Psychology
Open the door to the fascinating world of human thought, emotion, behavior, and motivation.
English and Creative Writing
Literature and creative writing - creative communication and critical thinking.
Humanities Degrees for the 21st Century
What does it mean to be human?
Explore our present, past – and future – through literature, the social sciences, philosophy, and history. Look at the variety of human cultures, experiences, and beliefs from new perspectives. There are so many ways of seeing the world and trying to understand how it works!
Creative disruption isn’t just for the tech world.
Find and challenge hidden assumptions, both your own and others. Our understanding of the world isn’t just facts and dates. It depends on where we stand and how we interpret what we see and know.
Get the ultimate job training program.
Learn to think both analytically and creatively – and to communicate your ideas with clarity and style.
Literacy, analytical thinking, and persuasive communication are skills you’ll depend on wherever your future leads. They’re skills that can’t be automated, and that help you to thrive through change. They’re the “soft skills” that enable you to be effective wherever people can benefit from thinking more creatively and understanding each other better.
Humanities degrees across disciplines.
In addition to majors in English, Creative Writing, Psychology, and Humanities, Sierra Nevada University offers interdisciplinary humanities majors in Journalism and Media, Psychology with Art or Music, and International Studies.
Inspiration Everywhere
Meet renowned authors at the Writers in the Woods, a monthly campus series of intimate readings and workshops which are open to everyone. Conduct original research in psychology and present your results at a national research conference.
Hear some of the major thinkers and doers of our time speak on campus at the Siebens-Binz Tahoe Forum – the most recent were Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak and author Isabel Allende. Report and write for the college newspaper The Eagle’s Eye, or edit for SNU Tahoe’s nationally distributed literary journal the Sierra Nevada Review.
Get your humanities degree immersed in the natural beauty of Lake Tahoe and the mountains, the support of faculty who know your name and care about your education, and fellow students who are as excited by possibility as you are.
A Student’s Passion for Writing Grows at SNU
Our Students say it Best
Sydney Mlodnosky
Major: Creative Writing
Hayden Takahashi
Major: English
Class of 2018
Zachary Birdsell
Major: Psychology
Class of 2016