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As many schools do, [[Knox College]] has a modern languages department. However, unlike larger schools that have individual departments for each language, Knox has one department that encompasses each of the tiny individual foreign language departments.  
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'''Modern Languages''' is a course of study offered through the [[Modern Languages and Literatures Department]]. It includes the Modern Languages and Modern Languages and Classics majors.  The department is located on the second floor of [[GDH]].
  
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The [[German department]], for example, is comprised of one [[Professor Emeritus]], one full time [[faculty]] member, and one [[teaching intern]]. The [[Spanish department]] seems to have more professors, but it also probably has more majors. Knox also has a [[French department]].
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==Overview==
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Modern Languages majors allow students to take courses in more than one language as part of a single major.  They therefore require a large number of credits.  The languages available are [[French]], [[German]], and [[Spanish]].  With the classics tie-in one may also take courses in [[Latin]] or [[Greek]]. Beginning in [[Fall 2007]], Japanese and Chinese coursework is available through the [[Asian Studies]] program instead of the [[Modern Languages and Literatures Department]].
  
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Recently the [[Japanese department]] was moved so as to be separate from the modern languages department and [[Chinese]] was added as a possible course of study. Adding [[Chinese]], though, was at the expense of the [[Russian department]].
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==Faculty<ref>[http://www.knox.edu/x1667.xml#key 2006-2007 Course Catalogue, Modern Languages]</ref>==
  
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The Modern Language Department has one class of its own: Intro to Linguistics.  This class is not a requirement for the major.
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===Current===
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* [[Bruce Davis]], Department Chair, Associate Professor (French)
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* [[Caesar Akuetey]], Associate Professor (French)
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* [[Gisela Benson]], Lecturer (German)
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* [[Carol Chase]], Professor (French)
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* [[Jessie Dixon]], Associate Professor (Spanish)
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* [[Tim Foster]], Associate Professor (Spanish)
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* [[Fernando Gomez]], Assistant Professor (Spanish)
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* [[Hideki Hamada]], Visiting Instructor (Japanese)
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* [[Sonja Klocke]], Assistant Professor (German)
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* [[Ryohei Matsuda]], Assistant Professor (Japanese)
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* [[Jerome Miner]], Associate Professor (Spanish)
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* [[Antonio Prado]], Visiting Instructor (Spanish)
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* [[Robin Ragan]], Assistant Professor (Spanish)
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* [[Shuyan Gao Shipplett]], Visiting Instructor (Chinese)
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* [[Susan Thompson]], Lecturer (Spanish)
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* [[Ross Vander Meulen]], Professor Emeritus (German)
  
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[[Category:Departments]][[Category:Majors]]
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===Former===
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* [[Katja Grosche]], Teaching Intern in German (2006-2007)
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* [[Charles Mills]], Assistant Professor in Russian (1999-2007)
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* [[Karl-Heinz Maurer]], Assistant Professor in German (2001-2005)
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* [[Susanna Meerman]], Teaching Intern in German (2005-2006)
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* [[Andrea Reimann]], Visiting Instructor in German (2005-2007)
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==Course Requirements==
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''See [[Political Science and International Relations Department#Political Science|department page]]''
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[[Category:Majors]]

Revision as of 20:18, 4 July 2007

Modern Languages is a course of study offered through the Modern Languages and Literatures Department. It includes the Modern Languages and Modern Languages and Classics majors. The department is located on the second floor of GDH.

Overview

Modern Languages majors allow students to take courses in more than one language as part of a single major. They therefore require a large number of credits. The languages available are French, German, and Spanish. With the classics tie-in one may also take courses in Latin or Greek. Beginning in Fall 2007, Japanese and Chinese coursework is available through the Asian Studies program instead of the Modern Languages and Literatures Department.

Faculty[1]

Current

Former

Course Requirements

See department page

  1. ↑ 2006-2007 Course Catalogue, Modern Languages
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