Learn more at valpo.edu/world-languages-and-cultures.
Reach and connect with other cultures. Reach your career goals with in-demand language proficiency. Reach new people and places through study abroad immersion. REACH FARTHER
World Languages and Cultures
LANGUAGE STUDIES
Language skills are increasingly in demand across the world in various industries with bilingual individuals experiencing:
• Higher pay
• Greater rates of promotion
• Improved cognition and creativity
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
• Share meals and practice language skills while living in the World Language Community in the Kade-Duesenberg German House and Cultural Center.
• Digitize and code a Renaissance French cookbook.
• Contribute your poetry or become a student editor for Letras, Valpo’s Spanish-language literary magazine.
• Meet with a native speaker for regular conversation in second-year courses.
• Present at Valpo’s undergraduate research conference.
• Find your language learning home base at LINC, the Language and Intercultural Learning Center.
• Teach German to children in the Kinder lernen Deutsch program.
ENGAGED AND EXCEPTIONAL FACULTY
Alumni cite close relationships with professors as a critical component of their education and success. Faculty are engaged with and invested in students, both in and out of the classroom.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships are available for first-year students majoring in a language, as well as some language minors. To find out if you qualify for financial assistance, visit valpo.edu/world-languages-and-cultures/scholarships.
• Enhanced social interactions
• More diverse and extensive social networks
Enrich your life by exploring the worlds of opportunity waiting for you through:
Major
• Spanish
Individualized
Majors:
• French
• German
Minors
• French
• French Studies
• German
• Spanish
Study Abroad and Internship Experiences
• Chile
• Costa Rica
• France
• Germany
• Japan
• Mexico
• Namibia
• South Korea
• Spain
• Taiwan
MAJOR COMBINATIONS
The College of Engineering offers the Valpo International Engineering Program (VIEP) in France, Germany, and Spain:
• Unique program in which students combine an engineering major with a world language major or minor
• During a semester or year abroad, students take engineering courses and complete an internship
• Students gain multicultural experience and language proficiency along with technical engineering skills
The College of Business integrates language study through the certificate in business Spanish program.
The College of Arts and Sciences offers the opportunity to study the role of films and other media as artistic expressions and cultural forces through a minor in cinema and media studies that integrates world language film courses.
CAREER PATHS
Alumni use their language studies in a variety of careers, across many sectors and positions:
• Attorney
• Clergy member
• College professor
• Community organizer
• Editor
• Foreign Service officer
• Global fund representative
• Healthcare provider
• High school teacher
• International educator
• Legal assistant
• Manufacturing engineer
• Market researcher
• Marketing director
• Production planner
• Software engineer
• Translator/Interpreter
NATIONAL RECOGNITION THROUGH FULBRIGHT
An impressive number of world language alumni have been honored with a prestigious Fulbright award from the United States Department of State and the William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
QUESTIONS?
Contact us at 219.464 .5120 or worldlanguages@valpo.edu.
