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Main Office

HRH 2.114A
Phone: 512-471-5531
FAX: 512-471-8492

Mailing Address

Department of French and Italian

The University of Texas at Austin

201 W. 21st ST

STOP B7600

Austin, TX 78712

General Questions

Andy O'Brien
Department Manager
andrew.obrien@austin.utexas.edu

Advising Office

BEN 2.108
Phone: 512-232-4506

Please direct all undergraduate advising inquiries to:

Heather Peterson
Academic Advisor
heather_peterson@austin.utexas.edu

Schedule an Appointment

Walk-In Advising

Placement, Language Proficiency Evaluation, and Credit by Examination

Upper Division French:

Ellenor M. Shoemaker
eshoemaker@utexas.edu

Upper Division Italian:

Amanda Bush
amanda.bush@utexas.edu

Graduate Student Foreign Language Requirement (reading proficiency for students in other departments)

French:

Marc Bizer
mbizer@utexas.edu
HRH 3.112B
512-471-7780

Italian:

Cinzia Russi
russi@austin.utexas.edu
HRH 3.112C
512-471-5995

Study Abroad Advisors

Heather Peterson
Academic Advisor
BEN 2.108 (Office currently closed)
512-232-4506

heather_peterson@austin.utexas.edu

Schedule an Appointment

Walk-In Advising

French:

Ellenor M. Shoemaker
eshoe@austin.utexas.edu
HRH 3.114B
512-471-5737

Italian:

Valerie McGuire
vmcguire@utexas.edu
HRH 3.110A
512-471-6555

Organizations

Gamma Kappa Alpha National Italian Honor Society
Cineforum Italiano
Tavola Italiana
Pi Delta Phi Chapter
Café Français
French and Italian Graduate Student Organization (FIGSO)