- The French division of the department offers a complete language program which includes elementary, intermediate and advanced language, conversation, composition, business French, phonetics, as well as courses designed to provide graduate students from other departments with reading knowledge of French.
- In addition, every year it offers several courses per term given entirely in English, all of which have general education credit.
- A full complement of upper-level courses in literature, film, linguistics, and culture is also offered each year.