Program Learning Objectives:

•  demonstrate deep knowledge of the target language and culture
•  compare and contrast world cultures
•  identify and describe major literary movements
•  explain how an individual literary work reflects the literary movement in which it was created
• analyze literary and other cultural products creatively through appropriate theoretical and historical lenses
• analyze linguistic phenomena in terms of syntax, dialectology, phonology, and historical linguistics
•  design and carry out an original research project, write up results using conventions appropriate to the discipline
•  present research results to an audience of professors and peers
•  implement teaching strategies in line with current language acquisition theories