Rare is the Aggie who does not take a language course in this Department. Every year, over 5,500 students enroll in beginning, intermediate, and advanced language classes in Chinese, French, German, ancient Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, and Spanish. Many other students take the Department's very popular courses in culture, such as French film, Hispanic film and literature, medical terminology, classical literature in translation, and Russian music and art. The Department also offers various Honors courses in areas such as French, mythology, Spanish, and German.
Graduate students come to study the literatures and cultures of Spain and of Latin America.
Others go on to attend prestigious Ph.D. programs or to teach in high schools and community colleges throughout Texas and the United States. The Department has developed very successful summer Study Abroad programs to France, Germany, Mexico, Russia, and Spain. Students participating on these trips return bursting with the excitement and personal awareness that first-hand experience in European or Mexican culture, language, and society inspires. Space in summer abroad trips to Mexico and Spain is booked by early February. The Department seeks to address the changing population of Texas by offering classes specifically for Parents are amazed when they see their children who are majoring in business, engineering, economics, Students already understand that as they move into the twentieth-first century to face social, economic, and political challenges, it is essential for them to participate in a global society where they can appreciate each other's language and culture.