Welcome to the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures at NIU!
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Why study a foreign language?
- Job advantage in a global economy (Careers in foreign languages)
- Increase global understanding
- Improve your own language skill
- Have an edge when you apply for graduate school
- Discover other cultures
- Add to your understanding of your own culture
- Get more out of traveling
- Benefit from Study Abroad
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The department offers
- Highly engaged and well-published faculty
- Undergraduate Majors in French, German, and Spanish
- Teacher Licensure in French, German, and Spanish
- Minors in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish
- Courses in Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Portuguese, Tagalog, Thai
- Popular Gen Ed courses
- Graduate Studies in French or Spanish
- Graduate Certificates in German, Spanish and Foreign Language Instructional Technology
- Foreign Language Residence Program
- Scholarships for study abroad
- Study Abroad Programs
- A state-of-the-art Multimedia Learning Center
- Brown Bag talks
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Questions? Contact us at askforlangs@niu.edu
