Description
The College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature is one of the four Arts and Sciences colleges
of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. LLL, as it is popularly called, comprises six departments: East Asian
Languages and Literatures, English, Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures, Languages and
Literatures of Europe and the Americas, Linguistics, and Second Language Studies. LLL is also the home of the
Center for Biographical Research, the Center for Interpretation and Translation Studies, the Language Learning Center,
and the National Foreign Language Resource Center.
The College regularly teaches 30 languages, with one of the most extensive arrays of Asian and Pacific
languages of any American university. The programs in the College offer a full range of degrees, from the BA,
to the MA, and the PhD. More than a thousand undergraduate and graduate students are currently pursuing degrees in LLL.
The faculty has long been recognized for its commitment to innovative research and scholarship, and for the excellence
of its teaching. With more than 250 full-time and part-time faculty, LLL is one of the largest academic units at the
University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Mission Statement
The College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature (LLL) places the study of language in its many manifestations
at the center of its students' education. Through small classes and close student-faculty interchange, the College
prepares students for life-long learning in English studies, Hawaiian and foreign languages, and applied and theoretical
linguistics. While taking a global view of language, literature, and linguistics, LLL offers a special focus on
Asia-Pacific-Hawai'i.
LLL faculty conduct research and produce scholarship according to the highest standards of inquiry and creativity
in the liberal arts tradition. The range of faculty interests--from the analysis of language structure, acquisition, history,
and use to the creation of teaching materials for familiar as well as less commonly taught languages, from the study of classic
and contemporary texts of world literatures to the production of new literatures-- reflects its commitment to innovation and
excellence.