Opportunities for Study Abroad All language majors and minors and others who plan to use German skills professionally are strongly urged to study abroad during their undergraduate years. Luther College is also affiliated with the Institute of European Studies, which offers programs at universities in Berlin and Freiburg, Germany, and the University of Vienna in Austria. The college offers individual language houses for students of French, German, Spanish, and Russian and an outstanding Language Learning Center. The Deutsches Haus provides an opportunity for students of German to surround themselves with many elements of the culture during a year of residence. They share meals and spend time with a native speaker who helps them develop their German skills.
Residents also enjoy special language-related activities.
Students with a German major or minor are eligible to live in the German house after their first year. Full-year residents may earn one credit. The Language Learning Center has a wide variety of audio and video language learning tapes, receives signals from five satellite dishes for international television 24 hours a day, and houses 14 Macintosh computers for the exclusive use of those studying languages. Luther was one of the first schools in the Upper Midwest to make use of computers in language learning. Now with specially designed programs, all students of languages at Luther are able to utilize this effective learning tool.