In the summer, students from around the nation enroll in intensive UW-Madison courses to complete the equivalent of one year of instruction in just 8 weeks. Languages are taught in the summer through the Wisconsin Summer Intensive Language Institutes (WISLI) and through departments in the College of Letters & Science.
Important: Due to the COVID-19 emergency, all Summer 2020 courses will be offered virtually. This page will be updated continuously, but please check with the department or program offering the course to make sure that it will still be offered.
Summer 2020 Language Offerings
To enroll in one of UW-Madison’s intensive language classes follow these steps.
- Choose from the languages listed below. Be sure to note the program/department through which the language is offered.
- Enroll for the language course.
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American Sign Language (ASL)
CSD 424 – Sign Language (July 13 to July 26) offered through the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Arabic
Offered through the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Institute (APTLI).
Bengali
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Brazilian Portuguese
Offered through the Summer Intensive Portuguese Institute (SIPI)
Burmese
Offered through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Chinese
ASIALANG 201: Third Semester Chinese
ASIALANG 202: Fourth Semester Chinese
ASIALANG 301: Fifth Semester Chinese
ASIALANG 302: Sixth Semester Chinese
Offered through the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Contact Rachel Weiss, rweiss@wisc.edu, with questions.
Classics
Classics 205: Greek and Latin Origins of Medical Terms
Offered through the Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Contact Toni Landis, tllandis@wisc.edu, with questions.
Dari
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Filipino
Offered through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
French
Offered through the Department of French and Italian
Contact Laura Linde Turnes, llinde@wisc.edu, with questions.
Gujarati
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Hindi
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Hmong
Offered through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Indonesian
Offered through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Italian
Offered through the Department of French and Italian
Contact Laura Linde Turnes, llinde@wisc.edu, with questions.
Japanese
ASIALANG 203: 3rd semester Japanese
ASIALANG 204: 4th semester Japanese
Offered through the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Contact Rachel Weiss, rweiss@wisc.edu, with questions.
Javanese
Offered through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Kazakh
Offered through the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)
Korean
ASIALANG 205: 3rd Semester Korean
ASIALANG 206: 4th Semester Korean
Offered through the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Contact Rachel Weiss, rweiss@wisc.edu, with questions.
Khmer
Offered through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Lao
Offered through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Marathi
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Nepali
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Pashto
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Persian
Offered through the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Institute (APTLI)
Punjabi
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Russian
Offered through the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic
Contact Joanna Schuth, jschuth@wisc.edu, with questions.
Sanskrit
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Sinhala
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Spanish
Offered through the Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Contact Karen Francis, karen.francis@wisc.edu, with questions.
Tajik
Offered through the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)
Tamil
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Thai
Offered through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Tibetan
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Turkish
Offered through the Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Language Institute (APTLI)
Urdu
Offered through the South Asian Summer Language Institute (SASLI)
Uyghur
Offered through the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)
Uzbek
Offered through the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI)
Vietnamese
Offered through the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
Non-Credit Programs
The UW-Madison Division of Continuing Studies (DCS) offers non-credit courses for individuals who want to learn a new language or improve their current language skills. All summer 2020 programs will be offered online.
To learn more about non-credit language courses, view the DCS program guide online or contact Christopher Moore at christopher.moore@wisc.edu or (608) 262‑7389.