Course Descriptions

EVHY 5640 - Catchment Hydrology: Process and Theory

Introduces current theories of the hydrological response of catchments. Using an integrative approach, the course illuminates the derivation of theory in light of the time and location of the process studies on which they were based.
Prerequisite: EVSC 3600.



Credits: 4

EVHY 5650 - Hydrological Transport Processes

Studies the physical principles governing the transport of dissolved substances and of sediment and particulate matter in the terrestrial portion of the hydrological cycle.
Prerequisite: EVSC 2800 and 3600 or equivalent.



Credits: 4

EVHY 5670 - Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Studies the mechanics of fluids and fluid-related processes occurring at the Earth’s surface, including laminar, inviscid, and turbulent flows, drag, boundary layers, diffusion and dispersion of mass, flow through porous media, and effects of the Earth’s rotation. Emphasizes topics related to the environmental sciences.
Prerequisite: Integral calculus and calculus-based physics, or instructor permission.



Credits: 4

EVHY 5700 - Forest Hydrology

EVHY 5780 - Groundwater Hydrology

Introduces physical and chemical groundwater hydrology including such topics as the mechanics of groundwater flow, emphasizing geological factors influencing groundwater occurrence and movement; the influence of natural geological heterogeneity on groundwater flow patterns; and mass and heat transport in groundwater flow systems. The accompanying laboratory examines methods of hydrogeological data acquisition and analysis.
Prerequisite: EVSC 2800, 3600 or equivalents, two semesters calculus, CHEM 1410, 1420 or equivalents.



Credits: 4

EVHY 7559 - New Course in Hydrology

EVHY 7560 - Special Topics in Hydrology and Water Resources

EVHY 7630 - Land-Atmosphere Interaction

Study of energy, water, and carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the land surface.
Prerequisite: One year of college physics and calculus, one hydrology or atmospheric science course, or permission of instruct.



Credits: 3

EVHY 7640 - Dynamic Hydrology

Studies the interrelationships of the various phases in the water cycle; principles governing that cycle; and the influence of human activity on natural circulation of water at or near the Earth’s surface.
Prerequisite: Introductory hydrology and differential equations, or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

EVHY 7662 - Current Research in Hydrology

EVHY 7670 - Numerical Methods in Hydrology

Application of numerical methods to the solution of hydrological problems. The Matlab computational and plotting software is used for all examples and assignments, including finite difference and finite element solutions to equations describing the flow of water and transport of contaminants in the terrestrial environment. Prior knowledge of Matlab is not required.
Prerequisite: EVHY 5000-level course.



Credits: 3

EVHY 7999 - Independent Study: Hydrology and Water Resources

Individual or group study in developing or special areas of hydrology and water resource analysis and interrelated areas.



Credits: 1 to 6

EVHY 8559 - New Course in Hydrology

EVHY 8560 - Advanced Topics in Hydrology and Water Resources

Specialized research into specific hydrologic or water management problems. Emphasizes an integrative analysis of the physical, social, and economic nature of these problems.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



Credits: 3

FREN 5001 - Academic Writing in French

Prepares students for advanced academic writing in French. Students learn effective use of bibliographic tools and master principles of close, creative and critical reading (both primary and secondary sources); grammatical, logical and effective writing (including self-editing); and effective oral presentation of research.
Prerequisite: at least two courses at the 4000 level with an average grade of B+.



Credits: 3

FREN 5010 - Introduction to Reading Old French

Readings from several varieties of Old French, including the Île-de-France, Picard, and Anglo-Norman dialects. Considers the derivation of French from Latin. Taught in English.
Prerequisite: Good reading knowledge of modern French.



Credits: 3

FREN 5011 - Old French

Basic introduction to reading Old French, with consideration of its main dialects (Île-de-France, Picard, Anglo-Norman) and paleographical issues. May be taken in conjunction with FREN 5100 or independently. Taught in English.
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of modern French.



Credits: 1

FREN 5012 - Introduction to Old Provençal Language and Literature

Old Provençal (alias Old Occitan) as a grammatical system with some attention to its derivation from Latin. Readings of simple prose texts followed by poetic selections of the troubadours. Taught in English.
Prerequisite: FREN 5010 or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

FREN 5029 - Applied Linguistics: French

A synchronic study of the structure of French to be made through a contrastive analysis of French as a target language and English as a source language. Analysis considers syntax primarily; some elements of semantics also are considered. The theoretical assumptions lead to practical procedures applicable in a teaching situation.



