Departmental Mission & Vision

The mission of the Department of Modern Languages promotes multilingualism and cross-cultural understanding. The department seeks to cultivate in its minors, majors, and graduate students high proficiency in a second language, as well as knowledge of global cultures and the skills necessary to critically analyze literary and other cultural texts. The department’s faculty is dedicated to increasing students’ cultural awareness and openness to diversity, and to developing their critical thinking, reading, and writing skills through exposure to international perspectives, as well as Louisiana cultural issues, whenever appropriate. The department’s programs aim to develop students’ literacy and enable them to understand significant works of literary or cultural importance, and to equip them with critical tools for literary and cultural analysis. Our goal is to provide students with effective tools to succeed in their careers and to be more knowledgeable and sensitive citizens of the local, regional, and global communities.