Modern Languages
Whether or not you plan to use a foreign language in your future career, studying one at Bentley can significantly enhance your career options. It will also make you a more well-rounded individual and culturally sensitive global citizen. We offer a diverse and engaging array of courses in Chinese, French, Italian and Spanish. Each class is carefully designed to help you hone your language and communication skills while also developing the critical cultural awareness necessary for success in our ever-expanding global community. Additionally, you’ll have the opportunity to venture outside the classroom through study abroad and internship opportunities that offer experiential learning and cultural immersion. Whichever career path you ultimately choose, our Modern Languages courses help you prepare for future success by fostering a deeper awareness and understanding of our interconnected world.
Degree Programs
Minor Programs
Language Placement
Astourian Awarded Fulbright Fellowship
Assistant Professor Laure Astourian received a Fulbright Fellowship to study in Paris at the École Normale Supérieure, one of France’s most prestigious universities. Astourian will spend nearly five months in the City of Light, conducting research for her forthcoming book about the role of ethnography in French films of the 1950s and ’60s.
Working with local communities
Bentley University Spanish Students earn a fourth credit while partaking in service learning at a local elementary school. Alongside the parents of the students at Whittemore Elementary School that want to improve their English, Bentley students spend a half hour speaking in English and a half hour in Spanish about topics ranging from holidays and tourist sites to the difference in educational systems in the US and Central America. While performing service learning, students also improve their Spanish speaking skills and learn about Hispanic cultures. Moreover, they learn more about Waltham's immigrant community and form meaningful cross-cultural relationships.
Casablanca Capstone
For her Honors Program Capstone research, Hannah Rauch ’19 combined her Finance major and French minor, exploring the economic realities of women in French-speaking Northern Africa. Then, she presented her research at an international conference in Casablanca, Morocco.
Christian Rubio
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Morison Hall 285
781.891.2694
crubio@bentley.edu
Darlene Saunders
Senior Academic Coordinator
Morison Hall 109
781.891.3137
dsaunders@bentley.edu