Languages & Learning Resources
Events and Activities
Club Advisors
- French Club: Professor Anca Popescu
- Japanese Club: Professor Takeshi Takakura
Language Learning Tips
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Languages & Learning Resources
Explore and learn new languages and their cultures. The Languages Department offers courses that enable students to engage in interpersonal communication in American Sign Language (ASL), Chinese, French, Japanese or Spanish. Students will gain cultural insight and a global perspective in addition to the opportunity to attend cultural events and participate in club events and conversational practice.
Library & Information Science
If you like finding the truth, solving puzzles, and helping people, then Library and Information Science (LIS) might be for you! LIS professionals do much more than check out books. In fact, there are multiple career paths requiring different levels of education. Students may use their coursework immediately by working as a Library Assistant or Technologist. Students wishing to pursue a career as a librarian or professor of LIS will need a Master’s in LIS.
Languages
A student who majors in a language will be able to successfully comprehend and communicate with speakers of that language. Additionally, a student will acquire cultural understanding and expand their global point of view. Language study also benefits creative thought and mental flexibility. Majoring in a language increases job opportunities in many areas: education, translation and interpreting, tourism and hospitality, public health, business, sales, law enforcement, national security, international relations, among others.
Adult English as a Second Language (AESL)
The AESL (Adult English as a Second Language) Program provides noncredit course work on English and American culture lessons to help students at work and school, with their family, and in society. Course work includes:
ESL Academic Skills Courses
ESL credit skills courses are a way for students to develop advanced academic English skills in specific skill areas. These courses are also appropriate for AESL students who want advanced English instruction. Students who want focused instruction in one of these skills should enroll in the skill course of their choice.