
The certificates program in languages was instituted as a means to allow students who seek formal training in a modern foreign language but who, for reasons of time and other commitments, cannot complete the full requirements toward a major. With its sequence of courses, students in the program will systematically build up proficiency in the language and, in their senior year, will receive from the respective department a certificate officially attesting to their having fulfilled the requirements. Certificates are possible in Arabic, French, German, Russian, Spanish.
At Williams, the Center for Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures has brought together faculty and students in Foreign Languages, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics since 1986. Faculty in all these areas are dedicated to promoting of the study of foreign languages, increasing connections with other cultures on campus and abroad, and encouraging intellectual development across disciplinary boundaries.
