Every June and July, the intensive summer Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Workshop helps students develop their linguistic and cultural competency rapidly and effectively through live online instruction, extracurricular activities, authentic materials, and real-time interactions with instructors and presenters from the Balkans. Classes are conducted primarily in BCS and focus on the rapid development of practical communication skills.
Completing the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Workshop qualifies students for summer study-abroad in Montenegro. (See the Course Options section for details.)
Students who apply by midnight EST on December 6 receive priority consideration for admission and for funding.
It is advantegeous to apply by this deadline since there is the possibility that individual scholarships and fellowships may expend their budgets during priority admission and not be available during general admission or rolling admission.
Students may apply for admission and for funding until midnight EST on January 31, 2025.
Admission and funding opportunities will be limited to classes that did not fill during priority admission and to scholarships and fellowships that were not fully awarded during priority admission.
Students may continue applying for admission, without funding, during rolling admission.
During Rolling Admission, students may apply for admission to the Language Workshop for self-funded study (or study funded by organizations other than the Language Workshop).
Admission remains competitive. Students who apply for full classes will be waitlisted. Students come off the waitlists in order of merit, not in the order of application.
After this date, there will not be time for non-IU students to get through Workshop acceptance, IU admissions, and IU enrollment before their course begins.
IU students may continue to apply, since they do not need to go through IU admissions.
After this date, there will not be time for non-IU students to get through Workshop acceptance, IU admissions, and IU enrollment before their course begins.
IU students may continue to apply, since they do not need to go through IU admissions.
The final date for IU students to apply to the Language Workshop is midnight EST on the last Thursday before their class begins.
BCS, Czech, Hungarian, Polish: May 15
Azerbaijani and Kyrgyz: May 22.
Arabic (all levels), Chinese 1, Russian 1 & 2: May 29
All other courses: June 5
Course Options
Completing BCS Level 1 successfully qualifies you to participate in a follow-on study abroad program in Montenegro.
Students who successfully complete Indiana's online summer BCS intesive qualify for priority admission to the University of Pittsburgh's 4-week summer study-abroad program in Montenegro.
Before participating in the University of Pittsburgh follow-on program, Indiana University students should review procedures for joining a non-IU study-abroad program, which includes how to arrange transfer credit.
Funding Options
The Department of State Bureau provides fellowships for graduate students, scholars, and researchers studying Russian, East European languages, or Central Asian languages in the Language Workshop. Fellowships provide tuition, fees, and a stipend.
Funded through an award from the U.S. Department of Education to the IU Center for International Business Education and Research, the CIBER scholarship supports students of IU's Kelly School of Business who study in the Language Workshop.
The Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies provides scholarships for undergraduate women planning international careers to study in the Language Workshop. Scholarships provide whole or partial tuition.
The Department of Education provides scholarships for summer study in the Language Workshop. This program is administered by units other than the Language Workshop. Interested students should apply directly to the FLAS program.
The Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies provides scholarships for study in the Language Workshop. This scholarship is aimed especially at students who are not eligible for any of the above programs.
Learn the Language with IU then Study Abroad with PITT!
Students of BCMS, Czech, and Polish can combine 8 weeks of intensive online language study provided by Indiana University with an optional 4-week culture and language program provided by the University of Pittsburgh in Cetinje, Prague, or Krakow.
Learn the Language with IU
The Indiana University Online Workshop provides 8 weeks of accelerated, online study to help you develop speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills quickly. You will complete 1 full year of language training in only 2 months in real-time classes conducted in the language of study, emphasizing the development of real-time interpersonal communication skills, and preparing you to study abroad with confidence at the end the program.
In the Online Workshop you will study 17-20 hours per week in live online classes with an instructor and with other students. After class you will complete 3-4 hours of independent study to prepare for the next day’s class. You can also take part in interactive, real-time cultural activities with visiting scholars, performers, and practitioners.
As an Online Workshop participant, you will be part of a diverse group of talented language learners, including advanced high-school students, undergraduates, graduate students, scholars, professionals, and others. People join the Online Workshop for a range of academic, professional, and personal reasons, but they are united in their strong interest in learning the language.
The small class sizes, expert instructors, and highly motivated students of the Online Language Workshop provide a stimulating setting for you to develop your oral and written communication skills rapidly.
Study Abroad with PITT
IU Online Workshop students qualify for priority admission to the 4-week study-abroad programs of the University of Pittsburgh's Summer Language Institute.
Indiana and Pittsburgh have align their schedules and curricula to ensure that Online Workshop students enter the study-abroad program with the same language proficiency as other participants.
COORDINATED BUT INDEPENDENT PROGRAMS
The Indiana online courses and the Pittsburgh study-abroad course are coordinated but independent programs.
*This is the rate for 8 undergraduate credits for in-state nondegree online language students. All Workshop students pay in-state rates, but students receiving graduate credit, students in 6-credit or 10-credit courses, students in IU schools with their own tuition may be subject to different rates. IU students are also subject to a $590 IU Student Services Fee.
Online Program The online program offers 8 undergraduate credits. Workshop courses must be taken for credit. There is no audit option.
Graduate Credit IU graduate students receive graduate credit if it is available for their course. Graduate course loads are more variable than undergraduate. Contact languageworkshop@iu.edu for the exact graduate credit load for IU graduate students.
Non-IU participants may petition to receive graduate credit if it is available for their course.Approval is not automatic.
Application fees apply.
Not all courses offer graduate credit.
IU cannot guarantee that your home university will accept graduate credit.
If you are applying for a 2nd-Level course or higher in the online Workshop, you will take a placement test before enrolling. Testing begins in March and is calibrated to take into account that students will be mid-semester at the time of their test.
For full program details, read the program handbooks.
