About the Department

Mission

The Department of Romance Languages at Washington and Lee aims to foster in its students an intellectual and vital interest in language itself, to provide its students with the skills and motivation to use the target language in multiple contexts and to promote in its students cultural competence through the examination of literary and non-literary texts, as well as other forms of expression.

• Mission

Foreign Language FDR

One of the Foundation and Distribution Requirements (FDR) at Washington and Lee is proficiency in a foreign language (FL). Romance Languages offers coursework towards language proficiency in French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

• Foreign Language FDR

Majors and Minors

The list of requirements to graduate with a degree in Spanish, French or Romance Languages or a minor in French.

• Majors and Minors

Spanish Courses

A listing of Spanish course offerings.

• Spanish Courses

French Courses

A listing of French course offerings.

• French Courses

Italian Courses

A listing of Italian course offerings.

• Italian Courses

Portuguese Courses

A listing of Portuguese course offerings.

• Portuguese Courses

Italian and Portuguese

Romance Languages include Italian and Portuguese, and we are pleased to be able to offer courses in these languages as well as in the cultures that speak them.

• Italian and Portuguese

Honors Program

Romance Languages encourages all majors to speak with their advisers about participating in our honors program. The process engages you in original research with a faculty member on a topic of interest to you. Once completed, the honors project is an invaluable asset for graduate or professional school, and qualifies you for graduation with honors.

• Honors Program