CLACS offers elementary and intermediate courses in Kreyol Ayisyen or Haitian Creole, a language spoken by Haiti’s population of nine million and by about one million Haitians in the US—including over 190,000 in the New York City area. The program may be of interest to students in all fields, and especially to those planning to travel to or volunteer in Haiti, conduct field work, or pursue careers that involve Haiti or Haitian Kreyòl speakers (medicine and public health, education, social work, etc.).
Haitian Creole courses satisfy the language requirements of the College of Arts of Sciences, the undergraduate major in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Graduate School.