Critical Languages

Course Offerings

The Critical Languages Program (CLP) in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Samford University presents a unique opportunity for students interested in pursuing language study in Arabic, Chinese, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, or Swahili. The courses are offered concurrently with Samford's regular fall and spring semester schedules. The classes meet from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We offer 4 courses for 4 credits each over a two year time span. Thus, in the fall semester we offer the first and third semester courses, that is, 101 and 201, and in the spring semester we offer the second and fourth semester courses, i.e. 102 and 202.  All courses take place in either Chapman or Burns Hall.

Below is a chart of our tutors and the respective language that they teach.

Tutor	Language
Suad Khalaf	Arabic
William Sahawneh	Arabic
Alice Yen	Chinese
Yachiyo Culpepper	Japanese
David Sanderson	Portuguese
Lucia Sanderson	Portuguese
Larissa B. Charny	Russian
Vitaly Charny	Russian
Jimmy Makris	Thai Assistant to Director
Dr. Terry Pickett	Critical Languages Director
Dr. Heather West	Academic Director of Laboratories

Our CLP program is affiliated with the national organization known as NASILP(National Asociation of Self-Instructional Language Program). Samford's program is unique in that: 1) it provides an avenue for students to pursue minors in languages that otherwise would be impossible; and 2) it is available to individuals in the community, to high school students wishing to fulfill a high school language requirement, and also to university students at any of the participating institutions affiliated with BACHE (the Birmingham Area Consortium for Higher Education) which includes not only Samford, but also Birmingham-Southern College, Miles, Montevallo and UAB.

For more information contact
Dr. Terry Pickett, Director
205.726-4208
e-mail: thpicket@samford.edu