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The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
presently offers twelve different languages (Classical and Modern):
Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin,
Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. The Department has twenty-nine faculty
members actively engaged in research, instruction, and service.
The University of Memphis is the only university or
college in the area of West Tennessee and Eastern Arkansas offering a bachelor's
degree in foreign languages, with concentrations in French, German, Latin,
Italian, Japanese, and Spanish; more limited programs are offered in Chinese, Greek,
Hebrew, Italian, and Japanese. The Master of Arts is offered in Romance
Languages, with a concentration in either French or Spanish. Courses are
available in literature, linguistics, foreign literature in English
translation, civilization, and business language.
The study of a foreign language is central to the
international mission of the University, since it offers the student a
deeper appreciation of a foreign culture. As the United States continues
to increase its involvement in foreign trade, tourism, and international
cooperative ventures, an awareness and an understanding of the culture and
civilization of those countries become indispensable for the enlightened
and literate individual. In addition to the basic language courses at the
lower level, the Department also serves the wider, humanistic goals of the
University as a whole by providing courses in advanced language,
literature, linguistics, culture, and civilization. These courses provide
one of the bases for a liberal education by broadening the intellectual
and cultural horizons of the student and by introducing him or her to a
more profound perception of what is meant by the term "humanity": foreign
language courses accomplish this by illustrating the different ways that
human beings of different nationalities look at and react to reality.
The university also offers
language online courses. Online courses use a different methodology from
the communicative approach used in our face-to-face foreign language
classes. Please consult with the Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures if you have any questions.”
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