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World Languages & Cultures

Foreign language requirement

All BA and BFA students in the College must demonstrate proficiency equivalent to 4 semesters of foreign language study. Although there is slight variation among the BS degrees, most require 3 semesters of foreign language study. In addition, some degrees, such as the BA in International Studies, require 6 semesters of foreign language study.
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Foreign Languages offered with a consistent 4-semester sequence (thus allowing the language to work for the degree requirement) = 46 languages:



Additional languages taught in the last 10 years at IUB = 31 languages. Some of these languages are taught only in the summer or only for two semesters. New languages are constantly added to the curriculum.

  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Bengali
  • Bosnian (with Croatian and Serbian)
  • Bulgarian
  • Cantonese
  • Catalan
  • Danish
  • Georgian
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Luganda
  • Macedonian
  • Middle High German
  • Nahuatl
  • Navajo
  • North African Arabic
  • Old Church Slavonic
  • Old High German
  • Pashto
  • Quechua/Inga
  • Setswana
  • Slovak
  • Slovene
  • Tajik
  • Tatar
  • Wolog
  • Xhosa
  • Yoruba
  • Yucatec Maya

TOTAL NUMBER OF LANGUAGES = 77