With the close guidance of faculty, you will gain valuable research experience that prepares you for your professional life as well as for graduate school in disciplines related to language, culture, and literature.
As student assistants, modern language majors actively participate in faculty research on literature, language pedagogy, international business, art, culture, public policy, and education. They explore topics and questions related to languages and culture, compile bibliographical references, and copy-edit manuscripts, essays, and articles.
You will also have the opportunity to conduct original research. For example, in the course Methods of Teaching Modern Languages, students create a pedagogical unit that integrates faith and moral issues with the subject matter.
"Working as a student assistant for the past few years has proven to be an invaluable experience for refining and strengthening my Spanish reading, writing, and comprehension skills. The various academic research projects and publications I have assisted on exposed me to a whole other world of advanced Spanish literary, political, and social studies. I will always be grateful for the many ways in which my work as a student assistant advanced my language skills beyond anything I could have learned in a classroom." - Zechariah Voell, Class of 2017