The College of Arts and Sciences offers 20 foreign languages regularly through the second year (and beyond).
• In 2002, the University of Oregon was named one of 12 National Foreign Language Resource Centers in the nation.
• The Romance Languages Department runs intensive Spanish language programs in Mexico where students may complete an entire year's work in 1 term. The department also offers study-abroad programs in 3 locations in France (Lyon, Angers and Poitiers) and 2 in Italy (Siena and Macerata).
• The Department of German and Scandinavian offers 5 different languages and study-abroad programs in Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
• The East Asian Languages and Literature Department is one of the largest of its kind in North America, enrolling more than 1,000 students a year in its courses.
• While the final numbers haven't been tallied (and may not yet account for an increase of 1,000+ students enrolling at UO this fall), there are, so far:
1,935 students enrolled in Spanish
719 in French
632 in German
585 in Italian
494 in Japanese
422 in Chinese
213 in Russion
127 in Arabic
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