Program Overview

Language Studies is an interdisciplinary major offered by the Linguistics Department. It is designed to equip students with competence in one foreign language and, at the same time, provide an understanding of the general nature of human language, its structure and use. Students may choose to take elective courses from a variety of departments, concerning the cultural context of the language of concentration.

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Department
  • Linguistics
Program Type
  • Major
  • Minor
  • 3 year pathway
Area of Focus
  • Humanities

Requirements

Please view the requirements for the major here.

Career Outcomes

  • Advertising
  • Bilingual education
  • Communications
  • Editing and publishing
  • Government service
  • International relations
  • Journalism
  • Law
  • Speech-language pathology
  • Teaching
  • Translation and Interpretation

These are only samples of the field’s many possibilities

Program Contact

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email ling@ucsc.edu

phone (831) 459-4988

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Program Keywords
  • Linguistics
  • Italian
  • Literature
  • Japanese
  • French
  • Chinese
  • Spanish