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40 colleges and universities that offer Vietnamese language courses in the United States (updated on 4/23/2023)

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Here is the list of 40 colleges and universities that offer Vietnamese language courses in the United States in alphabetical order.

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Alabama University

Website link: https://catalog.ua.edu/undergraduate/arts-sciences/modern-languages-classics/courses/

Alabama University offers elementary Vietnamese language course.

Arizona State University

Website link: https://silc.asu.edu/vietnamese

Arizona State University has a Vietnamese program that offers Vietnamese language courses in hybrid mode and independent study courses.

Per their online degrees and languages page, they offer Vietnamese 101, 102, 201 and 202 courses.

From their Vietnamese program page, VTN 101 and 102 are Elementary Vietnamese courses taught in hybrid mode; VTN 201 and 202 are Intermediate Vietnamese courses also taught in hybrid mode. They also have Advanced Vietnamese and Literature VTN 321 and 322 taught in hybrid mode or online, and Independent Study VTN 499.

The course links in the Vietnamese program page are not working at the time of this writing. For more information on the current courses offered, please contact the school directly.

Brigham Young University

Website link: https://cls.byu.edu/language-classes

Brown University

Website link: https://www.brown.edu/academics/east-asian-studies/news/2021/07/new-vietnamese-language-courses

Brown University offers Beginning Vietnamese and Intermediate Vietnamese language courses.

California State University – Fullerton

Website link: http://hss.fullerton.edu/mll/academics/vietnamese/vietnamese_courses.aspx

California State University – Fullerton offers a variety of Vietnamese courses in fundamental Vietnamese, intermediate Vietnamese, advanced Vietnamese, Vietnamese for Business, Vietnamese for International Business, Vietnamese for Vietnamese speakers, Vietnamese cultural conversation and composition, Vietnamese for health professions, Vietnamese civilization, Vietnamese culture, Introduction to Vietnamese literature, advanced Vietnamese cultural communication, Vietnamese culture through cinema and literature, Vietnamese literature and arts, Vietnamese senior seminar, introduction to Vietnamese linguistics and Vietnamese English bilingualism and language contact.

The amount of topics about Vietnamese language here is insane! How exciting!

Coastline Community College

Website link: https://catalog.cccd.edu/coastline/course-descriptions/credit-courses/viet/

Coastline Community College offers elementary and intermediate Vietnamese language courses. It also offers Vietnamese for Vietnamese speakers.

Columbia University

Website: http://ealac.columbia.edu/program/language-programs/vietnamese/

Columbia University offers First Year Vietnamese I & II, Second Year Vietnamese I & II, Third Year Vietnamese I &II and Mixed Advanced Vietnamese I &II.

Columbia University also offers graduate program on Vietnamese history, culture, and literary criticism, from premodern to contemporary times.

Cornell University

Website link: https://asianstudies.cornell.edu/vietnamese

Cornell University offers four levels of Vietnamese from elementary to advanced.

Cosumnes River College

Website link: https://crc.losrios.edu/academics/programs-and-majors/vietnamese

Cosumnes River College offers elementary and intermediate Vietnamese language courses.

De Anza College

Website link: https://www.deanza.edu/vietnamese/courses.html

De Anza College offers elementary and intermediate Vietnamese language courses.

Evergreen Valley College

Website link: https://catalog.evc.edu/course-descriptions-information/course-descriptions/viet/

Evergreen Valley College offers elementary Vietnamese language courses. It also offers a course in Conversational Vietnamese and culture.

Golden West College

Website link: https://catalog.cccd.edu/golden-west/course-descriptions/credit-courses/viet/

Golden West College offers elementary and intermediate Vietnamese language courses.

Harvard University

Website link: https://ealc.fas.harvard.edu/vietnamese-courses

Harvard University offers elementary, intermediate, advanced and advanced-high Vietnamese language courses.

Mission College

Website link: https://majors.missioncollege.edu/current/courses/vie.html

Mission College offers First Semester and Second Semester Vietnamese courses, Vietnamese for the Vietnamese-speaking and Vietnamese language and culture for the fluent speakers.

Ohio University

Website link: https://www.ohio.edu/cis/asian/languages

Ohio University offers elementary and intermediate Vietnamese language courses.

Peralta Community College – College of Alameda

Website link: https://alameda.peralta.edu/academic-program/vietnamese/

The school offers elementary and intermediate Vietnamese language courses.

Portland State University

Website link: http://pdx.smartcatalogiq.com/2020-2021/Bulletin/Courses/Viet-Vietnamese

The school offers first year and second year Vietnamese courses.

