The Modern Languages Department is dedicated to teaching French, German, Lakota and Spanish. Arabic and Chinese are taught when funding and personnel are available. The Department serves over 100 majors along with numerous minors in French, German and Spanish. To complete a major students need 36 credits in German and Spanish and 37 credits in French. Majors in Spanish do not receive credit for the basic 101 class.
All language classes stress interactive activities taught by a caring, student-oriented faculty.
The Modern Languages Department has seven teaching positions in Spanish, two positions in German, one position in French and one part-time position in Lakota. The Spanish section has extra staff for beginning classes while the French and German programs offer the combined major with USD and Northern through the distance learning program. Students are encouraged to take the Foreign Language Placement Exam. Students will receive credit for exempted language classes after having completed one class with a grade of C or better. Keep checking here for updates on summer travel for 2002.