If you are considering the Modern Languages and Literatures major, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with our requirements and also think strategically about how you see yourself fitting into and contributing to our polytechnic setting. What, moreover, might you wish to accomplish after studying at Cal Poly with this unique and highly marketable degree? 

Our professors and students will be the first to tell you that the study of modern languages and literatures will greatly enrich your personal life, increase your power to act as a world citizen, expand the range of professional opportunities open to you, indeed help you leverage your talents in ways you may not have considered. But what story would you like them--and others--to tell about you and your accomplishments?

Current students of our program exemplify Cal Poly's "learning by doing" philosophy. Recent graduates have also successfully competed for a wide array of professional positions. What do you hope to accomplish while studying with us? And how can we help you get there?

Will you teach ecological forestry techniques in Latin America?

Head a German-American pharmaceuticals firm? 

Work in international law? 

Market next-generation bullet trains for the Asian subcontinent?

Or design and launch space shuttles for the 21st century from French Guyana? 

The sky is the limit. Let the countdown begin!

Just as my colleagues and I enjoy the various activities in which we are engaged, we look forward to helping you think creatively about your educational goals--including our many study-abroad opportunities, such as new exchanges in Germany and Chile. In addition to admissions information, recommended reading in the meantime includes these two online brochures:

“Language Study in the Age of Globalization: The College-Level Experience”

“Knowing Other Languages Brings Opportunities”

You might also consider visiting the "Shift Happens" wikispace.