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Academic Departments and Programs
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Asian Languages and Literatures
Comparative Literature
Five College Center for the Study of World Languages
French and Italian Studies
German and Scandinavian Studies
Spanish and Portuguese

Department Information

College of Humanities and Fine Arts

323 Herter Hall

Phone: (413) 545-6716
Website: www.umass.edu/llc/

Chair of Department: Professor C. William Moebius

The department offers eight programs leading to the B.A. degree: 1) Chinese Language and Literature, 2) Japanese Language and Literature, 3) Comparative Literature, 4) French and Francophone Studies, 5) Italian Studies, 6) German and Scandinavian Studies, 7) Spanish, and 8) Portuguese. Many of these programs offer multiple tracks and several offer joint programs with other departments, such as Linguistics. The department offers a stimulating, multilingual, and cosmopolitan environment for literary and cultural studies; study abroad is highly encouraged. Detailed descriptions of the five units comprising the department follow.