Program Overview

Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures

The Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures department offers a variety of programs and degrees for undergraduate and graduate students.

Undergraduate Programs

• Majors and Concentrations
• Minors
• Core/Gen Ed Courses
• Critical Languages
• Global Readiness Certificate
• Certificate in Translation and Interpretation
• Spanish Heritage
• Interdisciplinary Minors
  • Asian Studies
  • Comparative Literature
  • Medieval Renaissance Studies Center
  • Women's & Gender Studies
• Accelerated Bachelor to Master's Programs

Graduate Degrees

• Languages and Cultures, M.A.: Applied Linguistics
• Languages and Cultures, M.A.: Classics
• Languages and Cultures, M.A.: German
• Romance Languages, M.A.: French
• M.A. in Romance Languages, Spanish - Literary and Cultural Studies
• M.A. in Romance Languages, Spanish - Linguistics
• Ph.D. in Spanish, Literary and Cultural Studies
• Ph.D. in Spanish, Linguistics
• Joint Degree, M.A./M.Ed.
• Teaching Assistantships

Graduate Programs

• International Teaching Assistant Program
• Certificate in English Language for Academic and Professional Communication
• Certificate in Teaching Second Languages in Local and Global Contexts
• Portuguese Graduate Minor

Community Programs

• English in the Evenings
• Student Clubs & Organizations
• Spanish Translation
• Conversational Spanish Classes

Teaching Second Languages in Local and Global Contexts Online Graduate Certificate

This 12-hour online graduate certificate program offers courses that address the pedagogical knowledge and skills that teachers and teacher candidates need to develop instructional materials and implement courses and modules into their academic programs both in face-to-face and online formats.

Required Courses

• LING 5322 - Foundations for Second Language Teaching
• LING 5325 - Technology in Teaching Second Languages
• LING 5382 - Seminar in Second Language Instruction: Task-Based Language Teaching
• LING 5383 - Seminar in Second Language Acquisition: Action Research in Language Classrooms