LESS COMMONLY TAUGHT LANGUAGES
INITIATIVE

LAnguages offered at Penn state, University Park Campus
For languages offered at other campuses of Penn State, contact the individual campuses or check the Schedule of Courses website.
Ancient Mediterranean languages:
Akkadian, Aramaic, Middle Egyptian
(classical hieroglyphic Egyptian), Sumerian
Contact Paul Harvey:
E-mail: pbh1@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.0061
The Pennsylvania State University
434N Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://www3.la.psu.edu/cams/
Arabic
Contact Inas Messiha:
E-mail: ium2@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.8481
The Pennsylvania State University
314 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://complit.la.psu.edu/arabic/index.html
Chinese
Contact Alexander Huang:
E-mail: ach13@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.4934
The Pennsylvania State University
426N Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://complit.la.psu.edu/chinese/
Greek (Classical -- modern is not offered)
Contact Paul Harvey:
E-mail: pbh1@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.0061
The Pennsylvania State University
434N Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
Hebrew
Contact Aaron Rubin:
E-mail: adr10@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.8941
The Pennsylvania State University
221 Weaver Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://www3.la.psu.edu/jst/default.aspx?pageid=20§ionid=2
Japanese
Contact Reiko Tachibana:
E-mail: rxn6@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.4932
The Pennsylvania State University
430N Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://complit.la.psu.edu/japanese/
Korean
Contact Deberniere Torrey:
E-mail: djt188@psu.edu
Phone: 814.863.1125
The Pennsylvania State University
434N Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://complit.la.psu.edu/korean/koreanlang.htm
Portuguese
Contact Jizelda Galvao:
E-mail: jxg38@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.6560
The Pennsylvania State University
249 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
Russian
Contact Linda Ivanits:
E-mail: lji1@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.1681
The Pennsylvania State University
302 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://german.la.psu.edu/slavic.html
Swahili
Contact Thomas Hale:
E-mail: tah@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.1054
The Pennsylvania State University
211 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://language.la.psu.edu/tell/Swahili/
Ukrainian
Contact Adrian Wanner:
E-mail: ajw3@psu.edu
Phone: 814.865.5481
The Pennsylvania State University
311 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802 USA
http://german.la.psu.edu/slavic/grad.html
For contact information for further Penn State languages, such as Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, German, etc., click here.
To contact the School of Languages and Literatures for further information, send email to langlit@psu.edu, or call 814-865-1168, write School of Languages and Literatures, The Pennsylvania State University, 311 Burrowes Building, University Park, PA 16802 USA, or visit the School website at http://sll.la.psu.edu/welcome.html.
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