The Department of Modern Languages at the William & Mary traces its beginnings to a professorship established by Thomas Jefferson in 1779. Today that single professorship has grown to nearly 50 faculty members offering programs in:

• Arabic Studies (Minor)
• Chinese Studies (Major | Minor)
• French & Francophone Studies (Major | Minor)
• German Studies (Major | Minor)
• Hispanic Studies (Major | Minor)
• Italian Studies (Minor)
• Japanese Studies (Major | Minor)
• Russian Studies (Minor)
• Teaching English as a Second Language (Minor)