AUT - Careers in Languages
Careers in Languages
Bachelor of Arts Chinese and Bachelor of Arts Japanese graduates are equipped to take up positions in:
- Tourism and hospitality
- Banking and finance
- International Business
- Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Language teaching
and many other professions where proficiency in language and culture is required.
Bachelor of Arts English Studies graduates occupy positions around the world in areas such as:
- Media
- Advertising
- Journalism
- Business
- Public Relations
- Education
- Diplomacy
- Trade
- Travel and tourism
- Teaching
- The arts and cultural industries
Master of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education graduate employment prospects include:
- Teaching literacy and training of literacy practitioners
- Policy analysts
- Curriculum developers in the area of adult literacy and numeracy education
The Bachelor of Arts Creative Writing degrees prepare students to take up roles in the creative and professional writing industries:
- Fiction writing
- Writing for media through journalism
- Screen writing
- Travel writing
- Teaching
- Writing for the performing arts
Those students who elect to gain Honours are well placed for employment in areas that require sound analytical and critical thinking skills, and research skills at a more advanced level than a Bachelor degree.
Interpreting and Translation careers
Those graduates who have studied Interpreting through the School of Languages and Social Sciences will be able to freelance or take up work in a variety of areas including:
- The legal industry
- Government departments such as the Department of Justice, Tenancy Services, the Customs Department, or the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- Private legal firms and immigration agencies
- Health and wellbeing
- Documentation for outpatients’ clinics, mental health settings and counselling
- The private sector
- Trade expos
- Foreign affairs
- Film
Diploma in Sign Language Interpreting graduates will be prepared as professional interpreters to work between deaf and hearing communities in New Zealand in fields including:
- Education
- Legal
- Medical
- Employment related settings
RELATED COURSES
Foundation:
- Diploma in Chinese
- Diploma in English Language
- Diploma in Japanese
- Diploma in Sign Language Interpreting
- Diploma in Interpreting and Translation
- Certificate in New Zealand Sign Language and Deaf Studies
- Certificate in Employment Skills English (currently not offered in Semester 1, 2009)
- Certificate in English for Academic Study
- Certificate in English Language
- Titireia Māori - Te Reo Māori Papers
Undergraduate:
- Bachelor of Arts Overview
- English Studies
- Japanese Language
- Japanese Studies
- Chinese Language
- Chinese Studies
- Creative Writing
- Interpreting
- Translation
- Bachelor of Arts conjoint degrees
Postgraduate:
- Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate in Arts
- Master of Arts Overview
- Applied Language Studies
- Master of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education
- Master of Creative Writing
- Master of Professional Language Studies - Language Teaching
- Master of Philosophy
- Doctor of Philosophy