College of Liberal Arts
College of Liberal Arts
The M.A. in Bilingualism and Applied Linguistics equips students with advanced skills in linguistics, preparing them for academic research and diverse career opportunities in academia and industry. With options to specialize in Applied Linguistics (English/Spanish), students collaborate with expert faculty to conduct original research and contribute to cutting-edge linguistic discoveries.
Faculty are internationally recognized and acknowledged for their research achievements.
El Paso’s multilingualism and its location on the U.S.-Mexico border makes for a fascinating environment to study linguistics
Students enjoy small class sizes, a supportive atmosphere and personalized degree plans based on their interests.
Adonis Borges loves to facilitate how people learn languages. At UTEP, the native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, studied how brains of bilingual people process language. He used that knowledge to develop language and culture curriculum for American diplomats at all levels for the U.S. Department of State. He also is studying Second Language Acquisition as a Ph.D. student at the Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Maryland.
Graduates may decide to become language teachers, pursue a Ph.D. program, or work for education companies or the U.S. government and federal agencies. Graduates with this degree may decide to become forensic linguists, linguist annotators or language consultants.
