Main Frame Welcome to Howard University's Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures supports both the mission and the vision of Howard University. Within the College of Arts and Sciences, the DMLL contributes to the realization of Howard's enterprise by offering courses in foreign modern languages and literatures. The DMLL offers basic instruction in Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Swahili, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Yoruba and Zulu. On the graduate level, the Department offers the M.A. in French and Spanish.
Efforts are underway to restore the Ph.D. program in French and Spanish.
Presently there are approximately 46 full-time faculty members. It is the second largest department in the College of Arts and Sciences. The DMLL faculty is a diverse group trained in the language, literature and culture of several nations. The faculty has extensive training, experience, and expertise in areas related to second language teaching, comparative literature and culture, international business, music, film, photographic journalism, pedagogy, anthropology, education, general linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and educational technology. Faculty members have garnered both a national and international reputation.