SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

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The School of Languages and Literatures at the University Park campus of Penn State is an administrative structure that includes the Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures, the Linguistics Program, the Center for Language Acquisition (CLA), the Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research (CALPER),  and the Department of Applied Linguistics, which includes the ESL curriculum.  The School's purpose is to promote the study and knowledge of foreign and second languages and literatures, particularly where the interests of language and literature intersect. 

Students and advisors seeking information about how to demonstrate language proficiency (or acquire language credits through Credit by Examination) should click on the "language proficiency" link on this page.

Penn State also includes several other departments and programs at University Park whose curricula and research relate to languages and literatures. They are also listed below.

Member Units of the School of Languages and Literatures

Department of Comparative Literature
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
Department of Applied Linguistics
Program in Linguistics
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education & Research (CALPER)
Center for Language Acquisition (CLA)
English as a Second Language (ESL)

Other Language and Literature Units at Penn State

Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Department of Communication Arts and Sciences
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Department of English
Department of French and Francophone Studies
Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Intensive English Communication Program
Program in Language and Literacy Education

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