Extended Accelerator - Bachelor of Arts - Foreign Language and Communication Media

The Extended Accelerator Program (EAP) may be completed in a few as three semesters and is for students seeking an immersive English-learning experience.

The program gives you a firsthand, practical, and cultural understanding of the American University campus and the Washington, DC, area through its contextual curriculum. You may enter the program in the spring or fall and progress into year two of your undergraduate education with up to a full year’s worth of academic credits. Depending on your intended degree, you may choose your elective curriculum in social sciences, humanities, or the sciences.

In an increasingly complex world that grows smaller every day, the study of languages, literatures, and cultures is of vital importance. Learning the ways other nations live and think furthers understanding among peoples and cultures. The Department of World Languages and Cultures (WLC) offers extensive undergraduate study in foreign language and culture (Arabic Studies (BA), French Studies (BA), German Studies (BA), Russian Studies (BA), and Spanish Studies (BA)), interdisciplinary language and area studies programs (Language and Area Studies: French/Europe (BA), Language and Area Studies: German/Europe (BA), Language and Area Studies: Russian/Area Studies (BA), and Language and Area Studies: Spanish/Latin America (BA)), as well as the jointly-administered program of Foreign Language and Communication Media (BA) [CAS/WLC] with the School of Communication. In addition, the department has joined with the Kogod School of Business to offer the Business, Language & Culture Studies (BS).