Taking an Undergraduate Language Course at Emory
Updated March 18, 2011
While you are completing your MBA studies, you have the option to take
undergraduate language courses, in addition to your MBA courses. Some key
points about taking a language class:
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Full-Time MBA students may count foreign languages classes as meeting
one of the required two global options. To earn the right to apply these
credit hours, students must:
o Take two 100 or 200 level courses in the same language. 300 level
courses or higher need approval from the MBA Program Office
prior to enrolling in the course
o These two classes must be taken for a grade and passed.
o One language course alone, two language courses in two different
languages, or two language courses that are audited or taken as
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory will not earn credit hours toward the
MBA degree, or count as a global requirement.
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If you do not want to count a language course toward your MBA degree,
or only take one course, you are welcome to do so if space is available.
However, you will be required to take the course for a grade – Emory
College will not permit MBAs to enroll in undergraduate language courses
on an audit or satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Emory College students have language as a graduation requirement, so
they get priority in language classes.
Finding Language Classes
First, go to the website for the department(s) you are interested in. To view all the
departments at Emory, go to the following page, where you will find course
descriptions through the links on this page.
http://www.college.emory.edu/departments/index.html
Taking a Spanish Class
If you want to take a Spanish course, you must take the Spanish Placement
exam. It can be found at:
http://www.spanish.emory.edu/#
Searching for language classes in OPUS
To find the exact day / time of a course, you will probably need to look it up in
OPUS. After logging into OPUS,
 On the Student Center tab, click the green “Search for Classes” button
 Choose the term either by clicking on the drop-down box to select the
term.
 Put in the subject (see list below),
 Then pick the course career ("Undergraduate Emory College").
 Turn off "show open classes only"
Subjects:
Spanish - SPAN
Portuguese - PORT
Chinese - CHN
Japanese - JPN
French - FREN
Hebrew - HEBR
Italian - ITAL
Latin - LAT
Greek - GRK
German - GER
Arabic - ARAB
Hindi - HNDI
Persian - PERS
Russian - RUSS
Sanskrit – SNSK
Registering for a Language Class

To register for Fall 2011 classes, you must wait until the freshmen finish
registration and the Drop/Add period opens. This means you can register
starting on April 18, 2011. For Spring 2012 classes, you can register
starting December 1, 2011.
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You will not be able to add Emory College classes onto your schedule
through OPUS. This is a manual process that must be completed by
someone in the Registrar's office. If the class is open on OPUS - please
email the 4 digit code and the name and time of the class and your
Student ID# to Annabella Yumul in the Registrar's Office or Anne Dries in
the MBA Program Office.
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If the class is closed, you have two options. First you can check in OPUS
periodically to see if a spot opens up during Drop/Add. If no spaces open
up, you will need to get faculty permission to add the class. An email from
that professor is sufficient documentation to confirm you have received
his/her permission to enroll.
Note: When you take an undergraduate course, you will be required to setup a
Learnlink email account. Students can either call the Emory University Help Desk
at 404-727-7777 or request an account online at http://help.emory.edu.