The following information is from IUB General Education Requirement page
Students must successfully complete the study of a single GenEd-approved world language through the second semester of the second-year level of college-level course work. International students whose native language is not English may fulfill the foreign language requirement through demonstrated proficiency in their native languages, in accordance with the practice and policies of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Search IUB approved language courses
Ele= Elementary
Int= Intermediate
Adv= Advanced
Bgn= Beginning
Intro= Introductory
*grad= for graduate students only
I,II,III= levels/ semesters(if goes after Ele. Int. and etc.)
1st, 2nd, 3rd = years
| Language | Department | Levels and Course Info. | IUB GenEd Approved |
| Akan/Twi | African Studies | Ele. I Int. I Adv. I | YES |
| American Sign Language (ASL) | SPHS | I, II, III, IV | YES |
| Arabic | NELC | Ele. Int. Adv.I, III | YES |
| Bamana | African Studies | Ele. I Int. I Adv. I | YES |
| Bengali | India Studies | Intro. I Int. I | N/A |
| Burmese | SEAS | Intro. I Int. I | N/A |
| Catalan | HISP | Int. Intensive | N/A |
| Chinese | EALC | Ele., 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Adv.(Humanities C557, Social Science C567) | YES |
| Czech | SLAV | Ele., Inter.Cinema | YES |
| Dutch | Germanic Studies | Intensive, Adv., Reading | YES |
| Ancient Egyptian Languages(Three types) | NELC | Elementary Hieroglyophic Egyptian II, Late Egyptian, Demotic Egyptian II | N/A |
| English / ESL(IEP) | English Courses | N/A(not regarded as a World Language) | |
| Estonian | CEUS | Intro,Inter, Adv I | YES |
| Finnish | CEUS | Intro.,Int., Adv. I | YES |
| French | FRIT | Ele.I, Accelerated Ele., Ele.II, Bgn. Conversation, 2nd I, 2nd II, Ele. *grad | YES |
| German | Germanic Studies | Bgn. I II,Ele.*grad,Acc. 1st, Int.I II,5th sem, 6th sem, | YES |
| Greek (Classical) | Classical Studies | Ele., Int., Intro Attic | YES |
| Greek (Modern) | Institute for European Studies | Bgn., Int., Adv.II | YES |
| Haitian Creole | CLACS | (Under LTAM)Ele. Int. II | YES |
| Bibilical Hebrew | NELC | Inter | YES |
| Modern Hebrew | NELC | Ele.I II Inter. I II Adv. I | YES |
| Hindi | India Studies | Bgn II, 2nd year II, Adv I II. | YES |
| Hungarian | CEUS | Intro,Int., Adv.I | YES |
| Indonesian | SEAS | Ele. Int. II | NO |
| Italian | FRIT | Ele.I II., Int. I II, Acc. 2nd | YES |
| Japanese | EALC | Ele., 2nd, 3rd, 4th | YES |
| Kazakh | CEUS | Intro,Int., Adv I | YES |
| Kinyarwandar-NEW | African Studies | Ele. | NO |
| Korean | EALC | Ele., 2nd, 3rd, 4th | YES |
| Kurdish | CEUS | Intro | NO |
| Kyrgyz | CEUS | Intro,Int.,Adv.,I | NO |
| Latin | Classical Studies | Ele. Inter. | YES |
| Maya | CLACS | Ele. Inter II | YES |
| Mongolian | CEUS | Intro,Int., Adv | YES |
| Norwegian | Germanic Studies | Beg.,Int. | YES |
| Old Saxon | Germanic Studies | GER-G-639 | NO |
| Persian | CEUS | Intro,Int., Adv | YES |
| Polish | SLAV | Ele., Int., adv. | YES |
| Portuguese | Spanish and Portugese | Ele. Ele4graduate, Intensive. 2nd I | YES |
| Quechua | CLACS | Ele.,Int. | YES |
| Russian | SLAV | Ele., Int., adv., Structure | YES |
| Serbian/ Croatian/ Bosnian | SLAV | Ele., Inter., adv. | YES |
| Spanish | Spanish and Portugese | Ele.,1st, 2nd | YES |
| Swahili (Kiswahili) | African Studies | Ele. II Inter. II Adv. II | YES |
| Tibetan | CEUS | Intro., Int.,Adv. | YES |
| Thai | SEAS | Ele. Inter. | NO |
| Turkish | CEUS | Intro., Int.,Adv. | YES |
| Ukrainian | SLAV | Ele., Inter. | YES |
| Urdu | India Studies | Bgn., 2nd , Adv. | YES |
| Uyghur | CEUS | Intro,Int., Adv | YES |
| Uzbek | CEUS | Intro,Int., Adv | YES |
| Yiddish | Germanic Studies | Bgn.,Int. | YES |
| Yoruba | African Studies | Ele. Int. Adv. | YES |
| Zulu | African Studies | Ele. Int. Adv. | YES |
| Arabic | Azerbaijani* | BCS+ | Chinese | Dutch | Estonian |
| German | Haitian Creole | Hungarian | Indonesian | Japanese | Korean |
| Kurdish* | Kyrgyz | Latvian | Lithuanian* | Mongolian | Pashto* |
| Persian | Russian | Swahili | Turkish | Ukrainian | Uzbek |
+ BCS refers to Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.
* indicates no courses offered in Spring 2019.
| Language | Why Study? | Student Interview | Classroom Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | |||
| Bamana | |||
| Central Eurasian Studies (CEUS) | |||
| Chinese | |||
| Finnish | |||
| French | |||
| Global Village | |||
| Haitian Creole | |||
| Hindi | |||
| Hungarian | |||
| Intensive English Program (IEP) | |||
| Italian | |||
| Japanese | |||
| Korean | |||
| Mongolian | |||
| Norwegian | |||
| Pashto | |||
| Portuguese | |||
| Slavic & East European Languages and Cultures (SLAV) | |||
| Spanish | |||
| Swahili (Kiswahili) | |||
| IU Summer Language Workshop (SWSEEL) | |||
| Turkish | |||
| Uyghur | |||
| Uzbek | |||
| Zulu |
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