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College of Humanities
Center for Language Studies

Language Courses

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 generally 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

Course offered Fall: AFRIK 101 (Even years)
Course offered Winter: AFRIK 102 (Odd years)

Albanian

Course offered Winter: ALBAN 330
ALBAN 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

American Sign Language

July 28, 2020 09:55 PM
Courses offered Fall:
ASL 101, ASL 102, ASL 111R, ASL 201, ASL 202, ASL 210, ASL 301, ASL 320

Courses offered Winter:
ASL 101, ASL 102, ASL 201, ASL 202, ASL 211R, ASL 301, ASL 302

Contact Department for: ASL 305, ASL 311R, ASL 320, ASL 330, ASL 431

Not currently offered: ASL 432

Armenian

Course offered Fall: ARMEN 330
ARMEN 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam offered

Amharic

July 28, 2020 07:36 PM
Courses offered Winter: Amharic 330

Azerbaijani

Course offered Fall: AZER 101 (Odd years)
Course offered Winter: AZER 102 (Even years)

Bulgarian

Course offered Winter: BULGN 330
BULGN 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam offered

Burmese

Course offered Winter: BURMS 330
BURMS 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam offered

Cambodian/Khmer

Course offered Fall: KHMER 330 (Odd years)
KHMER 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam offered

Cebuano

Course offered Fall: CEBU 330
Courses offered Winter: CEBU 340

Croatian

Courses offered Fall: CROAT 330 and CROAT 340
CROAT 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Courses offered Winter: CROAT 102 and CROAT 340

Challenge Exam Offered
*Taught together with Serbian

Czech

Courses offered Winter: CZECH 321 and CZECH 330
Czech 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam offered

Danish

Courses offered Fall semesters: DANSH 101 (odd years), 201 (even years) and DANSH 330
Courses offered Winter semesters: DANSH 102 (even years), 202 (odd years), and 340 (odd years)
DANSH 330 may fulfill the Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement. See advisor.

Challenge Exam offered.

Dutch

Courses offered Fall: Dutch 330
Courses offered Winter: Dutch 330 and Dutch 340
Dutch 330 or 340 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

Estonian

Courses offered Winter: ESTON 330
ESTON 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Fijian

Course offered Winter: FIJI 330
FIJI 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

Finnish

Courses offered Fall: FINN 101 (even years), 201 (odd years), FINN 305 (even years), and FINN 340 (odd years)
Courses offered Winter: FINN 102 (odd years), 202 (even years) and FINN 330 (odd years)
FINN 330 fulfills the GE requirement for Global and Cultural Awareness.

Challenge Exam offered.

Georgian

Courses offered Winter: GEORG 330
GEORG 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

Guarani

Contact department for information about Guarani courses being offered.

Haitian Creole

Courses offered Fall: CREOL 330 and CREOL 340
CREOL 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Courses offered Winter: CREOL 321


Challenge Exam Offered

Hawaiian

Courses offered Fall: HAWAI 101 and HAWAI 201
Courses offered Winter: HAWAI 102 and HAWAI 202

Hiligaynon

Courses offered Fall: HILIG 330

Hindi

Courses offered Winter: HINDI 101 and HINDI 330

Hmong

Course offered Fall: HMONG 330
Hmong 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Course offered Winter: HMONG 101


Challenge Exam Offered

Hungarian

Course offered Winter: HUNG 330
HUNG 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

Icelandic

Courses offered Fall semesters: ICLND 101 (odd years), 201 (even years)
Courses offered Winter semesters: ICLND 102, (even years), 202 (odd years), 429 (odd years)

Challenge Exam offered.

Indonesian

Courses offered Fall: INDO 330
INDO 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Course offered Winter: INDO 340


Challenge Exam Offered

Kekchi

Contact department for information about Kekchi courses being offered

Khmer

July 28, 2020 07:36 PM
Course offered Fall: KHMER 330 (Odd years)
KHMER 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement



Challenge Exam offered

K'iche'

Course offered Fall: KICHE101 and KICHE 201
Course offered Winter: KICHE 102 and KICHE 202

Kiribati

Courses offered Winter: KIRIB 330
KIRIB 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Lao

Course offered Fall: LAO 330
Course offered Winter: LAO 321

Latvian

Contact department for information about Latvian courses being offered

Lithuanian

Courses offered Winter: LITHU 330

Macedonian

Contact department for information about Macedonian courses being offered

Malagasy

Course offered Fall: MALAG 330
MALAG 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam offered

