About the Department of Modern Languages at UW-L

Faculty and Learning Resource Center

  • Most instructors in the Department of Modern Languages have the Ph.D. degree in the language they teach. Each faculty member has traveled, studied and lived in the country of the language taught. Our instructors work diligently to make students feel welcome. We pride ourselves on excellence in teaching!

  • The offices, classrooms and the Language Resource Center of the department are located in Graff Main Hall. The Language Resource Center was last updated in 2002 and is equipped for listening, viewing and recording. News broadcasts are available from around the world from the SCOLA network. These news programs and other Spanish and French programs are also broadcast on a campus cable channel. Additionally, the Language Resource Center features 16 Windows multi-media computers with microphone headsets.

Majors/Minors and other Programs

The Department of Modern Languages offers a variety of options in French, German, and Spanish.   We have programs leading to the B.A. and B.S. degrees. We also offer minors and majors with business concentrations, a certificate in French Studies, and a minor in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).

Majors: French    German Studies    Spanish (Foreign Study & Credit- IMPORTANT)
Minors: French    German Studies    Spanish (Foreign Study & Credit- IMPORTANT)   TESOL

Business Concentration:  FRE & BUS     GER & BUS    SPA & BUS
Certificate: French    Russian

Teacher education: Information for certification in modern languages, including immersion and proficiency requirements
Writing Manuals: French     German     Spanish

To find out more about each language offered, visit their website.
Chinese     Japanese     Russian     Hmong     German     Spanish     French  TESOL

For more information see Course Descriptions on the Online General Catalog; or contact the Language section head: French - Rusterholz; German - Stroud; Spanish - Socha.