Our undergraduate students receive a comprehensive introduction to the language, literatures, and cultures of French-, German-, and Spanish-speaking cultures and to the increasingly multicultural, transnational, and global contexts that define these cultures today. We are committed to providing all students - those who fulfill their language requirement in our courses and undergraduate majors or minors - with a deeper understanding of the language and the importance of cultural literacy in an increasingly global world. World Languages and Literatures majors and minors choose two language and literatures to combine from French, German, and Spanish. We offer challenging language, culture and business courses in all three languages and aim to prepare our students for global citizenship as well as the career path of their choice. We encourage all of our majors and minors to participate in our study abroad and exchange programs in France, Germany, Spain, Costa Rica, and Argentina. Because of the generosity of alumni and friends, we are able to offer scholarship opportunities to students for study abroad and studying languages at Samford.