World Languages Minors

We offer minors in French Studies, German Studies, and Hispanic Studies. If you’re primarily interested in another field, adding such a minor can broaden your understanding of that field and propel your career – a language minor goes well with every major!

Literacy and cultural competency—a solid understanding of a language and the ability to understand and communicate about the ideas expressed in everything from literature to popular culture—are at the forefront of our French Studies, German Studies, and Hispanic Studies minors. Our curriculum is an introduction to, immersion in, and engagement with the cultures that speak these languages.  
 
The goal is not only to teach you how to speak, read, and communicate in a world language, but to help you develop personal skills including perseverance, curiosity, self-discipline, risk-taking, willingness to learn from mistakes, and the courage to push beyond your comfort zone.