First-Year Course Offerings — Fall 2026

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Course Title Co-Req Pre-Req Notes
ARAB 121 Elementary Arabic I
ARAB 201 Intermediate Arabic I ARAB 122 Prereq or prereq override required
CHIN 121 Elementary Chinese I Not open to students who have taken a higher level CHIN language course beyond high school.
CHIN 201 Intermediate Chinese I CHIN 122 or equivalent experience; Not open to students who have taken a higher level CHIN language course beyond high school. Prereq or prereq override required
ECON 151 Introduction to Economics
FREN 352 Introduction to Literature in French: Birth of the Modern Not open to students who have taken a 400-level FREN course
FREN 354 Introduction to Literature in French: The Francophone World Not open to students who have taken a 400-level FREN course
FREN 361 Advanced French Composition, Grammar, and Conversation Must be taken on campus to fulfill major or minor requirements. Not typically open to students with a score of 5 on AP language exam, but students concerned about proper placement should contact the instructor.
GERM 351 Introduction to German Literary Studies GERM 202 or equivalent
HEBR 121 Elementary Hebrew I
HIST 105 Introduction to the Modern Middle East
HIST 209 The Atlantic World, 1492 - 1800
HIST 265 War and Violence in East Asia
HIST 272 War and Holocaust in Europe
ITAL 354 Modern Italian Culture At least four years of high school Italian or ITAL 202. Not open to students who have taken a 400-level ITAL course
JAPN 121 Elementary Japanese I Not open to students who have taken a higher level JAPN language course beyond high school.
JAPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I JAPN 122or equivalent experience; Not open to students who have taken a higher level JAPN language course beyond high school. Prereq or prereq override required
MIST 215 Comparative Politics: Middle East
POSC 214 Comparative Politics: East and Southeast Asia (CO)
POSC 215 Comparative Politics: Middle East (CO)
POSC 232 Fundamentals of International Relations Students who have taken POSC 152 are not eligible to take POSC 232. (IREL majors who took POSC 152 prior to declaring may request a prereq override for POSC 232.)
REST 121 Elementary Russian I
REST 201 Intermediate Russian I
SPAN 352 Spanish Literature: Love and Honor in the Golden Age Not open to students who have taken a 400-level SPAN course
SPAN 355 The Many Voices of Latin American Literature: from Modernismo to the 21st Century Not open to students who have taken a 400-level SPAN course
SPAN 361 Advanced Composition and Stylistics Not open to students who have taken a 400-level SPAN course Not open to students with a score of 5 on AP language exam, except by permission of instructor. Must be taken on campus to fulfill major or minor requirements.