The following language courses were taught in Summer 2019. Current UW-Madison students can preview summer language courses on the Summer Term website. The complete 2020 summer language course list will be published in the course search & enroll app on January 8, 2020.
*Those who are not current UW-Madison students must first apply for Special Student status in order to enroll.
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Classics
Classics 205: Greek and Latin Origins of Medical Terms (Online)
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French
FRENCH 101: First Semester French
FRENCH 102: Second Semester French
FRENCH 312: Advanced Oral And Written Expression: Writing Across The Humanities
Italian
ITALIAN 102: Second Semester Italian
ITALIAN 201: Accelerated First-Year Italian (Equivalent to completion of 101 & 102)
Japanese
ASIALANG 203: 3rd semester Japanese
ASIALANG 204: 4th semester Japanese
Korean
ASIALANG 205: 3rd Semester Korean
ASIALANG 206: 4th Semester Korean
Norwegian
SCAND ST 404: Norwegian Language 1 (online)
SCAND ST 404: Norwegian Language 2 (online)
Portuguese
PORTUG 301: Intensive Portuguese
PORTUG 302: Intensive Portuguese
Russian
SLAVIC 101: First Semester Russian
SLAVIC 102: Second Semester Russian
Spanish
SPANISH 103: First Year Intensive Spanish (Equivalent to completion of Spanish 101 & 102 )
SPANISH 203: Third Semester Spanish
SPANISH 204: Fourth Semester Spanish
SPANISH 224: Introduction to Hispanic Literatures (Online Only)
SPANISH 311: Advanced Language Practice (Online Only)
Intensive Summer Language Programs
Each summer around 200 undergraduate students, graduate students, professionals, and others come to UW-Madison to study a language at the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes (WISLI). WISLI is host to five summer language institutes which offer high-quality courses in 30 less commonly taught languages:
Arabic
Bengali
Brazilian Portuguese
Burmese
Dari
Filipino
Gujarati
Hindi
Hmong
Indonesian
Javanese
Kazakh
Khmer
Lao
Malayalam
Marathi
Pashto
Persian
Sanskrit
Sinhala
Tajik
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Tibetan
Turkish
Urdu
Uyghur
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Non-Credit Programs
UW-Madison’s Division of Continuing Studies offers friendly, welcoming classes taught by leading language experts from UW-Madison and across the region.Who: Any adult who wants to learn a new language or improve their current language skills.
How: In-person classes on weekdays, evenings, and weekends, or online classes from anywhere in the world.
Learn more online or contact Christopher Moore at christopher.moore@wisc.edu or 608‑262‑7389.