Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Modern Languages and Literatures] From Union College

We are acutely aware that students? need for a global, multicultural education is greater than ever in our interdependent contemporary society.

Union teaches language courses both in the original language and in translation. There are full programs leading to a major in?Chinese,?French,?German?and?Spanish, as well as an interdepartmental major in?Russian?and minors in Russian and?Japanese.

We offer a year of Hebrew; a year of Arabic; a course in Italian for students preparing for the Sicily term abroad every other spring term; a course in Portuguese for those preparing for the Brazil term; and a course in Swahili for the term abroad in Tanzania every other year.

As a modern languages and literature student, you can easily combine a language major or minor with any discipline. You can live in a language-oriented theme house on campus, and participate in language clubs and language tables.

Our extensive library collection and state-of-the-art language laboratory further supports your work.

And you can explore the world and its languages through many term abroad programs, from Argentina to France to Vietnam.

At Union, your study of modern languages and literatures will be an academic journey ? deeply personal, unusually exciting, always challenging ? that will stay with you for a lifetime.