Foreign Languages

Professor Sam Overstreet, Chair, Division of Languages and Literature and Coordinator

Instruction is available in eight foreign languages; majors are offered in Spanish and American Sign Language & Deaf Studies; minors are offered in German, Spanish, and Japanese and American Sign Language and Deaf Studies. Course descriptions for languages offered can be found under listings for American Sign Language, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Koine/Biblical Greek, and Spanish. Biblical Hebrew is an occasional special offering.

The study of foreign languages offers an introduction to new cultural patterns along with the acquisition of specific skills that are increasingly useful in a closely interrelated world. Business majors who are proficient in a foreign language will find broader opportunities in their field and political science majors interested in international law would do well to study several languages. All students planning to attend graduate school should prepare themselves with at least one additional language.