Curious about how language works—how people use it in the real world, and how it shapes culture and connection? The Occidental College Group Language undergraduate program lets you study two languages or pair a language with linguistics to build the analytical, cultural, and communication skills needed in a multilingual world.
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At Occidental College, the Group Language major helps you build advanced cultural and linguistic competency, explore the patterns found in all languages (how they vary and how they evolve), and gain tools for analyzing communication across global contexts. Faculty will help you strengthen writing, interpretation, and analytical reasoning as you explore language through literature, data-driven structural analysis, and lived experience.
You’ll also learn how multilingual fluency supports professional work in fields such as education, diplomacy, translation, technology, public health, urban planning, and international business. Many students study abroad, engage in community-based learning across Los Angeles, or pursue research that links language to identity, migration, media, or social systems. By graduation, you’ll have the communication skills, cultural awareness, and critical thinking needed to work and lead in a complex world.
