Linguistics Internships & Careers
What Can I Do With a Degree in Linguistics?
The Linguistic Society of America has excellent information about what to expect if you major in linguistics and career paths that a degree in linguistics will prepare you for - everything from working for the CIA to training actors!
Questions about internships?
Discover Internship & Career Resources
Career Coaching
Full-time career coaches will meet one-to-one with you to help you focus your career visions and achieve your professional goals.
Apply for an Internship Course
For every 50 hours you work in your internship, you can earn 1 credit hour for up to 6 credit hours a semester with a max of 12 total.
Search Handshake for Positions
Handshake is the University of Utah's main application for finding jobs and internships.
Subscribe to Internship Annoucements
Stay in the loop on internship announcements that are relevant to your interests.
Micro-Internships
Micro-internships are short-term, paid internships. They are great for exploring new career paths and gaining new skills in more project-oriented ways.
Hinckley Internships
Go local, national, or global for your internship experience. The Hinckley Institute places interns in a variety of positions.
Student Media
Student media is a student-run organization offering many on-campus internship opportunities with the Daily Utah Chronicle, K-UTE radio station, Geeksquad, Wasatch Magazine, AdThing, and more.
Linguistics Career Placements
- Accent coach
- Artificial intelligence
- Audiologist
- Interpreter
- Language data analyst
- Lexicographer
- Lawyer
- Marketing specialist
- Natural language processing
- Speech pathologist
- Speech recognition, speech synthesis
- Translator
Linguistics Career Paths event March 5, 2020
Two linguistics students share how they got full time jobs. Jodi Bigler works now for Lingotek after an internship and graduation. Caiti Hunting has a full-time job with Epic as soon as she graduates. Both discuss the hiring process and how linguistics helped prepare them for their positions.
Articles
10 Jobs You Can Get With a Degree in Linguistics
What Can I Do With a Degree in Linguistics?
Where are They Now
Lyuba Basin
Rare Books Curator, J Willard Marriott Library
Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics
Zach Earl
Academic Advisor, Academic Advising Center at University of Utah
Bachelor of Arts, Linguistics
