Georgetown Adds Farsi to Foreign Language Offerings

Georgetown University has added Farsi (Persian) to its list of foreign language classes.

Georgetown has offered Farsi as a summer course since 2003, but this is the first time that it has offered it as a foreign language course during the academic year.

Two classes, both taught by a native speaker, are being offered: Non-Intensive First Level Persian, for beginners, and Intermediate Persian I, for students who already have some knowledge of the language. Faculty, noting that student interest was high enough to quickly fill this semester's two classes, hope to expand course offerings in the future.

Farsi, which is spoken in Iran and parts of Afghanistan and Tajikistan, is one of several foreign languages which has become more popular on college campuses in recent years. Other U.S. colleges and universities which offer a Farsi or Persian language program are Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Emory, and the University of Virginia.