Modern Languages

Chair: Devin Jenkins
Program Assistant: Agnes Romero-Moore
Office: Plaza Building, 118
Mailing Address:
Campus Box 178
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364
Telephone: 303-556-4893
Fax: 303-556-6038
Website: clas.ucdenver.edu/modLang/

General Information
French Programs
German Programs
Spanish Programs

Chinese Faculty

Senior Instructor:

Kuan-Yi Rose Chang, PhD, Purdue University

French Faculty

Associate Professor:

Diane Dansereau, PhD, University of Michigan

Associate Professor, Clinical Track:

Linda Alcott, PhD, University of Colorado

Senior Instructor:

Lori Willard, PhD, University of Colorado

Instructor:

Jocelyne Hunsinger, BA, University of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada)

French Advisor:

Diane Dansereau

German Faculty

Associate Professor:

Carsten E. Seecamp, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Senior Instructor:

Tim Phillips, MA, University of Colorado

German Advisor:

Carsten E. Seecamp

Latin Faculty

Instructor:

Mary De Forest, PhD, University of Colorado

Spanish Faculty

Associate Professors:

Michael Abeyta, PhD, University of California-Davis

Kathleen Bollard, PhD, University of California-Berkeley

Devin Jenkins, PhD, University of New Mexico

Assistant Professors:

Andrés Lema-Hincapié, PhD, Cornell University and PhD, University of Ottawa

María Luisa Fernández Martínez, PhD, University of California, Irvine

Senior Instructor:

Conxita Domenech, PhD, University of Colorado

Instructors:

Ileana Gross, MA, University of Georgia

Ted Wendelin, MA, University of Southern Mississippi in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

Instructor, Attendant Rank:

Danny Martinez, MA, University of Colorado

Undergraduate Advisors (by student’s last name):

A—F: Andrés Lema-Hincapié

G—O: Devin Jenkins

P—Z: María Luisa Fernández Martínez

Graduate Advisor:

Michael Abeyta

Study Abroad Advisor

María Luisa Fernández Martínez

Internship Director

Andrés Lema-Hincapié

General Information

The Department of Modern Languages includes Chinese, French, German, Latin and Spanish. Majors are available in French and Spanish, and minors are available in French, German and Spanish. Certification is available in German. Students must declare a major by the time they have completed 60 semester hours of course work. The department recommends that majors and minors include some study abroad while they are fulfilling their degree requirements at CU Denver. Please see a departmental advisor about study abroad opportunities. Credit earned abroad will normally count toward satisfaction of the major and minor requirements at CU Denver, but to assure full transfer of credit, students must see an advisor in the department before enrolling in programs abroad. Courses taken abroad and designated as upper division in French, German or Spanish are subject to the 48-hour maximum of semester hours from a single discipline in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Relevance to Other Programs

In addition to fulfilling major and minor requirements, courses in the Department of Modern Languages prepare students in the language, literature and civilization of the countries and peoples they are studying. Certain courses may apply to the fulfillment of core curriculum requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Other courses lead to a secondary-school teaching certificate, the master of humanities degree and the master of arts degrees in Spanish and education at CU Denver, and to the master of arts degree in French or Spanish at CU Boulder. Only courses numbered 5000 and above apply to the master’s degree; students enrolled in a master’s program in Boulder should consult with their advisor before enrolling in courses at CU Denver.

French

Graduate Program

At present, CU Denver offers no French courses above 5999. The courses at the 5000 level are applicable to an MA degree through CU Boulder and to the master of humanities program at CU Denver, depending upon degree plan approval by the appropriate graduate advisor.

German

Graduate Program

CU Denver offers no German courses above 5999. Courses at the 5000 level are applicable to an MA degree in German through CU Boulder and to the master of humanities program at CU Denver, depending upon degree plan approval by the appropriate graduate advisor.

Spanish

Graduate Program

Click here to learn about the requirements for the MA in Spanish.