Degrees
The Department of Languages & International Studies offers two majors and several minors, which are listed below. For further information click here.
Majors:
BA in Spanish Education
BA in International Studies
The International Studies degree is unique in its modular structure, including a core in Economics, History, Geography, and Political Science, area studies in culture, and the flexibility to choose a minor or clusters. Students must demonstrate language proficiency at the third-year level.
Minors:
Education Minors: Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish, or TESOL education
Minors: International Studies, Asian Languages, Chinese, European Languages, French, German, Latin American Languages, Russian, Slavic and East European Languages, Spanish, TESOL, World Languages.
Also: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Cambodian, Cantonese, Cebuano, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Farsi-Persian, Fijian, Finnish, Greek (modern), Haitian-Creole, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilonggo/Hiligaynon, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Mongolian, Navajo, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Samoan, Serbian, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, Ukranian, and Vietnamese. These minors are not available to native speakers of these languages. Students who wish to minor in these languages must first pass the BYU FLATS exam in their language of study.