Careers for WGSS, Language & Area Studies, and Foreign Language and Communication Media Majors
This week’s CAS Careers post provides career planning resources for students majoring in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS), Language and Area Studies, and Foreign Language & Communication Media. After the break, you’ll find some brief information on what you can do with your major after graduation, along with statistics on salary ranges and links to other helpful resources.
Careers in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The interdisciplinary nature of your WGSS major ensures your ability to engage thoughtfully with a wide range of cultural and political issues. Other professional skills you offer to prospective employers include:
- Proficiency with statistics and computer software
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of human and world history
- Experience working with scientific equipment and measuring instruments
- The ability to adapt approaches in public relations, marketing, and politics to diverse populations
Here is a brief list of some popular careers in WGSS, along with their national median salary*:
Case Worker—Home Care |
$43,600 |
Community Organizer |
$32,000 |
Work/Life Program Manager |
$100,000 |
Childbirth Educator |
$56,000 |
Community Outreach Specialist |
$50,000 |
Employee Relations Specialist |
$48,000 |
*Data collected from salary.com
Visit our Career Resource Library and check out some of our books on careers in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies:
- Anthropology Career Resources Handbook by Margaret A. Gwynne
- Book of Majors by The College Board
- College Majors with Real Career Paths and Payoffs: The Actual Jobs, Earnings, and Trends for Graduates of 60 College Majors by Neeta Fogg, Paul Harrington, and Thomas Harrington
Here are a few websites with information on careers in WGSS:
- Idealist
- Public History Resource Center
- Social Service Jobs
- The SocJournal
- USAJOBS
- American Sociological Association
- Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology
- Association for Gender Research, Education, Academia & Action
- The Kinsey Institute
For a full list of relevant websites, other career options, and books in our Career Resource Library related to WGSS, visit our website.
If you’re a Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major, and would like some more personalized information on your career options, schedule an appointment with one of our CAS Career Advisors: Anna Litman or Marie Spaulding. Also, feel free to stop by our CAS drop-in hours, which are held every Tuesday from 1:30-2:30 next to the entrance to TDR.
Careers in Language and Area Studies, and Foreign Language and Communication Media
Today’s job market is becoming increasingly globalized—your degree in Language and Area Studies or Foreign Language and Communication Media gives you a competitive edge over other applicants in terms of understand the language and culture of another country. Other skills you offer to potential employers include:
- Knowledge of a range of geographic, literary, linguistic, historic, and cultural issues
- Experience adapting content for different audiences
- Experience and comfort with intercultural communication
- Familiarity with best practices in language translation / interpretation
- Strong writing, editing, and public speaking skills in multiple languages
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Comfort working individually and as a member of a multicultural / multilingual team
- The ability to locate, research, analyze, and synthesize complex information in multiple languages
Here is a brief list of some popular careers Language and Foreign Studies/Foreign Language and Communication Media majors have found success in, along with their national median salary*:
Translator |
$43,000 |
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Public Relations Specialist |
$45,000 |
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Social Media Analyst |
$49,600 |
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Foreign Studies Advisor |
$42,000 |
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Community Relations Manager |
$84,500 |
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*Data collected from salary.com
Visit our Career Resource Library and check out some of our books on careers in Language and Foreign Studies:
- Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados & Other Multilingual Types by J. Laurence Day
- Opportunities in Foreign Language Careers by Wilga M. Rivers
- Working for Change: Making a Career in International Public Service by Derick and Jennifer Brinkerhoff
- Working World: Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development by Sherry Mueller and Mark Overmann
- Career Opportunities in Journalism by Jennifer Bobrow Burns
- Careers in Advertising & Public Relations by WetFeet Publishers
- Realities of Foreign Service Life by Melissa Brayer Hess, Patricia Linderman, and Marlene Manfiletto Nice
Here are a few websites with information on careers in Language and Foreign Studies:
- American Association for Applied Linguistics
- The American Association of Language Specialists
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Linguistic Society of America
- TwoLingos
- U.S. Department of State
- USAJOBS
- International Jobs Center
- American Translators Association
- Institute for Global Communications
- International Press Association
For a full list of relevant websites, other career options, and books in our Career Resource Library related to Language and Foreign Studies, visit this page. For Foreign Language and Communication Media, visit our website.
If you’re a Language and Area Studies major, and would like some more personalized information on your career options, schedule an appointment with one of our CAS Career Advisors: Anna Litman or Marie Spaulding. Also, feel free to stop by our CAS drop-in hours, which are held every Tuesday from 1:30-2:30 next to the entrance to TDR.
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