As you know, we have two undergraduate minors, a BA, an MA, and a PhD program. Holders of these degrees tend to get different jobs or similar jobs at different levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
Students majoring in languages or area studies may choose an SLS minor if their post-graduation interest is in working in a country connected to that language or area. The minor in language teaching provides an overview of skills and a knowledge base of language learning that allows you to find a job teaching English or another language to learners of any age and proficiency level.<\/p>\n\n
Considering teaching first: BA degree holders are highly eligible for positions in domestic and international language schools, cram schools, k-12 private schools (with multilingual students), JET\/EPIK programs, Peace Corps and similar international volunteer programs. If they also acquire state licensure in an area like TESOL, then of course they may find employment in k-12 public and or state schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There are also opportunities in any employment sectors that require multilingual and multicultural abilities and awareness, and serve multilingual populations, whether immigrants or tourists or anything in between, most obviously business enterprises that have an international dimension.<\/p>\n
And finally, in our case at least one-third of our students quickly go on to seek higher degrees, entering related graduate programs.<\/p>\n\n
Similar responses apply to MA holders; many of our MA graduates have found employment in domestic and international language schools, immigrant service programs, but in addition, the entire post-secondary sector, with its international students, domestic (1.5 generation) students with academic English needs, has been a natural home for many of our MA graduates. The MA degree plays out particularly well in the US community college sector, and also those parts of the international higher education sector that do not require a PhD. International higher education around the globe, has obvious needs for specialists in second or additional languages in a wide variety of positions. This quickly reaches beyond the classroom, to curriculum development, materials writing, program design and eventually administration, including student services and recruitment (at least).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
As the full list of alumni of our PhD program (active since 1988) shows, graduates with a PhD degree usually find employment in conventional academic positions in universities (again, around the world). Perhaps recent years have demonstrated that beyond academia, positions exist in language-related parts of the private sector (DuoLingo, ETS), or in roles in universities that draw on research skills but are not conventionally professorial, such as program evaluation and institutional research.<\/p>\n\n