Languages
Ohio State offers over 30 languages, many of which have majors and/or minors for students wishing to pursue their language study beyond the three-semester General Education Requirement. Many of these languages also offer distance learning opportunities.
OSU's language departments offer a variety of study and work abroad programs in the languages they teach. These programs can be short-term trips that follow a culture course, summer study abroad programs, semester- or year-long programs, as well as international internships.
OSU Language Departments
Languages Taught at OSU
American Sign Language (ASL)
American Sign Language Program
Language Director: Heidi Kinnamon
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses. Contact Tia Jones for more information.
Arabic
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Marie-Therese Labaki
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses (depending on enrollment). Contact Marie-Therese Labaki for more information.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS)
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Larysa Stepanova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Chinese
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Language Director: Steven Knicely
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses through Individualized Instruction only. Contact Steven Knicely for more information.
Czech
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Larysa Stepanova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
French
Department of French and Italian
Language Director: Wynne Wong
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses. Contact Wynne Wong for more information.
German
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Language Director: Budimka Uskokovic
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses. Contact Budimka Uskokovic for more information.
Ancient Greek
Modern Greek
Hebrew
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Galit Golan
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Hindi
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Preeti Palvankar
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Italian
Department of French and Italian
Language Director: April Weintritt
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses. Contact April Weintritt for more information.
Japanese
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Language Contact: Yuko Kuwai
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses through Individualized Instruction only. Contact Yuko Kuwai for more information.
Korean
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Language Director: Yonsoo Kang-Parker
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses through Individualized Instruction only. Contact Yonsoo Kang-Parker for more information.
Latin
Old Norse-Icelandic
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Language Contact: Merrill Kaplan
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Persian
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Mehrak Kamali-Sarvestani
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Polish
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Larysa Stepanova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Portuguese
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Language Director: Ana Carolina dos Santos Marques
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses. Contact Ana Carolina dos Santos Marques for more information.
Quechua
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Language Contact: Elvia Andía Grágeda
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Romanian
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Larysa Stepanova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Russian
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Larysa Stepanova
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses. Contact Larysa Stepanova for more information.
Somali
African Languages Program – Department of African American and African Studies
Language Director: Salome Fouts
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable. Contact Abdulkadir Abdulahi Abdi if you have questions.
Spanish
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Language Directors: Holly Nibert and Megan Lobert
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses. Contact Megan Lobert for more information.
Swahili
African Languages Program – Department of African American and African Studies
Language Director: Salome Fouts
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Swedish
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Language Director: Merrill Kaplan
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable. Contact Agi Riskó or Natascha Miller if you have questions.
Turkish
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Ceyda Steele
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Urdu
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Contact: Phoebe Carmichael
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Uzbek
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Kamola Azimova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Yiddish
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Language Contact: LeiAnna Hamel
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.