CUNY currently has language programs at 17 campuses, and offers courses in approximately 23 distinct languages. This page provides a directory of languages taught, grouped by CUNY campus. Each listing includes a link to the department’s website, and also notes whether a heritage track is offered.
Baruch College
Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature
- Arabic
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Japanese
- Portuguese
- Spanish; heritage track available*
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Modern Languages
- Arabic
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Chinese
- French
- Italian
- Spanish; heritage track available*
Bronx Community College
Department of Modern Languages
- Arabic
- French
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Spanish; heritage track available*
Department of English
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
Brooklyn College
Modern Languages and Literatures
- Modern Greek
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Haitian Creole
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Russian; heritage track available*
- Spanish
Classics
English
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
City College of New York
Classical and Modern Languages & Literatures
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- Greek (Ancient)
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Italian
- Japanese
- Latin
- Portuguese
- Spanish; heritage track available*
English as a Second Language (ESL)
College of Staten Island
World Languages and Literatures
- Arabic
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Chinese
- English
- French
- Italian
- Latin
- Spanish; heritage track available*
Hostos Community College
Modern Languages
Language & Cognition
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
Hunter College
Department of Romance Languages
- French
- Italian
- Spanish; heritage track available*
Department of German
Classical and Oriental Studies
- Arabic; heritage track available*
- Chinese
- Hebrew
- Japanese
- Russian; heritage track available*
- Greek (Ancient)
- Latin
- Polish
Department of English
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
International English Language Institute (IELI) at Hunter
John Jay College
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Portuguese
- Spanish; heritage track available*
ESL Support Services
Kingsborough Community College
Foreign Languages
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Spanish; heritage track available*
English as a Second Language
Laguardia Community College
Modern Languages
- Arabic
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Bengali
- Chinese(Mandarin)
- French
- Haitian Creole
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Russian
- Spanish; heritage track available*
- Tibetan: only available to heritage track*
- Portuguese
- Uzbek
Academic ESL
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
Lehman College
Languages and Literatures
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Greek (Ancient)
- Italian
- Irish
- Japanese
- Latin
- Spanish; heritage track available*
Continuing Education
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
Medgar Evers College
Department of World Languages and Cultures
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- Haitian Creole
- Spanish; heritage track available*
NYC College of Technology
Humanities
- Arabic
- American Sign Language(ASL)
- Chinese
- French
- Spanish
English
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
Queens College
European Languages and Literatures
- French
- German
- Italian
- Greek (Modern)
- Russian
Classical, Middle Eastern, and Asian Languages and Cultures
- Arabic
- Chinese
- Greek (Ancient)
- Hebrew
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latin
Hispanic Languages and Literatures
- Portuguese
- Spanish; heritage track available*
Department of English
- English as a Second Language
Queensborough Community College
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Arabic
- Chinese; heritage track available*
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish; heritage track available*
Department of English
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
York College
