The Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures at OSU offers a range of programs at different university levels in language, cultural studies, linguistics, literature, and teacher education aimed at giving students a sense of world citizenry and preparing them for careers in internationally-related fields.
Position Title | Projected Growth (2014-2024) | Preparation Required | 2015 Median Wage |
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Marriage and Family Therapists
Position Description:Diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, whether cognitive, affective, or behavioral, within the context of marriage and family systems. Apply psychotherapeutic and family systems theories and techniques in the delivery of services to individuals, couples, and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed nervous and mental disorders.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$53,520 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 5 | $53,520 per year |
Speech-Language Pathologists
Position Description:Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.
Projected Growth:
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
Median Pay:
$76,900 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 5
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Much faster than average (14% or higher) | Job Zone 5 | $76,900 per year |
Copy Writers
Position Description:Write advertising copy for use by publication or broadcast media to promote sale of goods and services.
Projected Growth:
Slower than average (2% to 4%)
Median Pay:
$69,130 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Slower than average (2% to 4%) | Job Zone 4 | $69,130 per year |
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Position Description:Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$46,610 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $46,610 per year |
Education Administrators, Preschool and Childcare Center/Program
Position Description:Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic and nonacademic activities of preschool and childcare centers or programs.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$52,760 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 4 | $52,760 per year |
Community Health Workers
Position Description:Assist individuals and communities to adopt healthy behaviors. Conduct outreach for medical personnel or health organizations to implement programs in the community that promote, maintain, and improve individual and community health. May provide information on available resources, provide social support and informal counseling, advocate for individuals and community health needs, and provide services such as first aid and blood pressure screening. May collect data to help identify community health needs.
Projected Growth:
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
Median Pay:
$40,150 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Much faster than average (14% or higher) | Job Zone 4 | $40,150 per year |
Social and Community Service Managers
Position Description:Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of a social service program or community outreach organization. Oversee the program or organization's budget and policies regarding participant involvement, program requirements, and benefits. Work may involve directing social workers, counselors, or probation officers.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$69,430 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 4 | $69,430 per year |
Tutors
Position Description:Provide non-classroom, academic instruction to students on an individual or small-group basis for proactive or remedial purposes.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$40,140 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 4 | $40,140 per year |
Human Resources Specialists
Position Description:Perform activities in the human resource area. Includes employment specialists who screen, recruit, interview, and place workers.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$63,710 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 4 | $63,710 per year |
Marketing Managers
Position Description:Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers. Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the firm's profits or share of the market while ensuring the firm's customers are satisfied. Oversee product development or monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$140,660 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 4 | $140,660 per year |
Broadcast News Analysts
Position Description:Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$89,240 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 4
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 4 | $89,240 per year |
Advertising Sales Agents
Position Description:Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or the Internet. Includes individuals who obtain leases for outdoor advertising sites or persuade retailers to use sales promotion display items.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$61,690 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 3 | $61,690 per year |
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
Position Description:Buy merchandise or commodities, other than farm products, for resale to consumers at the wholesale or retail level, including both durable and nondurable goods. Analyze past buying trends, sales records, price, and quality of merchandise to determine value and yield. Select, order, and authorize payment for merchandise according to contractual agreements. May conduct meetings with sales personnel and introduce new products. Includes assistant wholesale and retail buyers of nonfarm products.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$59,270 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 3 | $59,270 per year |
Correctional Officers and Jailers
Position Description:Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$45,320 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 3 | $45,320 per year |
Court Reporters
Position Description:Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.
Projected Growth:
Slower than average (2% to 4%)
Median Pay:
$54,720 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Slower than average (2% to 4%) | Job Zone 3 | $54,720 per year |
Immigration and Customs Inspectors
Position Description:Investigate and inspect persons, common carriers, goods, and merchandise, arriving in or departing from the United States or between states to detect violations of immigration and customs laws and regulations.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$79,620 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 3 | $79,620 per year |
Web Developers
Position Description:Design, create, and modify Web sites. Analyze user needs to implement Web site content, graphics, performance, and capacity. May integrate Web sites with other computer applications. May convert written, graphic, audio, and video components to compatible Web formats by using software designed to facilitate the creation of Web and multimedia content.
