Students can perfect their knowledge of the following languages and their associated cultures through the following majors.
French

- Major Requirement: 12 courses beyond core requirement, which includes two ML courses, three or four 200-level courses and at least six 300-level courses.
- Cool Courses!
FR310 – Business French: A Functional Approach
FR331 – Savoring French Literature
FR376 – Outsiders in Sub-Saharan Francophone Literature
- Study abroad at the American University in Paris. Exchange programs are in Montpellier for the summer and also in Lyon for more business courses.
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German

- Major Requirement: 12 courses beyond core requirement, which includes two ML courses, three or four 200-level courses and at least six 300-level courses. The German Area Studies Concentration would require more German courses.
- Cool Courses!
GR250 – Business German
GR315 – German and the Nobel Prize in Literature
GR359 – History and Development of German Business
- Study abroad for a year in Berlin; there is also an exchange program at the Universität Koblenz.
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Spanish

- Major Requirement: 12 courses beyond the core requirement, which includes two ML courses, three or four 200-level courses and at least six 300-level courses.
- Cool Courses!
SN307 – Contemporary Spanish Civilization and Culture
SN308 – Violence and Culture: Colombia in the 20th Century
SN327 – History of the Spanish Language
- Study abroad in the fall or spring in Alcalá, Spain or in San Salvador. Exchange programs are available in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; and in Madrid, Spain.
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Comparative Cultures and Literary Studies

- Major Requirement: two 200-level courses taught at Loyola, six 300-level courses (one a ML307 or ML380), plus four courses in participating departments.
- Cool Courses!
HS370 – Jesuits in Asia since 1542
PL381 – German Idealism
PS365 – International Politics
- Able to participate in a study abroad program.
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