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Choose from 10 programs exploring foreign languages, literatures, and cultures.
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Explore your study abroad options, including programs in Germany, Italy, Russia, and more.
Multilingual Minds Get Hired
Language is the skill that speaks for itself. Here’s what studying another language does for you:
- Gives you a job skill: proficiency in another language.
- Opens up opportunities in government, business, medicine, law, technology, industry, military, marketing, and more.
- Creates global outlooks.
- Boosts memory as well as analytical, communicative and problem-solving skills.
- When other factors such as GPA, cover letters, statements of purpose or job interview performance are equal, language proficiency sets you apart.
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Summer Program in Granada, Spain
Our Spanish students share pictures and anecdotes from their summer in Granada, Spain.
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Coursework: Learning Russian in the heart of Rochester
Undergraduates learn language, culture, politics, and customs from Russian-speaking Jewish émigrés.
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2024-2025
Keep up on all that's new from the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures through our department newsletter.
MLC students have earned 25 Fulbright grants since 2011!
Why MLC?
Our students attend small classes and meet with their instructors—many of whom are native speakers—regularly. With our interdisciplinary curriculum, we prepare students for careers that stress critical thinking and cross-cultural communication. Because our courses are frequently cross-listed with other departments, many MLC students can complete double or even triple majors.
