Overview

Central to the Comparative Culture and Language program at Arizona State University is the critical inquiry of primary texts, media and cultural expressions, aiming at an original understanding of cultures and social groups in their formations, interactions and transformations throughout history.

Career Opportunities

Professionals with this doctoral degree can confidently move into a variety of fields as an expert on concentration topics. Their skills are valued in the academic and international sectors for teaching positions, translation work, and for work in government, diplomacy and international business.

Career examples include:

area, ethnic and cultural studies teachers and professors
education administrators
foreign language and literature teachers and professors
interpreters and translators
philosophy and religion teachers and professors
reporters and correspondents

Programme Structure

What you will learn:

This degree program is attentive to the various roles of language in societies and in the different perspectives through which language can be studied - among other aspects, its variations, transformations, hybridizations and processes of acquisition.
The doctorate in comparative culture and language focuses particularly on research questions and themes that cannot be fully explored within the traditional disciplinary boundaries; instead, it fosters dynamic collaboration across disciplines in order to engage in the production of knowledge that is crucial to understanding transnational and transcultural interactions across time and space.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 120 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

84 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Tempe, United States

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Language Studies Literature View 210 other PhDs in Language Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree, in any field, from a regionally accredited institution.

All applicants must submit:

graduate admission application and application fee
official transcripts
personal statement
resume or curriculum vitae
writing sample
three letters of recommendation
proof of English proficiency

Tuition Fees

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Applies to you

Non-residents

30348 USD / year

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Out-of-State

27810 USD / year

≈ 27810 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

12940 USD / year

≈ 12940 USD / year

Living costs

Tempe

United States

900 - 1350 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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