Starting in Autumn 2026, the UW is piloting an online language course share program with the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA).
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) CourseShare Program allows students at BTAA member universities to enroll in less-commonly-taught language courses offered at other Big Ten schools — without leaving their home campus.
Participating UW students will join the class sessions virtually but synchronously with a live instructor and classmates.
This Autumn, students have the opportunity of applying to study the following languages at a partner BTAA institution (U of Chicago):
- Catalan (Beginning)
- Ukrainian (Intermediate)
How to Apply
Dates of instruction differ slightly from UW, so please contact us as soon as possible if interested.
If you are interested, please email llc@uw.edu with your full name and which of the two languages that you are interested in studying.
Language Requirement
BTAA language course share courses are eligible for satisfying UW language requirements, but each situation will require a calculation to convert the credit and seat-time load of a BTAA course into its UW equivalent. Generally, many if not most courses, after conversion, will be similar to the UW 5 credit course load and so apply towards the requirement in a similar way to a traditional UW 5 credit language course. If you are interested in taking a BTAA language course and have questions about how it will apply to the UW’s language requirements, please email llc@uw.edu with your name, language you wish to study and any questions that you have.
Questions?