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College of Humanities
Center for Language Studies
Languages Taught by CLS
Languages Taught by Other Departments
Courses for Returned Missionaries

The following language classes are offered by the Center for Language Studies. Please refer to each specific course for more information and availability.

Classes normally must have 5 students to carry.

Class offerings are subject to change.

For more information visit https://catalog.byu.edu/humanities/center-language-studies.

Afrikaans

Afrikaans courses offered in the Fall: Afrikaans 101
Afrikaans courses offered in the Winter: Afrikaans 102

Albanian

Albanian courses offered in the Winter: Albanian 330
Albanian 330 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered

American Sign Language

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Courses offered in the Fall:
ASL 101, ASL 102, ASL 201, ASL 202, ASL 301, ASL 320, ASL 431, ASL 311R (FLSR house only)

Courses offered in the Winter: ASL 101, ASL 102, ASL 201, ASL 202, ASL 301, ASL 432, ASL 302

Courses offered in the Spring: ASL 101, ASL 201

Courses offered in the Summer: ASL 102, ASL 202

Armenian

Armenian courses offered in the Fall: Armenian 330
Armenian 330 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered

Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani courses offered in the Fall: Azerbaijani 102
Azerbaijani courses offered in the Winter:
Azerbaijani 201

Bulgarian

Bulgarian courses offered in the Fall: Bulgarian 330
Bulgarian 330 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered

Burmese

Burmese courses offered in the Winter: Burmese 330

Cambodian/Khmer

Cambodian/Khmer courses offered in the Fall: Cambodian/Khmer 330
Cambodian/Khmer 330 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered

Cebuano

Cebuano courses offered in the Fall: Cebuano 330
Cebuano courses offered in the Winter:
Cebuano 330 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered

Croatian

Croatian courses offered in the Fall: Croatian/Serbian 330
Croatian 330 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered
*Taught together with Serbian

Czech

Czech courses offered in the Winter: Czech 330
Czech 330 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered.

Danish

Danish courses offered in the Fall:
Danish 101 (Even years), Danish 201 (Odd years), Danish 321

Danish courses offered in the Winter:
Danish 102 (Odd years), Danish 202 (Even years)

Dutch

Dutch courses offered in the Fall: Dutch 330, Dutch 321
Dutch courses offered in the Winter: Dutch 330, Dutch 340
Dutch 330 or 340 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam offered

Estonian

Estonian courses offered in the Winter:
Estonian 330
Estonian 330 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA

Fijian

Fijian courses offered in the Fall: Fijian 330
Fijian 330 satisfies both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered

Finnish

Finnish courses offered in the Fall:
Finnish 101 (Even years), Finnish 201 (Odd years), Finnish 321

Finnish courses offered in the Winter:
Finnish 102 (Odd years), Finnish 202 (Even years)

Georgian

Georgian courses offered in the Winter: Georgian 330
Georgian 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning Requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered.

Guarani

Guarani courses offered in the Fall: Guarani 211R
Guarani courses offered in the Winter: Guarani 305

Haitian Creole

Haitian Creole courses offered in the Fall:
Haitian Creole 101, Haitian Creole 330
Haitian Creole courses offered in the Winter: Haitian Creole 102, Haitian Creole 340
Haitian Creole 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning requirement and GCA
Challenge Exam Offered.

Hawaiian

Hawaiian courses offered in the Fall:
Hawaiian 101, Hawaiian 201
Hawaiian courses offered in the Winter:
Hawaiian 102, Hawaiian 202

Hiligaynon

Hiligaynon courses offered in the Fall: Hiligaynon 321
Hiligaynon courses offered in the Winter: Hiligaynon 330

Hindi

Hindi courses offered in the Fall:
Hindi 101, Hindi 201, Hindi 330
Hindi courses offered in the Winter: Hindi 102, Hindi 202

Hmong

Hmong courses offered in the Fall:
Hmong 330
Hmong courses offered in the Winter: Hmong 101
Hmong 330 Fulfills both the Languages of Learning requirement and GCA
Challenge Exam Offered

Hungarian

Hungarian courses offered in the Fall:
Hungarian 330
Hungarian 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered

Icelandic

Icelandic courses offered in the Fall:
Icelandic 101 (Odd years), Icelandic 201 (Even years)

Icelandic courses offered in the Winter:
Icelandic 102 (Even years), Icelandic 202 (Odd years)

Indonesian

Indonesian courses offered in the Fall:
Indonesian 330, Indonesian 321
Indonesian courses offered in the Winter: Indonesian 340
Indonesian 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered

Kekchi

Kekchi courses offered in the Fall: Kekchi (FLANG 305)

K'iche'

K'iche' courses offered in the Fall 2021:
K'iche' 101
K'iche' courses offered in the Winter 2022:
K'iche' 102

Kiribati

Kiribati courses offered in the Fall:
Kiribati courses offered in the Winter: Kiribati 330
Kiribati 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning and Global and Cultural Awareness GE Requirements

Lao

Lao courses offered in the Winter:
Lao 330

Latvian

Latvian courses offered in the Winter: Latvian 330

Lithuanian

Lithuanian courses offered in the Winter: Lithuanian 330

Macedonian

Malagasy

Malagasy courses offered in the Fall: Malagasy 330
Malagasy 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered.

Malay

Malay courses offered in the Winter: Malay 330
Malay 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning requirement & GCA
Challenge Exam Offered.

