International Languages & Cultures: Welcome
The Department of International Languages and Cultures at the University of Portland offers a window to other cultures and is a gateway to the wider world. After the first year of instruction, students are well equipped for travel or study abroad. Second-year and upper division courses broaden communicative skills through continuing language instruction, conversation, literature, cinema and theater. Our faculty is committed to excellence while fostering an environment that makes language learning fun. Students can earn a minor or major in French Studies, German Studies or Spanish. We now offer beginning Chinese as a six-credit course. Experience with a second language is a key component of any degree program and makes our UP graduates more competitive in their chosen careers. We're here to help you go places!
Need help with learning your target language? Use a Hotline!
Help when you need it: Language assistants in the Learning
Resource Center
The ILC hires student language assistants to support students'
participation in Chinese, French, German and Spanish classes. These
assistents tutor students one on one and in groups, and they make
recommendations on how student can improve their work. Students can
contact language assistants by using our
language
assistance program hotlines. Give it a try, and you'll see an
improvement in your language learning and skills!
