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Want to change the world? Another language can help you do that by engaging with today’s problems and developing tomorrow’s solutions. Want to have more job prospects, earn a higher salary, and get ...

As fall quarter begins, many students face the question of how to fulfill a foreign language requirement or whether to continue a language already begun. I’ve lived abroad and spent my career in ...

We offer a dynamic, interdisciplinary education that connects ancient civilizations with the modern world. Through the study of language, literature, history, art, politics, archaeology, religion, and ...