Culture and Language Studies

Department of Culture and Language Studies

Faculty

• Guse, Anette, Staatsexamen I & II (Heidelberg), MA (Wat), PhD (Queen’s), Assoc Prof-2005
  
• Hamling, Anna, BA, BEd (Cardiff), MA (Qu), PhD (Warsaw), Sr Teach Assoc - 1999
  
• Hornsby, Richard, Mus.Bac, Perf, M.M.
  
• Lavoie, Sophie, BA (King’s College/Dalhousie), MA (Queen’s), DEA, PhD (Provence), Assoc Prof - 2008
• Linton, Murray, BA, MA (UNB), Sr Instr - 1999
• Preston, Scott, BFA, MA (Concordia), PhD (York), Asst Prof - 2010
• Reid, Allan, BA (Sask), MA, PhD (Alta), Prof & Chair - 1991

The Department of Culture and Language Studies welcomes students of all disciplines to participate in the quest for cultural media literacy and multilingual communication.

Globalization, democratization, technology and post-colonial forces continue to powerfully shape our increasingly complex and interconnected world, requiring each one of us to respond to new challenges and opportunities by increasing our understanding of diverse cultures, by exploring, engaging with and developing skills in established and emerging media, through academic and practical study of music and film, and by our competence in foreign languages.

The Department of Culture and Language Studies houses a variety of specialists in languages, literatures, arts media and cultures. We are dedicated to the teaching of cultural literacy, which can best be achieved through the long-term development of linguistic competence and the study of literary and social texts. In the spirit of diversity and understanding, we are committed to our students, to the exploration of innovative teaching and research modes that draw upon common interests among our languages and disciplines, and to the strengthening of our links to the greater academic community and the community at large.

The Department of Culture and Language Studies offers the following academic programs: 

Film Production: Major, (MAAC Film Production option); Certificate in Film Production;
Film Studies: Minor;
German: Minor, Major, Honours, Certificate of Proficiency in German;
German Studies: Minor, Major, Honours, Certificate of Applied German Studies;
Media Arts and Cultures: Minor, Major, Honours; 
Music: Minor, Double Major;
Spanish: Minor, Major, Honours, Certificate of Proficiency in Spanish; and 
World Literature and Culture Studies: Minor, Major, Honours.

The Department also offers language acquisition courses in Arabic, Japanese, Russian and Chinese.

For course listings consult Section H of this calendar or visit the Departmental website at http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/arts/departments/cals/index.html