Bringing the world to you
Well-known for its distinctive innovations in global education, PLU was one of the first universities to establish a Global Studies Program (1977) and a model interdisciplinary general education program from the early 1970s evolved into the present International Core.
On campus, the university offers eight foreign languages, an International Business concentration within the BBA degree, cross-disciplinary majors in Chinese Studies, Global Studies, and Scandinavia Area Studies, a minor in the Americas, and an International Core curriculum that you may use to satisfy your general university requirements.
PLU offers a number of on-campus programs for the study of global issues and of the world's regions, cultures and societies. Global issues include modernization and development; global resources and trade; and peace, justice, and human rights.
You may choose among the following concentrations:
- The Americas - comparative histories, cultures, and contemporary issues shared by the two continents in the western hemispheres.
- Chinese Studies - a broad foundation in language, culture and history of China.
- Environmental Studies - examines the global impact of human civilization on the natural environment.
- Global Studies - study of diverse cultures and international, global issues which is designed to reflect students' geographic, thematic or disciplinary interests.
- International Core - alternative way to satisfy core curriculum requirements.
- Languages and Literature - Majors in Classics, French, German, Norwegian and Spanish. Minors are offered in Chinese, French, German, Greek, Latin, Norwegian, and Spanish.
- Scandinavian Studies - a cross-disciplinary study of Scandinavia offering a number of study abroad opportunities in the Nordic countries.
- Women's Studies - a study of women in culture, society, and history including dynamics of social change, the creation and transmission of culture and the arts, the legacy and cultural construction of our physical and intellectual characteristics, and the origins and nature of current theories and social issues.
In addition, many courses include global content (e.g. anthropology, history, religion, international business, world literatures, sociology, environmental studies, global studies, women’s studies, etc.) For academic program descriptions visit here.