The languages listed below have been pre-approved by US/ED as eligible languages for the Undergraduate Academic Year FLAS Fellowships. Language lists differ slightly for the three types of fellowships; this list applies to Undergraduate Academic Year FLAS Fellowships only.
Only less commonly taught languages (LCTLs) that are taught regularly at U-M during the academic year and used regularly in the six world regions for which U-M has a FLAS grant are eligible. The six world regions (and their Area Studies Centers) are:
East Asia (EANRC)
Latin America and the Caribbean (LACS)
Middle East and North Africa (CMENAS)
Russia, East Europe and Eurasia (CREES)
South Asia (CSAS)
Sub-Saharan Africa (African Studies Center - ASC)
If your language is listed in two or more world regions, you should apply for the world region whose that matches your overall academic and career interest more closely.
Commonly taught languages (Spanish, French, German) are NOT eligible for FLAS at any level for any world region.
Students should check the list of eligible languages carefully to determine if the language and the level they plan to study is eligible. Questions regarding language eligibility should be addressed to the FLAS Coordinator. Not all language levels are taught every year. Students should make sure that the language level in which they plan to enroll will be offered during Academic Year. We can potentially use the Big 10 Course Share for additional languages not being taught at U-M. Please connect with the FLAS Coordinator if this is a potential issue.
Arabic: CMENAS, ASC
Armenian: CMENAS, CREES
Bengali: CSAS
Bosnian: CREES
Chinese: EANRC; advanced level (3rd year & above) only
Croatian: CREES
Czech: CREES
Hebrew: CMENAS
Hindi: CSAS
Japanese: EANRC; advanced level (3rd year & above) only
Korean: EANRC
Nahuatl: LACS
Persian: CMENAS, CSAS
Polish: CREES
Portuguese: LACS, ASC
Punjabi: CSAS
Quechua: LACS
Russian: CREES
Serbian: CREES
Swahili: ASC
Tamil: CSAS
Turkish: CMENAS
Ukrainian: CREES
Urdu: CSAS
Uyghur: EANRC, CREES
Uzbek: CMENAS, CREES
Yiddish: CREES
Yoruba: LACS, ASC
All undergraduate FLAS fellows must enroll in intermediate (2nd year level, or 3rd & 4th term of the U-M language sequence) or advanced (3rd year or above) language courses during the fellowship year; beginning (1st year level, or 1st and 2nd term) level is not eligible for undergraduate FLAS. Students must be able to meet the enrollment prerequisites for 2nd year level or above at the beginning of the fellowship period, either through completion of the appropriate lower level course(s) with a minimum grade or by passing a placement test given prior to the beginning of the term. A student awarded a FLAS fellowship who is subsequently unable to enroll in the required language class will have the fellowship cancelled. Some languages have additional language level restrictions.