Become a true global citizen
Know the world and its people.
The School of International Letters and Cultures opens up the world’s many languages and cultures.
Our lives today are filled with music, movies, books and other media — not to mention friends and neighbors — from all around the world. Explore all that and more: the language, thinking, customs and even food of many different peoples — past, present and future. Here, our scholars bring the world’s distinct and unique cultures closer together.
American Sign Language
مرحبًا
Arabic
Здраво
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
你好
Chinese
Bonjour
French
Hallo
German
χαῖρε
Ancient Greek
שלום
Hebrew
Halo
Indonesian
Ciao
Italian
こんにちは
Japanese
안녕하세요
Korean
Vale
Latin
Witam
Polish
Olá
Portuguese
Buna ziua
Romanian
привет
Russian
Hola
Spanish
Xin chào
Vietnamese
Bring the world home.
No experience can compare to discovering the world through the perspective of a new language and culture. Students say that the School of International Letters and Cultures "opens up a door to a whole new world."
#1
for minors in The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at ASU.
20+
language programs.
Leaders
in Spanish heritage language studies.
Pioneering
programs in Romanian and Indonesian.
Flagship
program in Chinese language and culture.
Accelerated
bachelor's and master's degree programs.
Find success in an increasingly global workforce.
No matter what career lies in your future, knowledge of another language and culture will give you an advantage as a citizen and professional. The skills you can gain in the School of International Letters and Cultures will pay off throughout your life.
Case manager
Cultural consultant
ESL educator
Foreign service officer
Health care advocate
Hearing officer
Historian
Intelligence officer
International affairs operative
International investor
Interpreter
Language teacher
Lawyer
Librarian
Literacy program manager
Mediator
Multicultural program administrator
Political analyst
Translator
Travel agent
My study of Russian as well as Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian at ASU made me more competitive in the foreign service’s selection process and later during the process by which foreign service officers are chosen for their overseas assignments.”
Steven Gillen
Foreign service officer, U.S. Department of State
BA in Russian, 1993.