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 Program
Language Director: Kristin Wickham-Saxon
Distance Courses: 1101–1103 (or equivalent) are available as fully online courses. Contact Tia Jones for more information.
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.
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Larysa Stepanova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
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.
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Larysa Stepanova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
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.
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.
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Galit Golan
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Preeti Palvankar
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
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.
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.
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.
Department of Classics
Language Director: Gaia Gianni
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable. Contact William Little if you have questions.
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Mehrak Kamali-Sarvestani
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Larysa Stepanova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
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.
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Language Contact: Elvia Andía Grágeda
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Larysa Stepanova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
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.
African Languages Program – Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Language Director: Salome Fouts
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable. Contact Abdulkadir Abdulahi Abdi if you have questions.
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.
African Languages Program – Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Language Director: Salome Fouts
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Language Director: Merrill Kaplan
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable. Contact Agi Riskó or Natascha Miller if you have questions.
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Ceyda Steele
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Contact: Phoebe Carmichael
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Department of Near Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures
Language Director: Kamola Azimova
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Language Contact: Natascha Miller
Distance Courses: Currently unavailable.