Students in the Department of Literature, Languages, Writing, and Humanities are trained in the analytical methods and research skills of professional humanistic scholars, which have outstanding application to any career in the knowledge and information economy. They hone their writing and presentation skills, craft sophisticated arguments, improve their cultural fluency, read with sensitivity and insight, attend closely to language, supply rich layers of context, and adapt quickly to challenging texts and media and new ways of thinking. These are lifelong skills that make for superb teachers, writers, and collaborators.