<p>I'm an international student from Japan and currently studying AA at a community college in OH. I would like to attend Brooklyn College in NY next summer majoring in BA Economics, hopefully :) I was wondering if I can take a Japanese language class that is obviously my native language? I emailed couple advisers, but they seemed to have no idea about it. One of them said I can and other said she had no idea so I need to talk to another adviser, If I could take it, would the class count as a credit and be transferable to Brooklyn College? Please advice. Thanks!! </p>
<p>You need to contact Brooklyn College and ask them because each university has different requirements.</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick response! I just contacted Brooklyn College now. So does that mean some universities allow international students to complete a language class that is their native language when they transfer? </p>
<p>Some may; it depends on the college.</p>
<p>It also depends on the class. Obviously, no one is going to give you credit for taking a class in elementary Japanese if you’re a native speaker! On the other hand, if the college has a Japanese literature (in Japanese) you could take it for credit just like other, more advanced, students who study Japanese. </p>
<p>Agreed. This is discreetly in the hands of the institution that you are hoping to transfer to. Send them an email with the course number, description and assigned textbook, and they will tell you if that will transfer and in fact count towards your foreign language requirements.
Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone! You guys helped me a lot. I’m still waiting on them to get back to me. I talked to my adviser today in person and she suggested that I should really be careful with taking a class that is my native language. Because it might look bad on my application since I’m fluent when I submit it. Well anyways thanks again! I hope Brooklyn college will accept me next year. it really looks like a nice university to go!! 
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