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interest, develop skills
and a knowledge base that complement their major,
express themselves in a creative
area that is or will likely become an avocation, or learn more about themselves and/or their heritage. Minors such as those in foreign languages, mathematics and computer science may not only be pedagogically sound but also indicate a skill to a prospective employer.
Most major programs in the
College offer corresponding minors as well. A minor is
usually half of a major,
generally six to eight courses, depending upon the program. Some programs require specific courses for the minor; others do not.
Interschool Minors
Interschool minors are offered by
the School of Arts and Sciences and one or more of the
other schools of the University, including Wharton,
Design, Education and Nursing. For more information,
please see the Cross-School Programs section for a list
of interschool minors.
Any of the minors offered by the
School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) is
open to students in the College. For more information,
please see the section of this publication devoted to
SEAS programs.
It is not possible to complete a
minor in the Wharton School. Students may take Wharton
courses as non-College free electives or, if permitted,
as part of their major.
Language Study
Recognizing the need for an
expanded experience of cultures other than one’s
own, and the pivotal role that language can have in
this experience, the School of Arts and Sciences offers
a wide variety of languages and options for language
study. Students in the College are currently offered
several choices to guide their study of a language
other than English: completion of the College’s
Foreign Language Requirement; a major in a language and
literature department or program; a minor in a language
and literature department or program; and a language
certificate. Over 50 languages are offered through
standing departments and programs, while many others
are offered through the Penn Language Center.
The University of Pennsylvania
departments and programs offer instruction in the
following languages:
African Studies
*Amharic, *Swahili, *Twi,
*Yoruba, *Zulu and tutorials in various African
languages (currently *Kinya-rwanda,
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*Igbo, *Shona, *Wolof)
Classical Studies
Classical/Medieval Latin,
Ancient/*Modern Greek
East Asian Languages and
Civilizations
*Cantonese, Classical
Chinese, Classical Japanese, Japanese, Korean,
Mandarin, *Mongolian, *Tagalog, *Taiwanese, *Thai,
*Vietnamese
Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations
Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic,
Avestan/Old Persian, Egyptian, Hittite, Modern/Biblical
Hebrew, Pali,
*Persian, *Turkish
Germanic Languages and
Literatures
Dutch, German, Yiddish,
Swedish
Linguistics
*American Sign Language,
*Irish Gaelic
Romance Languages
Catalan, French, Spanish,
Italian, Portuguese
Slavic Languages
*Czech, *Hungarian,
*Polish, Russian, *Ukrainian
South Asia Studies
*Bengali, *Gujarati, Hindi,
*Kannada, *Malayalam, *Marathi, *Punjabi, *Pashto,
Sanskrit, *Tamil, *Telugu, *Urdu
*Offered through Penn Language
Center
The Penn Language Center
In addition to the language
courses offered as part of the degree programs in
various majors, the unique institution of the Penn
Language Center allows the University of Pennsylvania
to offer a wide variety of less commonly taught
languages, as well as other language courses for
special purposes. While students often opt to continue
to study the language they studied in high school, the
wealth of languages that the University offers is such
that many students decide to explore a new culture and
area of our globe by beginning a foreign language that
they have never before studied. The Penn Language
Center can be an invaluable resource for such study.
Language Certificate Program
The language certificate is
intended to provide an additional incentive for
advanced work for students who want to study language
beyond the level of competence established for the
Language Requirement, but who do not have the time or
the inclination to complete a major or minor.
Completion of the certificate will be noted on the
student’s transcript at the time of graduation.
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