Languages and Cultures

Practice your language skills in state-of-the-art multimedia labs and draw on the linguistic and cultural expertise of faculty members who are mostly native speakers. Mount Royal’s Languages and Cultures Department offers credit courses at a variety of levels in:

Why Learn A Second Language: Click on "licence plate" to watch the video.

Spanish Major - French/Linguistics Minor:
The Department of Languages and Cultures offers a Major in Spanish and a Minor in French and in Linguistics. Click on "licence plate" for details.

Scholarships and Awards for Students:
Through MRU Scholarships and Bursaries, students can apply for 3 awards related to French, 2 awards related to Italian and one general award:
French Awards:
• Donna Cox Memorial Award
• Robert Spence Memorial Scholarship
• Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubliee Endowment Fund for Study in a Second Official
Language Award
Italian Awards:
• Calgary Italian Sportsman Dinner Association Legacy Scholarship
• Calgary Italian Sportsman Dinner Association Scholarship
General Award:
• Eva Rosenberg Memorial Scholarship

Click on "licence plate" for more details on Scholarships and Awards.

Non-Credit Language Courses:
If you are interested in taking non-credit courses, you should contact the Languages Institute.

Department Highlights:
José Gordillo's exhibit at Mount Royal University library. More...

Annual Chinese and Japanese speech contests See who won...

Lamine Konté performs at Mount Royal College More...

Bachelor of Arts
Mount Royal’s four-year Bachelor of Arts gives you the freedom of countless career destinations. The program offers majors in Spanish, Anthropology, English, History, Policy Studies, Psychology, and Sociology as well as minors in 17 subject areas. More...

Note: Because the Bachelor of Arts - University Transfer program will be phased out over the next two years, there will be no admission to the Bachelor of Arts - University Transfer program for the Fall Semester 2008.