Academic Resources

Explore Modern Languages and Literatures academic resources designed to support your academic goals!

Curriculum Guide

Modern Languages and Literatures Department

CLAS Advising Center

What Can I Do With This Major? (External Resource)

Career Resources

Unlock career potential in Modern Languages and Literatures! Discover resources to maximize your professional trajectory.

Career Assessment - PathwayU

Jobs via Handshake

MLL Careers Information

Career Communities

Sample Modern Languages and Literatures Internship Sites

Internships provide a way for you to get hands-on, supervised experience in the world of work. You are able to apply the concepts you are learning in the classroom to a work environment.

• Bethany Christian Services
• Roosevelt Park Ministries
• Hispanic Center of Western Michigan
• Affinity Mentoring
• Catholic Charities of West Michigan
• Latin Americans United for Progress (LAUP)
• Samaritas
• Degage Ministries
• Booking.com

MLL Department Internship Information

General Information on Internships

Join a Student Organization

Get involved with a student organization related to your major. Student orgs are a great way to get connected and explore career options!

• Chinese Club
• Arab Culture Club
• French Club
• German Club
• Japan Club
• Italian Club

Language Clubs at GVSU

Student Organizations

Relevant Courses and Certificates for Building Skills

Developing the relevant skills that employers seek is an essential component of a student's education. GVSU students should consider strategic elective courses and certificates to pair with their major in order to gain additional skills.

• Intercultural Competence Badge
• Foundational American Sign Language (ASL) Undergraduate Badge
• Multilingualism Undergraduate Badge

Electives to Consider

Community Service Opportunities

Seek volunteer opportunities related to the field you're exploring as a way of testing out future careers.

The Civic Engagement Center keeps a list of current volunteer opportunities updated on their website. There are ongoing opportunities on a continuous basis, as well as on-campus and off-campus opportunities posted as they become available.
Civic Engagement Center

Modern Languages and Literatures Study Abroad Options

Through study abroad you’ll also set yourself apart from other job-seekers and graduate-school applicants in an increasingly competitive market.

• Chinese Language & Studies
• French
• German
• Italian 
• Japanese
• Spanish 

Explore Internships Abroad

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Pursuing academic, creative, and research experiences and projects outside the classroom is an excellent way to learn new skills and build a body of work in your field.

Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

Getting Started

Fellowship Opportunities

Fellowships are high-impact, potentially life-changing opportunities for students and alumni, opening doors to careers in public service, advanced academic study, foreign service, international teaching, and other career and service pathways into meaningful and fulfilling lives.

Frederik Meijer Office of Fellowships

Finding a Fellowship

Where Alumni Have Landed

• Medical Interpreter – Voices for Health
• Behavior Therapist – A&C Behavioral Solutions
• Project Coordinator – SalesPad
• AmeriCorps ESL Instructor – Literacy Center of West Michigan
• Intake Specialist/Plan B Coordinator – Health Net of West Michigan
• Talent Acquisition Specialist –SpartanNash
• Training Coordinator – Peterson Farms, Inc.
• Bilingual Kindergarten Teacher – Teach for America
• Account Manager – Olivier-VanDyk Insurance Agency
• Sales Operations Specialist – FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
• Customer Care Executive – Booking.com
• Freelance Translator – Various Organizations
• Buyer – Meijer
• Product Brand Manager –Daymon Worldwide
• Social Media Marketing Manager – Le Bon Macaron
• Dispatcher and Communications Specialist – Grand Valley Police Department

Students with an MLL degree may continue on to a graduate program.  Here are some examples of programs students have pursued:

• Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics
• Master of Arts (MA) in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) / English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
• Master of Arts in Strategic Communication
• Public Policy/Administration (with an international focus)
• Law