Projected Growth:
Much faster than average (14% or higher)
Median Pay:
$70,660 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 3
Position Duties:
Skills:
|
Much faster than average (14% or higher) | Job Zone 3 | $70,660 per year |
Childcare Workers
Position Description:Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
Projected Growth:
Average (5% to 8%)
Median Pay:
$22,310 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 2
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Average (5% to 8%) | Job Zone 2 | $22,310 per year |
Customer Service Representatives
Position Description:Interact with customers to provide information in response to inquiries about products and services and to handle and resolve complaints.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$34,560 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 2
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Faster than average (9% to 13%) | Job Zone 2 | $34,560 per year |
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
Position Description:Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.
Projected Growth:
Decline (-2% or lower)
Median Pay:
$22,610 per year
Preparation:
Job Zone 2
Position Duties:
Skills:
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Decline (-2% or lower) | Job Zone 2 | $22,610 per year |
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
Position Description:Review settled claims to determine that payments and settlements are made in accordance with company practices and procedures. Confer with legal counsel on claims requiring litigation. May also settle insurance claims.
Projected Growth:
Little or no change (-1% to 1%)
Median Pay:
$64,300 per year
Preparation:
Position Duties:N/A Skills:
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Little or no change (-1% to 1%) | $64,300 per year | |
Writers and Authors
Position Description:Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material.
Projected Growth:
Faster than average (9% to 13%)
Median Pay:
$69,130 per year
Preparation:
Position Duties:N/A Skills:N/A |
Faster than average (9% to 13%) | $69,130 per year |
Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or the Internet. Includes individuals who obtain leases for outdoor advertising sites or persuade retailers to use sales promotion display items.
Write advertising copy for use by publication or broadcast media to promote sale of goods and services.
Review settled claims to determine that payments and settlements are made in accordance with company practices and procedures. Confer with legal counsel on claims requiring litigation. May also settle insurance claims.
Buy merchandise or commodities, other than farm products, for resale to consumers at the wholesale or retail level, including both durable and nondurable goods. Analyze past buying trends, sales records, price, and quality of merchandise to determine value and yield. Select, order, and authorize payment for merchandise according to contractual agreements. May conduct meetings with sales personnel and introduce new products. Includes assistant wholesale and retail buyers of nonfarm products.
Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.
Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic and nonacademic activities of preschool and childcare centers or programs.
Assist individuals and communities to adopt healthy behaviors. Conduct outreach for medical personnel or health organizations to implement programs in the community that promote, maintain, and improve individual and community health. May provide information on available resources, provide social support and informal counseling, advocate for individuals and community health needs, and provide services such as first aid and blood pressure screening. May collect data to help identify community health needs.
Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of a social service program or community outreach organization. Oversee the program or organization's budget and policies regarding participant involvement, program requirements, and benefits. Work may involve directing social workers, counselors, or probation officers.
Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.
Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.
Investigate and inspect persons, common carriers, goods, and merchandise, arriving in or departing from the United States or between states to detect violations of immigration and customs laws and regulations.
Interact with customers to provide information in response to inquiries about products and services and to handle and resolve complaints.
Diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, whether cognitive, affective, or behavioral, within the context of marriage and family systems. Apply psychotherapeutic and family systems theories and techniques in the delivery of services to individuals, couples, and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed nervous and mental disorders.
Provide non-classroom, academic instruction to students on an individual or small-group basis for proactive or remedial purposes.
Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.
Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.
Perform activities in the human resource area. Includes employment specialists who screen, recruit, interview, and place workers.
Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers. Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the firm's profits or share of the market while ensuring the firm's customers are satisfied. Oversee product development or monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services.
Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material.
N/A
Design, create, and modify Web sites. Analyze user needs to implement Web site content, graphics, performance, and capacity. May integrate Web sites with other computer applications. May convert written, graphic, audio, and video components to compatible Web formats by using software designed to facilitate the creation of Web and multimedia content.
Explore career information and other resources specifically tailored to Foreign Language majors.
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