UMBC的现代语言，语言学和跨文化传播学系（MLLI）提供了一个课程，该课程可导致跨文化传播学硕士，重点是法语，德语或西班牙裔研究。母语不是英语的人也可以参加该计划，并且可以关注美国文化，包括英语作为第二语言的教学。跨文化传播是一个不断扩展的领域，它研究社会结构，社会假设和语言使用如何影响不同文化成员之间的相互作用。该计划的目的是让学生发展高级外语能力，训练他们在跨文化环境中舒适有效地工作，并通过个人学习和实习课程为特定的职业目标做准备。来自世界各地的学生和教职员工，参与该计划本身就是一次重要的跨文化体验
The Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication (MLLI) at UMBC offers a program leading to an M.A. in Intercultural Communication, with a focus on French, German or Hispanic studies. Non-native speakers of English also may participate in the program and may focus on U.S. culture, including the teaching of English as a second language. An expanding field, Intercultural Communication is the study of the ways in which social structuring, social assumptions and language use bear on interactions between members of different cultures. The aim of the program is to allow students to develop advanced foreign language proficiency, to train them to function comfortably and effectively in intercultural situations, and to prepare them for specific career goals through individual courses of study and internships. Students and faculty come from various parts of the world, and participation in the program is itself a significant intercultural experience.