Languages at Berkeley

The University of California at Berkeley offers instruction in the following languages in 14 departments. In addition to majoring or minoring in many of these languages, students may wish to consider the minor in Applied Language Studies. In the table below, click on the language name for more information about that language; click on the department name for general information on the department where the language is taught; click on the link in the Undergraduate Program for information on majoring/minoring in the language or area studies; and finally, click on the Course Info link for information on courses offered in that language.

Language

Department

Undergraduate Program

Course Info

Conversation Practice

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Akkadian

Department: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

American Sign Language

Department: Linguistics

See departmental site

Courses: http://www.linguistics.berkeley.edu/programs/courses

Amharic

Department: African American Studies

See departmental site

See departmental site

Ancient Greek

Department: Classics

Undergrad Program: http://www.classics.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://www.classics.berkeley.edu/courses

Arabic

Department: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Undergrad Program: http://nes.berkeley.edu/undergraduate_majors.html

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Aramaic

Department: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

Undergrad Program: http://nes.berkeley.edu/undergraduate_majors.html

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Armenian

Department: Slavic Languages and Literatures

Undergrad Program: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/

Courses: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/courses-2/

Bengali (Bangla)

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Biblical Hebrew

Department: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS)

Department: Slavic Languages and Literatures

Undergrad Program: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/

Courses: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/courses-2/

Breton

Department: Celtic Studies

Undergrad Program: http://celtic.berkeley.edu/major-and-minor/

See departmental site

Burmese

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

See departmental site

See departmental site

Cantonese

Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

See departmental site

Catalan

Department: Department of Spanish and Portuguese

See departmental site

See departmental site

Chichewa

Department: African American Studies

See departmental site

Courses: http://africam.berkeley.edu/content/language

Chinese

Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

Undergrad Program: http://ealc.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/undergraduate-requirements

See departmental site

Classical Chinese

Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

See departmental site

Classical Japanese

Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

See departmental site

Coptic

Department: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Czech

Department: Slavic Languages and Literatures

Undergrad Program: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/

Courses: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/courses-2/

Danish

Department: Scandinavian

Undergrad Program: http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/major-and-minor/

See departmental site

Dutch

Department: Department of German

Undergrad Program: https://german.berkeley.edu/courses/dutch-courses/fall-2018/

Courses: https://german.berkeley.edu/courses/dutch-courses/fall-2018/

Egyptian

Department: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Filipino

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Finnish

Department: Scandinavian

Undergrad Program: http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/major-and-minor/

See departmental site

French

Department: The French Department

Undergrad Program: https://french.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/studying-french-language-at-cal

See departmental site

German

Department: Department of German

Undergrad Program: https://german.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/overview/

Courses: https://german.berkeley.edu/courses/courses-in-german/fall-2018/

Hindi

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Hittite

Department: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Hungarian

Department: Slavic Languages and Literatures

Undergrad Program: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/

Courses: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/courses-2/

Icelandic

Department: Scandinavian

Undergrad Program: http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/major-and-minor/

Courses: http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/languages/icelandic/

Indonesian

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: https://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses/indonesian-1b-introductory-indonesian/

Italian

Department: Italian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://italian.berkeley.edu/undergraduate-program/

See departmental site

Japanese

Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

Undergrad Program: http://ealc.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/undergraduate-requirements

See departmental site

Khmer

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Korean

Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

Undergrad Program: http://ealc.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/undergraduate-requirements

See departmental site

Latin

Department: Classics

Undergrad Program: http://www.classics.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://www.classics.berkeley.edu/courses

Medieval Welsh

Department: Celtic Studies

Undergrad Program: http://celtic.berkeley.edu/major-and-minor/

See departmental site

Middle Persian

Department: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Modern Greek

Department: Department of Comparative Literature

See departmental site

See departmental site

Modern Hebrew

Department: Department of Near Eastern Studies

Undergrad Program: http://nes.berkeley.edu/undergraduate_majors.html

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Conversation Practice: Cafe Ivrit, Wednesdays 5-6 & Thursdays 5:30-7:30, Berkeley Hillel 2nd floor lounge

Modern Irish

Department: Celtic Studies

Undergrad Program: http://celtic.berkeley.edu/major-and-minor/

See departmental site

Mongolian

Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

See departmental site

Norwegian

Department: Scandinavian

Undergrad Program: http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/major-and-minor/

See departmental site

Occitan

Department: The French Department

See departmental site

See departmental site

Old Church Slavic

Department: Slavic Languages and Literatures

Undergrad Program: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/

Courses: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/courses-2/

Old Norse

Department: Scandinavian

Undergrad Program: http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/major-and-minor/

See departmental site

Old/Middle Irish

Department: Celtic Studies

Undergrad Program: http://celtic.berkeley.edu/major-and-minor/

See departmental site

Pali

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Persian

Department: Department of Near Eastern Studies

Undergrad Program: http://nes.berkeley.edu/undergraduate_majors.html

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Polish

Department: Slavic Language and Literatures

Undergrad Program: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/

Courses: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/courses-2/

Portuguese

Department: Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Undergrad Program: see department home page

Courses: see department home page

Conversation Practice: Pizza & Papo, waiting for info for Spring semester

Prakrit

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Punjabi

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Russian

Department: Slavic Languages and Literatures

Undergrad Program: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/

Courses: http://slavic.berkeley.edu/courses-2/

Conversation Practice: Conversation Hour, Fridays 12-1, 6321 Dwinelle

Sanskrit

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Spanish

Department: Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Undergrad Program: see department site

Courses: see department site

Conversation Practice: Amig@s, Thursdays 5-6, Memorial Glade

Sumerian

Department: Department of Near Eastern Studies

Undergrad Program: http://nes.berkeley.edu/undergraduate_majors.html

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Swahili

Department: African-American Studies

See departmental site

Courses: http://africam.berkeley.edu/content/language

Swedish

Department: Scandinavian

Undergrad Program: http://scandinavian.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/major-and-minor/

Courses: see department homepage

Tamil

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Telegu

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Thai

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Tibetan

Department: East Asian Languages and Cultures

See departmental site

Courses: see department home page

Turkish

Department: Department of Near Eastern Studies

Undergrad Program: http://nes.berkeley.edu/undergraduate_majors.html

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Ugaritic

Department: Department of Near Eastern Studies

Undergrad Program: http://nes.berkeley.edu/undergraduate_majors.html

Courses: http://nes.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Urdu

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Vietnamese

Department: South & Southeast Asian Studies

Undergrad Program: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate

Courses: http://sseas.berkeley.edu/courses

Welsh

Department: Celtic Studies

Undergrad Program: http://celtic.berkeley.edu/major-and-minor/

Courses: see department home page

Yiddish

Department: Department of German

Undergrad Program: http://yiddish.berkeley.edu/

Courses: http://yiddish.berkeley.edu/courses.html

Conversation Practice: Yidisher Shmueskrayz, every other Friday 12-1, see isaacbleaman.com