Multilingual

MajorBachelor of Arts

Expand your global community.

Multilingual majors study three or more languages, as well as the countries and cultures in which those languages are spoken. Department faculty teach Chinese, French, German, and Spanish, and will help you develop your language skills, while guiding you through scholarly investigations in topics relevant to our shared disciplines, including: linguistics, literatures, cinema, contemporary culture, and peoples from around the world. Butler’s Multilingual program transcends the typical mono- or bilingual education found at other universities, providing you an academic home in a department that values and encourages in-depth study of multiple languages.

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Curriculum

Sample courses in this program include:

PCA 264-SP – Nature, Art, and Craft in Peru
TI 225-GR – Literary Responses to Two World Wars
TI 226-GR – Oppression and Revolution: The German Democratic Republic
CN 300 – Chinese for Oral Communication
FR 315 – French for Business
GR 310 – German for Writing
SP 201 – Spanish Conversation and Pronunciation

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Concentrations

American Sign Language
Chinese
French
German
Spanish

The Butler Advantage

Join us and take advantage of:

A unique focus on three or more languages under one major.

Opportunities for you to serve in the community—utilizing all languages—in settings that include schools, medical clinics, legal non-profits, and governmental entities.

Internships in the United States and abroad, scholarships, and opportunities to present research both on- and off-campus.

Access to a rich international community on campus, as well as outside speakers and performers.

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Irune del Rio Gabiola

Professor – Spanish
Modern Language Center

A native from Bilbao (Basque Country), I moved to the US in 2000 to pursue graduate studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. While I was growing up, I lived in France and Belgium which introduced me to different cultures and…
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Adrian Bello-Uriarte

Lecturer Spanish
Modern Language Center

Adrian Bello-Uriarte Lecturer in Spanish, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences I teach language courses in Spanish, as well as courses in Spanish Linguistics. I earned my PhD in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and…
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Terri Carney

Professor – Spanish
Modern Language Center

Dr. Terri Carney Professor of Spanish Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures Butler University, JH391A…
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