Modern Language Program Information

Studying another language is an exciting and rewarding experience, not to mention a career path that leads to many opportunities in today's global marketplace. Language study enhances your education, marketability, and broadens your horizons: not only do you know another language, but you also are sensitized to another culture (its history, literature, economy, beliefs, etc.). Through language study you will:

• Learn and use cross-cultural communication skills
• Develop a better understanding of other people and different cultures
• Experience another culture's artistic, literary, socio-political, and historical contributions that have changed and continue to change the world
• Appreciate and celebrate world diversity
• Gain new insights into and improve your own native language
• Understand more fully your place, and your native culture's place, on a global scale
• All of these skills are sought after in today's market: business, education, social work, criminal justice, law, banking, government, health care, etc.

So, what are you waiting for? Come and explore languages and cultures with us!

• Minor in Spanish Communication and Cultures

Modern Language Program Mission Statement
The mission of the Kutztown University Modern Language Program is to help students develop the language and intercultural proficiency necessary to become tolerant, open-minded citizens who possess the skills and understanding to interact effectively and appropriately with diverse regional and global communities.