Language, Culture, and Society
Bachelor of Arts
About the Major
Learn how language shapes, and is shaped by, our understandings of the world. Through coursework based in anthropology, linguistics, and other fields, you'll learn theories and analytical frameworks to explore language use and variation across cultures and social contexts.
Program Highlights
You'll perform analyses of language use to investigate the nature of power, identity construction, worldview, cultural traditions, and language arts. The major also involves consideration of issues of bilingualism and multilingualism, and related issues of language ideology and policy.
Sample Courses
- Language in Mind and Society
- Bilingualism
- Discourse Analysis
- American Indian Languages
Career Options
Our graduates gain expertise to address complex social problems in a globalized, pluralistic twenty-first century world and qualify for employment in applied careers in nonprofit associations, federal, state, local government and international agencies, community centers, refugee organizations, cultural institutes, and tech companies.
- TransPerfect
- Apple (SIRI Development)
- San Diego Unified School District
Transferable Skills
- Analytical and critical thinking
- Interpretive research skills
- Strong technical and analytical writing skills
- Close reading and analysis
- Knowledge of language, grammar, syntax, and words
- Examining change in languages
- Communication skills
- Presentation, public speaking, and didactic skills
Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages Department
College of Arts and Letters
