CSULB Language Training Center (LTC)
2024-25 Course Schedule (Link to Application Instructions)
Note: 2025-26 Update
Dear LTC Partners,
We thank you for your continued support!
You may know that LTCs submitted applications for grant renewal this year (2025); however, the DOD has no FY 2025 LTC grant funds through September 30th. The CSULB LTC will wait to see whether FY2026 DOD LTC funds become available for fall courses.
Currently, the CSULB LTC program is exploring another option for the five summer 80-hour virtual intensive courses - direct unit payments to CSULB for language training. By 1 May, we will have an idea of whether interested and funded military units are able to provide funds to pay for summer course instruction listed on our website. Units/CLPMs who are interested in providing direct payments to the university should reach out to us immediately.
If we cannot provide a direct payment processes to pay for summer courses or language funds are not available to military units to pay for instruction, we will postpone our summer intensive courses until summer of 2026. We are not postponing our fall 2025 HLM courses until we are sure that FY2026 DOD LTC grant funds are not available.
Please download the latest CSULB LTC one-page information sheet1.
| Course Dates | Language | Training Type | ILR Range | Seats Available2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan - 9 May 2025 | Arabic | Mentor | 1 to 3+ | Closed |
| 20 Jan - 9 May 2025 | Russian | Mentor | 1 to 3+ | Closed |
| 20 Jan - 9 May 2025 | Chinese | Mentor | 1 to 3+ | Closed |
| 20 Jan - 9 May 2025 | French | Mentor | 1 to 3+ | Closed |
| 20 Jan - 9 May 2025 | Spanish | Mentor | 1 to 3+ | Closed |
Notes:
- To view the upcoming summer courses, please download and view our information sheet. Because we are currently applying for the upcoming 2025-28 iteration of the LTC grant, we are instructed not to post the 2025 scheduled courses on our website. The information sheet does show seats available for each of our projected 2025 courses, if we are awarded the grant.
- “Closed” means the LTC is not admitting students or applications for the course. “Standby” relates to Hybrid Language Mentor (HLM, Mentor) sustainment courses (only) and means that five students (max capacity) have filled the quota for the course. We encourage prospective linguists to fill out an application despite the "Standby" status. If the applicant is not admitted into the upcoming course, the prospective student is tentatively placed into the next HLM course iteration.
The Language Training Center (LTC) Program was piloted in 2011 and provides language and culture training for Department of Defense (DoD) personnel. This program leverages existing university language faculty to provide instruction for DoD civilian and military linguists. The CSULB LTC program has evolved into online classrooms and hosts five intensive 80-hour and ten 16-week one-on-one Hybrid Language Mentor (HLM, Mentor) courses, five in the fall semester and five in the spring semester. These courses are offered in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and Persian Farsi (HLM only). The Language Training Center Program is an initiative sponsored by the Defense Language National Security Education Office and administered by the Institute of International Education. All course instruction and materials are free to military and DoD civilian linguists.
