN 321Studies in Italian Literature and Culture I3
ITALIAN 322Studies in Italian Literature and Culture II3
ITALIAN 340Structures of Italian3
ITALIAN/​ILS  350Rome: Lust for Glory3-4
ITALIAN/​ILS/​LITTRANS/​POLI SCI  365Machiavelli and His World3
ITALIAN/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  440Poverty, Ecology and the Arts: St. Francis of Assisi3
LINGUIS 101Human Language3
LITTRANS 201Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation I3
LITTRANS 202Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation II3
LITTRANS 203Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation I4
LITTRANS 204Survey of 19th and 20th Century Russian Literature in Translation II4
LITTRANS/​GEN&WS  205Women in Russian Literature in Translation3-4
LITTRANS 207Slavic Science Fiction through Literature and Film3
LITTRANS 208The Writings of Vaclav Havel: Crtitique of Modern Society3
LITTRANS 209Masterpieces of French Literature and Culture3-4
LITTRANS 213Love and Sex in Italian Comedy3-4
LITTRANS/​SLAVIC  215Love and Death: Introduction to Polish Literature & Culture3
LITTRANS 220Chekhov: The Drama of Modern Life3
LITTRANS 221Russia's Greatest Enigma: Nikolai Gogol3
LITTRANS 222Dostoevsky in Translation3-4
LITTRANS/​ENGL  223Vladimir Nabokov: Russian and American Writings3
LITTRANS 224Tolstoy in Translation3-4
LITTRANS 226Introduction to Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literature3
LITTRANS 231Manga3
LITTRANS 232Anime3
LITTRANS 233Russian Life and Culture Through Literature and Art (to 1917)3-4
LITTRANS 234Soviet Life and Culture Through Literature and Art (from 1917)3-4
LITTRANS/​SLAVIC  238Literature and Revolution3
LITTRANS 245Topics in Spanish American Literature in Translation3
LITTRANS 247Topics in Slavic Literatures in Translation3
LITTRANS 249Literature in Translation: Nineteenth-Century French Masterpieces3
LITTRANS 252Spanish Literary Masterpieces in Translation3
LITTRANS/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  253Of Demons and Angels. Dante's Divine Comedy3
LITTRANS 254In Translation: Lit of Modern Italy-Existentialism, Fascism, Resistance3
LITTRANS/​MEDIEVAL  255Black Death and Medieval Life Through Boccaccio's Decameron3
LITTRANS 260Italy and the Invention of America: from Columbus to World War II3
LITTRANS 261Survey of Chinese Literature in Translation3
LITTRANS 263Survey of Japanese Literature in Translation3
LITTRANS 264Survey of Japanese Literature in Translation3
LITTRANS/​SLAVIC  266Elementary Special Topics in Russian Literature & Culture1-3
LITTRANS/​GERMAN/​JEWISH  269Yiddish Literature and Culture in Europe3
LITTRANS/​GEN&WS  270German Women Writers in Translation3
LITTRANS 271In Translation:Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature, Middle Ages-19003-4
LITTRANS 274In Translation: Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature-the 20th Century3-4
LITTRANS 275In Translation: The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen3-4
LITTRANS/​GERMAN  276Special Topics in German and World Literature/s3
LITTRANS/​GERMAN/​JEWISH  279Yiddish Literature and Culture in America3
LITTRANS 302What is Life? Biological Life in Literature and Culture3-4
LITTRANS 303Topics in French Literature and Culture3-4
LITTRANS 324Topics in Scandinavian Literature3-4
LITTRANS 326Topics in Dutch Literature in Translation3
LITTRANS/​FOLKLORE  327Vampires3
LITTRANS 334In Translation: The Art of Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen3-4
LITTRANS/​THEATRE  335In Translation: The Drama of Henrik Ibsen3-4
LITTRANS 337In Translation: 19th Century Scandinavian Fiction3-4
LITTRANS/​FOLKLORE/​MEDIEVAL/​SCAND ST  345The Nordic Storyteller3
LITTRANS/​FOLKLORE  347In Translation: Kalevala and Finnish Folk-Lore3-4
LITTRANS 350Scandinavian Decadence in its European Context3-4
LITTRANS/​SLAVIC  357Intermediate Special Topics in Slavic Languages and Literatures3
LITTRANS 360French and Italian Renaissance Literature Online3-4
LITTRANS/​SLAVIC  361Living at the End of Times: Contemporary Polish Literature and Culture3
LITTRANS/​ILS/​ITALIAN/​POLI SCI  365Machiavelli and His World3
LITTRANS/​SLAVIC  366Intermediate Special Topics in Russian Literature & Culture3
