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16FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS

Instructional programs that focus on foreign languages and literatures, the humanistic and scientific study of linguistics, and the provision of professional interpretation and translation services.

Definition: U.S. Department of Education, CIP 2020.

Fields of study

16.01Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
16.02African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.03East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.04Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.05Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.06Modern Greek Language and Literature
16.07South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.08Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.09Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.11Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.12Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.15Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
16.16American Sign Language