The Department of Global Humanities
In the Department of Global Humanities, you'll engage with dynamic and relevant topics for the 21st century, such as leadership, borders and migration, surveillance, identity, morality, and conflict through world languages, storytelling, performance, and media. You'll gain perspectives and professional skill sets that empower you to serve effectively as local and world citizens and as leaders within their communities.
Communications Program
As a Communications major, you'll take courses that empower your critical thinking, written, and spoken communication. These degrees prepare you for many career options including lawyers, lawmaker liaisons, social media managers, corporate communicators, public policy writers, multimedia publishers, journalists, teachers, or military leaders.
English Program
As an English major, you'll participate in many experiential learning opportunities including serving as editors, writers, and web designers for the campus newspaper, The Guidon, and The Chameleon—the campus literary journal. You'll define your role in the greater community, develop intellectual agility, and gain the professional experience critical to any career.
NU World Languages Fair.
Grow Your Cultural Awareness
At ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ great minds come together, but they don't have to think alike. You'll learn to lead others who don't think, act, look, or pray like you do because one of the greatest ingredients of innovation is diverse points of view.
Studying languages will bring you face-to-face with the compelling socio-political issues of our time, from immigration to the drug war. It will open a door to some of the greatest literature, art, music, and culinary experiences of all time.
As a ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ student, you'll connect with and impact a diverse world in a meaningful way through on-campus cultural activities, service trips, and immersive studies abroad.
You'll gain cultural agility through real experiences like class trips to Montreal, meeting guest speakers such as francophone hip-hop artists, concocting tasting menus with French chefs, or traveling abroad with your class to study key political institutions.
Spanish Program
Achieve advanced language proficiency, cultural understanding of the Hispanic world, expertise in literature, critical thinking skills, and develop professional skills. This educational growth will empower you to impact a diverse world.
ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ immersive classes include conversation classes, with special topics ranging from music to film to politics, and much more. Outside the classroom, NU students enjoy a weekly Tertulia (coffee and conversation hour), engage in cultural activities through the Spanish club, and take their studies overseas.
Plus, you'll automatically considered for induction into the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society. Honor Society members enjoy access to undergraduate study-abroad scholarships, bolstered credentials for any professional field, and exclusive travel discounts.
NU students meeting with le Ministère des Relations internationales du Québec to discuss Québec’s political organization and role on the international scene.
Language Minors: Chinese | French | Spanish
Many ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ students jointly pursue degrees in nursing, construction management, criminal justice, business, and education—fields where bilingual speakers are in high demand, making a language perfect for a minor. Cadets should consider Chinese and French—recognized by the Department of Defense as strategic languages.
ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Expeditions through the European Union NATO program in France.
Explore Your World
ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ offers you limitless opportunities to immerse yourself in language and culture, including off-campus programs you won't find anywhere else.
CityLAB: Take ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ classes at one of our global CityLAB programs where you'll travel with your ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ classmates and professors for the semester. CityLAB programs let you travel abroad without paying any more in tuition—plus, cadets maintain their Corps rank.
Over fresh croissants, baguettes and œufs Bénédicte, French Chef Jean-Louis Guérin speaks to NU students about the rich culinary traditions in France.
Enhance Your Cultural Understanding
You'll speak the language from day one while enhancing your understanding of the culture, preparing you to work abroad or with diverse populations.
ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ language professors use the most effective methods of language instruction to help you get immediate results, providing more opportunities for you to communicate in the target language and creating a lively classroom atmosphere.
Recent classes have included International film festivals with round table discussions and guest lecturers such as Quebec journalist Michele Ouimet who discussed how she reported on international conflicts in refugee camps in Lebanon.
Experience the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Difference
"I love the community that the Spanish program fosters. We consistently have events celebrating the different cultures in the Spanish-speaking world and learn a lot beyond just the language itself." — Isabela Ferraro '22
Limitless Opportunities
"The Spanish Program here has given me so many opportunities such as being published in the Chameleon Literary Journal." — Channell Medina '24
Make the Most of Your Career
9 out of 10 U.S. Employers
You'll have improved global employability after graduation. In fact, 9 out of 10 U.S. Employers rely on employees with language skills other than English and 1 in 3 report a language skills gap.
Earn 20% more
Studying a language at ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ means being offered better pay after graduation. Jobs that require bilingual skills have higher compensation. On average bilingual employees earn up to 20% more.
Global perspective at work
Whether you gain a minor or major in Global Humanities, you'll leave with the skills to recognize and understand global, environmental, social, and ethical contexts of their work.
Learn American Sign Language at ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ
We are thrilled to unveil the next chapter of our American Sign Language program at ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ! From meeting our newly appointed Director of American Sign Language to our determined students sharing their ASL journeys - it's a glimpse into an exciting future!