Welcome, students! This page provides information on studying a foreign language at UW-Madison. Now is the time and this is the place to learn a language! To learn more about these and other opportunities throughout the year, subscribe to our Love Languages e-Bulletin by sending a blank email to join-language_students@lists.wisc.edu.

• Why Study a Language
• Profiles: UW-Madison Students and Alumni of Languages

Language Institute Advising

• Language & International Directions Advising

Language Institute Programs for Students

• Workshop: Strategies for Learning Foreign Languages
• Workshop: The Road to Your International Future
• Workshop: Making the Most of Your Language Learning
• Panel: Graduate School in Languages & Literature: What You Need to Know
• Doing Good at Home and Abroad: Languages & Social Justice

UW-Madison Language Offerings

• Language Majors & Certificates
• 2012-2013 Language Offerings
• Summer Language Institutes and Offerings
• For-credit Independent Learning Language Courses
• Non-credit Language Courses

UW-Madison Language-Related Policies

• Language Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree
• Language Class Placement
• Retroactive Credit Policy for Languages
• College-Level Coursework, AP, CLEP, IB Credit for Languages

Opportunities with Languages: Campus and Beyond

• AIESEC
• Bridge: An International Friendship Program
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
• The French House
• Global Connections
• GLobal Happenings Newsletter
• Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS)
• International Internship Program
• International Learning Community (including language floors for Arabic, Italian, German, Japanese, Nordic languages, Russian and Spanish)
• Language Tables
• Morgridge Center for Public Service
• Russian Flagship Center
• Study Abroad Opportunities
  • International Academic Programs (IAP)
  • International Programs, School of Business
  • International Programs Office, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
  • International Engineering Studies & Programs
• World Languages Day

Questions and Advising

Ask your advisor at SOAR, or contact foreign language consultant/International Directions Advisor Michael Kruse.

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