Undergraduate Information
Communicate with your neighbors in their native tongue, whether they’re next door or on the other side of the world.
Knowing another language is one of the most valuable skills you will ever possess, and learning it at Brooklyn College—located in one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse areas in the world—will be one of the wisest decisions you ever make. You can major in French, Italian, Russian, or Spanish; pick up a minor in any of those languages as well as Chinese or German; and dabble in Arabic, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Japanese, and Portuguese. With fluency in another language—and the cultural connections that are inextricably linked to it—you will not only travel the world with more confidence, but you’ll also become a very desirable candidate for careers in almost any position imaginable, from education to law, international relations to business, and government to the arts, to name just a few.
Language Study in the Age of Globalization
This brochure by the Modern Language Association (PDF) is directed primarily at college students. It explains how knowing other languages enriches students’ personal lives, expands their range of professional opportunities, and increases their power to act as citizens of the world.
Academic Advisement
Program Advisers
Chinese Minor and Concentration
- Email Professor Chia-ju Chang
French Major, Minor, and Concentration
- Email Professor Bernd Renner, Deputy Chair
German Minor
- Email Associate Professor William Childers, Department Chair, and Luis Bernardo Quesada Nieto
Italian and LOTE Advisement
- Email Associate Professor William Childers, Department Chair, and Luis Bernardo Quesada Nieto
Russian Major, Minor, and Concentration
- Email Associate Professor William Childers, Department Chair, and Luis Bernardo Quesada Nieto
Spanish Major, Minor, and Concentration
- Email Associate Professor William Childers, Department Chair, and Luis Bernardo Quesada Nieto
General Questions
For general questions, contact the department between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
E: MLL@brooklyn.cuny.edu
P: 718.951.5000 ext. 5451