Program Overview
Wichita State's Bachelor of Arts in Applied Linguistics provides students with critical thinking and quantitative skills for success in various fields. Graduates work in translation, interpreting, teaching, medicine, market research, and more. The program offers concentrations in general linguistics, speech pathology, and computer science, with an optional honors track. This degree equips students for jobs in the industry or graduate studies in linguistics and related fields.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
A Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in applied linguistics from Wichita State provides students with the critical thinking and quantitative skills for success in the classroom and beyond. Graduates work in fields as diverse as translation, interpreting, teaching, publishing, national security, international affairs, forensics, medicine, finance and market research.
Careers:
This degree enables students to specialize in the subfield of linguistics and offers the necessary skill sets to find job placements in the industry or pursue graduate studies. As an academic field, linguistics has seen tremendous growth and is currently at the forefront of interdisciplinary research in artificial intelligence, data science, computer science, speech pathology, natural language processing, and marketing and branding strategies.
Other:
The major in applied linguistics offers students three concentrations: general linguistics, speech pathology and communication sciences, and computer science and data science. A departmental honors track is also available for this major.
