A master's degree in Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies provides you with multiple career options. You can continue your studies and pursue an academic career. You can find work as a freelance writer, journalist, translator, or literary agent. Or you can find a job in the U.S. Foreign Service, in tourism, international affairs, international business, and a score of other professions that require the kinds of knowledge and skill acquired in pursuit of your master's. Having studied the products of culture in a comparative context, you are in a unique position to exercise a job that requires cultural and linguistic understanding in a global setting. Below is a list of possible job titles: Analyst Associate Managing Editor Border Patrol/Customs Officer Case Manager Civil Service Worker Communications Specialist Congressional Aide Consumer Affairs Copy Editor/Writer Court Reporter Creative Director Cultural Officer Defense Language Institute Officer Diplomat Editor ESL Instructor Executive Assistant FBI Agent Foreign News Correspondent Foreign Service Officer Geographic Researcher Historian Hotel Manager Independent Distributor International Consulting International Coordinator International Development Officer Interpreter / Translator Language Librarian Law Enforcement Officer Lexicographer Linguist Literary Agent Management and Program Analyst Manager Trainee Marketing Assistant/Proposal Writer Peace Corps Volunteer Press Officer Program Specialist Professor Teacher/Co Grade Level Chair/Coach