Foreign Language

www.linnbenton.edu/foreign-language

Spanish is the only language available at LBCC for students wishing to pursue a foreign language degree at a four-year transfer school. Transfer credit language classes earn four transfer credits each, and emphasize speaking, reading and writing, helping students to build proficiency. Because we offer a limited number of courses in foreign language, students planning to transfer to Oregon State University should see information for the Associate of Science with emphasis in Foreign Language. 

For students interested in transferring to an institution other than Oregon State University, it is important that you identify the institution that you plan to attend. An advisor in the foreign language department can help you select the classes at LBCC that will transfer to that institution. You may want to also work with an advisor from the transfer institution as well. 

For students interested in the language, culture, and history of Latin American countries, the faculty in the foreign language department recommends the following courses, most of which can be taken as part of the General Education component of the Associate of Arts (Oregon Transfer) degree: 

ENG 215 Latino/a Literature (3 credits)

ENG 209 Non-Western World Literature: The Americas (3 credits)

GEOG 202 World Geography: Latin American and Caribbean (3 credits)

HST 158 History of Latin America (3 credits)

LBCC also offers a wide variety of conversational foreign languages to meet community interests and the needs of local employers. Conversational foreign language classes are offered through community education centers in Albany, Corvallis and Lebanon. They include: beginning conversation classes in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian; beginning and intermediate classes in American Sign Language; and beginning, intermediate, and advanced conversation classes in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.