现代语言和古典学系的教职员工致力于与缅因大学的土地和海洋补助金使命相辅相成的卓越教学，研究和公共服务。我们认识到优质的教学是我们对学院，大学和缅因州人民的首要承诺，我们致力于自身的专业发展和课程的生命力，我们还致力于为我们的社区和缅因州的语言老师，我们受作为教育者的价值观的束缚，将自己投入到学术和创造性作品中，我们的研究有助于改善教学质量，帮助解释语言的文化背景，并提供新的知识为我们的学科。现代语言和古典学系是大学的第一个提供多样性培训和国际交流的机构，涉及学习世界语言和理解全球文化的表现。它提供法语和西
The faculty members of the Department of Modern Languages and Classics are committed to excellence in teaching, research, and public service consonant with the Land and Sea Grant mission of the University of Maine. We recognize that quality teaching is our first commitment to the College, the University, and the people of the state of Maine, We are dedicated to our own professional development and to the vitality of our curriculum, and we also strive to be of service to our community and to the teachers of languages in the state of Maine, We are bound by our values as educators to apply ourselves to scholarly and creative works, our research contributes to pedagogical improvement, helps explain the cultural context of languages, and provides new knowledge for our disciplines. The Department of Modern Languages and Classics is the University's first provider of diversity training and international communication when it comes to learning the languages of the world and understanding the manifestations of global cultures. It offers graduate programs in French and Spanish, and undergraduate majors in French, Spanish, Romance Languages, and International Affairs. Minors are available in French, Spanish, Professional Languages, and Classical Studies, while an alternate language study program makes instruction through the intermediate level available in selected languages: Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and Russian, among others. Courses in German, Hebrew, and Latin are also offered. In addition to training the bulk of the state's language teachers and providing professional opportunities to them, the Department is a touchstone for success on the international stage for all degrees, humanistic and professional, offered by the University of Maine.<br><br>A certificate in Spanish, French, or German requires a minimum of nine credits in the target language, at least three of which must be above the intermediate level (300-level or above).