English Majors

• English Major
  • engage in creative responses to human experience by exploring ideas, values, and artistic achievements in written, spoken, and visual media
  • learn how to think critically, analyze all forms of communication, and solve problems through research
• Writing Major
  • acquaint yourself with literary studies
  • express yourself through creative writing courses and workshops
  • receive a background in the philosophy of literature, mass media reporting, and technical writin

Language Majors

• French Language Major
• German Language Major
• Spanish Language Major - Like our Facebook Page
  
  
  • Studies are shaped by international experiences designed to increase your language proficiency and immerse you in another culture
  • In-depth study of another culture and living abroad for an extended period of time will give you insight into how other cultures view the world, as well as a better understanding of American culture
    

Cultural Studies Majors

• Modern Languages: French Studies
• Modern Languages: German Studies

May Term

• Take part in a May Term experience, where students spend four weeks abroad, combining intensive language study with faculty-led excursions to sites of historical and cultural significance.

• During May Term,Spanish majors and minors visit pre-Columbian sites and study in Cuernavaca, Mexico; French/French studies majors and minors travel to a language institute in Paris; German/German studies majors and minors visit several cities in Germany.

Study Abroad

• As a junior, French, German, and Spanish majors will study abroad for a semester or a year.
• Many students choose to study at the University of Grenoble in France; the Universities of Bonn or Jena in Germany; and the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico, or the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies in Córdoba or Buenos Aires, Argentina, or Seville, Spain.