About the Department
The Department provides programs for interested students as well as studies leading to:a major; minor or certificate of language proficiency in: French, German, Italian, and Russian. Programs are designed to provide comprehensive functional language skills, special preparation for the business and professional arenas, and a comprehensive understanding of literature as a preparation for graduate study.

Students are also encouraged to study abroad in Paris, Leipzig, the Universities of Hamburg and Tubingen in Germany, the Temple University campus in Rome, or on study abroad programs in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vladimir or other Russian cities.

Department courses in French, German, Italian, and Russian include

• Introductory and Intermediate Language
• Conversation
• Language for Business and the Professions
• Introductory and Advanced Literature
• Composition
• Culture and Civilization
  

Students can also choose to complete a double major by combining one of the language programs with any of 100 other majors at Temple University, including business, management, communications, journalist, music, health professions, fine arts, social sciences, or engineering and science.

Students also have the opportunity to work on Temple's literary magazine for World Languages, published annually.  For more information, contact Prof. Laura Spagnoli (spagnoli@temple.edu) or visit the web site of In Other Words.