Modern Languages and Literatures
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)