Language Courses
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.
Albanian
ALBAN 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam Offered
American Sign Language
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
ARMEN 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam offered
Bulgarian
BULGN 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam offered
Burmese
BURMS 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam offered
Cambodian/Khmer
KHMER 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam offered
Croatian
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
Czech 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam offered
Danish
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 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
ESTON 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Fijian
FIJI 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam Offered
Finnish
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
GEORG 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam Offered
Haitian Creole
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 Winter: HAWAI 102 and HAWAI 202
Hmong
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
HUNG 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam Offered
Icelandic
Courses offered Winter semesters: ICLND 102, (even years), 202 (odd years), 429 (odd years)
Challenge Exam offered.
Indonesian
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
Khmer
KHMER 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam offered
Kiribati
KIRIB 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Malagasy
MALAG 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam offered
Malay
MALAY 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam Offered
Mongolian
MONGO 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam Offered
Norwegian
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.
Polish
Quechua
Quechua 101
Quechua courses offered in the Winter:
Quechua 102
Romanian
ROM 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam Offered
Samoan
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 Winter: SERB 321
SERB 330 fulfills both the Languages of Learning (LL) and Global Cultural Awareness (GCA) General Education (GE) requirement
Challenge Exam Offered
Slovak
Challenge Exam offered
Swedish
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 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
Thai
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
Tongan
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
Vietnamese
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 Winter: WELSH 102, WELSH 202, WELSH 305, and WELSH 346R
Languages Taught By Other Departments
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.
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* |