The Romance Languages is one of eighteen departments of the College of Arts and Sciences. Its primary mission is to provide a variety of liberal arts programs in the language, literature, and culture of the three major Romance areas: French, Italian, and Spanish. In addition to offering the Bachelor of Arts and the Master of Arts degrees in French and Spanish, the Department takes very seriously its role in preparing teachers of those languages for the public schools of North Carolina. In the service of that portion of the mission, the Department participates in the Master of Education degree with concentrations in French and Spanish, which is housed in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction of the School of Education. The Department is committed to excellence in teaching and research, and it supports intellectual community and critical inquiry across the disciplines, with the professional schools, and with the public.