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College of Humanities

Welcome to Humanities

As education becomes ever more focused on professional degrees and vocational training, employers increasingly report that what they seek is not necessarily more specialized degrees but rather people who can think, who can synthesize, who can analyze, and who can apply a broad base of thought to a wide variety of areas. The College of Humanities teaches students to read, write and think. Our graduates are prepared for a 21st-century workforce that advances those who have the power not just to achieve and innovate but to communicate their ideas to an audience beyond their applied field.

Captioning Videos Used in Instruction

The University has launched a new website: www.csun.edu/captioning. The purpose of the site is to provide unified content for faculty and students regarding captioning. As a reminder, we are required to caption videos used in instruction. The website provides useful information on captioning options for both content creators and consumers.

Upcoming Events

New Directions in the Humanities Conference

Friday, January 31, 2020 - 9:00am to 12:00pm

CSUN undergraduates will present their independent research in a variety of humanistic fields. Read more

Cold War Controversy: The Capture and Release of Francis Gary Powers, U-2 Spy Pilot

Monday, March 23, 2020 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm

A presentation by Gary Powers, Jr., author of Letters from a Soviet Prison (2017) and Spy Pilot (2019) Read more

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Linguistics/TESL Chair Dr. Kenneth Luna discusses "Text Speak" on BEOND TV

Heidi Schumacher Receives Don Dorsey Excellence in Mentoring Award

January 8, 2020

Heidi Schumacher, staff coordinator for the HSI Pathways program and a faculty member in GWS and English, is one of the 2019 recipients of the prestigious Don Dorsey Excellence in Mentoring awards. Read more

Dr. Svetlana V. Tyutina (MCLL) elected Chair of the MLA DAOC

October 31, 2019

Dr. Svetlana V. Tyutina (MCLL) has been elected as the Chair of the MLA Delegate Assembly Organizing Committee (January 2020-January 2021). Delegate Assembly is the legislative body of the Modern Language Association, the largest organization in the field of languages and literatures in North America. More information about the DAOC charge

Models for Thinking: An Example of Why Data Sciences Increasingly Need the Humanities

September 17, 2019

Dr. Mauro Carassai, from the English Department and the Liberal Studies Program, explores the importance of the humanities to the data sciences.

In fields involved with knowledge production, unsupervised machine-learning algorithms are becoming the standard. These algorithms allow us to statistically analyze data sets that exceed traditional analytic capabilities. Why Data Sciences Increasingly Need the Humanities continues

CSUN Bridges Language Barriers for Spanish-Speaking Communities in Los Angeles

April 30, 2019

In the United States, Spanish is the most common non-English language spoken in homes, yet limited-English proficient Spanish speakers hit communication barriers in most major industries, such as business, healthcare, legal, government and education.

California State University, Northridge’s Department of Modern & Classical Languages and Literaturesis attempting to bridge these language barriers with the implementation of advanced Spanish translation service-learning courses on the legal and business communities. Read more

CSUN Student Collaboration with the LA Superior Court Recognized by the San Fernando Valley Bar Association

March 19, 2019

In February 2019, CSUN Spanish graduate students were recognized by the San Fernando Valley Bar Association for their work as Spanish/English volunteer interpreters during the pro-bono Family Law Department's event Settle-O-Rama at the LA Superior Court. It is the first time when Spanish interpreting is offered at no cost to litigants during these free mediation services significantly expediting Read more

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