Even if you take just a few courses, learning a language will make you more marketable in every career path and more culturally aware. Any position or self-employment enterprise is enhanced if you can communicate in a second language, and you will be better prepared for the jobs in the current market and for those that still do not exist but will arrive in the future!
The department offers a minor in Spanish that will provide you with the in-depth study of the language that you are looking for!
Additionally, it will equip you with "soft skills" that are highly valued by employers, such as:
- Critical thinking, independent thinking
- Attention to details
- Cross-cultural competency and awareness of cultural issues
- Defining and analyzing complex problems
- Oral and written comprehension
- Communication skills: both ways, communicating and listening well
- Improve the student's first language. Learning a second language increases vocabulary and eloquence and gives a better understanding of different registers of formality and informality.
See more in the “Did you know?” section below.
- We have a dedicated, enthusiastic, and rigorous faculty to support your learning.
- We offer a variety of exciting courses in literature, linguistics, film, translation and cultural issues.
- Students can select from over a hundred of study abroad programs offered by our department or through the SUNY system. Short- and long-term program are available
- Foreign Languages and Cultures will not only allow you to communicate with people from other countries or cultures but also will improve your communication skills in your native language and provide "soft skills" that employers value and seek.
- Jobs and careers where you can apply your language knowledge.
- Knowledge of a second language expands your mind and mental flexibility and enhances your job marketability. Many employers believe that a multilingual employee is worth two. Languages open opportunities to study and work abroad and make travel more interesting and meaningful.
Find the Fredonia Foundations language requirement in the College Catalog.
Sign up for the Language Placement Exam.
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