Department of Foreign Languages

Members of the Department of Foreign Languages at IUP send their congratulations to all 2020 graduates of the department.
Undergraduate Programs

Studying a foreign language is an excellent educational choice in today’s global society, whether you choose our nationally recognized program for Spanish teachers, our bachelor's degree in Spanish, the Spanish honors track, a minor (in German, French, or Spanish), one of our five certificates, or classes we offer in many other languages such as Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. Foreign language skills are highly marketable in many fields such as education, nursing, business, criminology, tourism, human services, and politics.

Spanish K-12, BSEd

Spanish, BA

Spanish/Honors Track, BA

Spanish Minor

Spanish Certificate

French Minor

French Certificate

German Minor

German Certificate

Korean Classes

Chinese Certificate and Classes

Japanese Certificate and Classes

Critical Languages: Languages offered can vary each semester and have recently included Arabic Portuguese Russian Swahili Swedish
Nationally Recognized as Model Program for Spanish Teacher Education
The department is home to the renowned BSEd in Spanish Education K-12 Program, nationally recognized on three consecutive review cycles by its accrediting agencies, the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (formerly the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, NCATE) and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Explore the many department-sponsored study abroad options available to you in Spain, France, Germany, Costa Rica, and Mexico (Puebla and Cuernavaca).

Placement Testing and Getting College Credit for Your Advanced Knowledge of Spanish, French and German
Review the following page for Placement Testing and Credit Options.
News
Events

Smith-Sherwood and Co-Authors Publish Multi-Institutional Research on Faculty Experience of Capstones

Chinese Language Student Receives Scholarship from National Project Go Program

Smith-Sherwood Publishes Chapter in MLA’s Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno

IUP Faculty Recognized at Center for Teaching Excellence 2020 Awards

Living-Learning Executive Team Members Publish on Community Certificate Programs

Smith-Sherwood and Rhodes Publish Study of Integrated Performance Assessment Use in L2 Literature Course

Huhn Named Co-editor of State World Language Educator’s Journal

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Department of Foreign Languages

Undergraduate Programs

Nationally Recognized as Model Program for Spanish Teacher Education

Placement Testing and Getting College Credit for Your Advanced Knowledge of Spanish, French and German