LITTRANS 410In Translation: Special Topics in Italian Literature3
LITTRANS/​THEATRE  423In Translation: Slavic Drama in Context3
LITTRANS/​SCAND ST  428Memory and Literature from Proust to Knausgard3
LITTRANS/​SCAND ST  435The Sagas of Icelanders in English Translation3
LITTRANS/​GEN&WS/​SCAND ST  438Sexual Politics in Scandinavia3
LITTRANS/​SLAVIC  467Advanced Special Topics in Slavic Languages and Literatures3
LITTRANS 471Polish Literature (in Translation), Middle Ages to 18633
PORTUG 201Third Semester Portuguese4
PORTUG 202Fourth Semester Portuguese4
PORTUG 221Introduction to Luso-Brazilian Literatures4
PORTUG 225Third Year Conversation and Composition3
PORTUG 226Third Year Conversation and Composition3
PORTUG 301Intensive Portuguese4
PORTUG 311Fourth Year Composition and Conversation3
PORTUG 312Fourth Year Composition and Conversation3
PORTUG 330History of the Portuguese Language3
PORTUG 361Portuguese Civilization3
PORTUG 362Brazilian Civilization3
PORTUG 411Survey of Portuguese Literature before 18253
PORTUG/​GEN&WS  450Brazillian Women Writers3
PORTUG/​AFRICAN  451Lusophone African Literature3
PORTUG/​GEN&WS  460Carmen Miranda3
PORTUG 467Survey of Portuguese Literature since 18253
PORTUG 468Survey of Brazilian Literature since 18903
PORTUG 640Topics in Luso-Brazilian Literature3
PORTUG 642Topics in Luso-Brazilian Culture3
SCAND ST 201Second Year Norwegian4
SCAND ST 202Second Year Norwegian4
SCAND ST 211Second Year Swedish4
SCAND ST 212Second Year Swedish4
SCAND ST 221Second Year Danish4
SCAND ST 222Second Year Danish4
SCAND ST 250Introduction to Scandinavia3
SCAND ST 251Readings in Norwegian Literature3-4
SCAND ST 261Readings in Swedish Literature3-4
SCAND ST 271Readings in Danish Literature3-4
SCAND ST 276Culture & Community in Scandinavia3
SCAND ST/​FOLKLORE/​MEDIEVAL/​RELIG ST  342Nordic Mythology3
SCAND ST/​FOLKLORE/​LITTRANS/​MEDIEVAL  345The Nordic Storyteller3
SCAND ST 348The Second World War in Nordic Culture3
SCAND ST 355Autobiography3
SCAND ST 373Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature: From the Middle Ages to 19003-4
SCAND ST 374Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature: the Twentieth Century3-4
SCAND ST 401Contemporary Scandinavian Languages3
SCAND ST 410Introduction to Scandinavian Linguistics3
SCAND ST 411Areas in Scandinavian Literature1
SCAND ST 415History of the Scandinavian Languages II: Standard Languages3
SCAND ST 419Scandinavian Children's Literature4
SCAND ST 422The Drama of Henrik Ibsen4
SCAND ST 424Nineteenth-Century Scandinavian Fiction3-4
SCAND ST 426Kierkegaard and Scandinavian Literature3
SCAND ST 427Contemporary Scandinavian Literature4
SCAND ST/​LITTRANS  428Memory and Literature from Proust to Knausgard3
SCAND ST/​MEDIEVAL  430The Vikings4
SCAND ST/​HISTORY  431History of Scandinavia to 18153
SCAND ST/​HISTORY  432History of Scandinavia Since 18153
SCAND ST 434The Art of Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen4
SCAND ST/​LITTRANS  435The Sagas of Icelanders in English Translation3
SCAND ST 436Topics in Scandinavian Literature3-4
SCAND ST/​GEN&WS/​LITTRANS  438Sexual Politics in Scandinavia3
SCAND ST 439Nordic Filmmakers3
SCAND ST/​FOLKLORE  443Sami Culture, Yesterday and Today4
SCAND ST/​MEDIEVAL  444Kalevala and Finnish Folk-Lore4
SCAND ST/​FOLKLORE/​MEDIEVAL  446Celtic-Scandinavian Cultural Interrelations3
SCAND ST 450Scandinavian Decadence in its European Context3-4
SCAND ST 475The Writings of Hans Christian Andersen for Scandinavian Majors4
SCAND ST 476Scandinavian Life and Civilization II4
SCAND ST 510Topics in Scandinavian Linguistics3
SCAND ST 511Paleography and Philology - Old Norse3
SCAND ST 520Special Topics3
SCAND ST/​HISTORY  577Contemporary Scandinavia: Politics and History3-4
SCAND ST 634Survey of Scandinavian Literature: 1500-18003
SCAND ST 635Survey of Scandinavian Literature: 1800-18903
SLAVIC 117Intensive Second Year Russian4
SLAVIC 118Intensive Second Year Russian4
SLAVIC 203Third Semester Russian4
SLAVIC 204Fourth Semester Russian4
SLAVIC 207Third Semester Polish4
SLAVIC 208Fourth Semester Polish4
SLAVIC 217Third Semester Czech4
SLAVIC 218Fourth Semester Czech4
SLAVIC 231History and Ethics on Film: Polish Cinema3
SLAVIC/​LITTRANS  238Literature and Revolution3
