The Department of Foreign Languages & Literature offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Foreign Language and Literature with concentrations in: French, German, or Spanish. For all languages, a total of 30 upper-division (3000-4000 level) credits hours is required. Students will take 12 credits of specific, required coursework in addition to 18 credits of electives chosen from three tracks: Literature and Film, Culture and Society, and Linguistics and Language for the Professions. A minimum of 3 credits must be taken within each of the three tracks. As long as students complete at least 3 credits in each track, they may fulfill their elective course requirements in whichever track or tracks they choose. <br><br>The department offers introductory through advanced courses in French, German, Russian and Spanish as well as courses through the intermediate level in, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese and Latin. Elementary classes in Mandarin Chinese are also offered. In addition, it participates in such interdisciplinary programs as Latino and Latin American Studies, International Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, and also offers summer courses in France, Germany, Canada, Russia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Spain.