World Languages & Literatures

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The catalog of books for the SJSU Library

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"The Department of World Languages at San José State University is a comprehensive, full-service foreign language department. It offers challenging and rich programs of study in a variety of languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Punjabi, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Under the guidance of a highly qualified and dedicated faculty, students may earn minors in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and baccalaureate degrees in Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. They may also earn Master of Arts degrees in French or Spanish."