	French
	Italian

Undergraduate Programs

French

The Bachelor of Arts program in French (with two concentrations) provides students with the opportunity to pursue course work at all levels in French language, literature, cultural and intellectual history, theory, film, and Francophone studies. It understands the domain of “French Studies” in the broadest possible sense: as encompassing the complex of cultural, political, social, scientific, commercial, and intellectual phenomena associated with French-speaking parts of the world, from France and Belgium to Canada, Africa, and the Caribbean.

A curator for Romance Languages oversees the extensive French collection at Green Library. The Hoover Institute on War, Revolution, and Peace also includes a wealth of materials on 20th-century France and on French social and political movements.

A distinguished group of visiting faculty and instructors contribute regularly to the life of the French section. The section maintains frequent contacts with the Ecole Normale Supérieure, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, the Ecole Polytechnique, and other prestigious institutions.

Italian

The Bachelor of Arts program in Italian offers a variety of programs in Italian language, literature, culture, and intellectual history. Course offerings range from small and highly specialized graduate seminars to general courses open to all students on authors such as Dante, Boccaccio, and Machiavelli. There are a number of degree options available at the undergraduate level such as a major in Italian, or an extended major in Italian and French literature or Italian and English literature. Special collections and facilities at Stanford offer the possibility for extensive research in Italian studies and related fields. These include the undergraduate and graduate libraries and the Hoover Institution for the Study of War, Revolution, and Peace. Collections in Green Research Library are especially strong in the Medieval, Renaissance, and contemporary periods. The Italian section is one of the larger constituents of the Western European collection at the Hoover Library. In addition, the Music Library has excellent holdings in Italian opera.