Modern Language

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Undergraduate programs in Modern Language and Literature stress both practical and humanistic goals. A series of graduated language courses permits acquisition of oral, aural and written mastery of a foreign language. A major in Modern Language and Literature provides its graduates with both a specific area of skills and competence and a sense of the relationship between their particular discipline and the large body of knowledge that is the heritage of liberally educated persons.

CUA students have the opportunity to major in French, Spanish, Italian, or German. Modern Language majors learn to express themselves clearly and correctly through required advanced language courses. They acquire a general knowledge of the literature as a whole in survey courses and a deeper knowledge of special areas in the courses that follow which culminates in a final senior seminar class which coordinates all knowledge and skills which have been acquired until that point.

Marketable Skills of Modern Languages Majors

- Understanding historical Language change
- Explaining complex concepts
- Reading critically
- Interpreting data
- Evaluating information and evidence
- Comparing translations and interpretations
- Acknowledging value systems
- Listening carefully
- Reading for content and structure
- Communicating between cultures

Sample of Positions Obtained by CUA
Modern Languages Graduates

Foreign Service Specialist

Translator/Interpreter

Cultural Attaché

Foreign Diplomat

Travel Writer

Intelligence Specialist

Customs/Immigration Officer

ESL (English as a Second Language) Teacher

Modern Language Alumni Careers

Internships Obtained by Spanish/Spanish for International Service Students

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