Credits: 3

FREN 5030 - French Phonetics and Phonology

Studies the French sound system, both in theory and practice. Provides essential articulatory phonetics, distinctive features, morphophonemics, prosodics and contrastive analysis. Practice in the production, recognition, and transcription of speech sounds. Opportunity for the correction and improvement of individual problems in French pronunciation. Involves classroom and laboratory instruction.
Prerequisite: Not open to undergraduates who have taken FREN 3030 or the equivalent.



Credits: 3

FREN 5100 - Medieval Literature in Modern French I

Introduces literary forms, habits of style and thought, and conditions of composition from the late eleventh century to the late thirteenth. Chanson de Roland, Chrétien de Troyes, Marie de France, lyric poetry, etc.



Credits: 3

FREN 5150 - Medieval Literature in Modern French II

An inquiry into the literary culture of the period from the late thirteenth century to the late fifteenth. Topics include the Roman de la Rose, Joinville, and Froissart; the development of drama; new lyric forms, early humanism; Villon; and problems of literary history and hermeneutics for a neglected period in French culture.



Credits: 3

FREN 5200 - Literature of the Sixteenth Century: Poetry

Studies the developments in theory and practice of French Renaissance poetry and poetics as seen in works by the Rhétoriqueurs, including Marot, Sebillet, Scève, Labe, du Bellay, Ronsard, and d’Aubigne.



Credits: 3

FREN 5210 - Literature of the Sixteenth Century: Prose

Studies important trends in Renaissance thought and style as seen in the works of major prose writers including Erasmus, Rabelais, Marguerite de Navarre, and Montaigne.



Credits: 3

FREN 5300 - Literature of the Seventeenth Century I

Studies art forms and society during the baroque and classical periods of French literary history. Readings in theater, fiction, rhetoric, and poetry.



Credits: 3

FREN 5310 - Literature of the Seventeenth Century II

Studies art forms and society during the baroque and classical periods of French literary history. Readings in theater, fiction, rhetoric, and poetry.



Credits: 3

FREN 5400 - Literature of the Eighteenth Century I

Religious, moral, and political thinking as reflected in the works of Bayle, Fontenelle, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, Helvetius, and others.



Credits: 3

FREN 5410 - Literature of the Eighteenth Century II

Developing trends in traditional genres (drama, novel, poetry), as reflected in the works of Le Sage, Marivaux, Beaumarchais, Diderot, Chenier, Voltaire, Prévost, Rousseau, and others.



Credits: 3

FREN 5510 - Topics in Medieval Literature

Topics may include genres (romance, poetry, hagiography, chanson de geste, allegory), themes (love, war, nature), single authors (Chrétien de Troyes, Machaut) and cultural and literary issues (gender, religion, authorship, rewritings).



Credits: 3

FREN 5520 - Topics in Sixteenth-Century Literature

Topics may include Montaigne, the European novella, poetic recreations of the ancients, literary Lyon, and Rabelais and his world.



Credits: 3

FREN 5530 - Topics in Seventeenth-Century Literature

Topics may include genres such as tragedy, comedy, novel, and non-fiction prose, themes such as civility, religious conversion, the “human condition,” colonial expansion, and love, and theoretical issues such as institutional control of literature, gender and writing, and discourse analysis.



Credits: 3

FREN 5540 - Topics in Eighteenth-Century Literature

FREN 5559 - New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics.



Credits: 1 to 4

FREN 5560 - Topics in Nineteenth-Century Literature

Topics include studies of genres (novel, poetry, prose poetry, theater), literary movements (romanticism, realism, modernity, symbolism, decadence), and themes or concepts (nostalgia, body, literature and the visual arts, le fantastique).



Credits: 3

FREN 5570 - Topics in Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Literature

Study of the various aspects of twentieth-century French literature. Genre, theme, and specific chronological concentration will vary. May be repeated for credit with different topics.



Credits: 3

FREN 5580 - Topics in Literature

Transhistorical study of genres (the novel, poetry, theater), themes (gravity, the body) or cultural issues (gender, resistance).



