Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Major

Broaden your worldview. Explore and immerse yourself in another culture. Become multilingual.

At a glance

A Languages, Literatures, and Cultures major blends language study with global cultural learning. You’ll gain the perspective to understand diverse communities and the skills to communicate across borders. You’ll develop cultural competency and robust language instruction in a language of your choosing. Tracks are available in the 10 languages offered at CSU: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish, as well as a Spanish for the Professions track that focuses on Spanish in professional contexts like business, healthcare, and animal care.

Degree type	Bachelor of Arts
Format	On campus
Part of	College of Liberal Arts
Competitive major?	No
Accelerated option?	Yes

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Some Career Options

Having fluency in another language means you are a valuable employee at nearly any job in almost any field. With your bilingual skills – along with your cultural awareness and information – you’ll be an asset in government, politics, education, law, the media, and far beyond.