Romance Languages Major

With a Romance Languages AB you can pursue advanced proficiency in a combination of any two Romance languages. Or, just concentrate on Portuguese or Italian.Students laugh in a garden 

Advisor: Kate Daley-Bailey
rladv@uga.edu

Office: 242A Gilbert Hall
Phone Number: 706-542-5779

For students wishing to major in Italian or Portuguese, the Romance Languages AB has single language Italian or Portuguese options. Want to be trilingual? Then the Romance Languages AB is also for you; just choose two languages.

advantages of a major in TWO LANGUAGES 

Grace St. Urbain, UGA '20, A.B. in Romance Languages—Spanish and French, is J.D. Graduate from UMass School of Law. Upon graduation from UGA, she was employed as a Bilingual Victim Advocate in the Cobb County District Attorney's Office. Listen to her message for students considering a Romance Languages degree.

Esteban Lazaro, UGA '26, Triple Major in French, Spanish, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and minor in Latinx Studies, was offered a summer Graduate Intern position for UGA's New Student Orientation upon graduation. Celebrated as a Top 100 Student Employee, he will pursue an MA in Higher Education and Student Affairs at Boston College. Read more.

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Global internship or research capstone funding

New for 2026-2027, the Hellerstein Romance Immersive Fund, endowed by Professor Emerita Nina Hellerstein, provides global internship or research capstone funding of $2,000 per undergraduate major. 10 awards per year. Contact department head, Dr. Dana Bultman dbultman@uga.edu to apply. You must be a major in Romance Languages, French, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish to be eligible.

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