Bachelor of Languages and Linguistics

Explore how language shapes communication, culture and global connection with La Trobe's Bachelor of Languages and Linguistics. In this degree, you'll build proficiency in your chosen language while developing a deep understanding of how languages are structured, used and learned. You'll study key areas of linguistics, including phonetics, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and examine how language varies across social and cultural contexts. Alongside your language major, you'll have the flexibility to tailor your studies through electives or a minor, allowing you to explore additional languages - including Auslan - or complementary disciplines. You'll gain real-world experience through industry-based learning, applying your knowledge in professional settings while building in-demand skills. You may also have the opportunity to study abroad and immerse yourself in the language and culture you are studying. By studying the Bachelor of Languages and Linguistics, you will: build speaking, reading and writing skills in Chinese, French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese or Spanish develop AI literacy, learning to use language technologies critically and ethically while understanding their limits in real-world communication analyse how languages work - from sound systems and sentence structure to meaning, and how these vary across languages and contexts explore how language is acquired and how it varies across cultures, communities and social groups gain real-world experience and build in-demand skills through industry-based learning, completing an industry placement or industry project in your second year graduate with intercultural knowledge and communication skills to work effectively across global and diverse professional contexts.