Chatham University Modern Languages

In a dynamic and increasingly interactive and interdependent world, a student’s education must include a knowledge of other languages and cultures. By teaching language within a framework of intercultural understanding, the modern languages program at Chatham prepares students to experience the richness of other languages, literature, and cultures. Small classes and attention to individual student needs, abilities, and career aspirations, as well as creative use of technology, make Chatham’s program particularly attractive to students who want to master another language. For advanced students, upper-level classes offer interdisciplinary perspectives on the literature and cultures of French- and Spanish-speaking regions of the world.

Due to the individualized program at Chatham students majoring in a language should expect to utilize both independent studies and cross-registrations to complete their major requirements. In addition, the program offers a spring semester in Angers, France, at the Centre international détudes françaises (CIDEF), for which all credits transfer toward a Chatham degree and a major or minor in French, and a semester at the Institute for Central American Development Studies (ICADS) in Costa Rica, for which all credits transfer toward a Chatham degree and a major or minor in Spanish.
All students are welcome in any language course, except tutorials, subject to prere-quisites.