Any language degrees?

[Kev]

I'm completely knew to the whole earning a degree by tests/online (in a very short period of time). I have a rough understanding that it's the type of method which requires discipline and being self-organized, which are things I very much enjoy and excel at.

What brought me here and why I would be interested in getting a degree is because I need a university degree to teach overseas. There have been other situations where not having a degree has caused me issues. If I can get a degree in a year, even with hard work, I think it's worth it.

While getting a degree is good, I want it to be useful, enjoyable (something I enjoy) and something which I am interested in. What interests me the most is a BA in Foreign Language, or any degree which would be related to language, such as interpretation or translation.

Are any of these available to do in one year and by tests/online (or almost all online)?

Kind regards.

[dfrecore]

Unfortunately, there isn't that I know of. Here are the TESU degrees in Foreign Language: Thomas Edison State University: Foreign Language. They don't have any interpretation or translation degrees. COSC doesn't have any of those. Neither does EC.

At TESU, you can for sure test out of a BA in Liberal Studies with or without a concentration, or a Business degree. Possibly a Communications degree. Maybe History. English is possible after Shmoop releases their Lit courses, although maybe not (depends on if any of them are UL courses).

[TrailRunr]

One thing you didn't mention is whether you know any foreign languages and how well you know them. This could be a very long road (much longer than a year) if you don't know any foreign language well. Interpretation, linguistics, translation or English might be faster, but still relatively slow to the more popular degrees in business administration and liberal arts.

You can complete the GE requirements quickly, but I do not believe there has been any success in learning a language faster than butt-in-seat courses. The last foreign language I learned butt-in-seat, and this is after finding out about all the quick ways to earn a degree here.

[KayV]

Which languages do you already speak?
There are ways to get a lot of language credits quickly if you already speak a language fluently.

Here is Charter Oak's Foreign Language degree:
https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...nguage.cfm

Excelsior has a BA in Humanities with a concentration in Cultural Studies:
Excelsior College | Bachelors Degrees | Humanities Degree – Cultural Studies| Online Class
And you could also do a BS Liberal Arts with depths in the target language and education, for example.

Do you have any college credits?

[Kev]

Unfortunately, there isn't that I know of. Here are the TESU degrees in Foreign Language: Thomas Edison State University: Foreign Language. They don't have any interpretation or translation degrees. COSC doesn't have any of those. Neither does EC.

At TESU, you can for sure test out of a BA in Liberal Studies with or without a concentration, or a Business degree. Possibly a Communications degree. Maybe History. English is possible after Shmoop releases their Lit courses, although maybe not (depends on if any of them are UL courses).

Yes, Thomas Edison is where I discovered the BA in Foreign language. I really don't know if it is possible to do it out of class (online or only tests). Do you know anything about this/have you heard of anyone having done this degree?

[Kev]

One thing you didn't mention is whether you know any foreign languages and how well you know them. This could be a very long road (much longer than a year) if you don't know any foreign language well. Interpretation, linguistics, translation or English might be faster, but still relatively slow to the more popular degrees in business administration and liberal arts.

You can complete the GE requirements quickly, but I do not believe there has been any success in learning a language faster than butt-in-seat courses. The last foreign language I learned butt-in-seat, and this is after finding out about all the quick ways to earn a degree here.

I am native in English in French. I also speak Thai, of which by the time I would start the degree, I would be nearly fluent.

You mentioned interpretation, linguistics and translation. Are these possible to do online or from tests only?

[Kev]

Which languages do you already speak?
There are ways to get a lot of language credits quickly if you already speak a language fluently.

Here is Charter Oak's Foreign Language degree:
https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...nguage.cfm

Excelsior has a BA in Humanities with a concentration in Cultural Studies:
Excelsior College | Bachelors Degrees | Humanities Degree – Cultural Studies| Online Class
And you could also do a BS Liberal Arts with depths in the target language and education, for example.

Do you have any college credits?

I am native in English and French. I also will be nearly fluent in Thai by the time I would start a degree.

While having a degree would be awesome, I would really like to try to find something that has to do with either Thai, or anything related to linguistics, interpretation or translation. These would be things that would be very useful for my projects for the next 20 or so years.

[dfrecore]

While it's easy to test out of the gen ed's in any degree at any of the schools, and it is easy to get a lot of credits for a foreign language (especially in French, not sure of Thai), it is not possible to test out of the Area of Study/Concentration/Core requirements for these degrees. I would imagine that it won't even be very easy to FIND courses for these, and certainly not cheaply (for around $100/course or less like we look for here on this forum).

[Johann]

I just don't see how being fluent in a language is going to shorten the degree path all that much. Most of us here are fluent in English - but it would still take us a long time and a lot of courses to earn a degree in English. Here in bilingual Canada, the same applies to those who speak French - or both languages. If you major in a language, you're expected to study its history, derivation, literature etc. That's the major thrust of the coursework. To enter a language degree program, you may be required to have several years of pre-university training in the language. If you're a native speaker, you may have an advantage going in, but you'll still have to jump through the same hoops as everybody else, credit-wise and course-wise. Grammar and style may come easier to you than others, but you'll still have to pass the courses and earn the credit. What went on with the language in the seventh-or-seventeenth century is probably as easy/difficult for you to learn as everyone else in class -and will take the same amount of time.

The good news. Languages get easier as you go along. Your fifth will take you about half the time your second did.

Summary: You can test out of a language, as a subject. But as a major in a degree - I'd say no.

J.

[videogamesrock]

Through ACTFL you can do about 30 credits in French.

https://tms.languagetesting.com/Individu...e.aspx#nbb

BYU Flats has a Thai exam for another 12 credits, I'm not sure about COSC or TESU but I read on this board the EC will accept the FLATS exam. So there's about 42 credits there. Please double check with your school first before taking the FLATS exam.


https://flats.byu.edu/langlist.php?x=8