Students must complete two semesters of the same 2nd year language (e.g., not one semester of 2nd year French and one semester of 2nd year German).  The language must be related to the chosen cultural core region and cannot be the student's native language.  This requirement may be satisfied with a  "placing out" examination offered by the appropriate department.

UM Language Departments

Chinese Language Program

French Studies

German Studies

Italian Studies

Japanese Language Program

Spanish Studies

Please visit the Language Resource Center for information and links to other UM language departments.

"The reason I like learning a new language is because it's kind of like solving a puzzle.  Engineers love putting pieces together to get the right answer and learning a foreign language is similar.  You have to learn different words and different meanings and piece everything together to form a sentence.  Once you have every piece of the puzzle, it all makes sense." -EGL Student '05