SLAVIC 239Performance and Power3
SLAVIC 245Topics in Slavic Literatures3
SLAVIC 251Third Semester Serbo-Croatian3
SLAVIC 252Fourth Semester Serbo-Croatian3
SLAVIC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  253Russia: An Interdisciplinary Survey4
SLAVIC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​POLI SCI  254Eastern Europe: An Interdisciplinary Survey4
SLAVIC/​LITTRANS  266Elementary Special Topics in Russian Literature & Culture1-3
SLAVIC 275Third Year Russian I3
SLAVIC 276Third Year Russian II3
SLAVIC 277Third Year Polish I3
SLAVIC 278Third Year Polish II3
SLAVIC 285Slavic Culture in Context: An Honors Course3
SLAVIC 304Fourth Semester Intensive Polish4
SLAVIC 305Fifth Semester Intensive Polish3
SLAVIC 306Sixth Semester Intensive Polish3
SLAVIC 308Study Abroad in Polish Culture and Area Studies1-4
SLAVIC 309Study Abroad in Russian Area Studies1-4
SLAVIC 310Study Abroad in Russian Topics1-6
SLAVIC 315Russian Language and Culture I3
SLAVIC 316Russian Language and Culture II3
SLAVIC 321Fourth Year Russian I3
SLAVIC 322Fourth Year Russian II3
SLAVIC 331Fourth Year Polish I3
SLAVIC 332Fourth Year Polish II3
SLAVIC/​LITTRANS  357Intermediate Special Topics in Slavic Languages and Literatures3
SLAVIC/​LITTRANS  361Living at the End of Times: Contemporary Polish Literature and Culture3
SLAVIC/​LITTRANS  366Intermediate Special Topics in Russian Literature & Culture3
SLAVIC 433History of Russian Culture3
SLAVIC 434Contemporary Russian Culture3
SLAVIC 451Third Semester Intensive Czech3
SLAVIC 452Fourth Semester Intensive Czech3
SLAVIC 465Advanced Readings in Russian Literature & Culture3
SLAVIC/​LITTRANS  467Advanced Special Topics in Slavic Languages and Literatures3
SLAVIC 470History of Polish Literature until 18633
SLAVIC 555Advanced Russian Listening & Speaking3
SLAVIC 560Capstone Seminar in Russian Literature and Culture3
SPANISH 203Third Semester Spanish4
SPANISH 204Fourth Semester Spanish4
SPANISH 223Introduction to Hispanic Cultures3
SPANISH 224Introduction to Hispanic Literatures3
SPANISH 225Lying, Swearing, and Breaking the Rules: An Introduction to the Linguistic Study of Spanish3
SPANISH 226Intermediate Language Practice with Emphasis on Writing and Grammar3
SPANISH/​AFROAMER/​ANTHRO/​C&E SOC/​GEOG/​HISTORY/​LACIS/​POLI SCI/​SOC  260Latin America: An Introduction3-4
SPANISH/​LACIS  285Race and Culture in the Americas3
SPANISH 311Advanced Language Practice3
SPANISH 319Topics in Spanish Language Practice1-3
SPANISH 321The Structure of Modern Spanish3
SPANISH 322Survey of Early Hispanic Literature3
SPANISH 324Survey of Modern Spanish Literature3
SPANISH 325Advanced Conversation3
SPANISH 326Survey of Spanish American Literature3
SPANISH 327Introduction to Spanish Linguistics3
SPANISH 361Spanish Civilization3
SPANISH 363Spanish American Civilization3
SPANISH/​CHICLA  364Survey of Latinx/e Popular Culture3
SPANISH/​MEDIEVAL  414Literature of the Castilian Middle Age (XII-XV centuries)3
SPANISH 435Cervantes3
SPANISH 451Literature of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries3
SPANISH 453Literature of the Twentieth Century3
SPANISH 460Spanish American Literature3
SPANISH 468Topics in Hispanic Culture3
SPANISH 470Undergraduate Seminars in Hispanic Literature/Culture/Linguistics3
SPANISH 472Hispanic Screen Studies3
SPANISH 477Latin American Rock Cultures3
SPANISH/​CHICLA  478Border and Race Studies in Latin America3
SPANISH 479Latin American Literature and Human Rights3
SPANISH 480Topics in Latin American Performance/Visual Studies3
SPANISH 490Race, Religion and Ethnicity in the Age of Empire3

 Certificate Completion Requirement

This undergraduate certificate must be completed concurrently with the student’s undergraduate degree. Students cannot delay degree completion to complete the certificate.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Evaluate the social, cultural, and historical contexts of global language policy and linguistic and cultural practices.
  2. Draw from theory and research to analyze and evaluate language policy and practice.
  3. Analyze language education policy issues from diverse perspectives related to nationality, race, class, gender, ability, and other forms of social differentiation.