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。为学生提供获得语言和文化能力的机会，以作为必要的技能和知识，创造签名为学生提供的经验，例如由教师主导的出国留学计划，结构化实习和服务学习，利用我们对本科世界语言和第二语言文学硕士课程的认可以及我们的国家认可地位，以提高整个州的知名度，能力学生将获得能够加强跨文化交流的态度，价值观和技能。第二语言文学硕士课程为期33个学期，旨在为对外国语言
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,create signature experiences for students such as faculty-led study abroad programs, structured internships, and service learning,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,empower students to acquire attitudes, values, and skills that enhance cross-cultural communication.The Master of Arts in Second Languages is a 33 semester-hour program designed to provide graduate academic preparation for individuals interested in foreign languages and English as a second language (ESL) in various settings across the state, the nation, and in international venues.The second language acquisition and pedagogy degree engages students in work related to how languages are learned and techniques needed to present languages to others.