With courses ranging from introductory language skills to upper-level courses on specific topics, the Department of Foreign Languages focuses on the many different facets of cultural, literary, artistic, and linguistic expression found in the spoken and written languages we offer.
When you walk into a foreign language classroom at McDaniel, not only do you learn to speak another language, you also gain an understanding of another culture from its own perspective. You learn to see and understand other ways of being and thinking that challenge how you currently experience the world. This process clarifies and transforms who you are in a world where boundaries between groups, countries, and cultures are increasingly complex.
The members of the Department of Languages invite you to explore our varied offerings in:
Students may integrate their work in languages with other disciplines, such as Political Science/International Studies, Communication, Sociology, and Economics or with one of our interdisciplinary area studies programs, such as Africana Studies, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies- Cultural Specialization, Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies- Linguistic Specialization, Asian Studies, and Latin American Studies.
Our students are particularly active in campus life; they live in Language Houses under the directorship of native language assistants and run language clubs. Many of them also choose to study abroad.
We are located in the basement of Baker Memorial Chapel. Our departmental office is open from 8:30am - 12:00pm and 1:00pm - 4:30pm Monday-Friday. For more information, please contact Mardi Melendez (410) 857-2460 or mmelende@mcdaniel.edu.
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