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Featured Course

FRENCH 315 A: Everything But Writing; Advanced Oral Skills Development

Summer 2018

Focuses entirely on the development of oral production skills, listening comprehension skills and vocabulary expansion, through the use of audio-visual documents as well as texts. Using a task-based approach, achieves a high level of interaction... Learn more

New Study Abroad Program in Rome for Winter 2019!

Italian Studies Rome: From Empire to Present Day - Language, Culture, and Society in Italy is a new program sponsored by the French and Italian Studies department designed for a