Credits: 3

FREN 5581 - Topics in African Literature

FREN 5584 - Topics in Cinema

A range of analytical approaches to the study of cinema, including cinematographic language and structure, the representation of socio-cultural phenomena in film, and the experience of cinema viewing as a cultural and historical practice.



Credits: 3

FREN 5585 - Topics in Civilization / Cultural Studies

FREN 5600 - Literature of the Nineteenth Century I

Studies romanticism, realism, naturalism, and symbolism. Analyzes representative texts of de Staël, Chateaubriand, Constant, Lamartine, Hugo, Vigny, Musset, Sand, Nerval, Balzac, Flaubert, Stendhal, Zola, Huysmans, Maupassant, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, and Mallarmé.



Credits: 3

FREN 5610 - Literature of the Nineteenth Century II

Studies romanticism, realism, naturalism, and symbolism. Analyzes representative texts of de Staël, Chateaubriand, Constant, Lamartine, Hugo, Vigny, Musset, Sand, Nerval, Balzac, Flaubert, Stendhal, Zola, Huysmans, Maupassant, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Verlaine, and Mallarmé.



Credits: 3

FREN 5700 - Literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries I

FREN 5710 - Literature of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries II

FREN 5811 - African Literature

Studies the principal movements and representative authors writing in French in Northern, Central, and Western Africa, with special reference to the islands of Madagascar and Mauritius. Explores the literary and social histories of these regions.



Credits: 3

FREN 5812 - New World Literature

Introduces the French-language literatures of Canada and the Caribbean in their historical and esthetic context. Includes drama, fiction and poetry. FREN 5811 or 5812 are normally a prerequisite to advanced work in Francophone literature at the 8000 level



Credits: 3

FREN 5993 - Independent Study

FREN 5998 - Thesis Research

For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. Prerequisite: graduate standing and instructor permission.



Credits: 3

FREN 5999 - Thesis (M.A.)

FREN 7010 - Old French

FREN 7012 - Old Provençal I

FREN 7013 - Old Provençal II

FREN 7020 - History of the French Language

Studies the development of the French language from its origin to the present day with an examination of the oldest linguistic documents. Given in French or English as appropriate.



Credits: 3

FREN 7029 - Linguistics

FREN 7040 - Theories and Methods of Language Teaching

Introduces the pedagogical approaches currently practiced in second-language courses at the university level. Critically examines the theories underlying various methodologies, and their relation to teaching. Assignments include development and critique of pedagogical material; peer observation and analysis; and a final teaching portfolio project.



Credits: 1 to 3

FREN 7500 - Topics in Theory and Criticism

Required of all graduate students in French unless exempted by the graduate advisor. Studies the motivations, ideas, and methods of literary theory, criticism and historiography (including genre studies); and the materials and methods of literary research.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in French or at least two courses at the 4000 level with grades of B+ or better



Credits: 3

FREN 7559 - New Course in French Language and General Linguistics

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics.



Credits: 1 to 4

FREN 8510 - Seminar in Medieval Literature

(a) Chansons de geste, chroniques, memories.(b) Vies des saints, romans. (c) Poésie non-narrative, théâtre. (d) Satire et humanisme.
Prerequisite: FREN 5010.



Credits: 3

FREN 8520 - Seminar in Sixteenth-Century Literature

FREN 8530 - Seminar in Seventeenth-Century Literature

FREN 8540 - Seminar in Eighteenth-Century Literature

FREN 8559 - New Course in French Literature and General Linguistics

This course provides the opportunity to offer a new topic in the subject area of French literature and general linguistics.



Credits: 1 to 4

FREN 8560 - Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature

(a) Flaubert. (b) Zola. (c) Balzac. (d) Stendhal. (e) Symbolist Theater. (f) Naturalistic Novel. (g) Musset. (h) Hugo. (i) Baudelaire and Nerval. (j) La décadence. (k) Rimbaud, Verlaine, Mallarmé. (l) George Sand. (m) Vigny.



Credits: 3

FREN 8570 - Seminar in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature

(a) Proust. (b) Gide. (c) Theater. (d) Roman-fleuve. (e) Existentialism. (f) New Novel. (g) Valéry. (h) Dada and Surrealism. (i) Supervielle and St. John Perse.



Credits: 3

FREN 8580 - Seminar in Literature

Transhistorical study of genres (the novel, poetry, theater), themes (gravity, the body) or cultural issues (gender, resistance).



