Languages across the Curriculum at Wake Forest University
LAC University Committee: Chair: Candelas Gala, Romance Languages
Members: Antonio Vitti, Romance Languages;
Peter Siavelis, Political Sciences; Miles Silman, Biology
Courses:
The Department of Romance Languages offers four LAC courses in French, Italian, Spanish, and Spanish across the Business/Economics Curriculum:
196. French/Italian/Spanish across the Curriculum. (1.5h) Coursework in French/Italian/Spanish done as an adjunct to spcially-designated courses throughout the college curriculum. P-POI
196B. Spanish across the Business/Economics Curriculum. (1.5) Coursework in Spanish done as an adjunct to specifically-designated courses in business and economics curriculum. P-POI
LAC in Spanish is also a component of a newly created course entitled The History and Culture of Medicine in Latin America. This course is offered in the Intensive Summer Language Program in Querétaro, Mexico. The core course is taught in English with the LAC component in Spanish involving lectures by medical professionals and visits to local hospitals and clinics. Highly recommended for pre-med and medical students.
LAC components in French, Italian and Spanish have been added to First Year Seminars, to the Biology summer program directed by Professor Miles Silman in Perú, to a Psychology research project directed by Christie Buchanan, and to courses taught at the Casa Artom semester program in Venice, Italy.
Faculty involved with LAC
- Jane Albrecht, Spanish, Romance Languages
- Sally Barbour, French, Romance Languages
- Christie Buchanan, Psychology
- Mary Friedman, Spanish, Romance Languages
- Candelas Gala, Spanish, Romance Languages
- Renée Gutiérrez, Spanish, Romance Languages
- Judy Kem, French, Romance Languages
- Hugo, Lane, Biology
- Ana León, Spanish, Romance Languages
- Bill Meyers, History
- Peter Siavelis, Political Sciences
- Miles Silman, Biology
- Antonio Vitti, Romance Languages
The Language Across the Curriculum (LAC) Program was established to provide opportunities for students to use and enhance their language skills while studying in subject areas of interest to them, and to develop a heightened awareness of international issues through the use of primary and secondary sources studied in their original languages. Participation in the LAC Program is open to all students who have completed the Language requirement and achieved fourth-term proficiency in a language other than English. Each term the LAC Program will sponsor a small number of courses in a range of departments from the College. These LAC courses do not focus on language instruction, but instead regard language as a tool of intellectual inquiry.
