Programs
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Twelve Areas of Humanistic Inquiry and Exploration
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers majors and minors in French, German, and Spanish, as well as a minor in Russian. Coursework in the Department’s nine languages also plays a significant role in many interdisciplinary degree programs at Lafayette: Chinese and Japanese support the major and minor in Asian Studies; Russian language and literature are the backbone of the major in Russian & East European Studies; Greek and Latin are the foundation of the minor in Classical Civilization; Modern Hebrew is essential to the minor in Jewish Studies; Spanish is the mainstay of the minor in Latin American & Caribbean Studies. The department is also home to Comparative Literature, which offers a wide selection of courses taught in English and a minor in Literature in Translation.
Finally, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures provides its students the opportunity to study teaching methodology, which includes a FL Teaching Internship in local primary or secondary schools.
A comprehensive list of courses is available to students interested in the aforementioned programs.
