The languages listed below are either taught on a regular basis or have been offered in the recent past. The exact number of languages offered each year varies depending on factors such as student demand, instructor availability, and funding. Some courses are offered through other universities as part of inter-institutional agreements such as the Big Ten Academic Alliance CourseShare program.
Looking for a language to begin or continue to meet your College of Letters & Science language requirement? Review the information on this page to find out which languages are offered to the fourth-semester level.
Make sure to also check out the phenomenal opportunities for intensive summer language study through the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes and L&S departments!
Modern Languages
Ancient/Classical Languages
Canaanite Dialects
Epigraphic Hebrew, Phoenician and Punic, and Moabite
Early New High German
Offered every 6th semester
Old English
Taught on rotation
Old Norse
Taught on rotation
Aramaic
Not currently offered. University has the capacity to teach if sufficient demand.
Gothic
Taught on rotation
Middle Dutch
Taught on rotation
Ninth-Century German
Taught on rotation
Old Frisian
Taught on rotation
Old Saxon
Taught on rotation
Syriac (Middle Aramaic)
Not currently offered. University has the capacity to teach if sufficient demand.
Biblical Hebrew
Not currently being offered, but was offered 2020-2021 academic year.
Old Church Slavic
Taught on rotation
Old High German
Taught on rotation
Ugaritic
Not currently offered. University has the capacity to teach if sufficient demand.