Program Overview

Linguistics Degree

Overview

The University of North Texas offers a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Linguistics, a comprehensive program that immerses students in the study of language and its evolution in form, structure, and context.

Program Details

• Program Type: Major
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 4 years
• Credit Hours: 120

Program Description

The Linguistics degree provides students with a strong foundation in the core areas of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax, exposing them to the limits and extent of language structure. A major goal of the program is to stimulate student curiosity about language and cultural diversity.

Requirements

• Tuition & Aid: Information available upon request
• How to Apply: Information available upon request

Why Earn a Linguistics Degree?

The Department of Linguistics offers a collaborative environment for developing innovative curricula that incorporate research on language with database design and management, text mining, computational and quantitative methods in linguistics, and natural language processing.

Marketable Skills

• Data management and database structure
• Analyzing and annotating language data
• Project planning and implementation
• Analytic capabilities
• Creation and computational analysis of language corpora

Linguistics Degree Highlights

• The Linguistics Colloquium Series provides opportunities to meet top researchers in the field and gain new perspectives.
• Students can discuss the latest trends in language as members of the Student Linguistics Association of North Texas (SLANT).
• Students learn in-demand software and programming skills with state-of-the-art technology.
• UNT Linguistics is supported by an active linguistics research community with ties across campus and with local, national, and international communities.
• Students have flexible degree programs and can choose a concentration in Teaching English in the Global Context or Computational Linguistics.

What Can You Do With a Linguistics Degree?

A degree in Linguistics allows students to explore careers in:

• Artificial intelligence
• Computer speech recognition
• Computer text recognition
• Education and educational research
• Preserving native languages
• Teaching English as a Second Language
• Translation/interpretation

Positions may also be available in basic and applied research in medicine, law, marketing, and government.

Linguistics Degree Courses

• Phonetics and Phonology: The Sound Patterns of Language (3 hrs)
• Discourse Analysis: Talking and Telling (3 hrs)
• The Language of Now: Pop Culture, Technology, and Society (3 hrs)
• Communication Across Species (3 hrs)
• Migration and Language Contact (3 hrs)
• Language and Society (3 hrs)