The Department of Languages and Literature seeks to provide its students with a variety of strong, effective liberal arts academic programs in several undergraduate majors and minors, in general education courses, in its participation in interdisciplinary programs, and in graduate studies. The department offers majors for degrees in the following subject areas:

Undergraduate:
Bachelor of Arts in Education: Cherokee Major
Bachelor of Arts in Education: English Major
Bachelor of Arts in Education: Spanish Major
Bachelor of Arts: English Major
Bachelor of Arts: Spanish Major

Graduate:
Master of Arts in English

In addition, the department offers certificates in ESL and Writing Program Administration, and provides courses in other languages of scholarly interest, including French, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, and Russian.

The department offers English courses which also serve students in inter-disciplinary programs, including the American Indian Studies major and minor, the M.A. in American Studies, and in the English concentration option for the M.Ed. in Teaching.
 
The Department of Languages and Literature is committed to the cultivation of scholarship, critical thinking, and competence for faculty and students in the diverse areas of its purview, which are united by a profound devotion to excellence in the study and application of languages and literature.