The School of Global Languages, Literatures, and Cultures is an administrative structure that includes the Department of Asian Studies, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of French and Francophone Studies, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, and the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. The school also includes the Center for Global Studies, the Summer Language Institute, and the Less Commonly Taught Languages Initiative. The school’s purpose is to promote the study and knowledge of languages, literatures, and cultures worldwide. Its member departments offer graduate and undergraduate degrees, education abroad programs, student research opportunities, internships, and more.