Plan B

This track allows students to specialize in linguistics along with a foreign Southeast Asian language. Currently, only the Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia language program is available for Plan B students. This track is ideal for students who want to specialize in a language that is closely related to and share a lot of linguistic features with Philippine languages. Knowledge in a closely-related Austronesian language will be useful for students who are interested in historical linguistics and language change.

Program Requirements

Career Prospects

Graduates of the Plan B track are expected to develop a high proficiency in Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia upon their completion of the program. This, coupled with their training in linguistic analysis, makes them well-equipped to engage in translation and interpretation work, as well as in language teaching.

In general, our BA program aims for its students to develop a wide array of skills that are applicable to many jobs. Aside from developing students’ skills for linguistic analysis, students also have the opportunity to practice and develop their problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills, interpersonal communication skills, creativity, as well as their sociocultural awareness. Many of the graduates of our undergraduate program are therefore engaged in a wide variety of fields such as language education, teaching in higher education, research and data analysis, publishing, media and advertising, marketing, foreign service, and human resource management.

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