Malay

Malay courses offered in the Fall: MALAY 330
MALAY 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

Marshallese

Course offered Winter: MARSH 330

Modern Greek

July 28, 2020 07:36 PM
Course offered Winter: MGRK 330

Mongolian

Courses offered Winter: MONGO 330
MONGO 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

Navajo

Courses offered Fall: NAVAJ 101
Courses offered Winter: NAVAJ 102

Norwegian

Courses offered Fall semesters: NORWE 101 (odd years), NORWE 201 (even years) and NORWE 330
Courses offered Winter semesters: NORWE 102 (even years), NORWE 202 (odd years), NORWE 340 (even years)
NORWE 330 fulfills the GE requirement for Global and Cultural Awareness.

Challenge Exam offered.

Persian

Course offered Fall: PERSI 102
Courses offered Winter: PERSI 101 and PERSI 330

Polish

Course offered Fall: POLSH 330

Quechua

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

Romanian

Courses offered Winter: ROM 330
ROM 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

Samoan

Courses offered Fall: SAMOA 101, SAMOA 201, and SAMOA 330
SAMOA 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Courses offered Winter: SAMOA 102, SAMOA 202, and SAMOA 330

Challenge Exam Offered

Serbian

Courses offered Fall: SERB 330 and SERB 340
Courses offered Winter: SERB 321
SERB 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

S’gaw Karen

Courses offered Fall: SGAW 330

Slovak

Course offered Fall: SLOVK 321 (Odd years), SLOVK 330, SLOVK 340 (Even years)

Challenge Exam offered

Slovenian

Contact department for information about Slovenian courses being offered

Swahili

Courses offered Fall: SWAHI 101 and SWAHI 330
Course offered Winter: SWAHI 102

Swedish

Courses offered Fall semesters: SWED 101 (even years), 201 (odd years) and SWED 330
Courses offered Winter: SWED 102 (odd years), 201 (even years) and SWED 340
SWED 330 may fulfill the GE requirement for Global and Cultural Awareness. See advisor.

Challenge Exam offered.

Tagalog

Courses offered Fall: TAGAL 101, TAGAL 201, TAGAL 330, and TAGAL 340
Courses offered Winter: TAGAL 102, TAGAL 202, TAGAL 330, TAGAL 321
TAGAL 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam offered

Tahitian

Contact department for information about Tahitian courses being offered.

Thai

Courses offered Fall: THAI 101 (Even years), THAI 201 (Odd years), THAI 330, and THAI 321
Courses offered Winter: THAI 102 (Odd years), THAI 202 (Even years), THAI 330, and THAI 340

THAI 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Tibetan

Course offered Fall: TIBET 101 (Odd years)
Course offered Winter: TIBET 102 (Even years)

Tongan

Courses offered Fall: TONGA101 and TONGA 201
TONGA 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Courses offered Winter: TONGA 102, TONGA 202, and TONGA 330

Challenge Exam Offered

Turkish

Contact department for information about Turkish courses being offered.

Ukrainian

Contact department for information about Ukrainian courses being offered

Vietnamese

Courses offered Fall: VIET 101 and VIET 340

Course offered Winter: VIET 102 and VIET 330

VIET 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement

Challenge Exam Offered

Welsh

Courses offered Fall: WELSH 101, WELSH 201, WELSH 305, WELSH 330, WELSH 346R
Courses offered Winter: WELSH 102, WELSH 202, WELSH 305, and WELSH 346R

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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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.

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 330*
Dutch 330*
Estonian 330
Fijian 330*
Finnish 305 or 330*
French 321*
Georgian 330*
German 330*
Guarani 330
Haitian-Creole 330*
Hindi 330
Hmong 330*
Hungarian 330*
Icelandic 202*Indonesian 330*Kiribati 330*
Latvian 330
Lithuanian 330
Malagasy 330*
Malay 330*
Mongolian 330*
Norwegian 330*
Persian 330*
Polish 330*
Portuguese 321*
Romanian 330*
Russian 330*
Samoan 330*
Serbian 330*
Slovak 330*
Spanish 321*
Slovenian 330*

Swedish 330*

Tagalog 330*
Thai 330*
Tongan 330*

Turkish 330

Ukrainian 330*
Vietnamese 330*