Modern Languages (MODL)

MODL820
Great Latin American Writers (in Translation)Crosslisted with MODL 420, ETHN 420, ETHN 820

Taught in English. Students should have taken at least one 300 level course in Ethnic Studies or in any of the Modern Languages.

Description: Research of major works of Latin American fiction and poetry translated into English. Translation will be also a topic of study.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Graded
Offered:SPRING

Credit Hours:3

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MODL826
Reformation ThoughtCrosslisted with HIST 426, HIST 826, MODL 426, MRST 426, MRST 826, RELG 426, RELG 826

Prerequisites: Junior standing

Description: Life and thought of significant figures and schools of thought in the Reformation period

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL842
Survey of Medieval German Literature in TranslationCrosslisted with GERM 442, GERM 842, MODL 442

Prerequisites: Permission.

German majors expected to read the works in German translation and to write their papers in German. Non-German majors read the works in English translation.

Description: Development of German vernacular literature during the Middle Ages. Include works that represent the philosophical/religious literature, the heroic epic, and the romance.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL854
Russian Intellectual TraditionCrosslisted with MODL 454, RUSS 454, RUSS 854

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Major Russian thinkers from 1700 to the present. Focus on the evolution of ideas in the Russian context and the relationship between Russian and European thought.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL870
Introduction to Literary Theory

Description: Lecture and discussion about important figures and movements in the history of literary theory. Reading of representative texts to develop a critical lexicon. Bibliographic and methodological component, tailored to needs of modern language students, and required of all graduate students.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL872
Digital Humanities PracticumCrosslisted with ENGL 472, ENGL 872, HIST 472, HIST 872, ANTH 471, ANTH 871, MODL 472

Prerequisites: Junior standing.

Description: Provide students with real, in-depth experience in collaboratively creating digital humanities projects. Guided by faculty with expertise in a broad range of digital humanities methods and resources, students work in teams to tackle challenges proposed by UNL researchers and/or local and regional humanities organizations.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL878
Pro-seminar in Latin American StudiesCrosslisted with HIST 478, POLS 478, MODL 478, EDPS 478, HIST 878, POLS 878, EDPS 878, ETHN 478

Prerequisites: Junior standing and permission.

Description: An interdisciplinary analysis of topical issues in Latin American Studies.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL880
Seminar in Applied Linguistics and Methodology

Description: Theoretical and practical aspects of second language teaching and learning with special emphasis on the application of principles of applied linguistics along with related disciplines of education to structured teaching and learning situations. MODL 880, or its equivalent, is required of all graduate students in modern languages. It does not qualify as a course for Nebraska State Teacher Certification.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL883
Curriculum Design and Language Program DirectionCrosslisted with TEAC 883

Description: Examination of curriculum design and language program direction for foreign/second language learning.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL891
Special Topics in Modern LanguagesCrosslisted with MODL 491

Description: Topics vary.

Course details
Credit Hours:1-6
Max credits per semester:6
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:1-6

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MODL895
Internship in Digital HumanitiesCrosslisted with ENGL 895E, HIST 895

Description: Active participation in an ongoing digital humanities project in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, including weekly meetings designed to build technical and project management skills.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL918
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Nineteenth-Century StudiesCrosslisted with ENGL 918, HIST 918

Description: Invention of the nineteenth century, gender, colonialism, class, realism science and technology.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:6
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL919
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Nineteenth CenturyCrosslisted with ENGL 919, HIST 919

Description: Introduction to the nineteenth century in North America (focusing on the US), Great Britain, and Europe (focusing on France, Germany, Russia, and Spain), organized through themes such as constructions of gender and sexuality, democracy in the nation-state, and challenges to religion.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL946
Interdisciplinary Readings in Digital HumanitiesCrosslisted with HIST 946, ENGL 946, ANTH 946

Description: Methods, theories, and practices of digital humanities scholarship.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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MODL989
Introduction to the Interdisciplinary Study of the RenaissanceCrosslisted with AHIS 989, ENGL 989, HIST 989, MUSC 989

Description: Methods and state of research in the disciplines--art, music, literature, language, history, philosophy--dealing with the Renaissance. Assistance in independent reading and research in subjects related to the student's own research interests. Taught jointly by faculty members in art, music, theatre, English, history, classics, modern languages, and philosophy.

Course details
Credit Hours:3
Max credits per semester:3
Max credits per degree:3
Grading Option:Grade Pass/No Pass Option

Credit Hours:3

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