In World Languages and Cultures, your education isn’t confined to a classroom. It spans every corner of the globe. We offer courses in Arabic, Chinese, FL English, French, German, Greek, Hindi-Urdu, Korean, Latin, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. We also provide specialized offerings ranging from business Spanish to world literature to Hindi.

We’re home to six major concentrations, 14 minors, six certificate programs, and an M.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures with tracks in French, Spanish and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Undergraduate Programs

Majors

Earn a major in the Department of World Languages and Cultures or add a double-major. If you’re a CHASS student, you can use your free electives to earn your major in our department. Curious whether you can add a major to your schedule? Reach out to our advising team.

• Arabic Studies
• Asian Studies
  • Chinese
  • Hindi-Urdu
  • Japanese)
• World Language Education
  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
• French
• German
• Spanish

Minors

Our 15 credit hour minors allow for deep language immersion and cultural understanding. It’s possible to earn up to 6 credit hours toward the minor studying abroad with our faculty or in other study abroad programs.

• Chinese Studies
• Classical Studies
• French
• German
• Hindi-Urdu
• Italian Studies
• Japan Studies
• Japanese
• Middle East Studies
• Portuguese Studies
• Russian Studies
• Spanish
• Teaching English as a Foreign Language
• World Literatures & Cultures

Certificates

Our 12-15 credit hour certificate programs allow students to begin in 101- level language courses and earn proficiency and cultural competency. We offer 6 certificate programs.

• Arabic (Certificate)
• French (Certificate)
• German (Certificate)
• Italian Studies (Certificate)
• Latin (Certificate)
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Certificate)

Graduate Programs

• M.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures
  • French and Francophone Literature and Cultural Studies Concentration
  • Spanish (Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies) Concentration
  • TESOL Concentration

Faculty Expertise

They’re thought leaders, innovators, and professors. Our faculty members are as renowned for their ability to build relationships with students as they are for their prestigious fellowships and research.

Our researchers help us understand how people around the world interact, migrate and express themselves. They create new knowledge to inform not only their scholarly fields, but their communities near and far.