Program Overview
The program currently offers the following languages: American Sign Language, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. The faculty of the program mentor students as they gain functional competence in a language other than English, develop cultural understanding, and become responsible global citizens. Students prepare to study or live abroad, enhance professional development, and/or pursue personal interests while working alongside the faculty and, in most courses, native speakers who lead conversationally focused sessions.
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| 15 |
| 3 |
| INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | |
| ANTHROPOLOGY OF BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES | |
| ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS | |
| DEVELOPING ECONOMIES | |
| URBAN EDUCATION IMMIGRATION | |
| READING RACE AND ETHNICITY | |
| LATINO/A LITERATURE | |
| MODERN MEXICO | |
| AZTECS INCAS MAYAS | |
| COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA | |
| MODERN LATIN AMERICA | |
| SEX, POWER, AND WAR: THE AZTEC EMPIRE | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY (GLOBAL SOUTH AND LPS) | |
| SPECIAL TOPICS IN LAW, POLITICS, AND SOCIETY (DETENTION AND DEPORTATION SYSTEMS) | |
| COMPARATIVE POLITICS | |
| TRAVEL STUDY SEMINAR | |
| |
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | |
| TOPICS | |
1 | |
| |
Total Hours | 18 |
Note: A minimum of 12 hours in Spanish coursework must be completed at Drake.