Marshallese

Marshallese courses offered in the Winter:
Marshallese 330

Mongolian

Mongolian courses offered in the Winter: Mongolian 330
Mongolian 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement
Challenge Exam Offered

Navajo

Navajo courses offered in the Fall:
Navajo 101, Navajo 201
Navajo courses offered in the Winter:
Navajo 102, Navajo 202

Nepali

Norwegian

Norwegian courses offered in the Fall:
Norwegian 101 (Odd years), Norwegian 201 (Even years), Norwegian 321

Norwegian courses offered in the Winter:
Norwegian 102 (Even years), Norwegian 202 (Odd years)

Persian

Persian courses offered in the Fall:
Persian 330

Polish

Polish courses offered in the Fall: Polish 330

Quechua

Quechua courses offered in the Fall:
Quechua 101
Quechua courses offered in the Winter:
Quechua 102

Romanian

Romanian courses offered in the Fall:
Romanian 330
Romanian 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement.
Challenge Exam Offered

Samoan

Samoan courses offered in the Fall:
Samoan 101, Samoan 201, Samoan 330
Samoan courses offered in the Winter:
Samoan 102, 202
Samoan 330 Fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement
Challenge Exam Offered

Serbian

Serbian/Croatian courses offered in the Fall: Serbian/Croatian 330
Serbian 330 Fulfills the Languages of Learning Requirement
Challenge Exam Offered
*Taught together with Croatian

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Slovak

Slovak courses offered in the Fall:
Slovak 330
Challenge Exam Offered

Slovenian

Slovenian courses offered in the Fall: Slovenian 330
Slovenian 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement
Challenge Exam Offered

Swahili

Swahili courses offered in the Fall: Swahili 101
Swahili courses offered in the Winter: Swahili 102

Swedish

Swedish courses offered in the Fall:
Swedish 101 (Even years), Swedish 201 (Odd years), Swedish 321

Swedish courses offered in the Winter:
Swedish 102 (Odd years), Swedish 202 (Even years)

Tagalog

Tagalog courses offered in the Fall:
Tagalog 101, Tagalog 201, Tagalog 330, Tagalog 321
Tagalog courses offered in the Winter:
Tagalog 102, Tagalog, 202, Tagalog 330, Tagalog 340
Tagalog 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement
Challenge Exam Offered

Tahitian

Tahitian courses offered in the Fall: Tahitian 202
Tahitian 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement

Thai

Thai courses offered in the Fall:
Thai 101, Thai 330, Thai 321
Thai courses offered in the Winter:
Thai 102, Thai 330, Thai 340
Thai 330 Fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement.

Tongan

Tongan courses offered in the Fall:
Tongan 101, Tongan 201, Tongan 330
Tongan courses offered in the Winter:
Tongan 102, Tongan 202
Tongan 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement
Challenge Exam Offered

Turkish

Turkish courses offered in the Fall:
Turkish 101
Turkish courses offered in the Winter:
Turkish 102

Ukrainian

Ukrainian courses offered in the Winter: Ukrainian 330
Ukrainian 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement
Challenge Exam Offered

Vietnamese

Vietnamese courses offered in the Fall:
Vietnamese 330
Vietnamese courses offered Winter: Vietnamese 340
Vietnamese 330 fulfills the Languages of Learning GE Requirement
Challenge Exam Offered

Welsh

Welsh courses offered in the Fall:
Welsh 101, Welsh 201
Welsh courses offered in the Winter:
Welsh 102, Welsh 202

Languages Taught By Other Departments

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Spanish and Portuguese

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French and Italian

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German and Russian

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Asian and Near Eastern Languages

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Scandinavian Languages

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Returned missionaries who wish to maintain their language skills can do so in a number of ways as BYU students.

If your language is not taught at BYU or if you are not a BYU student, you are eligible to take the FLATS exam, which provides you with up to 12 pass/fail credits. You can find out more about the FLATS exam here.

Tahira Carrol teaching a language course.
Tahira Carrol teaching a language course.

If your language is taught at BYU, and you are a BYU student or a visiting student, you are eligible to take the Challenge Exam, which provides you with up to 16 graded credits. In order to take the Challenge Exam, you must be enrolled in the corresponding upper-division class. By completing the class, you will fulfill the Global and Cultural Awareness and Languages of Learning General Education requirements.

If students wish to continue further with their language learning, they can continue their studies through earning a Language Certificate, a Minor, or a Major if it is available in their language.

Classes we recommend for returned missionaries

*Challenge Exam Offered

Albanian 330*
Armenian 330*
Bulgarian 330*
Cambodian 330*
Cebuano 330*
Croatian 330*
Chinese 202*
Czech 330*
Danish 321*
Dutch 330*
Estonian 330
Fijian 330*
Finnish 321*
French 321*
Georgian 330*
German 330*
Guarani 330
Haitian-Creole 330*
Hindi 330
Hmong 330*
Hungarian 330*
Indonesian 330*
Kiribati 330*
Latvian 330
Lithuanian 330
Malagasy 330*
Malay 330*
Mongolian 330*
Norwegian 321*
Persian 330*
Polish 330*
Portuguese 321*
Romanian 330*
Russian 330*
Samoan 330*
Serbian 330*
Slovak 330*
Spanish 321*
Slovenian 330*
Swedish 321*
Tagalog 330*
Thai 330*
Tongan 330*
Turkish 330
Ukrainian 330*
Vietnamese 330*