Currently we in the United States are experiencing an economic boom.  Unemployment is low, and the "global economy" is growing.  If you read the business news, you find reports on stock markets from all over the world.  Every morning the U.S. business news reports on what was going on in countries on the other side of the globe -- while we were sleeping!  It's a great time for those interesting in world languages and other cultures.  Take advantage of it! 

Teaching careers:  In Connecticut, the demand for teachers of Spanish exceeds the supply.  In fact, the demand is so great that some teachers have been recruited from Spain, and some "emergency certification" is occurring.  In French, Italian, and German, the demand is more limited, but students who have majored in these languages often get positions in which they teach Italian and Spanish, French and Spanish, or German and Spanish.  For more information, click on the Teaching Careers page of this web site.

Non-Teaching Careers:  While the steps leading to a career in teaching are clear, the path to all the other careers involving foreign languages require some research.  Foreign language students/majors who wants to use their knowledge of a foreign language and culture to work in a for-profit, not-for-profit, or government agency will need to have knowledge and skills in another area -- business, social service, or government.  Internships or Cooperative Education Experiences are as helpful for students who earn a B.A. in a foreign language as student teaching is for students who are earning a B.S. in a foreign language.  One of our French majors, for example, did a Coop with a financial services company, and ended up working for the company, and handling their French business contacts.