Languages at Truman

Regardless of your major, being proficient in a foreign language can create more career opportunities. Whether you want to study abroad, teach, pursue government work, or conduct international business, you can give yourself an edge by building a foreign language into your studies.

Boost Your Language Skills

At Truman, you can take classes in an area that interests you or add a foreign language minor to any major. Check out some of your options:

Majors

Minors

Interdisciplinary Minors

More Opportunities to Enhance Your Language Skills

Study Abroad at Truman

Study Abroad

Hone your language skills and broaden your cultural awareness through one of the many study-abroad programs available at Truman.

Students

Special Housing Option

The Romance Languages Community is one of the unique living-learning communities offered as a housing option. It consists of first-year and upper-division students who have a strong interest in Romance Language courses offered at Truman. Residents have the opportunity to form close connections with Romance Language faculty and practice their language skills in an informal, pseudo-immersion setting.

Taiwan Connect

Taiwan Connect Program

Truman students can teach English to Chinese-speaking middle-school students in Taiwan through this video-chat program.

Spanish students meet with Alumnus John Thompson (Spanish and History) in Chicago

Student Organizations

Several students groups provide opportunities for you to practice your language skills including Club Ã, a Spanish speaking organization; International Club; Japanese Language Exchange Group; Namaste Nepal; Society of Sino-American Studies; United Speakers-Hablantes, and other student organizations.

Credit for Prior Learning