Foreign languages constitute an area of study encompassing the study of languages, literatures, and cultures. Objectives are to learn to understand, read, write, and speak a foreign language and to become familiar with a foreign culture and its literary monuments.
Students learn to express themselves in the target language and to apply it in practical ways.
The department offers courses in Business Spanish, French, and German in addition to the more traditional courses in language and literature. Majors are assigned an advisor according to their chosen language. Satomi Hashimoto, Visiting Lecturer in Modern Languages Japanese B.A., Kansai Gaidai University. All professors in the Foreign Language Department are native speakers or near-native speakers. All instruct both introductory and upper-level courses.