The College of Liberal Arts at Penn State University has evaluated the foreign language program at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Our goal has been to transfer courses as direct course equivalents to enable students who have earned credits at DLIFLC to satisfy the foreign language requirement (as resides in the Bachelor of Arts) at Penn State. Where we have not been able to transfer a course directly because we do not offer the language at Penn State, students may still satisfy their foreign language requirement.
DLIFLC courses with numbers of 101, 102 and 201 in the following languages will transfer as direct equivalents to Penn State course numbers 1, 2, 3: Modern Standard Arabic, French, Korean Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, German, Japanese and Portuguese.
Arabic dialect DLIFLC courses with the numbers 101, 102 and 201 will transfer to Penn State as ARAB 197 (special topics courses) because we do not have equivalent courses. Students may use these courses to satisfy their foreign language requirement. The ARAB dialect courses are Arabic Egypt, Arabic Levantine, and Arabic Iraqi.
DLIFLC courses other than the Arabic dialect where Penn State does not offer the language will transfer in as LANG courses. Students may use these courses to satisfy their foreign language requirement. The LANG courses are Persian Afghan, Persian Farsi, Pashtu Afghan, Turkish, Urdu, and Serbian/Croatian.
In a few cases, our language departments were able to equate credits beyond the basic language sequence. These include FR 202 as equivalent to FR 201: Oral communication and reading comprehension. We were able to transfer FR 301, 302 and general international (IL) credits.
A complete list of the course transfers follows:
Table 1: Arabic (Modern Standard)
|
DLIFLC Course |
DLIFLC# |
DLIFLC Title |
PSU Subject |
Course # |
Credits |
PSU Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
AD |
101 |
Elementary Arabic I |
ARAB |
1 |
4 |
Elementary modern standard Arabic I |
|
AD |
102 |
Elementary Arabic II |
ARAB |
2 |
4 |
Elementary modern standard Arabic II |
|
AD |
201 |
Intermediate Arabic I |
ARAB |
3 |
4 |
Intermediate modern standard Arabic |
|
AD |
202 |
Intermediate Arabic II |
ARAB |
110 |
3 |
Arab language, cultures and current topics |
|
AD |
210 |
Intermediate Arabic conversation |
ARAB |
XFRIL4 |
3 |
Transfer IL credit at 400 level |
|
AD |
240 |
History and geo of the AD region |
ARAB |
XFRIL4 |
2 |
Transfer IL credit at 400 level |
|
AD |
301 |
Advanced Arabic I |
ARAB |
XFRHIL |
4 |
Transfer GH & IL credit |
|
AD |
302 |
Advanced Arabic II |
ARAB |
XFRHIL |
4 |
Transfer GH and IL credit |
|
AD |
310 |
Advanced Arabic conversation |
ARAB |
XFRHIL |
3 |
Transfer GH and IL credit |
Table 2: Arabic Dialects
(Note: AE, AP, and DG Arabic courses may satisfy a student’s foreign language requirement)
|
DLIFLC Course |
DLIFIC# |
DLIFLC Title |
PSU Subject |
Course # |
Credits |
PSU Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
AE |
101 |
Elementary Arabic – Egypt I |
ARAB |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
AE |
102 |
Elementary Arabic – Egypt II |
ARAB |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
AE |
201 |
Intermediate Arabic – Egypt I |
ARAB |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
AE |
202 |
Intermediate Arabic – Egypt II |
ARAB |
297 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
AP |
101 |
Elementary Arabic – Levantine |
ARAB |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
AP |
102 |
Elementary Arabic – Levantine |
ARAB |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
AP |
201 |
Intermediate Arabic – Levantine |
ARAB |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
AP |
202 |
Intermediate Arabic – Levantine |
ARAB |
297 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
DG |
101 |
Elementary Arabic I - Iraqi |
ARAB |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
DG |
102 |
Elementary Arabic II - Iragi |
ARAB |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
DH |
201 |
Intermediate Arabic I - Iraqi |
ARAB |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
DG |
202 |
Intermediate Arabic II -Iraqi |
ARAB |
297 |
4 |
Special Topics |
Table 3: Languages with direct equivalent course transfer
|
DLIFLC Course |
DLIFLC# |
DLIFLC Title |
PSU Subject
|
Course# |
