World Languages & Ethnic Studies

 Westview Building, Room 653B
 Program Chair:
    Dr. Ralph Tarnasky
    970.339.6543

This program educates students to become better global citizens and celebrate diversity as they deepen their understanding of how language expresses and embodies cultural reality, and it assists them in acquiring foreign literacy skills.

Language courses include:

• American Sign Language
• Arabic
• Chinese
• French
• German
• Spanish
• Italian
• Japanese
• Russian
• Swedish

Other courses focus on learning about various ethnic minority groups, their histories, lives and cultures.