Modern Languages provide practical language training as well as historical and cultural instruction that frame the study of language and linguistics. Courses are designed to offer a generalist, multi-disciplinary perspective on a range of social, political, economic, and historical issues that affect populations in Spanish- and French-speaking countries. Faculty research interests include Spanish Golden Age Literature, Cuban Political Studies, linguistics, and Indigenous Populations of rural, South-Central Mexico.

Students of social work, nursing, ministerial and religious studies, business, education, and other major programs have used their language training at NNU to obtain highly competitive bi-lingual jobs in the Treasure Valley, parts of Washington and Oregon, and other locations in the United States and abroad. Former students have also continued with graduate school in the United States and at international institutions, entered the Peace Corps and Americorps, and pursued missionary careers. Graduates have studied and worked in Peru, Mexico, Spain, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ecuador, and other Latin American countries, and a recent graduate teaches English at a university in Riobamba, Ecuador. Current language students are researching bi-lingual career options in the State Department and C.I.A., and all have traveled or will study abroad as part of their language study.

Modern languages at Northwest Nazarene University continues to provide students with a competitive edge in today’s job market, and offers a broad perspective on international relations, culture, language, and the countries in which Spanish and French are spoken.

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