Northern Illinois University
World Languages and Cultures
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Add an accent to your major by declaring a minor in one or more of our languages. Most of our minors can be completed with only 18-24 credit hours. And knowing a second language will prepare you to thrive in our increasingly global society. 

For more information, contact our director of undergraduate studies, Professor Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz, at jpcooke@niu.edu.

Available Minors

Select a language to focus on, or develop your skills in instructional technology, linguistics or translation.  

• Classical studies
• Deaf studies
• French and Francophone studies
• German studies
• Japanese studies
• Russian studies
• Spanish and Hispanic studies
• Latino/Latin American studies
• Linguistics
• Southeast Asian studies