Pacific Lutheran University

Majors

Sharing a central concern about language, literature and world views, the departments of English, languages and literatures, philosophy, and religion form the Division of Humanities.

Faculty in the humanities will help you develop methods to think and act perceptively, humanely, and creatively in a complex and ever-changing society. Your classes will emphasize communication skills, rigorous analysis of texts and ideas, critical assessment of arguments, and thoughtful reflection. Classes in the Humanities expose you to a variety of different perspectives on culture, meaning and value.

The Division of Humanities has both a language resource center and a large collection of children’s literature located in PLU’s Mortvedt Library.

Majors and minors offered

• Classics
• English
• French
• German
• Norwegian
• Philosophy
• Religion
• Spanish

Multidiscipline/Interdiscipline:

• Chinese Studies
• Scandinavian Area Studies

Pre-professional Studies:

• Theological Studies

Minors available:

• Chinese Studies
• English
• Languages (Greek, Latin, Chinese, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish)
• Literature
• Publishing and Printing Arts
• Writing

Concentrations in:

• Children's Literature

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