Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§2168 Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center: Degree of Associate or Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Language
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART III — TRAINING AND EDUCATION › CHAPTER 108 — DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS › § 2168
Summary
The Commandant of the Defense Language Institute can award an Associate of Arts or a Bachelor of Arts in a foreign language to graduates of the Institute’s Foreign Language Center who meet the degree requirements. The Provost of the Center must certify that a student has met all requirements before the Commandant can award the degree. The Secretary of Defense sets the rules for how this is done.
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Title 10, §2168
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(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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2021—Pub. L. 117–81, § 556(a)(1), substituted “Associate or Bachelor” for “Associate” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–81, § 556(a)(2), 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.”
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10 U.S.C. § 2168
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102