World Languages and Cultures

Why Study World Languages and Cultures at CWU?

Learning a foreign language can give you a competitive edge in the global market, expand your career horizons, and improve your communication skills. Foreign language degrees are also one of the highest earning humanities degrees.

Degree Options

• Undergraduate
  • Deaf and Sign Language Studies, BA
  • French Studies, BA
  • Japanese Studies, BA
  • Russian Studies, BA
  • Spanish, BA - Applied Linguistics Specialization
  • Spanish, BA - Translation and Interpretation Specialization
  • Spanish, BA - Spanish Teaching Specialization
  • Spanish, BA
• Minors and Certificates
  • Global Cultural Training Certificate
  • Spanish Translation and Interpretation Certificate
  • American Sign Language Minor
  • Chinese Minor
  • French Minor
  • German Minor
  • Japanese Minor
  • Russian Studies Minor
  • Spanish Minor

Learn more about our degree options through our Program Finder.

Admissions

For general university admissions information, contact the Office of Admissions. For advising information, contact Academic Advising.

Highlights

World Languages Day

Our department hosts the annual World Languages Day. Open to the community, various schools arrive on campus to experience cultures and food from around the world, attend presentations and classes, and interact with our clubs and languages. This event is wildly popular and always pulls in a huge crowd.

Study Abroad

World Languages partners with the Study Abroad office for six languages. So many of our students have travelled abroad and discovered a whole new world and perspective. Interacting with people who speak the language you are studying enables you to learn and understand a culture in a rich and meaningful way.