With greater involvement in international business by U.S. companies, a language background is a vital and valuable preparation for a rewarding career. In addition, language brings the world closer, travel becomes more pleasurable, literature and art more meaningful. By learning a foreign language, you make a sound investment in yourself and in your life. The need for people with knowledge of a foreign language is constantly increasing. Training in Classical and Modern Languages prepares students to enter most professional schools, including law, business, and medicine, with proper advising.
Many students go into teaching.
However, there are many other career options where knowledge of a foreign language and literature is a plus, including government work, law enforcement, travel and tourism, business, and communications. The faculty of the Department of Classical and Modern Languages consists of eleven professors of Spanish , six professors of French , four professors of German , one professor of Russian , one of Classics , one of Linguistics, and one of Italian , for a total of twenty four full-time faculty. The full-time faculty are all committed teachers and scholars, whose research interests are as varied as they are. The Department of Classical and Modern Languages has at its disposal several endowments whose funds are used to assist students who want to travel to foreign countries for the purpose of increasing their language abilities. Additionally, there are endowments in French and Spanish which provide tuition assistance for majors in those languages.