Credits |
PSU Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CM |
101 |
Elem Chinese – Mandarin I |
CHNS |
1 |
4 |
Level one Chinese A |
|
CM |
102 |
Elem Chinese – Mandarin II |
CHNS |
2 |
4 |
Level one Chinese B |
|
CM |
201 |
Intermediate Chinese – Mandarin I |
CHNS |
3 |
4 |
Level two Chinese A |
|
FR |
101 |
Elementary French I |
FR |
1 |
4 |
Elementary French I |
|
FR |
102 |
Elementary French II |
FR |
2 |
4 |
Elementary French II |
|
FR |
201 |
Intermediate French I |
FR |
3 |
4 |
Intermediate French |
|
FR |
202 |
Intermediate French II |
FR |
201 |
3 |
Oral communication and reading comprehension |
|
FR |
|
|
FR |
XFR200 |
1 |
Transfer credit at the 200 level |
|
FR |
301 |
Advanced French I |
FR |
XFRIL4 |
4 |
Advanced oral communication (IL) Advisers can sub to be FR 401 |
|
FR |
302 |
Advanced French II |
FR |
XFRIL4 |
4 |
Advanced grammar and writing (IL) Advisers can sub to be FR 402Y |
|
GM |
101 |
Elementary German I |
GER |
1 |
4 |
Elementary German I |
|
GM |
102 |
Elementary German II |
GER |
2 |
4 |
Elementary German II |
|
GM |
201 |
Intermediate German I |
GER |
3 |
4 |
Intermediate German I |
|
HE |
101 |
Elementary Hebrew I |
HEBR |
1 |
4 |
Basic modern Hebrew I |
|
HE |
102 |
Elementary Hebrew II |
HEBR |
2 |
4 |
Basic modern Hebrew II |
|
HE |
201 |
Intermediate Hebrew I |
HEBR |
3 |
4 |
Intermediate modern Hebrew |
|
JA |
101 |
Elementary Japanese I |
JAPNS |
1 |
4 |
Level 1 Japanese A |
|
JA |
102 |
Elementary Japanese II |
JAPNS |
2 |
4 |
Level 1 Japanese B |
|
JA |
201 |
Intermediate Japanese I |
JAPNS |
3 |
4 |
Level 2 Japanese A |
|
KP |
101 |
Elementary Korean I |
KOR |
1 |
4 |
Level 1 Korean A |
|
KP |
102 |
Elementary Korean II |
KOR |
2 |
4 |
Level 1 Korean B |
|
KP |
201 |
Intermediate Korean I |
KOR |
3 |
4 |
Level 2 Korean A |
|
PY |
101 |
Elementary Portuguese I |
PORT |
1 |
4 |
Elementary Portuguese I |
|
PY |
102 |
Elementary Portuguese II |
PORT |
2 |
4 |
Elementary Portuguese II |
|
PY |
201 |
Intermediate Portuguese I |
PORT |
3 |
4 |
Intermediate Portuguese |
|
QB |
101 |
Elementary Spanish I |
SPAN |
1 |
4 |
Elementary Spanish I |
|
QB |
102 |
Elementary Spanish II |
SPAN |
2 |
4 |
Elementary Spanish II |
|
QB |
201 |
Intermediate Spanish I |
SPAN |
3 |
4 |
Intermediate Spanish II |
|
RU |
101 |
Elementary Russian I |
RUS |
1 |
4 |
Elementary Russian I |
|
RU |
102 |
Elementary Russian II |
RUS |
2 |
4 |
Elementary Russian II |
|
RU |
201 |
Intermediate Russian I |
RUS |
3 |
4 |
Intermediate Russian |
Table 4: Languages that transfer as general credits and may also satisfy foreign language requirements
|
DLIFLC Course |
DLIFLC# |
DLIFLC Title |
PSU Subject |
Course# |
Credits |
PSU Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PF |
101 |
Elementary Persian Farsi I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
PF |
102 |
Elementary Persian Farsi II |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
PF |
201 |
Intermediate Persian Farsi I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
PG |
101 |
Elementary Persian Afghan I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
PG |
102 |
Elementary Persian Afghan II |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
PG |
201 |
Intermediate Persian Afghan I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
PV |
101 |
Elementary Pashtu Afghan I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
PV |
102 |
Elementary Pashtu Afghan II |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
PV |
201 |
Intermediate Pashtu Afghan I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
TU |
101 |
Elementary Turkish I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
TU |
102 |
Elementary Turkish II |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
TU |
201 |
Intermediate Turkish I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
UR |
101 |
Elementary Urdu I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
UR |
102 |
Elementary Urdu II |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
UR |
201 |
Intermediate Urdu I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
SC |
101 |
Elementary Serbian/Croatian I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
SC |
102 |
Elementary Serbian/Croatian II |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
|
SC |
201 |
Intermediate Serbian/Croatian I |
LANG |
197 |
4 |
Special Topics |
