Languages Literatures and Linguistics (LLL)

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Large, diverse, and productive, the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics consists of dozens of faculty members, approximately 30 graduate students, and 3 staff members. In the last three years members of our research faculty have published many books and articles, organized conferences and workshops and taught thousands of undergraduates.

We teach 18 languages, and offer 9 majors and 3 Master's Degrees in French, Linguistics, and Spanish. Our majors are interdisciplinary and many of our courses are cross-listed with other departments and colleges. Nearly 6,000 students take classes in our department each year.

The purposes of our Department are parallel and multiple: to promote the knowledge of languages, to study and facilitate the study of literary and other cultural texts, to study and facilitate the study of language on a theoretical level, and in all its endeavors to promote critical thinking. To these ends, the Department is committed to excellent and innovative scholarship and teaching and to the promotion of diversity and trans-cultural understanding within the Department and the University.