College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Western Washington University

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The College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Western’s largest academic unit, is composed of two divisions: the humanities (communication, English, history, journalism, liberal studies, modern and classical languages, philosophy) and the social and behavioral sciences (anthropology; communication sciences and disorders; physical education, health and recreation; political science; psychology, so

ciology). These 13 departments offer more than 40 bachelor’s degrees and eight master’s degrees, along with three interdisciplinary degrees in East Asian studies, linguistics, and student-faculty designed majors. The college houses several research and service centers, including the Center for Cross-cultural Research, the Center for Performance Excellence, and two community-based professional training centers: the Speech and Hearing Clinic and the Psychology Counseling Clinic. In addition, the college has six nationally accredited professional programs: school counseling, mental health counseling, speech pathology, audiology, community health and recreation.

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures will be holding its second annual Departmental Fair on Wednesday,...
03/02/2026

The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures will be holding its second annual Departmental Fair on Wednesday, March 11, from 4-5 p.m. in the Viking Union Multipurpose Room.

The fair will showcase the department’s programs, which include Arabic, Chinese, Classical Studies, Eurasian Studies, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, Latin American Studies, Russian, Spanish, and the Employee Language Program administered through Outreach & Continuing Education. There will be activities, food, music, and prizes.

Through its many programs of study, the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures fosters competencies that allow students to connect with people, cultures, and countries of the past and present. These competencies open up many opportunities for students during their time at Western and after graduation to study abroad, pursue advanced study, and to conduct research and service locally and across the globe. Many LLC students enhance their employment prospects by combining an LLC major or minor with another field of study.

All Western students are invited to attend the fair to learn about LLC programs and join in the festivities. No RSVP is required.

12/18/2025

More volunteers urgently needed to clean up impacted homes and businesses

11/05/2025

WWU Professor of Philosophy Neal Tognazzini teaches his students to navigate the world by employing critical thinking to the big questions about life — death, meaning, love, free will, grief, shame, morality — through the foundations of philosophy. 

10/21/2025

Jim Pearson has run at least a mile every day since 1970

Are you a native speaker (other than English or Spanish?) Has Linguistics got an opportunity for YOU.
10/02/2025

Are you a native speaker (other than English or Spanish?) Has Linguistics got an opportunity for YOU.

THIS Monday, 4:00 in Miller Hall.AI in Education Teach In with a cross-disciplinary cast of presenters.
10/02/2025

THIS Monday, 4:00 in Miller Hall.
AI in Education Teach In with a cross-disciplinary cast of presenters.

This event gets bigger and better every year. Thank you downtown for welcoming our community to yours.
09/26/2025

This event gets bigger and better every year. Thank you downtown for welcoming our community to yours.

Join us on a little journey from Western's campus to Downtown Bellingham! We closed some streets (with the help of the city) and walked down the hill togethe...

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