Unleash Your Creativity with a Minor

Language study exercises your complex problem-solving skills. Exposure to multiple cultures means you can see various angles of an issue and increases your social confidence. Group work develops your collaboration skills and emotional awareness. That's cognitive flexibility, and it unleashes your creativity.

Available Minors:

• French
• French Studies                                     
• Italian
• Portuguese
• Spanish   

Declare a minor now

Cognitive flexibility involves creativity, logical reasoning, and problem sensitivity. It also means being able to adapt how you communicate based on who you are talking to.

"As a STEM major, having a break from all the calculus- and physics-based classes was wonderful because it gave me an opportunity to use a completely different side of my brain, and I have really improved my writing and communication skills as a result. I recommend that any students who are interested in learning a language and culture more deeply consider pursuing a minor." -Sarah Peterson, Italian Minor and Mechanical Engineering Major

How to Study Abroad

A summer or Maymester abroad program is an excellent way to complete a minor and still graduate in four years.