Foreign language Degree at Lafayette College
Friday, February 27th, 2009Mastering a second language is a necessity as business, technology, and nations become more interconnected. Proficiency in a second language gives you an advantage in today’s complex world, expanding your ability to understand cultures beyond your own.
As you study another language and develop communicative skills, you also learn about the people who speak the language. By studying their literature, films, and music, you will develop intercultural skills that will broaden your career options and increase your appreciation of life and other peoples.
Degree Options
Lafayette offers majors and minors in French, German, and Spanish. You may also study Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, and classical Greek and Latin. You may also major in interdisciplinary studies programs with a strong foreign language component such as:
Asian Studies
Government & Law and Foreign Language
History and Foreign Language & Cultures
International Affairs
International Economics and Commerce
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Russian and East European Studies
Engineering majors may pursue a two-degree program in which they earn a B.S. in an engineering field and an A.B. in international studies. Students who choose this double degree select a language as part of this program.
The department also offers minors in comparative literature, classical languages and literatures, and classical civilization. Hebrew language courses may be applied to the Jewish studies minor.