Applied Modern Language and Culture

Today's workforce is increasingly global, and career opportunities may arise in exciting international locations where a solid understanding of your career field includes proficiency in a second language and its culture. The language degree in applied modern language and culture is a distinctive, dynamic foreign language degree in which you'll study Chinese, French, Japanese, or Spanish. It prepares you to actively apply your knowledge of language and culture to a technical or professional discipline of your choice, such as science, business, communication, computing and information technology, engineering, the arts, and more. You'll gain proficiency in your chosen language while learning to articulate your technical or professional discipline in that language.

Applied modern language and culture is not a traditional foreign language degree. Instead, the major provides advanced study of languages and cultures that most directly apply to the global workplace and the global economy in which you'll work. You will choose a language option–Chinese, French, Japanese, or Spanish–where you'll immerse yourself in that region's language and culture. In addition, choose a secondary major of study or a minor in a technical or professional discipline, such as computing, information technology, engineering, business, the arts, or the sciences.

This foreign language major is unique in that it provides extensive study of a specific language and culture and its direct application to a career field. You will learn how the integration of language skills, cultural awareness, and professional fluency impacts their work in science, computing, communication, engineering, business, the arts, and more.

In the final year, engage in an interdisciplinary capstone seminar that integrates your chosen linguistic/cultural discipline with the professional or technical field you chose to pursue. This capstone seminar culminates in a senior project presentation.

Options

Choose a language–Chinese, French, Japanese, or Spanish–where you'll immerse yourself in that region's language and culture. Learn to speak, understand, read, and write in your chosen language and gain proficiency in the culture and traditions surrounding the language and geographic region.

Chinese: In the Chinese option you will experience the Chinese language and culture, as well as develop your fluency in the language while learning how to apply this skill to your technical or professional discipline. 

French: In the French option you will gain an advanced understanding of the language and the culture. Coupled with your secondary degree you will be prepared for a career in our globally connected world. 

Japanese: In the Japanese option you'll learn the Japanese language and culture, and develop your fluency in the language while learning how to apply this skill to your technical or professional discipline. 

Spanish: In the Spanish option you will gain an advanced understanding of the language and the culture. Coupled with your secondary degree you will be prepared for a career in our globally connected world.

Combined Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degrees

Today's careers require advanced degrees grounded in real-world experience. RIT's Combined Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's Degrees enable you to earn both a bachelor's and a master's degree in as little as five years of study, all while gaining the valuable hands-on experience that comes from co-ops, internships, research, study abroad, and more.

+1 MBA: Students who enroll in a qualifying undergraduate degree have the opportunity to add an MBA to their bachelor's degree after their first year of study, depending on their program. Learn how the +1 MBA can accelerate your learning and position you for success.

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