Guidebooks

A resource for Arts & Sciences students, the guidebook focuses on policies, the majors, experiential education, the core curriculum and major requirements. Copies are available in the dean's office, or as PDFs, below.

Modern Languages
Department's Web site

The study of modern languages can be of value to all students, regardless of their major fields of interest. In the complex and rapid pace of modern life, there is a need for increased communication among varied and often divergent cultures, even those within the narrow confines of one's own community. To better understand and appreciate these cultures, it is important to know the ways in which the members of the culture think.

As the principal means of communication, language frequently offers the key to understanding. Thus, language may serve to help one achieve a more cosmopolitan, open-minded, and sensitive view of the world. The department offers opportunities for background preparation to students interested in elementary, secondary school, or college teaching; international business relations; high-tech fields; government service; journalism; library science; world affairs; travel; and community service, especially in Spanish-speaking areas. Those who wish to teach in college must plan on graduate study.