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 301A Chinese Culture and Society -Travel Course
- FREN 201 Intermediate French I
- FREN 202 Intermediate French II
- 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
Inquiry - 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 Literature
- FREN 387 Remakes and Adaptations in Films: From France to Hollywood
- FREN 389 The French Philosophers and the French Enlightenment
- 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
- GRK 201 Intermediate Classical Greek I
- 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
- JPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I
- JPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II
- 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
- 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 201B Spanish for Business
- SPAN 201H Intermediate Spanish/Spanish for Health Professionals
- SPAN 201HS Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Speakers
- SPAN 393A Advanced Spanish Language and Culture Abroad
