Arabic
Knowledge of the Arabic language and its many variations is a high-demand skill in today’s global economy. It can be challenging, but it can also help you stand out from other job applicants since fewer students choose to study Arabic compared to other languages.
Comparative Literature
In the Comparative Literature minor, students examine literature across languages, geographic location, time periods, and genres. The discipline also explores the relationship between literature and other forms of cultural expression such as pop culture, technology, arts, music, or film, as well as the relationship between literature and other academic disciplines, like anthropology, history, religious studies, or women’s and gender studies. It’s a great minor for anyone who loves to compare, contrast, and explore other cultures.
French
The UWM French Program allows students to develop their proficiency in French and explore the cultures, arts, literatures, histories, and politics of France and other Francophone countries around the world.
Global Studies
Students have a number of options within the Global Studies Program. Within the major there are five tracks to choose from, allowing students to specialize in a particular area of global interest.
- Global Studies: Communication
- Global Studies: Health
- Global Studies: Management
- Global Studies: Security
- Global Studies: Sustainability
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Italian
Italian is a Romance language that is the most direct descendent to Latin. It is a language of global communication, business, technology, and the arts.
Japanese
Courses in Japanese culture, literature, film, and new media both in Japanese and in English are also part of the program. Our classes focus on Japanese topics but in the tradition of the humanities, we ask students to examine how humans live, think, interact, and express themselves.
Portuguese
Our course offerings reflect and respond to the diversity of our students, who include: heritage speakers, non-traditional students, professionals in a variety of fields, as well as traditional undergraduates. We encourage students to participate in study abroad programs and second-language activities as a means of improving proficiency.
Spanish
Through effective communicative instruction, we prepare students to read, speak, write, and understand Spanish. Faculty are actively engaged in advancing knowledge in their respective areas of expertise and striving to link, in the manner most beneficial for students, critical and scholarly work to classroom instruction and advising activities.
Translation & Interpreting Studies
Translation & Interpreting Studies (TIS) at UWM is a versatile online program with options adaptable to a range of careers. Find your path to a career in language services or enhance your readiness for success in another field by building skills as a translator (written) or interpreter (spoken language). Whatever your level—as a graduate or undergraduate student—and whatever your career goals, TIS can help you strengthen and diversify your professional skills.
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World Languages at UWM
Learning languages gives you access to new people, places, and professional opportunities. Whether your career goals involve politics, health, art, science, social services, architecture, technology, or communications, knowing more than one language will open doors.