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Why Study Cinema and World Languages at UW-Madison?

UW-Madison is a wonderful place to explore world cinema! The UW was one of the first universities in the United States to establish a program in speech communication, and then branched out into film, media and cultural studies. In the Department of Communication Arts, you can study history, theory, criticism, cultural uses and production practices of radio, television and film.

The University’s International Institute, a national leader in area and international studies, covers virtually every region of the globe.

The UW-Madison has one of the most extensive language offerings of any institution of higher education, with the capacity to teach more than 60 languages.

The annual Wisconsin Film Festival and ongoing campus film series make it possible year-round to see international films rarely screened in the Midwest

It might be tempting to imagine English as a universal language. But now as always, proficiency in a foreign language remains the key to another culture, as well as to many job opportunities in business, medicine, international law, state and federal government and higher education.

We hope you will build on your previous experiences in high school, and expand your cinema and language study at the university level, to begin an enriching international adventure.

UW Departments & Programs Offering Languages

Strategies for Learning Foreign Languages

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Other Programs

Wisconsin Film Festival (April 3-6)

Catch Fermat's Room at the Wisconsin Film Festival on Sunday, April 6 at 8:30 pm at the Orpheum Theatre. To see the Film Festival's exciting lineup of 220 films in four days, go to www.wifilmfest.org.

UW Global Ambassadors

UW Global Ambassadors brings current UW-Madison students to high schools to speak about the importance of global competence and learning languages. Learn more >

World Languages Day 2008
April 22, 2008

World Languages Day brings Wisconsin High School students and teachers to the UW-Madison campus for a day of presentations on languages and cultures by UW faculty and staff. Learn more >

 

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