Understanding another language opens up new worlds – and makes you a more qualified job candidate.
Modern Languages and Literatures
Modern Languages and Literatures Department Adviser Hours
Due to COVID-19, advisers have provided updated availability for students.
What Can You Do With a Degree in Modern Languages and Literatures?
Proficiency in more than one language is among the most important skills a job seeker can have. Research has also shown that foreign language skills can lead to enhanced job opportunities and higher wages for today's workers.
Roberto Brodsky Joins MLL this Fall
Award-winning novelist, Latin American Literature Today editor-at-large, and screenwriter Roberto Brodsky, Ph.D., will be joining the Modern Languages and Literatures Department this fall, teaching Contemporary Latin American Fiction. Welcome!
Interested in Professor Brodsky's class? E-mail the department.
Contact Information
Department Chairperson: Chia-ju Chang
Deputy Chairperson: Alejandro Alonso
Graduate Deputy: Prof. Bernardita Llanos
Language Coordinator: Sara Aponte-Olivieri
Location: 4239 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5451
Email: MLL@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Fax: 718.951.4235
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, Haitian Creole, 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, 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.
Spanish M.A. at Brooklyn College
Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture—Spanish Teacher (7–12)
Graduate students engage with Spanish and Latin American literature, cultures, translation, language, and pedagogy with an expert faculty.
Students benefit from access to the many events, programs, and resources of New York City's and Brooklyn's unique connections with Latin American and Latinx community and life.
The option to specialize in a thesis or a capstone teaching unit ensures that students are well prepared for future doctoral studies or a career as a Spanish language teacher.
Our graduates have an impressive record of success in careers in academia, public policy, international affairs, media, human rights, community organizing, and NGO and government service.
Students from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Full- and part-time options are available.
French Studies at Brooklyn College
Why Study French?
- There are 200 million French speakers on five continents.
- It is the most widely learned foreign language after English.
- French opens the doors of employment at companies throughout the world.
- It is both a working language and an official language of the United Nations and other organizations.
- French opens up opportunities at renowned French universities and business schools.
