达特茅斯大学是全国公认的学习语言和文学的优秀大学。传统上，法文和意大利文系负责引导学生学习其他文化。与美国的本科生相比，我们是最大的外国文学系之一。对法语和意大利语的研究体现了这样的思想，即学习另一种语言不仅仅是在同一事物上学习不同的单词，对新语言的研究还在于学习对事物的不同思考方式。达特茅斯法语和意大利语系是美国相对于本科生而言最大的外国文学系之一，它提供从初学者到文学概论再到单主题高级研讨班等广泛的课程。学生可以通过本系选修专业或辅修专业。每年在法文和意大利总共进行十个为期一个学期的学习计划，学生们一
Dartmouth is nationally recognized as an outstanding college at which to study language and literature. The Department of French and Italian has traditionally taken a lead in efforts to initiate students to other cultures. We are one of the largest foreign literature departments relative to undergraduate population in the United States. We offer a wide array of courses, from beginning language to surveys of literature to single-topic advanced seminars. Students may elect either a major or a minor through the department. The French and Italian Department offers approximately eight term-long study programs located throughout France and Italy every year. Students consistently cite these programs, which are well-established and designed to coordinate with on-campus courses, as high points in their Dartmouth careers.