Modern Languages and Literatures

Chair: Dr. Mercedes Julia
Office: 303 St. Augustine Center
Tel. (610) 519-4680
Website: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/modernlanglit/

MAJORS: Majors in French and Francophone Studies, German, Italian, or Spanish are required to take ten courses above the intermediate level. Once a sequence of language courses has begun, a student may not revert to a lower level course. This does not apply to upper level courses (above 1132). Majors in French, German, Italian, are required to take the research seminar, ML 2100. FRE 1133 is required of all majors in French and Francophone Studies. For majors in Spanish SPA 1138 or SPA 2400, SPA 2100 or SPA 2212 and SPA 3950 are required.

MINORS: Students may minor in Arabic, Chinese, French and Francophone Studies, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, or Spanish. Minors in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian must complete six courses in the language in sequence. For minors in French and Francophone Studies, German, Italian and Spanish four courses above the intermediate level in the language are required.

The Department also offers literature courses in English translation. Such courses may be used to fulfill a Humanities elective; however, they may not be used toward credit requirements for a language major or minor. An upper level literature course in any language taught in the Department satisfies the advanced literature core requirement. At the same time, it may also count for the minor in a language. However, it may not count for both the advanced literature requirement and the major in a language, except in the case of double majors.

Students may obtain six credits through Villanova summer programs abroad in France, Germany, Italy, Chile, and Spain.

See the website address above for more information.