世界语言系提供学习计划，教育学生在复杂，技术和多样的世界中生活，工作和领导。该系的作用是使我们多样化的学生成为全球公民，从而引领阿肯色州在21世纪的全球化社区中发挥作用。该系为学生提供获得语言和文化能力的机会，将其作为必要的技能和知识，为我们获得了本科世界语言和第二语言文学硕士课程的认可，并获得了国家认可，从而提高了全州的知名度，为学生创造了标志性的体验，例如由教师主导的出国留学计划，结构化实习以及服务学习，赋权让学生掌握可以加强跨文化交流的态度，价值观和技能。
The Department of World Languages provides programs of study that educate students to live, work, and lead in a complex, technological, and diverse world. The department sees its role as one that prepares our diverse students to become global citizens who will lead the state of Arkansas in the globalized community of the 21st Century.provide opportunities for students to acquire languages and cultural competencies as necessary skills and knowledge,leverage for our accreditation of the undergraduate world language and graduate Master of Arts in Second Languages programs and our national recognition status to enhance visibility throughout the state,create signature experiences for students such as faculty-led study abroad programs, structured internships, and service learning,empower students to acquire attitudes, values, and skills that enhance cross-cultural communication.