对于喜欢学习语言但又很难选择语言的学生，FLL提供受欢迎的语言跨学科专业。专业人士从UNM提供的所有语言中选择2种语言进行专业化处理（拉丁语，古希腊语，西班牙语，葡萄牙语，法语，德语，意大利语，俄语，中文，日语，阿拉伯语，纳瓦霍语，古英语，手语等），以及语言学和语言历史课程。语言专业可以让学生获得对语言学习的一般介绍，并可以选择两种学生选择的专业化语言。
The Languages program offers two majors (a first major option and a second major option) and a minor. In all three options participants have the opportunity to become proficient in two of the languages offered by the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures, including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Ancient Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin or Russian. In addition, students can substitute one of the languages above for Spanish or Portuguese, Navajo or ASL.<br><br>In addition to linguistic proficiency (speaking, listening, reading and writing), students studying Languages also gain proficiency in the cultures of the people who speak the languages, including insight into the historical development of those cultures and the social values and specificities of those cultures, and have the language experience and motivation needed to take full advantage of the many foreign exchange programs offered at UNM.