Enroll Now for Spring 2014 - Many Courses at Multiple Campuses

Enroll now for Spring 2014!  Classes start on January 10. Click here to see the Day class schedule and here to see the Evening/Saturday schedule for Foreign Languages.  Classes will be offered at the Ocean, Downtown and Mission Centers, Chinatown/North Beach, and the John Adams Center.  Join a diverse group of students interested in learning a foreign language, learn a lot from our experienced and dedicated instructors, and have some fun! Most classes are UC/CSU transferable, too (see the catalog descriptions for details.)     

Spring 2014 Schedule Available on 11/8/13 - Enroll for Foreign Language Classes Soon!

Register for Spring 2014.  Click here for the schedule.  Take a continuation course of your Fall 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B course.  Or pick up where you left off a few semesters ... or years ago.  Unsure of where to begin?  Take a placement test.  Click here for details.  If you're an absolute beginner, there's a class and a new experience waiting for you.  You just have to take the first step!  

Register for Spring 2014 at CCSF! CCSF is Open and Accredited. Absolutely!

Students can register for Spring 2014 beginning and/or continuation courses in November. The Spring 2014 schedule will be available shortly before the Thanksgiving break.  Be sure to enroll in that 1B you've been thinking of taking to continue all the hard work you've put into 1A this semester.  Enroll concurrently in a conversation-based class (10 series) along with a grammar-communication-based class (1, 2, 3)   Or pick up where you left off in Spring, it's not too late!  

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program - October 1, 2013 deadline for Spring 2014

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program offers grants for U.S. citizen undergraduate students of limited financial means to pursue academic studies or credit-bearing, career-oriented internships abroad. Such international exchange is intended to better prepare U.S. students to assume significant roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.

The Gilman Scholarship Program aims to support students who have been traditionally under-represented in education abroad, including but not limited to, students with high financial need, community college students, students in underrepresented fields such as the sciences and engineering, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, and students with disabilities. The program seeks to assist students from a diverse range of public and private institutions from all 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico.

Award recipients are chosen by a competitive selection process and must use the award to defray eligible study or intern abroad costs. These costs include program tuition, room and board, books, local transportation, insurance and international airfare.

Over 2,300 scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded this academic year for U.S. citizen undergraduates to study abroad. Award amounts will vary depending on the length of study and student need with the average award being approximately $4,000.

Students who apply for and receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad are then eligible to receive a Critical Need Language Award from the Gilman Scholarship Program of $8,000. Applicants who are studying a critical need language while abroad will automatically be considered for the Critical Need Language Award. 

Critical Need Languages, taught at CCSF in the Foreign Languages Department, include: 

Chinese (all dialects) 
Japanese 
Russian 

Students need to be studying or interning abroad for a minimum of 4 weeks, and can be participating in a CCSF Program OR any program that grants credit that could be transferred to CCSF.

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Jill Heffron, Coordinator of the Study Abroad Program at CCSF, by email (jheffron@ccsf.edu), by phone: (415) 239-3778, or stop by the Study Abroad office in Cloud 212.  The deadline for Spring 2014 is: October 1, 2013. 

Tutoring Schedules for French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish - Now Available!

Students taking French, German, Japanese, Russian or Spanish classes: there are now tutors available to help you with your foreign language learning.  Click here for a link to the schedules and visit a tutor in the Learning Assistance Center in R-207 to supplement your language learning. 

City College is Open, Accredited, and Waiting for YOU to Enroll!

Yes, CCSF is open, accredited, and offering an array of foreign language classes this Fall 2013.  But if you don't enroll, by August 5, some classes will very likely be cancelled.  Don't let this happen!  Enroll now.  If you are a new student, click here to start the application process.  If you are a continuing student, you know what to do! Register here.  Your CCSF language classes will be fully transferable.  We guarantee it!

Foreign Language Classes Begin August 14 - Enroll Now!

Before you know it, August will be here and Fall classes will begin on the 14th.  Enroll now for Fall.  If you took a 1A class in the Spring or Summer, look for a 1B class that suits your schedule.  Students in 1B, check out a 2A class.  Conversation classes can be enrolled in as stand-alone classes or as supplements to the more grammar-based classes.  All 1, 2, 3, 4 level classes are UC/CSU transferable, and the 10 series classes are CSU transferable.  Such a deal!  

Click here for day classes, and here for evening and Saturday classes.  

Summer @ City! Enroll Now!

Summer Session 2013 - Schedule Now Available!

Twenty-nine foreign (29) language classes will be offered this Summer Session, beginning June 10.  Eighteen (18) are at the Ocean (Main) Campus and eleven (11) will be at the Downtown Campus.  There's something for everyone, and students completing a 1A class can jump into a 1B class in the Fall.  Are you travelling later in the summer?  Conversation classes (10 series) can give you a quick language infusion to add a new dimension to your travels, wherever they may take you.  Click here to view the schedule (in pdf format).  Then, apply and register!  Classes fill up quickly, registration begins April 15. 

Friday, February 1, 2013 is the last day to add a class!

Friday, February 1 is the last day to add a class through the regular online add process.  LATE ADDS can be made next week; just ask you instructor to start the process.  If you have not yet added the class you have been attending, or want to add a class last-minute, be sure to do so today online.  If you do not have an add code, call the Foreign Language Department at: 415-239-3000 and speak with the department chair, Tom Blair, or office staff Charles to request an add code.  Hurry!  Don't delay!