LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES

INITIATIVE

 

LAnguages offered at Penn state, University Park Campus

 

For languages offered at other campuses of Penn State, contact the individual campuses or check the Schedule of Courses website.

Ancient Mediterranean languages:
Akkadian, Aramaic, Middle Egyptian
(classical hieroglyphic Egyptian), Sumerian
Contact Paul Harvey:

E-mail: pbh1@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.0061
The Pennsylvania State University
101 Weaver Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://www3.la.psu.edu/cams/

Arabic

Contact Inas Messiha:

E-mail: ium2@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.8481

The Pennsylvania State University
405 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://complit.la.psu.edu/arabic/index.html

 

Chinese

Contact Alexander Huang:

E-mail: ach13@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.4934

The Pennsylvania State University
439 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://complit.la.psu.edu/chinese/

 

Greek (Classical -- modern is not offered)

Contact Paul Harvey:

E-mail: pbh1@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.0061

The Pennsylvania State University
101 Weaver Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://www3.la.psu.edu/cams/

 

Hebrew

Contact Aaron Rubin:

E-mail: adr10@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.8941

The Pennsylvania State University
221 Weaver Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://www3.la.psu.edu/jst/default.aspx?pageid=20&sectionid=2

 

Japanese

Contact Reiko Tachibana:

E-mail: rxn6@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.4932

The Pennsylvania State University
443 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://complit.la.psu.edu/japanese/

 

Korean

Contact Deberniere Torrey:

E-mail: djt188@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.1125

The Pennsylvania State University
447 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://complit.la.psu.edu/korean/koreanlang.htm

 

Portuguese

Contact Jizelda Galvao:

E-mail: jxg38@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.6560

The Pennsylvania State University
249 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://sip.la.psu.edu/

 

Russian

Contact Linda Ivanits:

E-mail: lji1@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.1681

The Pennsylvania State University
408 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://german.la.psu.edu/slavic.html

 

Swahili

Contact Thomas Hale:

E-mail: tah@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.1054

The Pennsylvania State University
231 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://language.la.psu.edu/tell/Swahili/

 

Ukrainian

Contact Adrian Wanner:

E-mail: ajw3@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.5481

The Pennsylvania State University
427 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA

http://german.la.psu.edu/slavic.html

For contact information for further Penn State languages, such as Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, German, etc., click here

To contact the School of Languages and Literatures for further information, send email to langlit@psu.edu, or call 814-865-1168, write School of Languages and Literatures, The Pennsylvania State University, 427 Burrowes Building, University Park, PA 16802 USA, or visit the School website at http://sll.la.psu.edu/welcome.html.

 

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