10 USC § 2168 - Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center: degree of Associate or Bachelor of Arts in foreign language

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title: "10 USC § 2168 - Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center: degree of Associate or Bachelor of Arts in foreign language"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2168"
section_name: "Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center: degree of Associate or Bachelor of Arts in foreign language"
chapter_number: 108
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "TRAINING AND EDUCATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 531(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1104; amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, § 556(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1739.)"
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# § 2168. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center: degree of Associate or Bachelor of Arts in foreign language

**(a)** Subject to subsection (b), the Commandant of the Defense Language Institute may confer—

**(1)** an Associate of Arts degree in a foreign language upon any graduate of the Foreign Language Center of the Institute who fulfills the requirements for that degree; or

**(2)** a Bachelor of Arts degree in a foreign language upon any graduate of the Foreign Language Center of the Institute who fulfills the requirements for that degree.

**(b)** A degree may be conferred upon a student under this section only if the Provost of the Center certifies to the Commandant that the student has satisfied all the requirements prescribed for the degree.

**(c)** The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be exercised under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 531(a), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1104; amended Pub. L. 117–81, div. A, title V, § 556(a), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 1739.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—, substituted “Associate or Bachelor” for “Associate” in section catchline.

Subsec. (a). , amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Subject to subsection (b), the Commandant of the Defense Language Institute may confer an Associate of Arts degree in a foreign language upon any graduate of the Foreign Language Center of the Institute who fulfills the requirements for that degree.”