Bachelor of Arts - World Languages and Culture

The Department of World Languages and Cultures takes an integrative approach to helping students develop the self-knowledge, intellectual and linguistic skills, and cultural sensitivity vital to their becoming responsible leaders and global citizens.

Alma’s foreign language graduates enter teaching careers or, more commonly, combine a degree in language study with another major to create a variety of career options. 

World Languages and Cultures (WLC) majors study a variety of topics, including:

Culture

Civilization

Literature and Film

Students who major in a language are required to spend at least one semester in an approved international program. Alma has overseas programs in:

France

Germany

Mexico

Spain 

These programs provide students with total immersion in a foreign culture and help them gain fluency in the foreign language.