VIETMSE 2AIntroductory 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
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 1A with grade of C or better or Vietnamese placement test.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.50 · from text- VIETMSE 1Agrade C or better
- Vietnamese placement test
- · could not read "Vietnamese placement test" (no course number found)
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
VIETMSE 2A
- VIETMSE 1AIntroductory Vietnamese for Heritage Learners
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
VIETMSE 2A
- VIETMSE 3AIntroductory Vietnamese for Heritage Learners
- VIETMSE 155FLReadings in Vietnamese
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.