Languages at Ohio State

Ohio State offers more than 30 languages, many of which have majors and/or minors for students wishing to pursue their language study beyond the three-semester General Education Requirement. OSU's language departments offer a variety of study and work abroad programs in the languages they teach. These programs can be short-term trips that follow a culture course, summer study abroad programs, semester- or year-long programs, as well as international internships.

• Arabic, from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
• ASL, from the American Sign Language Program.
• Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, from the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.
• Chinese, from the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
• Czech, from the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.
• French, from the Department of French and Italian.
• Georgian, from the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.
• German, from the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.
• Greek, from the Department of Classics.
• Hebrew, from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
• Hindi, from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
• Hungarian, from the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.
• Italian, from the Department of French and Italian.
• Japanese, from the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
• Korean, from the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
• Latin, from the Department of Classics.
• Persian, from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
• Polish, from the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.
• Portuguese, from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
• Quechua, from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
• Romanian, from the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.
• Russian, from the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.
• Somali, from the Department of African American and African Studies.
• Spanish, from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
• Swahili, from the Department of African American and African Studies.
• Swedish, from the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.
• Tibetan, from the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
• Turkish, from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
• Urdu, from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
• Uzbek, from the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.
• Zulu, from the Department of African American and African Studies.