BALAC is forward-looking and more committed to teaching real-world skills. From 2018, the curriculum will expand and diversify. In addition to providing a concentrated study of a foreign language, the program will also offer concentrations in two new areas, Global Cultures and Media Cultures. Students will have a wider range of Cultural Studies classes to choose from, including many with a stronger practical orientation. This can be seen in two important new options available to students from 2018: an Internship for which they can receive three credits, upon its completion, and a capstone Senior Project, which students can do for six credits in their final year.