2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Languages and Cultures

(Includes: Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, and Spanish)

California Lutheran University’s mission commits it to preparing its students to be leaders in a global society. To do this, it insists that its students be conversant in at least one language beyond their native tongue, and offers courses, majors, and minors in a number of languages and cultural areas. The Languages and Cultures Department reflects CLU’s intention to provide strong language instruction, engage students closely with other cultures, work across disciplines, language families, and cultures, and promote study abroad and in other cultural contexts. CLU students can expect growth and change from this dynamic and important department.

Proficiency Requirement

All CLU students are required, for Core-21, to meet the Foreign Language Proficiency in one of the following ways: by achieving a satisfactory score on a Language Proficiency Exam; by passing two courses in the same language; or by passing one course at the second semester level.

For further information and scheduled testing dates, contact the Center for Academic and Accessibility Resources.

Faculty

Professors

Walter Stewart

Sheridan Wigginton

Associate professor

Rafaela Fiore Urizar

Visiting Lecturer

Laverne Seales