After multiple rounds of budget cuts severed the University’s foreign language programs, LSU has fallen behind its SEC peers in language offerings.
Last year’s cuts eliminated Japanese, Portugese, Swahili and Russian programs at the University, along with 14 instructors.
Instructors in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, which houses foreign languages, were recently told they would no longer be receiving termination notices each semester, a decision that gives these instructors more job security in the wake of the University’s financial woes.
The breakdown of language offerings at SEC universities is as follows: University of Alabama: Chinese, Classics, Critical Languages (20 less commonly taught languages), French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish University of Arkansas: Arabic, Chinese, Classics, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili Auburn University: Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish University of Florida: Akan, Amharic, Arabic, Classics, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French/Francophone studies, German, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi-Urdu, Italian, Japanese, Lingala, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian/Swedish, Swahili, Vietnamese, Wolof, Yoruba, Xhosa University of Georgia: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Romance Languages University of Kentucky: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian LSU: Arabic, Chinese, Classics, German, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, French, Cajun French University of Mississippi: Arabic, Classics, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese Mississippi State: Classics, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish University of South Carolina: Arabic, Chinese, Classics, Comparative Literature, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili University of Tennessee: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish Vanderbilt University: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Classical Greek, English as a second language, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, K’iche’, Latin, Maya Glyph, Portuguese, Russian, Semitic Languages, Spanish
 
 
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