Applied Linguistics
 
            
                
                Liberal Arts •
                
                Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
            
            What is it about?
            A program that focuses on language-related concerns in the everyday world, including language education, acquisition of first and additional languages, discourse analysis, language assessment, literacy, and language policy and planning.  Includes instruction in linguistic theory; language teaching and learning; discourse analysis; language and cognition; and language, culture, and identity. 
                
            
                                
        
                
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                Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates 
                
                
                Average public university graduating class:   4 students.
                
                
 
                
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                 Average private university graduating class: 2 students.            
                
                
 
             
            
                O's Insights on Applied Linguistics
                
                    - Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 5 years after being stable prior to that.                      
                    
- 85% of graduates come from public universities.