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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT)

http://www.dliflc.edu/

As part of the Army Training and Doctrine Command, the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center provides resident instruction at the Presidio of Monterey in two dozen languages, five days a week, seven hours per day, with two to three hours of homework each night. Courses last from 26 to 64 weeks, depending on the difficulty of the language. DLIFLC is a multi-service school for active and reserve components, foreign military students, and civilian personnel working in the federal government and various law enforcement agencies. To attend DLIFLC one must be a member of the Armed Forces or be sponsored by a government agency. DLIFLC students are taught by approximately 1,800 highly educated instructors, 98 percent of whom are native speakers of the languages they teach. Aside from classroom instruction, faculty also write course materials, design tests called the Defense Language Proficiency Test, and conduct research and analysis.

Exam Score
3 - 3+		 Score
4 - 5

  Albanian

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Arabic (Algerian)

ARA 1120  (4)

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 1120  (4)

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 2220  (4)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Arabic (MSA)

ARA 1120  (4)

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 1120  (4) 

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 2220  (4)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Arabic (Saudi)

ARA 1120  (4) 

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 1120  (4) 

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 2220  (4)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Arabic (Sudanese)

ARA 1120  (4) 

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 1120  (4) 

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 2220  (4)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Arabic (Yemeni)

ARA 1120  (4) 

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 1120  (4) 

ARA 1121  (4)

ARA 2220  (4)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Azerbaijani

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Cantonese

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Cebuano

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Chavacano

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Chinese Mandarin

CHI 1120  (4)

CHI 1121  (4)

CHI 1120  (4)

CHI 1121  (4)

CHI 2220  (4)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Dari-Afghan

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  French

FRE 1120  (4)

FRE 1121  (4)

FRE 1120  (4)

FRE 1121  (4)

FRE 2200  (3)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  German

GER 1120  (4)

GER 1121  (4)

GER 1120  (4)

GER 1121  (4)

GER 2200  (3)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Greek

GRK 1120 (4)*

GRK 1121 (4)*

GRK 1120 (4)*

GRK 1121 (4)*

GRK 2220 (3)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Haitian Creole

HAI 1130 (4)*

HAI 1131 (4)*

HAI 1130 (4)*

HAI 1131 (4)*

HAI 2200 (3)*

 

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Hebrew

HBR 1120 (4)*

HBR 1121 (4)*

HBR 1120 (4)*

HBR 1121 (4)*

HBR 2220 (3)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Hindi

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Indonesian

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Japanese

JPN 1120  (4)

JPN 1121  (4)

JPN 1120  (4)

JPN 1121  (4)

JPN 2220  (4)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Korean

KOR 1120 (4)*

KOR 1121 (4)*

KOR 1120 (4)*

KOR 1121 (4)*

KOR 2200 (3)*

 

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Kurdish (Sorani)

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Norwegian

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Pashto-Afghan

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Persian (Farsi/Urdu)

PSN 1130 (4)*

PSN 1131 (5)*

PSN 1130 (4)*

PSN 1131 (5)*

 

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Portuguese

POR 1120  (4)

POR 1121  (4)

POR 1120  (4)

POR 1121  (4)

POR 2200 (3)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Punjabi

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Russian

RUS 1121  (4)

RUS 2220  (4)

RUS 1120  (4)

RUS 1121  (4)

RUS 2220  (4)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Serbian/Croatian

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Somali

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Spanish

SPN 1120  (4)

SPN 1121  (4)

SPN 1120  (4)

SPN 1121  (4)

SPN 2200  (3)

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Swahili

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Tagalog

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Tausug

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Turkish

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Urdu

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Uzbek

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Vietnamese

TBA (6)*

TBA (9)*

  Min. Credits:

6

9

  Yoruba

YOR 1130 (4)*

YOR 1131 (4)*

YOR 1130 (4)*

YOR 1131 (4)*

YOR 2200 (3)*

 

  Min. Credits:

6

9

 

(*) USF does not currently offer this course; however, it may satisfy elective or prerequisite requirements for other courses or academic programs offered at USF. The minimum credits for the course or course numbers listed will be awarded, even if USF does not offer this course.

(Discontinued) The discontinued label indicates that the associated test is no longer administered. Credit equivalencies are provided for students who already have taken the exam.