Purpose Statement

Spanish + Majors + Academics

The Department of Languages and Linguistics provides students with coursework in modern languages as well as experiences in the scientific analysis of language to fulfill core curriculum requirements, support other majors, minors, and concentrations, and provide specific programs that meet the professional and educational needs of graduates.

Educational Objectives


  1. To provide coursework and experiences in modern languages that enable students to:
    • gain speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in Spanish and French languages and to integrate those skills with the Christian experience.
    • become familiar with the value systems and lifestyles of other cultures in ways which enable them to appreciate other cultures and evaluate their own culture more objectively.
    • develop the competence to use their own native language through comparisons and contrasts with the systems of a second language.
  2. To provide coursework and experiences in linguistics that enable students to:
    • identify the origin and structure of languages.
    • analyze the morphological and syntactic structure of languages.
    • understand and use principles of sound system identification and analysis.
    • apply the various sub-disciplines of linguistics.
    • satisfy training requirements of SIL International.