After | Woffordfrench

Working Abroad, Living Abroad

Where do our language students go after Wofford?

Over the past four years, students who are a part of the Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures department have numbered in the dozens. About half of our students completed a second major, most commonnly Biology, Government, Accounting, and Business Economics. 35% of all inductees to the Phi Beta Kappa, the national academic honorary society have been foreign language majors, and 90% have participated in at least one semester of study abroad.

Recent graduates have found employment with Milliken & Company, Price-Waterhouse, and Holiday Inn International. Others have pursued graduate study in the International Master of Business Administration at USC-Columbia, the School of Public Health at Yale University, and Harvard Law School.

When our soon to be graduates begin searching for employment, they are encouraged to:

Make use of the College's Career Planning and Planning Services; consult The Space to: Prepare.
Consult our list of U.S. Government agencies that normally are interested in language students.
There are some work abroad opportunities through the Study Abroad Program Office. (See, Work and Volunteer Abroad)
The department subscribes to Jobs International, an electronic posting of employment for students seeking employment in language-related fields.

Carlin Connelly, Class of 2014, talks about her life after Wofford and how she is using her French Degree.

"After college, going abroad opportunities seem more of a pleasant dream than a foreseeable reality, which is why I was elated to be chosen to participate in the TAPIF program.

While in France, I hope that my elementary students will progress in English and understand that the United States is so much more than New York and Chicago.

Meanwhile, I plan to discover more of the splendor that France has to offer while enriching my own ability to communicate in the language. When I return to the United States, I plan to eat a big plate of southern barbeque, which will undoubtedly ease the reverse culture shock.

After that, I hope to find a job teaching French, maybe working in hospitality, or who knows, maybe I’ll go back to school for a Masters.

Alas, my future job remains undetermined, but at the moment, I’m okay with that.