Language Programs

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures offers language courses in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. There is also a limited Catalan offering. In all four major languages, our courses have substantive content related to all aspects of culture, including literature, enhancing the intellectual experience of learning a language. In our fifth language, Catalan, we have a first-year sequence, and students can pursue their Catalan study further through special arrangement.

Simplified RLL Language Placement Guidelines

Course Sequence

1st Year: 10   11   15   16
2nd Year: 20   30
3rd Year: 40   50      
4th Year: 60 and above*

*Students who place in the 60 level, may elected to take 70 or higher.

1st Year: 10   11   15   16
2nd Year: 20   30   S-20X (in Italy)
3rd Year: 40   50
4th Year: 60 and above*

*Students who place in the 60 level, may elected to take 70 or higher.

1st Year: 10   11   10S   11S   15
2nd Year: 20   30   S-DF (in Brazil)
3rd Year: 40   50   59
4th Year: 60 and above*

*Students who place in the 60 level, may elected to take 70 or higher.

1st Year: 10   11   15 
2nd Year: 20   30   S-DX (in Argentina)
3rd Year: 40   49H   50   59   59H
4th Year: 60 and above*  

*Students who place in the 60 level, may elected to take 70 or higher.

1st Year: 10   11
2nd Year: 20
3rd Year: 91R
4th Year: 91R

Course Heads
French: Nicole Mills, Claire-Marie Brisson, Karen Turman
Italian: Chiara Trebaiocchi
Portuguese: Cristiane Soares
Spanish:  Adriana Gutiérrez, Johanna Damgaard Liander, María Luisa Parra, Xiomara Feliberty-Casiano
Catalan: Daniel Aguirre-Oteiza

 

Image: "Chaotic Lisbon." Creative Commons attribution (adapted).