Credits: 3

FREN 8581 - Seminar in Francophone Literature

Studies the Francophone literature of Africa, with special emphasis on post-World War II poets, novelists, and playwrights. Examines the role of cultural and literary reviews in the historical and ideological development.



Credits: 3

FREN 8584 - Seminar in Cinema

A range of analytical approaches to the study of cinema, including cinematographic language and structure, the representation of socio-cultural phenomena in film, and the experience of cinema viewing as a cultural and historical practice.



Credits: 3

FREN 8585 - Seminar in Civilization/Cultural Studies

FREN 8993 - Independent Study

FREN 8998 - Non-Topical Research

FREN 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research

FREN 9999 - Dissertation Research

FRTR 7588 - Comparative Caribbean Culture

Comparative examination of contemporary culture in the Caribbean region with an emphasis on literature. Considers historical writing (essays), musical forms, and film as manifestations of the process of creolization in the area. Questions of ethnic diversity and nation-building are central to the course.



Credits: 3

FRTR 7589 - Comparative Caribbean Literature

A comparative examination of postcolonialism and postmodernism in the Caribbean region, emphasizing the dynamics of center and margin. Texts are taken from the anglophone, francophone, and Hispanic Caribbean.



Credits: 3

LNGS 5000 - Applied Linguistics for Teachers of Foreign Languages

To provide prospective language teachers with the background in descriptive and theoretical linguistics, and thus to enable them to make informed pedagogical decisions, set realistic pedagogical goals, and read scholarship in pedagogy of the type that appears in relevant scholarly journals (eg The Modern Language Journal). To consider trends in Second Language Acquisition and the relevance thereto of Applied Linguistics in recent years.



Credits: 3

LNGS 5060 - Syntax and Semantics

LNGS 5500 - Topics in Linguistics

LNGS 7010 - Linguistic Theory and Analysis

LNGS 7020 - Historical and Comparative Linguistics

LNGS 7220 - History and Structure of Black English

Introduces the history and structure of what has been termed Black English Vernacular or Black Street English. Focuses on the sociolinguistic factors that led to its emergence, its present role in the Black community, and its relevance in education and racial stereotypes.



Credits: 3

LNGS 7240 - Southern American English

GERM 5000 - Critical Writing and Bibliography

Supervised practice in the organization and writing of articles for scholarly journals. Includes introduction to bibliography.



Credits: 3

GERM 5100 - Middle High German

Introduces Middle High German grammar and includes readings in Middle High German literature.



Credits: 3

GERM 5120 - Medieval German Lyric Poetry

GERM 5140 - Arthurian Romance

Theory and analysis of the chief German Arthurian romances: Erec, Parzival, Yrain, Iwain, and Tristan.



Credits: 3

GERM 5210 - Reformation to Baroque, 1700

GERM 5230 - Weise to Wieland

GERM 5250 - Age of Goethe I

GERM 5260 - Age of Goethe II

GERM 5300 - Romanticism

GERM 5370 - Nineteenth Century

GERM 5470 - Turn of the Century

Discusses the major literary movements at the turn of the century with analysis of representative works by Hofmannsthal, Schnitzler, George, Rilke, Thomas Mann, Musil, Kafka, and others.



Credits: 3

GERM 5480 - Kafka

GERM 5500 - Special Topics

Major figures, genres, or literary problems serve as the focus for an intensive course within any literary period. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses.



Credits: 3

GERM 5559 - New Course in German

GERM 5562 - Topics in New German Cinema

Examines German art cinema from the 1960s-1980s, focusing on modernist aesthetics and filmic responses to major historical events in post-war Germany. Films by Fassbinder, Herzog, Wenders, Kluge, Sander, Von Trotta, and others.



Credits: 3

GERM 5600 - Studies in Lyric Poetry

GERM 5610 - Studies in Prose Fiction

Studies representative works of fiction (either novels or shorter forms) with special attention to formal and thematic developments, and representative theories of fiction.



Credits: 3

GERM 5620 - Studies in Drama

GERM 5840 - Introduction to Literary Theory

Current theories of literature, including Marxist, psychoanalytical, formalist, structuralist, and hermeneutic approaches. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at: http://www.virginia.edu/german/Undergraduate/Courses.



Credits: 3

GERM 5880 - Ling Approaches to Literature