It also facilitates development of proficiency in the French, Italian, Arabic, and Swahili languages and fosters critical appreciation of French, Francophone, Italian, and Arabic literatures and cultures.Undergraduate students in all majors may satisfy the World Languages requirement of the General Education Program with courses in Arabic, French, Italian, or Swahili; see "Language for General Education" below. The department offers other General Education courses, and entering students may take the department's First-Year Seminars, one on France, the other on Italy.The Department of French and Italian is one of the academic units in the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures.