Welcome to the Modern Language Department!

Proficiency in a foreign language is an important part of a broad general education. Foreign language study helps you better understand and appreciate peoples around the world and, regardless of what career you intend to pursue, you will find that being able to communicate in a second language will be an asset.

Will a foreign language really help? It certainly will! It heightens global awareness and fosters the skills necessary to participate effectively and peacefully in a competitive international environment. It also challenges Western society's understanding of itself and helps us to find new ways of understanding the world.

To obtain information about the French major or minor, German minor, or Spanish major or minor, click on the link, "Undergraduate Programs" located below the Department of Modern Languages banner at the top of this page.  For information about the Spanish Master's Degree, click on the link, "Graduate Program" also below the banner at the top.  For information about the new Middle Eastern Studies Program, click on  the red "New!" star below.  We also offer courses in Arabic, Chinese, Classical Greek, Italian, Japanese, and Latin (check the "Course Descriptions" link above).

If you need information that is not posted on our web site please click the link to the left titled "Request Information".

 

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For more information about the CSU Modern Language Department

Call: 216-687-4645;   Fax: 216-687-4650;   E-mail: modlang@csuohio.edu; or

WRITE: The Department of Modern Languages
2121 Euclid Avenue, RT 1619
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214

VISIT: The Department of Modern Languages
Rhodes Tower, Room 1619
1860 East 22nd Street