Academics
Undergraduate Studies
Undergraduate Studies
Discover Your Gifts
Whether you’re at the beginning of your college journey or returning to complete your degree, you may feel that you’re just starting to figure out who you are and how you want to spend the life that’s ahead of you. This is an exciting time! As an undergraduate at Northwest Nazarene University, you’ll begin to discover the unique gifts God has placed inside of you, cultivate those gifts and use them to live a life of meaningful service.
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Majors
Co-Majors
Minors
Why NNU?
NNU Community
Students say it feels like home—the NNU community is a close-knit and supportive place where you’ll find true belonging.
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Career Placement
Supporting your success, career placement services assist you with the resources you need to pursue your calling.
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Academic Departments
Whether you know exactly what you want to do or are still in the process of figuring it out—we’re ready to help you create the future you want.
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General Education Program
According to its mission statement, NNU offers an undergraduate curriculum that “is designed to instill a habit of mind that enables each student to become God’s creative and redemptive agent in today’s world.” Our curriculum provides both depth (your major field of study) and breadth (the General Education Program) to nurture your highest intellectual, physical and spiritual development.
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Find Your Program:
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Beyond Academics
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NNU Abroad
Discover joy in service when you study and serve while seeing the world.
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Cultural Competency Program
Discover connection when you interact in meaningful and competent ways with people from diverse backgrounds and differing worldviews.
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Honors College
Discover transformation when you pursue a rich and rigorous education grounded in the great texts, art and ideas of human culture.
Life at NNU
An amazing community. Close relationships. Strong academics. At NNU, we offer all this and more. Small classes with caring classmates and professors provide endless opportunities for learning. Outside of class, numerous clubs and organizations open doors for you to pursue personal interests. Life at NNU prepares you to be who you were made to be.
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