This page lists all the classes that you can take to fulfill the Language Inquiry at Chapman University. The Language Inquiry: is part of the Global Focus, a General Education requirement at Chapman; is designed to help you build speaking, reading and writing skills in a language other than English, as well as to learn about other cultures; requires 3 credits at the 201 level. Please note that if a student does not place into 201, they might need to take 101 and 102. Learn more about language placement exams here. Finally, some of the classes below give you the chance to study abroad.
ARAB 201 Intermediate Arabic I
ARAB 301 The Language and Culture of the Arab World: A Contemporary Perspective
CHIN 201 Intermediate Chinese I
CHIN 202 Intermediate Chinese II
CHIN 301 Chinese Culture and Society
CHIN 341 Literary and Cinematographic Images of The Chinese
CHIN 343 Advanced Grammar and Composition
CHIN 345 Advanced Chinese Conversation and Composition
CHIN 346 Advanced Chinese Conversation and Composition II
CHIN 347 Business Chinese
CHIN 378 Contemporary Chinese Society, Politics, and the Chinese-Speaking World
CHIN 201A Intermediate Chinese I - Travel Course
CHIN 301A Chinese Culture and Society -Travel Course
FREN 201 Intermediate French I
FREN 202 Intermediate French II
FREN 300 Comic Strips, Graphic Novels, Illustrations, and Animations: An Iconography
of French Society
FREN 309 Images of Childhood in French Literature and Film
FREN 320 French Humor in Literature, Cinema and Society
FREN 322 Haute Couture, Dress Codes, Hats and Gloves: Images of French Society Through
Material Culture
FREN 323 French Popular Music: a Mirror of Society
FREN 340 Cuisine in French Literature and Film
FREN 341 Literary & Cinematographic Images of the French Past: An Interdisciplinary
Inqui
FREN 343 Advanced Grammar & Composition
FREN 345 Topics in Advanced French Conversation and Composition I
FREN 346 Topics in Advanced French Conversation and Composition II
FREN 347 Business French
FREN 348 Topics in Francophone Literatures of the World
FREN 349 French Theater Across the Ages
FREN 350 French Poetry Across the Ages
FREN 351 French Writers of the Holocaust
FREN 352 The New Novel and New Wave Cinema: Le Nouveau Roman & La Nouvelle Vague
FREN 353 Topics in Historical Tours: Paris, A Literary History
FREN 354 French Opera in the Time of the Sun King: the "libretti" of Quinault and
Music of Lully
FREN 355 Memories of World War II in French Film
FREN 356 Topics in French Opera
FREN 365 French Speculative Fiction
FREN 375 Topics in French Literature
FREN 378 Contemporary French Society, Politics, The European Union and French-Speaking
World
FREN 386 Images of Leadership in French Women Directors
FREN 387 Remakes and Adaptations in Films: From France to Hollywood
FREN 389 The French Philosophers and the French Enlightenment
FREN 399 Individual Study
FREN 499 Individual Study
FREN 201B Intermediate French I for Business Professionals
FREN 201C Intermediate French I for Film and TV Professionals
FREN 353B Topics in Historical Tours: a Literary History of the French Riviera & Provence
FREN 353C Topics in Historical Tours: a Tale of Two Cities
GER 201 Intermediate German I
GER 341 German Film
GER 343 Advanced Grammar & Composition
GER 345 German Conversation
GER 347 Business German
GER 360 Performance in German/Theater
GER 375 German Literature
GER 378 German Culture & Civilization
GER 399 Individual Study
GER 499 Individual Study
GRK 201 Intermediate Classical Greek I
INTI 496 International Internship - Placement in Italy
ITAL 201 Intermediate Italian I
ITAL 202 Intermediate Italian II
ITAL 301 Conversation and Composition: Italian Regional Culture and Tradition
ITAL 340 History and Culture of Food in Italy
ITAL 342 Advanced Italian Grammar and Stylistics
ITAL 344 Advanced Italian Conversation and Composition
ITAL 345 Conversation and Composition: Introduction to Contemporary Italy
ITAL 346 Italian Translation for Tourism and Cultural Promotion
ITAL 347 Business Italian: Professional Language And Culture
ITAL 349 The Forms of Italian Theater: History And Practice
ITAL 353 The Short Narrative in Italian Culture: Oral Tradition, Literature, and Cinema
ITAL 354 Songs of Italy: Voices of Yesterday and Today
ITAL 375 Masterpieces of Italian Literature
ITAL 377 The New Italians: Immigration and Globalization in Twenty-First Century Italy
ITAL 385 From Page to Screen: Literature and Film in Italy
ITAL 201A Intermediate Italian I
ITAL 301A Conversation and Composition: Italian Regional Culture and Tradition
JPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I
JPN 301 Intensive Kanji Study
JPN 343 Advanced Japanese Grammar and Composition
JPN 345 Japanese Conversation
JPN 346 Japanese Culture: Past and Present
JPN 347 Business Japanese
JPN 348 Reading Japanese History
JPN 349 Advanced Japanese: Topics in Literature and Cinema
JPN 350 Topics in Japanese Cinema
JPN 499 Individual Study
LAT 201 Intermediate Latin I
LAT 340 Vergil and the Christian Poets
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 326 Read & Interpreting Literature
SPAN 343 Advanced Grammar/Composition
SPAN 344 Spanish Writing Workshop
SPAN 345 Spanish Conversation
SPAN 375 Literature and Culture of Spain I
SPAN 376 Literature & Culture of Spain II
SPAN 377 Literature & Culture of Latin America I
SPAN 378 Literature & Culture of Latin America II
SPAN 396 Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics
SPAN 397 US Latino Literatures and Cultures
SPAN 440 A Multidisciplinary Approach to Spanish Bilingualism
SPAN 441 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
SPAN 470 Techno Writing and Global Perspectives In Latin American Literature and Culture
SPAN 484 20th Century Spanish Poetry & Drama: Literary Pictures
SPAN 487 Hispanic Cinema and Globalization: Society, History and Culture
SPAN 499 Individual Study
SPAN 201A Intermediate Spanish I
SPAN 201B Spanish for Business
SPAN 201H Intermediate Spanish/Spanish for Health Professionals
SPAN 201HS Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SPAN 202A Intermediate Spanish II
SPAN 343A Advanced Grammar and Composition in a Spanish-Speaking Country
SPAN 393A Advanced Spanish Language and Culture Abroad
