World Languages at Calvin: A look at the last 30 years
Calvin University's world languages department has undergone significant changes over the past 30 years, with various language programs being added and cut. The department was consolidated into a single entity in 2020, coinciding with a reduction in core language requirements.
Calvin University's world languages offerings have changed substantially over the past 30 years. In the 1996-97 academic year, the university offered majors and minors in various languages, including Classical languages, Greek, Latin, Dutch, French, German, and Spanish. The language courses and programs remained relatively stable until the 2016-17 academic year, when the Greek, Latin, and Classical languages majors and minors were cut. Further cuts followed in subsequent years, with the Classics department being eliminated in 2020-21 and various language majors and minors being discontinued. The World Languages department was established in 2020, consolidating previously separate language departments. A core restructuring in 2021 reduced the number of language classes required, which professors attribute to declining enrollments and subsequent cuts. By the 2023-24 academic year, Greek language classes were discontinued, and in fall 2025, the German minor and French major and minor were cut.
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