Ray T. Clifford, Director
3086 JFSB, (801) 422-1201
College of Humanities Advisement Center
1175 JFSB, (801) 422-4789
General Information
To make the exceptional foreign language capabilities of BYU
available to a large audience, the Center for Language Studies
offers a variety of language courses during the summer term
(mid-June to mid-August) as well as during the academic year.
Summer intensive courses include:
Advanced language/culture courses for returned missionaries
(and others of comparable ability), especially in less commonly
taught languages. Some of these courses will fulfill the general
education language requirement.
Foundation courses covering the equivalent of a full academic
year of study in a major language.
Students may earn up to two semesters of academic language
credit for an intensive summer course. Students need not be
regular BYU students to enroll and receive credit during the
summer term. Student demand and availability of qualified
faculty determine which languages are taught each summer.
Interested students and potential adjunct faculty are requested
to register their desires to participate in summer programs as
early as possible by completing the survey form on the center's
Web page, http://cls.byu.edu, or by contacting the office at 3086
JFSB.
Language and culture courses for returned missionaries (see
departmental pages for additional language courses):
Note: Some of the following courses are designated as
"culminating courses" to fulfill the general education language
requirement. Returned missionaries should receive advice from
the relevant department when multiple classes in the language of
their interest are listed.
Academic-year courses include two categories:
- Established courses taught as regular daytime classes.
- On-demand courses that are taught if sufficient student
demand and qualified teachers are available. Enrollment in
these courses is generally through the Division of
Continuing Education, Evening Classes. Most of the less
commonly taught languages are listed under the general title
Foreign Language (FLang).
Courses offered:
Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative
Literature
Dansh 340.
Finn 340.
Norwe 340.
Swed 340.
Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages
Cant 202.
Chin 112, 201, 202.
Japan 221, 301.
Korea 301.
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages
Bulgn 330.
Czech 330.
Dutch 340.
Germ 330.
Hung 330.
Polsh 330.
Russ 330.
Sln 330.
SrbCr 330.
Ukrai 330.
Department of French and Italian
Fren 201, 321, 340.
Ital 321, 340.
Rom 340.
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Port 315.
Span 321.
Center for Language Studies
The center offers the following courses—often in collaboration
with language departments—depending on demand and
availability of qualified faculty. The number and types of classes
vary. (Students should check with their major advisement center
to determine whether the class offered fulfills the GE Foreign
Language requirement.)
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Afrikaans |
Haitian Creole |
Niuean |
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Akan |
Hawaiian |
Norwegian |
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Albanian |
Hebrew |
Polish |
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Arabic |
Hindi |
Portuguese |
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Armenian |
Hmong |
Quechua |
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Aymara |
Hungarian |
Quiche |
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Basque |
Icelandic |
Rarotongan |
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Bicolano |
Ilangot |
Romanian |
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Bulgarian |
Ilocano |
Russian |
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Burmese |
Ilonggo |
Samoan |
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Cakchiquel |
Indonesian |
Serbian |
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Cambodian |
Italian |
Slovenian |
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Cantonese |
Japanese |
Spanish |
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Catalan |
Javanese |
Swahili |
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Cebuano |
Kazakh |
Swedish |
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Croatian |
Korean |
Tagalog |
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Czech |
Laotian |
Tahitian |
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Danish |
Latin |
Taiwanese |
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Dutch |
Latvian |
Thai |
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Estonian |
Lithuanian |
Tongan |
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Farsi |
Malagasy |
Trukese |
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Fijian |
Malay |
Turkish |
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Finnish |
Mandarin |
Ukrainian |
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French |
Maori |
Urdu |
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Ga |
Marshallese |
Vanuatau |
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German |
Maya |
Vietnamese |
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Greek (Classical |
Mongolian |
Waray-Waray |
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Greek (Modern) |
Navajo |
Welsh |
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Guarani |
Less commonly taught languages listed under the general title
FLang 330R may also fulfill the GE Foreign Language
requirement.
Upon completion of an approved culminating language course
that fulfills the foreign language general education requirement,
returned missionaries and others with comparable skills may
receive additional graded credit by examination for classes
leading to the level of the culminating course (up to an additional
16 credit hours). In some cases, up to 12 credit hours may be
earned by examination without taking the culminating course, but all
such credit will be pass/fail credit. An examination once taken for
pass/fail credit cannot be retaken or reevaluated for graded
credit. Contact the College of Humanities Technology and
Research Support Center for information about these
examinations. All language credit earned by enrollment on
campus will be graded.