Portland State University has various Vietnam partnerships & leadership trainings including numerous student and faculty exchanges between Vietnam and Oregon, such as:

  • US State Department Professional Fellows Program
  • Emerge Political Leadership Training Program
  • UN-Habitat Delegation to Eco District Program
  • International Sustainability Investment Strategy for Vietnam

Rutgers University

Website link: https://asianstudies.rutgers.edu/course-links-hidden/671-01098112

The school offers elementary Vietnamese language course.

Sacramento City College

Website link: https://scc.losrios.edu/academics/programs-and-majors/foreign-languages

The school offers elementary Vietnamese language courses.

San Diego Mesa College

Website link: https://www.sdmesa.edu/academics/courses/#VIET

The school offers three courses in Vietnamese language.

San Jose City College

Website link: https://catalog.sjcc.edu/course-descriptions-information/course-descriptions/viet/

The school offers elementary Vietnamese language courses.

Santa Ana College

Website link: https://sac.edu/AcademicProgs/HSS/ModernLanguages/Pages/degrees-certificates-sample.aspx

The school offers elementary Vietnamese language courses.

The George Washington University

Website link: http://bulletin.gwu.edu/courses/viet/

The school offers beginning and intermediate Vietnamese language courses.

University of Alabama

Website link: https://catalog.ua.edu/undergraduate/arts-sciences/modern-languages-classics/courses/

University of Alabama offers elementary Vietnamese language course.

University of California, Berkeley

Website link: http://guide.berkeley.edu/courses/vietnms/

UC Berkeley offers introductory, intensive introductory, intermediate and advanced Vietnamese courses.

University of California, Irvine

Website link: http://catalogue.uci.edu/allcourses/vietmse/

UC Irvine offers fundamentals of Vietnamese and Intermediate Vietnamese language courses. It also offers Vietnamese Peer-to-Peer Mentor Program and Vietnamese culture course.

University of California, Los Angeles

Website link: https://www.alc.ucla.edu/undergraduate/languages-offered/

UCLA’s Vietnamese language program offers introductory, intermediate, and advanced modern Vietnamese. UCLA offers two tracks of study: one for complete beginners and one for those with background in Vietnamese.

University of California, Riverside

Website link: https://www.coursicle.com/ucr/courses/VNM/

UC Riverside offers elementary and intermediate Vietnamese language courses.

University of California, San Diego

Website link: https://llp.ucsd.edu/hlp/vietnamese.html

UCSD offers three levels of Vietnamese: regular, intermediate and advanced.

University of Florida

Website link: https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/courses/las_ls_mod_for_lang_vietnames/

UF offers elementary and intermediate Vietnamese language courses. It also offers courses in Vietnamese for Heritage learners, special topics in Vietnamese studies and Vietnamese culture.

University of Georgia

Website link: https://www.cmlt.uga.edu/courses/course-type/vietnamese

The school offers Vietnamese literature courses and elementary, intermediate, and advanced Vietnamese language courses.

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Website link: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/catalog/category/arts-languages-letters/ipll/viet/

The school offers elementary, intermediate, third level and fourth level Vietnamese language courses. It also offers Introduction to Vietnamese literature.

University of Houston

Website link: https://www.uh.edu/class/mcl/vietnamese/courses/

The website lists Elementary and Intermediate Vietnamese language courses but they are from Fall 2014 so I do not know if University of Houston still offers Vietnamese language courses.

University of Massachusetts Boston

Website link: https://www.umb.edu/course_catalog/courses/ugrd_VIET_all

The school offers elementary Vietnamese language courses.

University of Michigan

Website link: https://lsa.umich.edu/asian/language-and-academic-programs/southeast-asian-programs.html

Website link for Vietnamese program: https://vietnamese.asian.lsa.umich.edu/

University of Michigan offers First Year, Second Year and Advanced Vietnamese courses.

University of Pennsylvania

Website link: https://catalog.upenn.edu/courses/viet/

The school offers elementary, intermediate and advanced Vietnamese language courses. It also offers advanced Vietnamese for healthcare professionals.

University of Pittsburgh

Website link: https://lctl.pitt.edu/languages/vietnamese/vietnamese-course-descriptions

The school offers several different levels of Vietnamese language courses. It also offers a minor in Vietnamese.

University of Utah

Website link: https://languages.utah.edu/undergraduate/languages-offered/vietnamese.php

University of Utah offers beginning, intermediate and third year Vietnamese language courses. It also offers intermediate conversation and reading in Vietnamese.

University of Washington

Website link: https://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/viet.html

The school offers first year non-heritage, elementary, first year heritage, first year intensive , intermediate, accelerated heritage and advanced Vietnamese language courses.

Yale University

Website link: https://vietnamese.yale.edu/courses

Yale University offers elementary, intermediate, advanced and accelerated Vietnamese language courses.

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