现代语言和文学系提供法语，德语，日语研究和西班牙语专业的文学学士学位课程。此外，该系还提供中文，希伯来语，意大利语和俄语的未成年人，以及阿拉伯语和葡萄牙语的课程。除与世界文学计划交叉列出的课程外，所有有关现代语言和文学的课程均主要以目标语言授课。除课堂会议外，在课堂以外使用音频材料进行的工作是该部门教授的所有初级和中级语言课程的组成部分。职业机会存在于大学教学，翻译和口译，外交和其他政府服务，商业，国际非营利机构和艺术中，并且通常通过双专业来增加。
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures offers courses of study leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Chinese, French, German, Japanese Studies, and Spanish. In addition, the department offers minors in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish. All courses in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures are taught primarily in the target language, unless the course is cross-listed with the World Literature Program or other interdisciplinary programs. <br><br>Career opportunities for students majoring or minoring in these areas exist in college and university teaching, translation and interpretation, diplomatic and other government service, business, health care, international nonprofit agencies, and the arts. A minor in a modern language and literature can enhance a student's major course of study in a variety of fields, including the natural sciences and engineering. <br><br>Majors in Spanish are expected to acquire the ability to understand, speak, read, and write in Spanish and to develop a broad foundation in the relevant literatures and cultures.<br><br>Students will be able to demonstrate proficiency in the Spanish language: listening and speaking, writing and reading, and be able to express abstract thoughts in the acquired language. Students will be able to demonstrate translingual and transcultural competence, by perfecting their ability to operate between languages and global cultures. Students will be able to analyze texts written in Spanish as well as in translation, such as but not limited to literature, including cinema and other types of cultural productions and non-fiction writings.