• Engage successfully in basic conversation (e.g. ask and answer questions in everyday social situations).
• Read and understand simple texts.

• Write short compositions using past, present, and future tenses appropriately.

Students graduating with a language/literature major or minor are expected to be able to:

• Converse with other speakers of the target language on a variety of topics.
• Read and understand expository prose.
• Write coherent, grammatically correct essays on a variety of topics.
• Be familiar with the culture, history and literature of the countries whose language is under study.
• Engage in literary analysis (using the correct literary terminology, grammar, stylistic requisites) by writing clear and well-organized compositions.

Students graduating with an Italian studies minor, German studies minor, or Asian studies minor will be able to:

• Converse using the present, past, and future tenses in everyday situations.
• Demonstrate satisfactory reading and writing skills.
• Engage the target culture through various disciplines, including politics, economics, anthropology, history, literature, and art.