Careers

in Foreign Languages

Proficiency in a foreign language can lead to careers in teaching at the high school and college level, translating and interpreting, and government positions in agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigations, and National Security Agency.

Many other businesses require employees proficient in foreign languages. Service industries such as hotel, tourism, food; publishers and entertainment industries such as films, radio, and sound production; and corporate offices with overseas accounts all employ proficient speakers solely for their language ability.

In other areas, such as medicine, law, business, promotion, journalism, political science, library science, museum and preservation, and more general government work, proficiency in a foreign language will give you a significant advantage over otherwise equally qualified applicants.

Most graduate programs require at least reading knowledge of one and sometimes as many as three foreign languages.

Thus, foreign languages, especially in conjunction with another major or minor, will prove to be very useful to most students.

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