VIETMSE 1AIntroductory Vietnamese for Heritage Learners
Vietnamese · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open to students who have learned, from whatever source, enough Vietnamese to qualify for more advanced courses. Designed for Vietnamese-heritage learners who have some limited knowledge of Vietnamese or have had no formal instruction in Vietnamese. Emphasis on spelling, basic grammar, reading, writing, daily conversation, and polite forms.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
VIETMSE 1A
- VIETMSE 2AIntroductory Vietnamese for Heritage Learners
- VIETMSE 3AIntroductory Vietnamese for Heritage Learners
- VIETMSE 155FLReadings in Vietnamese
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.