Courses & Programs

Undergraduate Courses in Languages

Languages offers courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish, which are open to any student enrolled in an undergraduate degree program of the university. Courses at the introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels are offered in several languages. Advanced-level courses are often devoted to reading and conversation about a specific topic, such as popular culture, literature, and film and other media.

View Languages course offerings.

Language Teaching Innovation & Design

Languages offers a selection of courses in language teaching innovation and design. These courses cover a wide range of topics, including innovations in language teaching methodology, teaching languages online, cultural context in language teaching, and using film and media in the languages classroom; curriculum design labs on special topics are also offered. These courses, taught by experts in the field, provide training for current and future teachers and for those aspiring to teach abroad or tutor. The courses are offered at both the undergraduate and the graduate levels.

For more information on courses in language teaching innovation and design, see the University course catalog.

Open Campus Courses

Continuing education courses in languages are offered on an open-enrollment basis through The New School's Open Campus. All courses can be taken on a noncredit basis. Most can also be taken for undergraduate credit as part of a New School degree program or for transfer credit.

Explore courses in American Sign Language, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Choosing the Proper Course

Languages offers self-administered placement tests in most of the languages taught at The New School. Prospective students can request the test by sending an email to the Languages Office at languages@newschool.edu. After completing the test, students can send it back to the Languages Office, which will coordinate with a faculty member in order to assess the test and advise the student about course options.

To learn more about placement exams or to contact a language coordinator about an oral assessment, email languages@newschool.edu or call 212.229.5676.