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School of Language, Culture, and Society
The School of
Language, Culture,
and Society
Academic Programs
Anthropology
The Anthropology program seeks to promote awareness of the complexity and diversity of humanity and the human experience—past and present—in its cultural, biological, and ecological contexts.
College Student Services Administration
The College Student Services Administration prepares students to become leaders in equity and access, community and justice, and institutional transformation.
Ethnic Studies
The Ethnic Studies program critically engages the historic and ongoing impacts of racism and colonialism in the US, as well as in the global context.
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program represents multidisciplinary approaches to the study of gender and sexuality, particularly as they intersect with race, ethnicity, class, culture, nation, and ability.
World Languages and Cultures
The World Languages and Cultures program is a student-centered, proficiency-based, communicative language program designed to prepare students for life as members of multilingual and multicultural communities locally and globally.
Ecampus
As a national leader in online education, Ecampus delivers degree and certificate programs to students all over the world. Five of the six SLCS majors can be completed via Ecampus.
SLCS Stories
Dec. 1, 2025
Indigenous Studies
"Cluster hire” allows SLCS to proceed with plans to launch a minor in Indigenous Studies
For David G. Lewis, it frees up time for his groundbreaking work on Oregon Native American history. For Patricia Fifita, it’s reaching “the pinnacle of the academic pathway.” For Luhui Whitebear, it offers ways to honor her mentors by connecting with today’s Indigenous students at Oregon State University.
The three, all of whom have long connections with OSU, recently earned tenure-track appointments as assistant professors in the School of Language, Culture, and Society, part of OSU’s College of Liberal Arts. The so-called “cluster hire” allows the school to proceed with plans to launch a minor in Indigenous Studies; approval for that should come this academic year. Read the full story
Indigenous Land Recognition
Land Acknowledgement
Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, is located within the traditional homelands of the Mary's River or Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.
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