Faculty
Teresa A. Sears, Professor and Head of Department
Professors Fein, Smith, Smith-Soto; Associate Professors Campo, Chesak, Goode, Koenig, Mather-Koestler, Sotomayor; Assistant Professors Grossi, Rauch; Lecturers Amat, Beal, Bender, Cordoba, Daughton, Dola, Hill, Levine, McLin, Taylor, Witt

Romance Languages
Accelerated Masters Program	Courses
Honors	Majors
Minor-French	Minor-Spanish
Second Major-French	Second Major-Spanish
Teacher Licensure-French	Teacher Licensure-Spanish

The Department of Romance Languages offers a variety of programs in language, literature, and culture of the three major Romance areas of French, Spanish, and Italian. Students may begin the study of any of these at the elementary level or continue it at the intermediate level.

Students with one or more years of high school French or Spanish who wish to continue the study of that same language must take the Language Placement Test. Incoming transfer students returning to the study of French or Spanish begun in high school but not previously pursued at the college level must also take the test. The test is given in groups just before the beginning of each semester and is also available on an individual basis during the year in the Romance Languages Department. Students should call for an appointment. Placement test scores will be valid for one year after the test is taken.

Intermediate proficiency is expected for further work in French or Spanish; according to the student's interests, he or she may then begin the study of literature or develop language skills in composition and conversation. Native or near-native speakers must consult with an appropriate departmental advisor before signing up for courses in the Romance Languages Department.

The Department's goals are three-fold:

1. To provide practical training in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing a foreign language;

2. To promote those values in the liberal arts tradition that derive particularly from the study of language and literature: increased understanding of language itself as structure and process, and the enlightening encounter with cultures and modes of thought different from one's own.

3. To prepare students interested in becoming French and Spanish teachers by providing a range of courses and experiences in their prospective field.

In addition to the Bachelor of Arts degree, the department offers the Master of Arts in Romance Languages with concentrations in French, Spanish, French education, and Spanish education.

Special facilities and features include language laboratories, the possibility of study abroad, and French and Spanish honorary societies. Achievement in Romance studies is recognized by five annual awards to outstanding juniors and seniors.