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World Languages and Cultures Department

Learn the Language. Live the Culture. Expand Your World.

Valpo’s World Languages and Cultures department empowers students to connect with global communities through immersive language learning and cultural study. With programs in French, German, and Spanish, students build language fluency, enhance career opportunities, and deepen their understanding of diverse perspectives—both on campus and abroad.

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World Languages & Cultures Department

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Global learning allows you to REACH FARTHER by making connections, breaking boundaries, building community, and immersing yourself in language and world cultures, on campus and across the globe.

  •  REACH to connect with other cultures
  •  REACH your career goals with in-demand language proficiency
  •  REACH new people and places through study abroad immersion
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Study Abroad

When Valpo students live abroad in another language, they return changed and more deeply engaged with the world.

French
French

German
German

Spanish
Spanish

Latin American/Latinx Studies
Latin American/Latinx Studies

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Prof. Stacy Hoult, Department Chair

219.464.5120

1400 Chapel Drive
Arts & Sciences Building
Valparaiso, IN 46383

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