Global Cultures & Languages
Critical languages
The State Department and Department of Defense have classified many modern world languages as "critical languages", demonstrating the need for speakers of these languages.
Critical languages offered at UWL
Scholarships for critical languages
- Funded program for language study
- Merit-based study abroad scholarship providing intensive language study and cultural enrichment opportunities
- Language Levels and Prerequisites
- CLS requires at least one academic year of prior target language study or the equivalent (Advanced Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced) for Arabic and Russian
- At least two academic years of prior target language study or the equivalent (Intermediate and Advanced only) are required for Chinese and Japanese
- Provide funding opportunities to study less commonly taught languages and underrepresented in study abroad
- Represents a pool of highly motivated individuals who wish to work in the federal national security arena
- Boren Scholars commit to working in the federal government for at least one year after graduation
Army ROTC cadets and critical languages
CLIP-B is the Cultural and Language Incentive Program - Bonus. Its purpose is to promote the study of language and culture that are important to the Army.
Cadet Eligibility: contracted cadets only (classes taken during the same term the cade contracted are eligible)
| Eligible languages at UWL |
CLIP-B stipend per credit (with B or higher grade) |
Courses and credits |
| Arabic (via distance education) | $250 |
4-credit courses: 101, 102, 201, 202 |
| Chinese | $250 |
4-credit courses: 101, 102, 201, 202 3-credit courses: 301, 305, 315, 320 |
| Japanese (via distance education) | $250 | 4-credit courses: 101, 102, 201, 202 |
| Russian | $200 |
4-credit courses: 101, 102, 201, 202 3-credit courses: 320, 351 |