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Liberal Arts - English Advising Guide

English, Film and Media Studies, Literature, Theater, and Writing

The following USAC Specialty programs offer courses and internships targeted to the academic needs and interests of English, Film and Media Studies, Literature, Theater, and Writing.

Please visit program course pages for course descriptions and terms offered; and meet with your academic advisor to see how you can best fit study abroad into your university degree program. Syllabi are available upon request at syllabus@usac.edu.

Disciplines by Specialty Program Location

Chile | Costa Rica | Czech Republic | France | Germany |India | Ireland | Italy
Spain | Uruguay

Chile

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Santiago Latin American Cinema 3 FILM/SPAN 300
Survey of Latin American Literature I 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Survey of Latin American Literature II 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Latin American Cinema 3 FILM/SPAN 300
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Latin American Poetry 3 SPAN/WLL 400
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Latin American Short Story and Essay 3 SPAN/WLL 400
Writing for Strategic Communications 3 JOUR/SPAN 300

Costa Rica

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Heredia Survey of Latin American Literature II 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Latin American Cinema 3 FILM/SPAN 400
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Latin American Novel 3 SPAN/WLL 400
Women and Gender in Literature 3 SPAN/WLL/WS 400
San Ramón Survey of Latin American Literature I 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Survey of Latin American Literature II 3 SPAN/WLL 300

Czech Republic

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Prague Alternative Culture, Literature, Music, and Lifestyles 3 WLL 400
Behind Reality: Czech Documentaries 3 ART/FILM 400
Czech Cinema - Image and Memory 3 FILM/WLL 300
Experiments in Czech Film 3 FILM/WLL 300
Great Czech Writers 3 WLL 400

France

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Lyon Francophone Women Writers 3 WLL/WS 400
LGBTQ+ France: Cultural and Literary Perspectives 3 GRI/SOC 300
Mediterranean Francophone Cultures Through Literature and Cinema 3 FREN 300
Survey of French Literature I 3 FREN/WLL 300
Survey of French Literature II 3 FREN/WLL 300
Travel Writing: French Art and the Art of Being French 3 ENG 300
Understanding the French Bande Dessinee 3 FREN/WLL 400
Pau European Cinema 3 FREN/WLL 300
French Theatre: Moliere 3 FREN/THTR 400
Language and Cinema 3 FILM/FREN 300
Survey of French Literature I 3 FREN/WLL 300
Survey of French Literature II 3 FREN/WLL 300
Theater in French 1 FREN/THTR 300
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary French Literature 3 FREN/WLL 400

Germany

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Lüneburg Contemporary German Literature 3 GER/WLL 300
German Cinema 3 FILM/GER 200
German Fairy Tales 3 GER/WLL 300
Myths and Legends 3 GER/WLL 300

India

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Bengaluru Bollywood: India through Film 3 ENG/FILM 300
Documentary Filmmaking 3 ART/FILM/JOUR 300

Ireland

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Cork Irish Arts through the Ages: Bardic Poetry 3 ENG 400
Galway Modern Irish Literature: From Celtic Twilight to Celtic Tiger 3 ENG 400
Re-Staging Irishness: Pasts, Presents, and Futures of Irish Theatre 3 ENG/THTR 400

Italy

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Viterbo Contemporary Italian Cinema 3 FILM/WLL 400
History of Medieval Italy: The World of Dante 3 HIST/WLL 300
Masterpieces of Italian Literature in Translation 3 ITAL 300
Survey of Italian Literature I 3 ITAL 300
Travel Writing 3 ENG/JOUR 300

Spain

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Alicante Intercultural Communication in Professional Contexts 3 ENG/COM 300
Survey of Spanish Literature I 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Survey of Spanish Literature II 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Spanish Narrative 3 SPAN/WLL 400
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Spanish Poetry 3 SPAN/WLL 400
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Spanish Short Story 3 SPAN/WLL 400
Bilbao Survey of Spanish Literature I 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Survey of Spanish Literature II 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Madrid LGBTQIA+ Spain 3 GRI/SOC 300
Survey of Spanish Literature I 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Survey of Spanish Literature II 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary European History and Cinema 3 FILM/HIST/SPAN 300
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Spanish History and Cinema 3 FILM/SPAN 300
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Spanish Narrative 3 SPAN/WLL 400
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Spanish Short Stories 3 SPAN/WLL 400
San Sebastián Survey of Spanish Literature I 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Survey of Spanish Literature II 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Spanish Poetry 3 SPAN/WLL 400
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Spanish Theatre 3 SPAN/THTR 400
Valencia Professional Communication 3 ENG/COM 300
Survey of Spanish Literature I 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Survey of Spanish Literature II 3 SPAN/WLL 300

Uruguay

Program City Course Title Credits Area/Level
Montevideo Cinema of Uruguay and Argentina 3 FILM/SPAN 300
Survey of Latin American Literature I 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Survey of Latin American Literature II 3 SPAN/WLL 300
Twentieth-Centure and Contemporary Latin American Short Story and Essay 3 SPAN/WLL 300

Updated: 7 Apr 2023

Course offerings must meet minimum enrollments and are subject to change.