Learning Outcomes

• Understand and produce speech in a variety of personal and social contexts; initiate and sustain conversations about multiple topics in the past, present and future tenses. 
• Read and comprehend texts with varied subject matter, multiple points of view and verb tenses. 
• Write prose that includes description and narration on a variety of topics with varied vocabulary.
• Provide interpretations and supporting ideas. 
• Exhibit understanding and demonstrate knowledge of cultural, geographical, historical, and sociopolitical aspects of other societies. 
• Demonstrate an ability to see the world from multiple perspectives and become aware of themselves as members of the global community.

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.