The Department of Education and Language Acquisition is a multidisciplinary liberal arts department that houses programs in Teacher Education, Modern Languages and Literatures, Academic ESL, and Language Study. The department is dedicated to the College’s goal of internationalizing the curriculum. The lively exchange of ideas in the areas of theory and pedagogy among the language, literature, and education faculty has allowed for the creation of enriched educational experiences for students that recognize students’ inherent strengths and heritages and prepares them for success in an increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse world.

The department offers courses in educational theory and practice, several world languages and national literatures, urban studies, linguistics, and English as a second language. Degree programs in Bilingual Education, Childhood Education, Secondary Education, and Latin American Studies are also sponsored by the department.