Academics

About the Department

The Department of Modern Languages is the home of eight different languages and its faculty consists of over twenty members between professors and adjuncts who teach courses ranging from introductory language level to literature, culture, and film.

The Department offers full programs leading to a major and a minor in French and in Italian; a minor in Chinese and in Japanese and introductory language courses in Arabic, German, Russian, and in Vietnamese.

 


Why UMass Boston?

Bob Chen speaks with his colleagues as three sensor buoys are readied for the spring.

Bob Chen

Professor of Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences; BA Chemistry and Physics, Harvard University; PhD Marine Chemistry, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UC San Diego

“They call me an urban oceanographer because I study the ocean water right off Morrissey Boulevard.”

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