The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences offers free intensive courses in European languages to\u00a0incoming and continuing graduate students each summer. These four-week courses are tailored to developing\u00a0the reading knowledge that doctoral students require. The courses are suitable for students with\u00a0no prior experience with the language and those seeking a brush-up. Priority is given to graduate\u00a0students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences, but others may be accommodated as\u00a0space permits. Funding is provided by an endowment from the Mellon Foundation. These\u00a0courses give neither grades nor formal academic credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
French and German are offered every year, while Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish are offered in alternate years or as demand requires. The courses are scheduled for four weeks, three hours per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Courses begin in the fourth week of July and end in the third week of August. Specific dates and language offerings are announced by email to graduate students in the spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n