Wofford offers majors in Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. Each major prepares you to interact with the modern world where that language is spoken.
Foundational courses in each language focus on speaking, reading, and writing the language. As you grow more proficient in your chosen language, courses expose you to the varied culture, history, literature, drama, and film of the areas of the world that speak the language you study. Courses at and above the 300-level are conducted in the language being studied.
All Wofford students who are modern language majors are expected to study abroad for at least one semester in a country where the language they are studying is spoken in order to get first-hand experience with a new culture and to encourage fluency.
Wofford graduates who majored in a modern language are doing great things with their degrees. Recent graduates are working as:
Teacher of Oral English as a Foreign Language - English Language Institute/China
After School Program - Columbia, SC
Freelance English Trainer - Knowledge Point and Sphairos Language Schools
Finance Company in Moldova
Project Manager and Sales Director - Engineered Specialties, Inc.
Area Specialist - First Citizens Bank
Program Coordinator - Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upstate
Custom Built Personal Training
Naval Audit Service
Fashion Stylist
Office Manager - Senator Jim Demint
Health Educator and Member Services Associate - National Association for Continence
Management Assistant - Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Freelance English Teacher
Proficiency in a foreign language opens many doors in today's job market. As the world becomes more interconnected, employers value applicants and employees who can communicate with people in other parts of the world. A degree in a foreign language gives you the knowledge and skills you need to be successful in an increasingly integrated economy and marketplace.
Chinese Graduate Schools
Clemson University
USC - Columbia
French Graduate Schools
Converse College
Wake Forest University
Campbell University
Harvard University
UNC - Chapel Hill
University of Florida
Emory University
Charleston School of Law
Clemson University
Queens University of Charlotte
Medical University of SC
USC - Columbia
German Graduate Schools
Bowling Green State University
Medical University of SC
Mercer University
USC - Columbia
Spanish Graduate Schools
USC - Columbia
USC - Upstate
Elon University
College of Charleston
Georgetown University
Middlebury College
New York University
Polk State College
UNC - Chapel Hill
NC State University
Medical University of SC
University of Alabama - Birmingham
University of Miami
Wake Forest University
Participating in an internship is an excellent way to learn more about the career field you have chosen. By gaining practical experience and firsthand knowledge, you are able to see what it is like to work in that field and make sure it is something that you want to continue to pursue.
Wofford students have successfully secured internships and volunteer opportunities in a variety of fields that are related to the majors they have chosen to study. The list below represents some of the many companies and institutions where Wofford students have completed internships and volunteer opportunities. If you are curious to see where other majors have interned, be sure to look at the list of internship categories.
Communications and Journalism
ABC News
CBS News
FOX News
Greenville Hospital System Public and Community Relations Department
Whipp Advertising Agency
WSPA News Channel 7
Education and Non-Profit
African Diaspora Maritime
The Aspen Institute
Boys and Girls Club of Metro Spartanburg
Case Western Reserve University
Chesnee Elementary School
Dickinson University
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Greenville Technical College Foundation
Harbison West Elementary School
Healthy Smiles
Harvard Medical School
International Centre for Migration Health and Development
Juiz de For a University, Brazil
Mint Museum Uptown
National McNair Scholars Program, Winthrop University