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If you love language and want to broaden your career options, the Bachelor of Communication (Linguistics) offers the best of both worlds.

In the Bachelor of Communication (Linguistics) you will explore how the brain manages language and the unwritten rules of interaction.

At the heart of our lives

Language is at the heart of communication. Linguistics is the study of human languages. It helps you understand how language has evolved, how it is structured and how it is used today to communicate in a range of setting.

While studying linguistics, you might for example:

• examine murderers’ text messages
• provide a commentary for a sports match
• construct an alien language
• listen to global hip hop to track the influence of African-Americanisms, and
• observe people talking to dogs.
• Skills sought-after by employers

You will learn transferable skills that employers seek. You'll gain excellent written and oral communication skills and an ability to understand the subtexts of communication from others.

Employment opportunities

85% of graduates are employed within six months of graduation. These graduates are employed across nine different industry categories with more than 60 different job titles.

Gain a relevant qualification

Massey University’s linguistics major offers courses that specifically examine language in New Zealand and the Pacific, ensuring relevant, local context. Other courses like forensic linguistics will help you understand corporate-related areas such as intellectual property and authorship identification. You will enjoy studying towards an interesting, relevant qualification.

Careers

This degree gives you a skill-set that is attractive to employers, but also provides flexibility for career pathways.

Careers could include work as a technical or specialist writer, in market research and analysis. Large technology companies seek graduates to work on natural language processing, speech analysis and data collection.

Your highly sought-after skills will also be useful for roles in communication, writing for the web and editing. In fact with any position that deals with language.

Skills you will learn:

• analytical skills
• logical thinking
• ability to produce clear communication
• ability to diagnose communication effects and processes
• ability to advise on the role of specific language strategies as part of a broader communication strategy
• ability to understand language structures at the root of all languages, not just English. This will enhance cross-cultural communication and foreign language learning.

Major requirements: Completing a major is compulsory. The Linguistics major requires 120 credits including at least 60 credits at 200 level and 60 credits at 300 level.