Students in the  programme delivered by Saint Peter's University love the small classes, dynamic teaching and interactive learning.

For those who are seeking a true linguistic challenge, the department offers “Romance-Language Synthesis” in which students go from learning the alphabet to reading and discussing novels in three languages simultaneously: Spanish, French and Italian.

Whatever your chosen destination you acquire the native language, become familiar with its history, culture, and traditions, and then experience the joy of living and working (and speaking) in that culture.

At the conclusion of the program majors will be able to:

I. Demonstrate Proficiency in the Target Language in the Four Core Language Skills of Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing

• Oral/Interpersonal: Narrates, describes, and interacts with native speakers in all moods and tenses in paragraph-length discourse, both in colloquial and formal contexts, and in a variety of topics of both personal and public concern;

• Oral/Presentational: Reports, narrates, and describes in extended discourse and in all moods and tenses, both orally and in writing, in a variety of topics of personal and public concern;

• Writing: Narrates and describes using appropriate grammatical and syntactical structures to produce written texts in several genres on a variety of topics of personal and public concern

II. Demonstrate Competency in the Interpretation of Texts (especially Literary Texts) in the Target Language through Formal Analysis of Grammar, Syntax, Lexicon, and Literary Devices, as Well as Situating These Texts in the Socio-Historical, Philosophical, Theological, and Aesthetic Contexts of the Western Tradition and of World Literature in General

Careers

We offer outstanding preparation for careers in law, communications, journalism, public relations, education, travel and tourism, international business and commerce, diplomacy, publishing, translation, defense, and law enforcement.