Language Studies is an interdisciplinary major offered by the Linguistics Department. It is designed to equip students with competence in one foreign language and, at the same time, provide an understanding of the general nature of human language, its structure and use. Students may choose to take elective courses from a variety of departments, concerning the cultural context of the language of concentration.

Learning Experience

Study and Research Opportunities

✔ B.A. and minor with concentrations in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish

✔ Opportunities to study abroad through UCEAP and the Global Learning Office.

✔ The Undergraduate Research Fellows in Linguistics and Language Science (URFLLS) experiential learning program

✔ Additional undergraduate research opportunities are available through the Linguistics Department and through the Humanities Division

✔ A short video about our programs:

    - Undergraduate majors offered by the Linguistics Department